2012 Alex Keeble 

2012 Letterman

2012 500 Mile Club

2012 Old Dog Club

Sub 30 South Mahomet Loop Club

2012 Personal Best Time 15:46 (15:36*)

2012 Personal Best 2 Mile Time 10:30

Medalist in the 2012 Charleston Invitational.
Medalist in the 2012 Springfield Invitational.
Medalist in the 2012 East Peoria Invitational.
Medalist in the 2012 Metamora Invitational.

2012 Top 10 in the Regional - 7th.

2012 Springfield Invitational Freshman Race Meet Champion


Fastest Top 15 Frehsman Times List for the Charleston, Springfield, Peoria ND, East Peoria, Metamora Invitationals, and State.

2012 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September and October.

2012 State Qualifier - 126th place
Alex Keeble - Freshman

Alex is a first year high school cross country runner and letterman.  Son of Jonathan and Sue Keeble.
   As a freshman, Alex came in with great junior high running experience.  He ran both 7th and 8th grade cross country.  He was the leader of the 8th grade team that placed 4th in State.  He ran over 500 miles in the summer to earn a spot on our team's 500 mile club.  He opened up his race career by placing at the Charleston Invitational and helping his team win the team title.  Alex earned a medal at the Charleston Invite with a time of 16:30.  His time was the fastest freshman time we have ever had at this meet which earned him a spot on our fastest top freshman times lists for the Charleston Invitational.  He earned a high spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September.  In practice he earned a spot on our team's sub 30 South Mahomet Loop Club with breaking 30 minutes in the 5 mile run.  He went on to win the Springfield Freshman Invitational Race with a 10:30.  This is the fastest time of any runner from any team that we have records of.  We have attended the meet since 2004.  Alex earned the top spot on our fastest freshman list for the Springfield Invitational.  He earned enough varsity letter points after this meet to earn his first varsity letter.  Alex had a big lifetime best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational with a 15:46.  Alex placed in the top 100 which we have had only 10 runners do in the 13 year history of MS going to this meet.  Alex ran the fastest freshman time we have ever had at this invitational.  He earned Illinois elite status by dyestat.com for his fast time.  Alex ran in the 15's again at the East Peoria Invitional.  He earned a medal by placing 15th with a 15:54.  This was the fastest time any MS runner has ever run as a freshman at this course.  Alex earned elite status by dyestat for his performance.  Alex helped his team win the invitational.  Alex ran the fastest time we have ever had a freshman run on our home course at our 1 team invitational with a 16:07.  Alex also earned a spot on our old dog club by breaking 5 minutes in the mile.  Alex made his way onto the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October.  Alex ran in the mid 15s at the Metamora Invitational with a 15:36.  He broke our freshman record for this invitational.  He ran 4th for his team and helped his team win the invitational for the first time.  He earned a medal by placing 15th.  Alex ran in the 15s again at the Conference meet with a 15:55.  He placed 11th and helped his team place 2nd as a team.  He earned elite status by dyestat for his performance.  Alex placed an impressive 7th at the Regional mee with a time of 16:02  He helped his team win the Regional title.  He earned a top 10 regional spot.  Alex became our 5th freshman in the history of our program to qualify for State.   Alex placed 126th in the State meet running a 16:01.  This was the fastest freshman that any MS runner has run at the State meet.  He was one of the fastest freshmen at the State meet.