2012 Daniel Middendorf 

2011 & 2012 Letterman

400 Mile Club in 2012

2011 & 2012 Scholar/Athlete

2011 Most Improved Award Winner

2010 Personal Best Time 21:57
2011 Personal Best Time 18:54
2012 Personal Best Time 19:01 (17:44*)
 #6 Most Improved over a Career List with a 6:07 improvement.

Fastest Top 15 Junior Times List for the Metamora Invitational.

2010 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in November.
2012 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September and October.
 
2010 Freshmen Meet Champions at the Springfield Inviational.

2010 Eureka Fresh/Soph Invitational Meet Champions

2011 Springfield Invitational Meet Champions.
Daniel Middendorf - Junior
Daniel is a third year high school cross country runner and letterman.  Son of Jay and Stephanie Middendorf.
     As a freshman, Daniel comes to our team with 2 years of jr. high cross country experience under his belt.  He started the training season by running 3 mile time trials in over 30 minutes, but drastically improved by the first meet where he ran a 25:01 at the Charleston Invitational.  He was a member of the freshman meet championship team at the Springfield Invitational freshmen race.  Daniel was part of the Eureka Fresh/Soph Invitational meet championship team.  He went on to run a personal best time at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational where he represented our team in the Varsity race.  Daniel had the biggest break through of the year for our team at the U-High Invitational.  Daniel improved almost 3 minutes from his personal best to run a time of 21:57.  His time earned him a spot on our most improved over a career list with a 3:04 improvement from his first high school race to his best 3 mile race.  He earned his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in November.
    As a sophomore, Daniel came into the season strong after dedicating his summer to running.  He ran 250 miles in the summer before his sophomore year and it paid off.  He opened the season by improving over 3 minutes from 1 year ago at the same meet.  Daniel ran a 21:51 for a lifetime best at the Charleston Invitational.  His team won that invitational.  He was also part of the meet championship team at the Springfield invitational.  Daniel helped pull his teammate and friend, Nathaniel Cebulski, to a lifetime personal best at the Springfield invitational.  Daniel had a major breakthrough at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational where he ran a 19:57.  Daniel's time bumped him up to our 13th most improved over a career with a 5:04 improvement.  He followed this performance up with another solid run at the East Peoria Invitational with a time of 20:08.  Daniel had another great break out performance at the U-High invite where he improved his time another 43 seconds with a time of 19:14.  This time bumped him up to 9th in our most improved over a career list.  Daniel earned enough letter points to earn a varsity letter during his sophomore year.  Daniel helped pull his teammates at the Metamora invitational with a 20:17.  Daniel ran a lifetime personal best in his final race of the season at the Conference meet with a time of 18:54.  This moved him up to #6 on the most improved over a career list with a 6:07 career improvement.  Daniel had a 3:03 improvement from his last year's best time to this year.  This earned him our team's most improved award for the season.
   As a junior, Daniel really dedicated himself to his summer running.  He ran over 400 miles to earn a spot on our team's 400 mile club.  Daniel came into the season stronger and with a lot more experience.  It paid off right away as he ran a 19:35 at the Charleston Invitational.  His time was fast enough that it earned him a spot on the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders list in September.  Daniel ran a season best at the Springfield Invitational.  His time of 19:11 was 5th for his team.  He helped push his team to win the open race championship for the 2nd year in a row.  Daniel's hard work over the years has helped him run in the top five of a trophy winning championship team. Daniel ran another season best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational where he ran a 19:01.  He earned enough letter points after his 3rd race to earn his 2nd varsity letter.  He also earned high enough grades to earn a spot on our team's scholar/athlete award list for his great sophomore grades.  Daniel ran a lifetime best of 18:28 at the East Peoria Invitational. This was a 33 second improvement from his last meet and a 1 minute and 40 second improvement from his East Peoria Invite time just one year before.  Daniel ran a lifetime best at the Metamora Invitational where he broke into the 17s with a 17:44.  Daniel earned a spot on our team's fastest 15 junior list for the Metamora Invitational.  His time placed him 12th on the list.  Daniel also earned a spot on the News Gazette's Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October.