Berkley High
School girls
cross-country
co-captains
Amy Siegel and
Jennifer Rose led
their team back to
the state meet
this fall.

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my Siegel and Jennifer
Rose enjoyed many per-
sonal and team success-
es during their combined
seven years on the
Berkley High School
cross-country
girls
squad.
But there are other
reasons why the se-
niors will always re-
member running for
the Bears.
"This was the best
program I could have
gotten involved in," Siegel said.
'e were a family — the girls
and the boys on the boys team.
Everyone was so supportive of
each other.
"I feel rve grown a lot through
cross-country. I've also learned
time management and tenacity,
which has helped me with my
studies."
Rose echoed Siegel's thoughts:
"From cross-country, rve learned
that with hard work, dedication
and commitment, you can ac-
complish anything," she said.
"I've also learned to be a team
player. It's really sad to know rve
run my last cross-country race for
Berkley."
Rose played basketball when
she was a freshman at Berkley.
After going to cross-country camp
with the school's runners the fol-
lowing summer and getting her
first taste of the camaraderie, she
switched fall sports for good.
Cheri Amos-Helmicki, who has

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Diana Kozloff, Amy Siegel, Jennifer Rose and Anna Yemets.

coached the Berkley girls and
boys cross-country teams for 10
years, says Siegel and Rose are
"incredible young ladies. They're
goal-oriented and very caring.
They'll be successes in whatev-
er they pursue."
Siegel, 17, an Oak Park resi-
dent, is a 3.8 grade-point average
student. Next fall, she'll head to
Michigan State Uni-
versity, where she
will be enrolled in
James Madison Col-
lege. She hopes to
pursue a career in
environmental law.
Rose, 17, who lives
in Huntington
Woods, is a 3.6 stu-
dent. She'll be going
to the University of
Michigan next year
to study political sci-
ence. She has career
thoughts about poli-
tics or law.
The two girls
served as co-captains
of the girls cross-
country team this
fall. They were voted
captains by their
teammates.
Siegel ran for the
Front, Matthew Wagner, Scott Adelman and Peter Rose. Back, Andrew
Bears for four years
Sigman, David Levitt, Gabe Rubin, Sam Polk and Brent Siegel.

and competed in the Class A state
meet all four seasons. Her best
time in the state meet was
the 20:14 she ran this year at
Saskatoon Golf Club in Grand
Rapids.
She earned all-league honors
three times. As a sophomore,
Siegel helped Berkley tie Troy for
the Southeastern Michigan As-
sociation championship.
Siegel's brother, Adam Bolan,
is a former Berkley boys cross-
country star who made headlines
by running in a regional race
and nearly qualifying for the state
meet just two weeks after
an appendectomy. This past
spring, Bolan graduated from
the Virginia Military Institute
(VMI).
Rose was a three-year member
of the girls cross-country squad
and a three-time state meet com-
petitor. Her best state meet time
was 21:04 at Saskatoon in 1993.
She was an All-SMA runner as a
sophomore.
Berkley has qualified for the
girls team race in the state meet
for three consecutive years. The
Bears finished 12th in 1992 and
14th in 1993. With a mostly in-
experienced group this fall, they
placed 25th.
The squad won several invita-

tionals during the years that
Siegel and Rose were on the ros-
ter and it earned Academic All-
State honors in 1992 and 1993.
It's almost certain the Bears will
make it three in a row for that ac-
complishment this fall.
Even though Siegel and Rose
have finished running cross-coun-
try for Berkley (they'll return for
their fourth season on the girls
track team this spring), their fam-
ily names will be in the spotlight
for a few more years.
That's because they both have
a brother on Berkley's boys cross-
country squad. Brent Siegel is a
freshman and Peter Rose is a
sophomore.
Amos-Helmicki says her boys
team has a bright future, and two
of the probable leaders are sopho-
more Sam Polk and freshman
Dave Levitt. Each made tremen-
dous improvement this season,
the coach said.
"Two years from now, when
our sophomores are seniors, this
boys team is going to be top-
flight," Amos-Helmicki said.
Other runners to watch on the
Berkley girls and boys squads the
next few seasons are Diana Ko-
zloff, Anna Yemets, Scott Adel-
man, Andrew Sigman, Gabe
Rubin and Matthew Wagner.