Bachs make running a family affair
You may have to go back to Donnie and Marie Osmond to find a brother-sister act with the 1-2 punch of Marion’s Myles and Maddie Bach.
Members of the Indians’ varsity cross country squads, the sophomore Myles and his senior sister Maddie pulled off an improbable feat last week.
In the teams’ two invitational cross country meets in the span of five days, they each won both of their races and led the Marion boys and girls to team titles both times as well. Back to back, as it were.
And the two long-distance racers will be going for a trifecta Tuesday when the Marion contingent heads to Muscatine for yet another invitational meet.
A repeat might be tough, according to Myles, since he’ll be facing stiff competition with top-notch runners from Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Valley.
But he and diminutive big sister Maddie are on a roll, so anything is possible.
“We definitely don’t train in order to lose,” says 17-year-old Maddie. “We’re both very competitive.”
Indeed, it was her own competitive streak that got her involved in cross country in the first place.
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