2017 Meet Summaries
Charleston Invitational:
Mahomet-Seymour
won
the 13 team Charleston Invitational.
Mahomet 43 (ranked #1 in the State AA)
Danville 57 (ranked #3 in the State AA)
Mt Zion 88
Charleston 97
Mattoon 160
Urbana 162
Champaign Central 179
Fairlfield 227
Effingham 245
Sullivan 257
LWRB 345
IC Catholic Prep 346
Shelbyville no team score
Our team's
top 7 runners for this invitational
Senior Ryan Hodge, junior Mathias Powell,
junior Bryson Keeble, senior Riley
Fortune, senior Evan Burge, junior Kaelan
Davis, and senior Joe Churm were our top 7
finishers for this invitational.
Charleston
awarded 40 medal winners. Our
runners were fortunate to win 9 of
those.
Ryan Hodge - 7th place medal winner
Mathias Powell - 8th place medal winner
Bryson Keeble - 9th place medal winner
Riley Fortune - 11th place medal
winner
Evan Burge - 13th place
medal winner
Kaelan Davis - 14th place medal winner
Joe Churm - 30th place medal winner
David Wilcoski - 32nd place medal winner
Kyle Sheehy - 40th place medal winner
The
following runners showed great
improvement from their 2016 Charleston
Invitational times to their 2017
Charleston Invitational times.
Bryson Keeble improved 2 seconds.
Kaelan Davis improved 7 seconds.
Evan Burge improved
46
seconds.
David Wilcoski improved 1
minute and 22 seconds.
The
following runners had lifetime personal
3 mile best times.
Kiel Ledin
improved 20 seconds.
Joe Taylor - 1st
high school race
Caleb Dowers - 1st
high school race
Caleb Mason - 1st high
school race
The
following runners earned a spot in our
Fastest Times at the Charleston
Invitational list.
Freshmen Fastest Times List
Joe Taylor - 32nd
Caleb Dowers - 33rd
Sophomores
Fastest Times List
David
Wilcoski - 18th
Juniors Fastest Times List
Mathias
Powell - 11th
Bryson Keeble - 11th
Kaelan Davis - 17th
Nate Douglas - 40th
Seniors
Fastest Times List
Ryan Hodge -
9th
Riley Fortune - 10th
Evan Burge - 12th
Joe Churm - 21st
Kyle Sheehy - 31st
Fastest Times
at the Charleston Invitational list.
2017
Charleston results.
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Springfield Invitational:
Mahomet-Seymour placed
2nd in the 19 team invitational.
Mundelein 29 (ranked 7th in AAA)
Mahomet-Seymour 49
Chatham Glenwood 106 (ranked 3rd in AA)
Springfield 125 (ranked 7th in AA)
Bloomington 148 (ranked 15th in AA)
Normal Community 155
Taylorville 217
Monticello 226 (ranked 16th in A)
Springfield Sacred Heart 239
Urbana 255
Mattoon 279
Quincy 293
East St. Louis 340
Franklin 411
Springfield South East No team score
Springfield Lanphier No team score
Decatur Eisenhower No team score
Chicago Leo No team score
Decatur MacArthur No team score
We had 5 runners earn a medal in the Varsity race.
Ryan Hodge - 2nd place
Mathias Powell - 3rd place
Riley Fortune - 7th place
Bryson Keeble - 13th place
Kaelan Davis - 24th place
We had 2 runners earn a medal in the Freshman race
Joe Taylor - 10th place
Caleb Dowers - 11th place
We had 2 runners earn a medal in the Open race
David Wilcoski - 6th place
Nate Douglas - 15th place
The following runners ran a season best time.
Riley Fortune improved 15 seconds.
Caleb Mason improved 17 seconds.
Ryan Hodge improved 19 seconds.
Mathias Powell improved 19 seconds.
The following runners earned a spot on our fastest
times list for the Springfield Invitational.
Freshmen
Joe Taylor - 32nd
Caleb Dowers - 33rd
Sophomores
David Wilcoski - 38th
Juniors
Mathias Powell - 5th
Bryson Keeble - 15th
Kaelan Davis - 21st
Seniors
Ryan Hodge - 4th
Riley Fortune - 5th
Evan Burge - 24th
Joe Churm - 31st
Fastest
times
at the Springfield Invitational list.
2017
Springfield results.
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Peoria Notre Dame Invitational:
Mahomet-Seymour placed 9th in the Varsity race out of 72
teams.
