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2008 Personal Best Time 20:54 Fastest Top 10 Freshman Times List for the Metamora Invitational. |
Dan Lewis - Freshman Dan is a first year
high school cross country runner. Son of Tim and Kim Lewis.
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As a freshman,
Dan comes into the season with two years of cross country running
behind him. He made a consistent effort to train this summer
and is already running workouts that many upperclassman couldn't handle
in years past. His early season workout times continue to drastically
improve. If Dan continues to give it his all, he will surprise
a lot of his former junior high teammates and coaches with how strong
of a runner he will become by the end of the season. In early season
workouts, Dan has already run 6.5 miles. Dan had a season opening
time of 26:29 at the Urbana meet. Dan improved more than anyone else
on the team at the Pontiac quad by improving a total of 1 minute and 36 seconds.
Dan placed 5th for our freshman team at the Springfield Invitational,
helping the freshman team bring home the first place finish for the first
time in our school history. Dan ran a 23:58 at the Prairie Central
meet. Dan went on to run a personal best at the Peoria Notre Dame
Invitational by improving more than anyone else on the team. He improved
42 seconds for a time of 23:16. Dan ran a personal best at the Olympia
FS Invitational with a time of 21:58. Dan ran a lifetime personal best
at the U-High invitational with a time of 20:54. He went on to run
a 21:52 at the Metamora invitational putting him in the top 10 fastest freshman
list at this meet. |