2012 Captain
2012 All-Conference - 9th
2012 All-Regional - 5th.
300 Mile Club in 2010, 500 Mile Club in 2011
800 Mile Club in 2012, 1000 York Mile Club in 2012
2012 Sub 5 for 5 Club
2011 & 2012 Old Dog Club
2010, 2011, 2012 Sub 30 South Mahomet Loop Club
2011 & 2012 Scholar/Athlete
Fastest Top 10 Freshmen Times List for the Charleston, Springfield, Eureka F/S, Peoria ND, East Peoria, U-High, and Metamora Invitational.
Fastest Top 10 Sophomore Times List for the Charleston, Springfield, Peoria Notre Dame, East Peoria, U-High, Metamora Invitationals, and State.
Fastest Top 15 Junior Times List for the Charleston, Springfield, Peoria ND, East Peoria, Metamora Invitationals, and State.
2010 Personal Best Time 16:44, 2011 Personal Best Time 16:12 (16:11*)
2012 Personal Best Time 15:37 (15:25*)
2010 & 2012 Medalist at the Charleston Invitational.
2010, 2011 & 2012 Medalist at the Springfield Invitational.
2010 Medalist at the Eureka F/S Invitational.
2012 Medalist in the East Peoria Invitational.
2012 Medalist at the Metamora Invitational.
2012 Medalist at the Conference meet.
2012 Medalist at the Regional meet.
2010 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, and November.
2011 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, and November.
2012 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September,October, and November.
2011 State Qualifier - 142nd place
2012 State Qualifier - 86th place
Ethan is a
third year
high school cross country runner and three year letterman. Son of
Craig
and Chris Russell.
As a sophomore, Ethan came into the season in better shape than ever. He ran over 500 miles in the summer. He opened up at the Springfield Invitational by helping his team win the meet championship for the first time in the history of our school. Ethan earned a medal by placing 23rd and running a lifetime best of 16:41. He earned high enough grades last year to earn an academic letter. This helped him earn the honor of scholar/athlete for our team. He earned a second year letter in cross country as a sophomore. Ethan ran a lifetime best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational with a 16:27. He earned his way onto the top times list for the Peoria Notre Dame invitational. He ran another personal best at the East Peoria Invitational with a 16:11. He earned his way onto our top times list for the East Peoria Invitational with this time. Ethan made his way onto the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders in September. Ethan ran a low 16's at the U-High invitational to earn him a spot on our fastest times list. He went on to run another solid race at the tough Metamora course to earn him a high spot on the Metamora invitational. He worked his way onto the News Gazette prep cross country leaders list for October. Ethan ran a sub 5 minute mile to become a member of the Old dog club in 2011. Ethan went on to run a lifetime personal best at the Regional meet with a 16:12. He was 12th in the Regional race helping his team win the Regional title. Ethan helped his team place 2nd at the Sectional meet. Ethan earned the honor of being a state qualifier his sophomore year. He worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list for November. Ethan ended his sophomore season by placing 142nd at State and helping his team place 5th as a team. He ran the 11th fastest sophomore time at State that MS has ever had.
As a junior, Ethan came out strong. He ran over 800 miles in the 67 days in the summer to make our 800 mile club. He ran over 1000 miles in June to August 31 to join our team's 1000 York Mile Club. He earned the title of captain for his junior year. Ethan opened up his senior year by earning a medal at the Charleston Invitational. He helpd his team win the team title as he ran a 16:00. He earned IL elite status for his Charleston race time. This was high enough to earn him a spot on our team's fastest junior list ever and the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list in September. Ethan earned a spot on our old dog sub 5 minute mile club again as a junior. He also broke into our team's sub 30 South Mahomet Loop club again. He went on to have a lifetime personal best at the Springfield Invitational with a time of 15:50. He earned a medal and helped his team place 2nd. He earned a spot on our fastest junior times list for the Springfield Invitational. He earned IL elite status for his Springfield race. He earned a spot on our team's scholar/athlete list due to his excellent grades. Ethan broke into the top 100 at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational with one of the top 10 highest finishes we have had at this invite. He ran the 5th fastest time we have had at this meet with a 15:37. He earned a spot on our team's fastest junior times list. He helped his team place higher than any MS team ever had at this invite. Ethan earned IL elite status for his great time in this race. Ethan ran 3rd for the team again at the East Peoria Invitational and helped his team win the invite for the 2nd year in a row. Ethan ran in the 15's which was the 3rd fastest junior time we have had at this invitational. He earned Il elite status by dyestat again at this meet. He earned a medal by placing 7th in the invitational. Ethan went on to run our 2nd fastest junior time on our home course at the 1 team Mahomet-Seymour Invitational with a 15:54. Ethan made his way onto the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October. Ethan ran a lifetime personal best at the Metamora Invitational with a 15:25. This was the 2nd fastest junior MS time we have ever had and the 3rd fastest time for any MS runner at this invitational. He earned a medal by placing 11th. This helped his team win the team championship. Ethan ran another strong race at Conference. He ran a 15:48 to place 9th. He earned all-conference status and a medal. He also earned elite status by dyestat for this performance. Ethan went on to earn all-regional status by placing in the top 5. He earned a medal for placing 5th. He helped his team win the Regional meet for the 2nd year in a row. Ethan's Regional effort earned him IL elite status by dyestat.com. Ethan had a strong race at the Sectional meet where he placed 11th. He ran a time of 15:51 on a slow and wet course. He helped his team win the Sectional meet for the first time since 1979. He became a State Qualifier for the second year in a row. He earned elite IL status with his performance at the Sectional meet. Ethan ran his second fastest 3 mile time at the State meet to place 86th. This was a 56 place improvement from last year. He ran a 15:43. He really was a major vocal leader on his team all season. He ran the 5th fastest time at the State meet for a MS junior in our program's history. He earned elite IL status at the State meet from dyestat.com.