Finding Their Stride: A Team of Young Runners and Their Season of Triumph
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ISBN: 0156011824 / Publisher: Mariner Books, September 2000
A high school cross-country coach chronicles an uplifting season as her team members grow in ability through the year, overcome their initial difficulties, and blossom as athletes and as people
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In Finding Their Stride, Sally Pont, a runner, teacher, and second-generation coach, tells of her first year coaching a co-ed cross country team to victory, both on and off the course. A surprising story of triumph, as well as an endearing tale of driven athletes, Pont shares the highlights and heartbreak of her young runners at Moravian Academy, a small, independent school near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Every page is infused with Pont's affection and respect for her runners, and as the season unfolds, we see the team beginning to find a new stride. While the boys struggle, the girls soar to new heights, going from last place to first. “Uplifting and engaging, Finding Their Stride is "about attaining and teaching excellence, whose metaphor happens to be a high school running team" (Kirkus Reviews).
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