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Gimme 5: Oak Lawn's Probst Built to Go Cross Country
As a freshman, Joe Probst played a big role in helping the Spartans advance to the IHSA boys cross country sectionals.
Ask Joe Probst about sports other than running, and he honestly answers that he doesn't have very much athletic ability.
But Probst may have found his calling as a long-distance runner, winning the frosh-soph cross country conference championship last season for Oak Lawn.
"It was pretty exciting for me because I only ran one year in middle school," he said. "So, it was kind of crazy."
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Probst was pulled up to the varsity and found himself as part of an Oak Lawn team that placed second in regionals and advanced to the sectional championships.
Led by Eric Lindelsee, Oak Lawn will be looking to improve upon that in 2011 and Probst, now just a sophomore, will play a big role.
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