Gabe Walder - Junior:  Gabe is a second year cross country runner at the high school level.  Gabe comes to us with running experience in both jr. high cross country and high school track.  Gabe has proven himself to be one of the top distance runners in the area in track and is proved himself to be one of the top cross country runners in the area during his sophomore year.  Gabe stepped right in and is in the top 5 runners on our team for both his sophomore and junior years.  One of Gabe's greatest running strength's is his confidence as a runner.  He is like a rock in that he is a consistent runner that is very good at pacing himself.  This helps to pull our other runners to great times.  Gabe's is a great asset to our team as he helps to bring up some of the best conversations during training runs.  He invented our team's "game" of visiting about our five most important life goals while running.  Gabe was voted to be captain for his junior year.  During his junior year, Gabe earned a medal at the Charleston Invitational by placing 18th.  Gabe takes it upon himself to encourage and help his teammates out.