![Holding up T-wolves, the tour group poses for a picture in the Chinese classroom. Sophomore Lydia Ou, junior Phu Trung and senior Yushan Pan gave a tour to Taiwanese diplomat Andrea Yang on Nov. 8. “I was so excited when I heard I would get to give the tour because it’s a big deal,” Ou said. “She’s from the US embassy for Taiwan, so she’s really important. I’m so privileged [to get this opportunity] and I’m so excited.” Photo by Skyler King](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Main-Taiwan.jpg)
![Students drew chalk art in honor of Veterans day. This is just one of many things the school does to show appreciation to veterans, and the art will remain in the courtyard as a reminder of all of the veterans who served their country. “On veteran’s day, I think it’s a great thing we do at school to honor people that served [who are] at our school or family members,” English teacher and cheer coach Nadira King said. “It makes me feel proud, and it makes me remember the [veterans].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Capture.png)
![Sucking in a breath of air, freshman Lily Pope competes in the 200 yard individual medley. On Oct. 25, the swim team competed in the AISD Swim Invitational. Overall, the girls team took second place and the boys team came in eleventh. “My favorite stroke is butterfly because I do the best in that stroke,” Pope said. “I feel like [butterfly] can test how [your ability] to convince yourself to keep going. The hardest part of swimming is convincing yourself to stay strong and keep pushing during a hard race [when] everything is tired.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/POPE-1200x804.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, Author Ehigbor Okosun, members of Page Turners, and other students reflect on the author's visit. “I thought the visit was great,” Senior Amia De Leon said. “It was interesting talking to her and [getting to know] her process and her thoughts and books in general. But I think the reason it went well [was that] people got to ask questions. I'm glad that she said so much in response to the questions and it wasn't just one and done. [The author’s responses] felt very articulate.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sebastian-5-1200x800.jpg)
![Standing in front of the field at a freshman football game, cheerleader freshman Jacob Gaudreau along with teammate freshman Bella Gibson pose for a photo during halftime of game. “[Cheer has] definitely given me a much more outgoing personality,” Gaudreau said. “I used to be very introverted, so it's definitely made me more extroverted towards people.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ingrid-204-1200x800.jpg)
![Holding a wooden pizza toy, senior Taylor Peterson plays with small children in Bucaramanga, Colombia. During the summer, Peterson traveled to Colombia to help build an elementary school that only had two classrooms but five or six grades with one teacher. “We add[ed] two more classrooms,” Peterson said. “It’s kind of hard when you have two or three grades in one classroom and you only have one teacher. It’s very hard to actually get some beneficial learning. [The extra classrooms will give the students] a better quality of education because they’ll actually have a place specific for their learning.” Photo by Taylor Peterson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-P.png)
![Swinging with his arm extended, senior Nolan Park hits the ball smoothly over the net and to the opponent’s side. Park is one of four varsity tennis captains and helped the team win district championships. “Winning district champs was a pretty awesome feeling,” Park said. “We had lost to Liberty Hill a couple of weeks before, but when we played them [again], we came out and really took care of business. We took them out and it was just a really awesome night.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kassidy-419.jpg)
![Standing proud, varsity senior athletes Rafael Escobar, Griffin Jacobs, Jakob Martin, and juniors Jackson Springer and Jack Morris pose with their newly earned medals. The varsity team finished third out of 14 teams on Sept. 25. “The team's primary goal is to win the district championship,” head coach Cody Price said. "We're confident that with our action plan in place, we can accomplish this mission. [For the next tournament], our preparation involves assessing our strengths and weaknesses, celebrating milestones and creating individual development plans." Photo courtesy of Cody Price](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/golf.jpg)
![The cross country team poses for the camera after finishing the district meet. The varsity boys, JV boys and JV girls all placed third and the varsity girls placed fourth. “Coach put in the right training for us for this season, so I think we will be peaking this week and the next couple of weeks,” varsity runner and junior Nathan Kukla said. “The chances of making it to state are very high, but we don’t settle for the lowest and there is always going to be that chance, so [we] race for the best.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Heidi-831-1200x900.jpg)
Running Towards the End of the XC Season
Dashing through the dirt, junior runner Tanner James looks to finish the CP Invitational strong. “The Cedar Park Invitational was super muddy which made the run pretty difficult in some areas,” junior runner Tanner James said.
October 3, 2018
After running well at home for the Cedar Park Invitational, cross country has been preparing for the McNeil Invitational on Sept. 29. With junior runner Owen Daugherty and senior runner Alden Yi leading the way, placing 8th and 32nd respectively, the team says they feel prepared for anything coming their way.
“The CP Invitational was a pretty big meet for central Texas, and it was a good way to see how our team stacks up to one another to the other good teams in the state,” Daugherty said. “There’s always room for improvement though.”
The season may have had a rocky start, but that doesn’t belittle the hopes of the runners for other meets in the future.
“We started off really strong against competition,” senior runner Alena Albertson said. “Then we fell back a little with injuries, but we’re figuring it out again and I think we will finish the season really strong.”
The runners run in order to score points for the team to have the highest placement in a given meet, but they said they do care about how they individually stack up against other runners and how the team has progressed over the course of their cross country career.
“I guess individually, I’ve been able to progress a lot this year,” Daugherty said. “It’s been fun to have the team progress around you as well, and everybody supporting each other.”
It has come with more rigorous training and more adjustment to the coach, leading to the team progression and overall success, according to Daugherty.
“We got the new coach last year, and we’ve gotten used to how he runs things,” Daugherty said. “We also have a lot of respect for each other and that’s helped us push one another and get better.
The training curve has been different for the team, as they’ve had to do more running during the week than in the past.
“The varsity guys have been running about 60 to 70 miles a week, every week,” Daugherty said. “We’ve been going at that since like late May, and it’s pretty much been a hard effort every day, seven days a week.”
With all the running they have been doing, it surely has prepared them for the success they’ve had now.
“I believe that we have been able to achieve early success in the season due to the work we’ve done over the summer,” Yi said. “With that, all of our teammates coming together and being able to get something done has helped with that as well.
For some of the runners, this season will be their last. Not only will it be more meaningful for those senior runners, but it will give them extra incentive to run even better.
“I’m looking forward to ending my last season with the team,” Albertson said. “I love that we all put in so much hard work for each other and I’m just excited to see how far that’ll take us in the competitive season.”
![Sucking in a breath of air, freshman Lily Pope competes in the 200 yard individual medley. On Oct. 25, the swim team competed in the AISD Swim Invitational. Overall, the girls team took second place and the boys team came in eleventh. “My favorite stroke is butterfly because I do the best in that stroke,” Pope said. “I feel like [butterfly] can test how [your ability] to convince yourself to keep going. The hardest part of swimming is convincing yourself to stay strong and keep pushing during a hard race [when] everything is tired.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/POPE-300x201.jpg)
