2013 Keeble
Alex Keeble - Sophomore
Alex is a second year high school cross country runner and second year letterman. 

Son of Jonathan and Sue Keeble. 

2012 & 2013 Letterman

2013 Captain

2012 500 Mile Club, 2013 1000 Mile Club
2013 1000 York Mile Club

2012 & 2013 Old Dog Club
2012 & 2013 Sub 30 South Mahomet Loop Club
2013 Sub 5 for 5 Club
2013 Scholar/Athlete
2012 15 Minute 3 Mile Club
2013 14 Minute 3 Mile Club
2013 Most Valuable Runner
2013 Bulldog Award

2012 Personal Best Time 15:46 (15:36*)
2012 Personal Best 2 Mile Time 10:30
2013 Personal Best Time 15:05 (14:54*)

2012 & 2013 Medalist at the Charleston Invitational
2012 & 2013 Medalist at the Springfield Invitational
2013 Medalist at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational
2012 & 2013 Medalist at the East Peoria Invitational
2012 & 2013 Medalist at the Metamora Invitational
2013 Medalist at the Conference Meet
2013 Medalist at the Regional Meet
2013 Medalist at the Sectional Meet

 Il Elite Status at the 2013 Charleston, Springfield, Peoria ND Invitationals, & Conference
US Top 100 Status at the East Peoria Invitational, Regional Meet, & Sectional Meet

Mahomet Citizen Athlete of the Week Oct 31, 2013

2013 All-Conference - 2nd
2012 Top 10 in the Regional - 7th
2013 All-Regional - 2nd
2013 All-Sectional - 4th

2012 Springfield Invitational Freshman Race Meet Champion
2013 Charleston Invitational Runner Up
2013 Springfield Invitational Runner Up
2013 East Peoria Invitational Runner Up
2013 Metamora Invitational Runner Up
2013 Conference Runner-up
2013 Regional Runner-up
Fastest Freshman List for the Charleston, Springfield, PND, E Peoria, Metamora Invitationals, & State
Fastest Sophomore List for the Charleston, Springfield, PND, E Peoria, & Metamora Invitationals, Regional, & Sectional
2012 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September & October
 2013 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, & November

2012 State Qualifier - 126th place
2013 State Qualifier
   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 dyestatil.com for his fast time.  Alex ran in the 15's again at the East Peoria Invitational.  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 meet 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. 
    As a sophomore, Alex drastically increased his summer miles to 1000.  He joined our 1000 mile club and 1000 York mile club.  He also earned the title of team captain.  Alex led all of our team's early workouts.  He broke our 5 mile course time trial record.  He ran more summer miles than any sophomore we have had.  He is the 49th fastest returning runner in the State.  He is really taking off this season with a big boost in confidence from last year.  Alex opened the season with a 2nd place finish at the Charleston Invitational.  He ran a 15:36.  This was the fastest time any Mahomet runner has run at this meet.  Alex earned the top spot on our team's fastest top 15 sophomore times list for the Charleston Invitational.  He earned his first medal of the season.  dyestatil.com gave him IL elite status for his impressive performance.  Alex came back with another season best of 15:33 at the Springfield Invitational.  He was runner-up in the invitational and helped lead his team to the team championship.  His time is the fastest sophomore time we have ever had at this invite and the 2nd fastest time we have had for any grade.  He also made the fastest sophomore list for any runner from any school since the 1970s on that course.  He made 10th on their list.  He earned a medal and dyestatil.com gave him elite status for his race.  The News-Gazette placed him on their prep cross country leaders list for September.  He earned his second varsity cross country letter early in the season. Alex had another break through at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational.  He improved 28 seconds to run a lifetime best of 15:05.  This placed him 19th and helped him earn a medal.  This is the 2nd highest finish any Mahomet runner has had at this invite.  His time is the fastest sophomore time ever by a Mahomet runner in any race in the 40 plus year history of our program.  Alex had the fastest sophomore time ever at this meet by a Mahomet runner by 53 seconds.  He earned IL elite status for this race by dyestatil.com.  He had the 37th fastest time of any Illinois runner in any race so far this year with that performance. Alex ran his strongest mental race of the season at the East Peoria Invitational.  He ran a 15:12 and was runner up in the invitational.  He ran the fastest Mahomet sophomore time ever for this invite by 40 seconds.  He helped pull his team to the team championship.  Alex earned US top 100 status by dyestatil.com for his East Peoria effort.  Alex made his way onto the News-Gazette's prep cross country leaders list in October.  Alex broke into the 14's for the first time at the Metamora Invitational.  He was runner up in the meet and only got beat by 6 seconds by the returning state champ.  Alex became only the 6th runner from Mahomet ever to break into the 14s.  He is the first sophomore to break the 15:00 barrier.  Alex earned a medal at the Metamora Invitational and the top spot on our team's fastest sophomore list.  He became the fastest Mahomet sophomore in our 44 year history.  Alex helped his team win the conference meet for the first time in 28 years.  He was runner up and earned all-conference status.  He also earned Il elite status for his conference time.  Alex ran the fastest Mahomet sophomore time ever at the conference meet.  Alex was runner-up in the Regional meet.  He earned a medal and All-Regional honors by placing in the top 5.  He helped his team win the Regional championship.  Alex ran the fastest time of any Mahomet sophomore in 44 years of running in the Regional meet.  Alex earned US top 100 honors by dyestatil.com for his Regional performance.  He helped his team score the lowest ever and the fastest top 7 average of any Mahomet team in a Regional meet.  Alex earned the honor of the Mahomet Citizen athlete of the week on October 31, 2013.  Alex had a solid race at the Sectional meet despite being sick.  He ran a 15:24 to run the fastest sophomore time of any Mahomet runner at the Sectional meet.  He earned a medal and all-sectional status by placing 4th.  He helped lead his team to a Sectional title.  Alex earned US top 100 status for his performance at the Sectional meet.  Alex earned his way onto the News-Gazette's prep cross country leaders list in November.  Alex ended his season at State with a did not finish.  Despite being sick for almost two weeks and having missed the day before the state meet from school with a 101 temperature, Alex still had the guts to try to race at State.  With chills, a fever, and cold sweats Alex ended up dropping out after the mile.  As with all great runners, you can't be on top of your game every race year round.  Alex earned the fastest sophomore award for the 2013 season.  Alex earned our team's most valuable runner award for the 2013 season.  Alex earned the Bulldog award for the 2013 season.