2016 Meet The Team Mahomet-Seymour Boys Cross Country

As a freshman, David joins our team with junior high cross country and track experience. He was a state qualifier in cross country his 7th grade year. David stepped right into running strong in our early practices. He ran over 400 miles in the summer before his freshman year to join our 400 mile club. David had a great start to his high school cross country career. He ran a strong time of 18:51to place 78th in the 13 team invitational. He was the 6th fastest freshman in the varsity invitational. He helped his team win the invitational. He showed he is a strong runner with great potential in this sport. David earned a spot on our team's fastest top freshman times list for the Charleston Invitational. David earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list in September. David represented our team well at the Springfield Invitational. He placed 8th and earned a medal for his high place. He showed great determination in the race as he passed up runners along the way. David ran strong enough to earn himself a spot on our team's fastest freshman top times list at the Springfield Invitational. David ran a lifetime best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational despite it being a slow course due to the wet ground. David cut off 9 seconds to run a 18:42. His time helped our team run the fastest overall team average we have had at this meet in the 17 years we have gone to this meet. David placed 65th in the 70 team invitational in the open race. His place earned him the 7th highest place our team has ever earned in the open race. David earned enough letter points after the PND Invite to earn his first high school varsity letter. David had a season best at the East Peoria Invitational. He ran a 18:14. His time earned him a spot on our team's fastest freshman times list for the East Peoria Invitational. David ran 5th for his fresh/soph team helping them win the 21 team invitational. He placed 15th overall earning his second high school cross country medal. He became one of our 12 Mahomet runners in 12 years to earn a medal in the fresh/soph race at this invite. David ran a lifetime best of 17:09 at the Metamora Invitational. David improved by over a minute to run such a great time. His teammates were singing him praises all week in practice for improving so much. He earned the 18th spot on our team's fastest freshman times list at the Metamora Invitational. He earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list in October. David had another great race at the conference meet. He ran 17:12 for a lifetime best. This beat his previous 3 mile best by 90 seconds. David ran the 3rd fastest freshman time in the meet of any school. He placed 14th in the open race. David earned the 22nd spot on our team's fastest freshman times list in the past 47 years. David earned our team's fastest freshman award. David also earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in November. He earned a medal for being part of our State championship team. David earned a spot on the final News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list in December.