2014 Meet The Team Mahomet-Seymour Boys Cross Country

   As a sophomore, Trevor joined us after having a great track season. While he ran 5th grade cross country he didn't seem to miss a step as he quickly showed he is a dominate runner in the 3 mile as well. Trevor ran over 400 miles in the summer and joined our team's 400 mile club. Trevor had a great first meet as he earned a medal by placing 20th in the Charleston Invitational. He ran a 17:08 which was fast enough to earn him a spot on our team's fastest top 15 sophomore times list for the Charleston Invitational. Trevor made his way onto the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders in September. Trevor was an extremely hard worker in practice. He was always training with the fastest group. He ran fast enough to earn a spot on our team's sub 30 South Mahomet Loop club. Trevor went on to run a 45 second lifetime best at the Springfield Invitational were he ran a 16:23. His time is the 2nd fastest sophomore time we have ever had on this course so he made our top times list for Springfield. He placed 16th which earned him a medal. He also earned a spot on our 16's list for the 3 mile. Due to Trevor's hard work and discipline in his academics, he earned a spot on our team's scholar/athlete list. After his 2nd meet Trevor earned enough varsity letter points to earn his first high school cross country letter. Trevor ran another lifetime best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational with a 16:16. He ran 6th for his team and helped his team place the highest any MS team has at this invitational. Trevor ran the 3rd fastest sophomore time for a MS runner at this invitational which earned him a spot on our team's top times list for this invitational. Trevor made his way onto the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October. Trevor won our team's sportsmanship award his sophomore year.
    As a junior, Trevor came out strong. He ran 300 miles in the summer along with biking. His quickness is amazing. He joined our 300 mile club. Trevor ran very well in our early season workouts and shows he has not lost a step after being injured the last half of track and XC. Trevor opened up his junior year with an amazing run at the Springfield invitational. He placed 10th earning a medal in the varsity race. He helped his team win the Springfield invitational championship by beating the #2 ranked team in the State. He ran a lifetime personal best of a 16:06. His time earned him the 6th spot on our team's fastest junior time list for the Springfield invitational. He earned a spot on the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders list in September. Trevor earned enough letter points early in the season to win his 2nd varsity cross country letter. Trevor made his way onto the News-Gazette's prep cross country leaders list in October. Trevor had an amazing race at the Metamora Invitational. He broke into the 15s for the first time with a 15:55. This earned him the 7th fastest time for a Mahomet runner at the Metamora Invitational. His time earned him the 25th fastest time for a Mahomet junior in the history of our 44 year program. Trevor had a great run at the conference meet. He led the open race until the final 100 when he started to get sick. He pulled our team to win the open race team championship for the first time in 28 years. Individually he earned the runner-up individual spot. He earned a spot on our top 12 State series team roster. Trevor represented the team well at the Regional meet. He helped the team run the fastest top 7 runner average of any team we have had run at the Regional meet in 44 years. Trevor placed 26th. He ran fast enough to beat 8 of the 9 team's #4 runners and 5 of the team's #3 runners. He helped our team win the Regional meet. He also earned a spot on our fastest junior times list for the Regional meet. Trevor earned his way onto the News-Gazette's prep cross country leaders list in November. Trevor earned News Gazette All-Area as a junior.
    As a senior, Trevor came into the season healthier than he had ever entered the season. Trevor looked physically and mentally stronger in the early season workouts. The conference coaches are asked to predict one runner that has a chance to win conference. One of the conference coaches picked Trevor as a preseason favorite to win conference. It is quite an honor that opposing coaches look highly on Trevor. Trevor opened up his senior year with a solid 17:33 at the Charleston Invitational. This earned him a spot on our fastest top senior times list at the Charleston Invitational. Trevor made his way onto the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September. Trevor ran a season best at the Springfield Invitational by running a time of 17:09. This was fast enough to earn him the 15th fastest spot on our fastest senior times list for the Springfield Invitational. Trevor earned a medal by placing 2nd in the open race. Trevor helped his team win the open race in a big way as they placed 1st through 4th in the open race. Trevor earned enough letter points after the Springfield Invite to earn his 3rd Varsity XC letter. Trevor had another big improvement from his season best time at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. He ran a 16:37 which was a 32 second improvement. His time was fast enough to earn him the 15th fastest time on our team's fastest top senior times list for the PND invite. He earned a spot on our team's 16 minute 3 mile club. Trevor was part of our team's highest team finish at the PND invite as they placed 2nd in the 68 team invitational. They beat 19 state ranked teams and 3 nationally ranked teams in the process. Trevor has looked stronger than ever at practice. He earned our team's excellent workout of the week this week for his excellent 800 repeat workout. Trevor ran a solid time in our South Mahomet run breaking 30 minutes. He joined our team's sub 30 South Mahomet Loop club for the third year. Trevor ran right at his season best at the East Peoria Invitational by breaking into the 16s again. He ran a 16:56 helping pull two of his teammates in the process to breaking into the 16s for the first time. Without Trevor's holding the pace his teammates never would have made it. Trevor's time was fast enough to earn him the 16th fastest time we have ever had a Mahomet senior at this invitational. Trevor earned our team's scholar/athlete award for his strong academic success. Trevor made his way onto the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October. Trevor ran an amazing race at the Metamora Invitational. He ran a lifetime best of 15:44 breaking into the 15s again. He earned a spot on our team's 15 minute 3 mile club. Trevor ran the 8th fastest senior time we have had at this invite earning him a spot on our team's fastest time list. Trevor earned a medal by placing 24th. He ran 5th for his team and helped them win the invitational. Trevor helped his team run the fastest 5 runner and fastest 7 runner average for this invite by any Mahomet team before. He helped his team earn the ranking of 2nd in the State for all three polls the week after the Metamora Invite. He improved 11 seconds from his time 1 year ago and 53 seconds from his season best. Trevor had a lifetime 3 mile best at the Conference meet. He helped his team win the Conference meet in a big way as they had 7 of the top 10 runners. Trevor earned all-conference status by placing 10th. He helped his team run the fastest top 7 runner average we have had at this meet in 45 years. He improved 35 seconds from his season 3 mile best. He earned the 11th spot on our team's fastest senior top times list at the Conference meet by a senior. He earned a medal by placing in the top 10. Trevor had such a strong season that he earned a spot on our team's State meet roster. Unfortunately Trevor got sick the week of the Regional meet so he didn't compete in the Regional race. Trevor raced in the Sectional meet at East Peoria. Trevor ran a 16:47. He made it onto our fastest senior times list for the Sectional meet. He helped his team win the Sectional meet and became a State qualifier. Trevor helped his team run the fastest top 7 runner average we have ever had at the Sectional meet. Trevor made his way onto the News Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in November.