2009Prather
2008 Letteman & 2009 Letterman
2009 Captain
2009 Scholar Athlete
2009 All-Conference - 9th
2009 Top 10 Regional Placer - 9th
2009 Brent Johnson True Grit Award Winner
2009 Most Improved Fresh/Soph Runner
2009 Most Valuable Runner
2009 Fastest Sophomore
2009 News Gazette All Area
300 Mile Club in 2008
400 Mile Club in 2009
 Fastest Top 10 Freshman Times List for the Charleston Invitational, Springfield Invitational,
Peoria ND Invitational, East Peoria Invitational, Olympia Invitational, U-High Invitational
& Metamora Invitational.
Fastest Top 10 Sophomore Times list for the 1st home meet, Charleston Invitational, Springfield Invitational, Eureka Fresh/Soph Invitational, Peoria ND Invitational, East Peoria Invitational, U-High Invitational, and Metamora Invitational.
2008 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, & November.
 2009 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, & November.
 2008 Personal Best Time 16:49  (16:42*), 2009 Personal Best Time 16:19 (16:02*)
Lucas Prather - Sophomore
Lucas is a second year high school cross country runner. Son of Daren and Sandra Prather.
    As a freshman, Lucas comes in with many years of cross country and track experience.  After running over 300 miles this summer, he has stepped up in the top 10 of our team.  He started the season running workouts with great intensity and work ethic.  He has the ability to end the season in the top 20 in the area.  Lucas opened his season with a time of 19:03.  In his next meet with less than 25 minutes warm up he cut off nearly a minute to run a 18:10 during the Varsity race at the Charleston Invitational where he ran 6th for the team.  He ran 5th for the team and broke into the 17s at the Pontiac quad.  Lucas medaled at the Springfield Invitational in the freshman race by placing 6th.  He made his way into our team's top ten fastest freshman ever list at the Charleston Invitational, the Springfield Invitational, the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational, the East Peoria Invitational, Olympia Invitational, U-High Invitational, and Metamora Invitational.  Lucas worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leader list in September and October.  Lucas ran a 17:00 at the Prairie Central meet.  Lucas earned a medal at the Olympia FS Invitational by placing 4th.  Lucas ran a personal best 3 mile time at the U-High Invitational where he placed 3rd for the team.  He became our fastest freshman ever at the U-High Invitational.  He went on the run 4th for the team at the Metamora Inviational.  Lucas ran a 3 mile PR at conference with a 16:52 on a long course.  Lucas placed 4th for the team at Regional with a lifetime PR of 16:49.  Lucas ran 3rd for the team at Sectional with a season best of 16:42.
    As a sophomore, Lucas ran over 400 miles in the summer.  Lucas earned the honor of being a captain of his team for his sophomore year.  Lucas earned a spot on our top 10 fastest sophomore lists for the 1st home meet, the Charleston Invitational, the Springfield Invitational, the Eureka Fresh/Soph Invitational, the Peoria ND Invitational, the East Peoria Invitational, the U-High Invitational, and the Metamora Invitational.  He earned a medal at the Charleston Invitational by placing 7th with a time of 16:37.  He earned his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September and October.   He earned a medal at the Euerka Fresh/Soph Invitational by placing 2nd.  He earned a medal at the Peoria ND Invitational by placing 17th.  He earned a medal at the U-High Invitational by placing 10th.  He earned a medal at the Metamora Invitational by placing 34th.  Lucas earned all-conference status by placing 9th.  Lucas placed 20th in Sectional, just missing qualifying for State by 2 places and 5 seconds.  Lucas finished the season by earning the most valuable runner award, the Brent Johnson true grit award, Fastest Sophomore runner, and the most improved fresh/soph runner award,   He also ended the season by being recognized as one of the News-Gazette's all area runners.
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