2013 Meet The Team Mahomet-Seymour Boys Cross Country

As a Freshman, Ben joins us with junior high cross country experience. Ben ran 8th grade cross country and was part of their 4th place State team. Ben showed us right away that he is a talented runner, but even more so a mentally tough runner. He ran early workouts in times that were some of the best we have ever seen out of a 9th grade runner. Ben ran over 300 miles in the summer and joined our team's 300 mile club. Ben opened up his high school career with a solid time of 18:42 at the Charleston Invitational. This is a very strong time for a freshman. He earned a spot on our top 18 fastest freshman times list for the Charleston Invitational. Ben ran a lifetime best at the Springfield Invitational in the 2 mile freshman race. His time of 11:28 earned him the 12th spot on our team's all time fastest freshman times list for this invitational. He earned a medal by placing 7th and helped lead his team to the team championship. Ben also earned a spot on the News-Gazette's prep cross country leaders list in September. Ben had a major person lifetime best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. He cut off 1 minute and 37 seconds to run a 17:06. He helped his team place higher than we have ever had a fresh/soph team place in this invitational. His time was fast enough to earn him the 12th fastest spot on our all time fastest freshman list for this invitational. Ben earned enough varsity letter points after this invitational to earn his first varsity letter. Ben ran a lifetime best at the East Peoria Invitational. His time of 17:00 was one of the highest finishes that we have ever had at this invitational. His time earned him the 10th fastest freshman time ever at this invitational for a Mahomet runner. Ben made his way onto the News-Gazette's prep cross country leaders list in October. Ben ran an amazing race at the Metamora Invitational. He broke into the 16s for the first time with a 16:19. His time earned him the 4th fastest Mahomet freshmen time for the Metamora Invitational. He also earned the 7th fastest freshmen time ever in our 44 year history of our program. Ben had another great race at the Conference meet. He helped his team win the open race for the first time in 28 years. He proved himself to be one of the best runners in the area and on our 2nd in the State ranked team. Ben earned a spot on our top 12 State meet series roster. This is quite a feat for a freshman runner. Ben ran a solid race at Conference. He ran a 17:25 on a slow course. He placed 4th in the open race to help his team win the race for the first time. His team had a low score of 16. Ben earned his way onto our team's old dog club by running a sub 5 minute mile in practice. Ben ran a 4:53. Ben earned his way onto our team's sub 30 South Mahomet loop club with a 28:56. Ben earned his way onto the News-Gazette's prep cross country leaders list in November.