As a Freshman, Tristan joins us with junior high cross country running
experience.
Tristan is a quiet runner, but leads by example. Tristan showed
us
in early season workouts that he just doesn't give up. In
workouts
that would have made earlier year runners quit early, Tristan shows
great
inner strength by pushing through them. Tristan is a great
addition
to our team. Tristan opened up his high school career with a time
of
26:26. He ran a smooth first race at the Charleston
Invitational.
Tristan had a major lifetime personal best at the Springfield
Invitational.
He smashed his previous best of 16:10 with over a minute
improvement.
He skipped the 15s and ran a 14:58. He helped his team win the
freshman
team championship trophy. Tristan earned a spot on the
News-Gazette's
prep cross country leaders list in September. Tristan improved an
amazing
3:51 at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. His new lifetime best
of
22:37 earned him the 29th spot on our team most improved over a career
list. Tristan has shown an impressive amount of determination
throughout the season.
Where many of his tough teammates have backed down in workouts, Tristan
seems
to run every workout in its entirety. Tristan ran another
lifetime
best at the East Peoria Invitational. He ran a 22:33 and finished
stride
for stride with his teammate Christopher Williams. Tristan was
one
of the few runners on our team that ran a lifetime best on this
challenging course. Tristan had an amazing run at the Metamora
Invitational.
He improved about 2 minutes and ran in the 20's for the first
time.
Tristan ran a 20:45 for a season best time. Tristan ran a
lifetime
best in his final race of the season. He was one of only three
runners
on our team to be able to run a personal best at this meet.
Tristan
cut off 29 seconds to run a 22:08. His improvement earned him the
23rd
spot on our team's most improved over a career list with a 4 minute and
18
second overall improvement.
As a sophomore, Tristan came out stronger and much
more determined than his freshman year. Tristan moved his way up
in practice and put in 7 mile runs on the weekends. His hard work
in practice and the weekends paid off as he opened his sophomore season
with a 22:25 at the Charleston Invitational. This was a 4 minute
and 1 second improvement from his Charleston Invite time just one year
before. This was the 2nd biggest improvement on the entire
team. Tristan had a strong race on the challenging Springfield
Invitational course. Tristan improved 37 seconds from his season
best to run a 21:48. This was the second highest improvement on
our team for the day. Tristan's time was 20 seconds better than
his lifetime 3 mile best. He moved up in our most improved over a
career list to #20 with an impressive 4 minute and 38 second
improvement from his first high school 3 mile race to his best high
school 3 mile race. This reveals both how much Tristan has grown
as a runner, but also how determined he has been this year with his
workouts and weekend training runs. Tristan is an awesome example
for his teammates on how to keep improving and never give up
attitude. Tristan ran in the top 7 for his team and helped them
win the team championship for the Springfield Invitational open
race. Tristan had one of the biggest improvements of the day at
the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. He ran a 21:08 which was a 40
second improvement from his previous 3 mile lifetime best. He
improved 1 minute and 37 seconds from his time just one year earlier at
this invite. He moved up seven spots to number 13 on the most
improved career list with a 5:18 overall improvement in his short
career. Tristan had another solid race at the East Peoria
Invitational. He ran a 22:57. Tristan continued to show a
lot of guts in our toughest workouts throughout the week. He
definitely possesses a never give up attitude. Tristan ran an
amazing race at the Metamora Invitational. He ran a season best
time by 54 seconds to run a time of 20:14. This was a 31 second
improvement from his time just one year ago at the Metamora
Invitational. Tristan's time was fast enough to earn him spot on
our team's fastest sophomore times list for the Metamora
Invitational. Tristan ran a lifetime 3 mile best time at the
Conference meet with a 20:38. This was another 30 second
improvement from his previous 3 mile best. He moved up to the #12
spot on our team's most improved over a career list with an overall
career improvement of 5 minutes and 48 seconds. His time was 1
minute and 40 seconds faster than he ran at the 2013 Conference
meet. Tristan has really shown the team how determined he
is. Tristan earned our team's most improved fresh/soph runner
award as a sophomore. He improved 1 minute and 40 seconds from
his last year to this year's best time.
As a junior, Tristan joined us with more experience
than ever. He ran a 25:28 at the Charleston Invitational.
He helped his team run the fastest overall team average at the
Charleston Invitational. His character continues to be a great
example for his teammates. Tristan ran a solid race at the East
Peoria Invitational. He ran a time of 26:10 on this challenging
course. He helped his team win the invitational. Tristan
and his teammates earned at medal at the State meet for placing 2nd. |
