Joe Churm - Sophomore Joe
is a second year high school cross country runner and letterman.
Son of Bill and Sarah Churm |
2014 & 2015 Letterman 2015 Captain 300 Mile Club in 2014 700 Mile Club in 2015 2015 Sub 30 Minute South Mahomet Club 2015 16 Minute 3 Mile Club 2015 Scholar/athlete Award 2015 Most Consecutive Days in a Row 2015 Most Improved Fresh/Soph Award Winner 2014 Personal Best Time 17:44 (17:22*) 2014 Personal Best 2 Mile Time 12:11 2015 Personal Best Time 16:43 (16:14*) 2014 & 2015 Medalist at the Springfield Invitational 2015 Medalist at the East Peoria Invitational 2014 & 2015 Medalist at the State Meet Fastest Top Freshmen Times List for the East Peoria & Metamora Invitationals & Conference Meet Fastest Top Sophomore Times List for the Charleston, Springfield, Peoria ND, E. Peoria, & Metamora Invitationals & Conference Meet 2014 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October. & November 2015 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, & November 2015 State Qualifier - alternate |
As a Freshman, Joe entered our program with junior high
experience. He was one of the strongest runners on his junior
high team. Joe took his summer training seriously as he ran over
300 miles in the summer before his freshman year. Joe joined our
team's 300 mile club. Joe showed incredible determination in our
early season workouts. The workouts are made to mentally and
physically challenge the toughest of high school runners. Joe
held his own in these workouts and finished even some of the most
grueling runs. Joe opened his season with a great first run at
the Charleston Invitational where he ran a 18:56. This was one of
the strongest times run by a Mahomet freshman in the past 10 years at
that invitational. Joe
made his way onto the News Gazette Prep
Cross Country Leaders List in September. Joe showed his extreme
loyalty to the team by making a special trip from band camp and back to
be able to race at the Springfield Invitational freshman race. It
paid off as he ran a lifetime best of a 12:11 which was a 55 second
improvement from his previous best. Joe placed 11th overall to
earn his first high school cross country medal. He placed 4th for
his team and helped his team win the Springfield Invitational freshman
race team title. Joe ran a solid race at the Peoria Notre Dame
Invitational with a time of 19:17. He earned enough letter points
after his Peoria Notre Dame performance to earn his first high school
varsity cross country letter. Joe ran a big improvement at the
East Peoria Invitational. His time of 18:33 was a 23 second
improvement as he broke into the 18s again. Joe's time was
fastest enough to earn him a spot on our team's fastest top freshman
times list for the East Peoria Invitational. Joe is a very
determined runner. He became the 2nd freshman ever to finish our
York Workout. It is an incredibly mentally and physically
challenging workout that seems overwhelming to most. Joe handled
it with great success. Joe made his way onto the News Gazette Prep
Cross Country Leaders List in October. Joe had an excellent race
at the Metamora Invitational. He broke into the low 17s with a
17:22. Joe's time was fast enough to earn him a spot on the
team's fastest times list for the Metamora Invitational. Joe's
improved a massive 1 minute and 11 seconds from his season best to run
this great time. He had the second largest improvement on the
team helping lead our team with his tremendous effort. Joe
ended his freshman season by running a lifetime 3 mile best time at the
Conference meet. He ran a 17:44. This was a huge
improvement of 1 minute and 12 seconds. It was the second biggest
improvement on our team. Joe earned a spot on our team's fastest
freshman times list for the Conference meet with his strong time.
Joe earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List
in November. As a sophomore, Joe drastically increased his summer miles. It paid off as he moved up to the top pack on our teams and his times majorly improved. He ran over 700 miles in the summer. He earned a spot on our team's 700 mile club. He earned the honor of being captain his sophomore year. Joe's work paid off in our first meet. Joe improved 1 minute and 24 seconds from just one year earlier to run a 17:32 at the Charleston Invitational. This was a 12 second lifetime 3 mile personal best time. He ran in the top 12 for our team. Joe's time was the biggest improvement of anyone on the team from last year's race. Joe earned a spot on our team's fastest sophomore list at the Charleston Invitational. Joe earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September. Joe ran another lifetime personal best at the Springfield Invitational. Despite it being a tougher course he still managed to run a 17:29. He helped his team win the runner-up spot in the open race. He ran 4th for his team placing 12th overall. His 12th place finish earned him a medal. His time earned him the 23rd fastest spot on our fastest top times list for sophomores at the Springfield Invitational. Joe earned enough varsity letter points to earn his second varsity cross country letter. Joe ran an increible race at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. He broke into the 16s for the first time with a 16:43. He earned a spot on our team's 16 minute 3 mile club. Joe did this by improving 46 seconds from his lifetime best. He was 2 minutes and 34 seconds faster than he was last year at the same meet which shows his work ethic paid off. He earned a spot on our team's fastest top sophomore times list by running the 17th fastest sophomore time ever at this invitational. Joe ran a competitive race at the East Peoria Invitational. Joe placed 6th in the fresh/soph race earning a medal. He helped his team win the invitational. Joe earned the 21st spot on our team's fastest top sophomore times list at this invitational. He improved one minute and 20 seconds from his race at East Peoria just one year ago which shows how hard he worked this past summer. Joe earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October. Joe ran in the 16s again at the Metamora Invitational where he ran a 16:47. His time is the 16th fastest sophomore time we have had at this invitational. His time was a 35 second improvement from his last year's time at this invite. Joe ran an amazing race at the Conference meet. He ran for a lifetime best of 16:14. This was a 29 second improvement for the year and a 1 minute and 30 second improvement from his last year's conference race. Joe placed 6th in the open race helping his team win it with a low score of 17 points. He earned the 11th fastest spot on our team's fastest sophomore times list for the Conference meet with a 46 year history. His great improvement is just a reflection of his hard work the past year. Joe earned his way onto our team's State series roster. Joe went on to break onto our team's Sub 30 minute South Mahomet Loop club. Joe was a State qualifier as an alternate his sophomore year. Joe also earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in November. Joe earned out team's scholar athlete award for his great grades the previous year. Joe earned our team's most consecutive days in a row award. Joe won the most improved fresh/soph award for improving 1 minute and 8 seconds. Joe and his teammates earned at medal at the State meet for placing 2nd. |