2012 Dhairav Vakil
 2010, 2011, & 2012 Letterman

2012 Captain

300 Mile Club in 2010, 500 Mile Club in 2011
700 Mile Club in 2012 and 1000 York Mile Club in 2012
2011 & 2012 Sub 30 South Mahomet Loop Run Club
2010 Personal Best Time 18:40 (18:13*)
2011 Personal Best Time 17:41
2012 Personal Best Time 17:42

2011 & 2012 Scholar/Athlete
2012 Brent Johnson True Grit Award

Medalist in the 2010 Charleston Invitational and Eureka FS Invitational.
Medalist in the 2012 Charleston Invitational.
Fastest Top 10 Freshmen Times List for the Eureka FS Invitational and U-High Inviational.
Fastest Top 10 Sophomore Times List for the Springfield & U-High Inviational.
Fastest Top 15 Junior Times List for the Charleston Invitational.

Holds our team's highest open finish at the U-High Invitational.

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 and October.
Dhairav Vakil - Junior
Dhairav is a third year high school cross country runner and returning letterman.  Son of Praful and Pradnya Vakil.
    As a freshman, Dhairav comes to our team with jr. high cross country experience under his belt.  He earned a medal at the Charleston Invitational by placing 5th with a time of 18:59.  He earned his way onto our highest open finishes at the Charleston Invitational by placing 5th.  He was a member of the freshman meet championship team at the Springfield Invitational freshmen race.  Dhairav earned his way onto the 10 fastest freshman times ever at the Eureka FS Invitational.  He won a medal at the Eureka FS Invitational by placing 17th with a personal best of 18:13.  He was part of the Eureka FS Invitational meet championship team.  Dhairav ran a 3 mile personal best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational with a 18:44.  Dhairav earned enough letter points to earn a Varsity letter.  Dhairav placed 16th in the open race at the U-High Invitational which earned him the #8 spot on our all time list for open places at that invitational.  Dhairav also ran a personal best in the 3 mile at the U-High Invitational with a 16:40.  He earned his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, and November.
   As a sophomore, Dhairav ran 500 miles in the summer.  Dhairav came in with such a strong base and stepped right into training with the top 10 runners.  Dhairav had a great start to the season at the Springfield Invitational where he helped pull his team to a meet championship in the open race.  Dhairav ran 4th for his team in that race to help with the team score.  He broke into the 17's for the first time with a 17:58.  He earned a medal by placing 10th which also earned him a spot on our Springfield Invitational top times/places list.  Dhairav earned a letter for the second year in cross country.  He earned high enough grades last year that he earned an academic letter.  This helped him earn the team's honor of scholar/athlete.  Dhairav lowered his lifetime best to a 17:47 at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational.  Dhairav made his way onto the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders in September.  Dhairav ran an outstanding run at the U-High invitational where he ran a lifetime best of 17:41.  He placed 6th which is the highest open finish at the U-High invitational for our team.  He worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list for October.  Dhairav had a solid time at the Conference meet despite the 30 mph winds.  He ran a 18:10.  His great times over the season earned him a post on our team's state series roster for his sophomore year.  He worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list for November.
   As a junior, Dhairav really stepped it up in his pre-season training by running 700 miles in 68 days.  He earned a spot on the 700 mile club.  He went on to keep his miles high for the entire June 1st through August 31st.  He ran 1000 miles in those 92 days and was one of our first runners ever to earn a spot on our team's 1000 York Mile Club.  Dhairav earned the title of captain for his junior year.  He improved 4 minutes and 51 seconds from his first meet last year to his first meet this year.  He ran a 17:42 at this year's Charleston Invitational to earn a medal.  He placed 5th and helped his team earn a perfect score in the open race.  Dhairav's time also earned him a spot on our team's fastest top 15 junior list for the Charleston Invitational. Dhairav made his way onto the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders in September.  Dhairav earned excellent grades again and made our team's scholar/athlete list.  Dhairav ran a very strong first part of the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational.  He was on track for a sub 17 pace.  He needed to pull out of the race after about 2 miles.  He went on to break 30 minutes in our 5 mile trial to earn him a spot for his junior year on our team's sub 30 south Mahomet Loop run.  Dhairav ran a 18:07 on our challenging home course at our 1 team Mahomet-Seymour Invitational.  This was fast enough to earn him a spot on our fastest juniors on our home course since 2000.  Dhairav made his way onto the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October.  Dhairav showed great team spirit as he brought water out to the team during a hard run when he was unable to run himself.  Dhairav's caring heart and dedication to his teammates really was revealed.  Dhairav won our team's Brent Johnson True Grit award his junior year.
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