They competed against 11 AAA State ranked teams, 5 AA
State ranked teams, and 3 A State ranked teams.
Mahomet beat 3 of the AAA State ranked teams, all of the
AA teams including AA #2 State ranked Normal U-High and
#4 Chatham Glenwood.
Peoria awarded 60 medal winners.
Mathias Powell, Ryan Hodge, and Riley Fortune all won a
medal.
The weather conditions were very hot compared to normal
which slowed down the entire field. Six of our
runners still ran season best times.
Riley Fortune, Bryson Keeble, Ryan Hodge, Jack McHale,
Mathias Powell, and Garret Williams ran season bests.
Five of our runners improved their times from last
year's Peoria Notre Dame Invitational.
Ryan Hodge improved 15 seconds, David Wilcoski improved
19 seconds, Kaelan Davis improved 21 seconds, Bryson
Keeble improved 25 seconds, and Mathias Powell improved
34 seconds.
The following runners earned a spot in our Fastest Times
at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational list.
Junior Fastest Times List
Mathias Powell 2nd
Bryson Keeble 18th
Kaelan Davis 27th
Senior Fastest Times List
Ryan Hodge 3rd
Riley Fortune 7th
Evan Burge 30th
Fastest times
at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational list.
2017 Peoria Notre Dame
Results.
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East Peoria Invitational:
Mahomet-Seymour placed 1st out of 23
teams (21 full teams).
They competed against 5 State ranked AA schools and 1
State ranked A school.
They beat #2 State ranked Normal U-High, #10 ranked
Bloomington, #11 ranked Washington, #17 ranked Normal
West, #19 ranked Metamora, and #19 A state ranked
Eureka.
East Peoria awarded 20 medals.
Ryan Hodge, Mathias Powell, Evan Burge, Kaelan Davis,
and Bryson Keeble all won a medal.
The weather conditions were hot once again which
slowed the entire field. Our boys ran very
competitively even though their times don't reflect
their strong efforts.
Gaven Williams, Caleb Mason, and Jack McHale had the
best improvements of the team. Gaven, Caleb, and
Jack ran season best times. They definitely
showed great determination to be able to run season
bests in unfavorable conditions.
Bryson Keeble, Kaelan Davis, Kyle Sheehy, Mathias
Powell, and Gaven Williams all showed improvements
from their last year's times at this same
invitational. Our team success really is driven
by improvements. These runners helped lead our
team at the East Peoria Invitational by improving upon
their bests.
Ryan Hodge and Mathias Powell lead the meet by placing
1st and 2nd. They managed to beat some strong
runners including one of the top 10 fastest returning
runners from last year (Jared Shuckman from Normal
U-High).
Due to great competitiveness on the parts of Evan
Burge, Kaelan Davis, and Bryson Keeble our team
managed to beat out #2 State ranked U-High. Some
last minute efforts by these three runners helped our
team earn the points needed to win the meet over
powerhouse Normal U-High.
Jack McHale and Joe Churm rounded out our top 7 by
placing 6th and 7th for our team.
The following runners earned a spot in our Fastest
Times at the East Peoria Invitational list.
Freshman Fastest Times List
Joe Taylor 39th
Caleb Dowers 40th
Sophomore Fastest Times List
David Wilcoski 35th
Junior Fastest Times List
Mathias Powell - 7th
Kaelan Daivs - 22nd
Bryson Keeble - 23rd
Jack McHale - 32nd
Senior Fastest Times List
Ryan Hodge 8th
Evan Burge - 19th
Joe Churm - 37th
Fastest
times at the East Peoria Invitational list.
2017 East Peoria Results.
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Metamora Invitational:
Our team won the 28 team invitational (23 full
teams and 5 partial teams).
They beat 5 other State Ranked teams (U-High,
Bloomington, Springfield, Metamora, and Washington).
Ryan Hodge and Mathias Powell placed 1st and 2nd in the
invitational.
Ryan Hodge ran the fastest time any Mahomet runner has
run at this invitational in our 10 year history at this
meet.
Ryan Hodge ran the 6th fastest time on this course by
any runner from any school in nearly 50 years.
13 of our runners ran season best times.
Mathias Powell, Ryan Hodge, Riley Fortune, Evan Burge,
Kaelan Davis, Joe Churm, Kyle Sheehy, Nate Douglas, Joe
Taylor, Jack McHale, Caleb Mason, Garret Williams, and
Gaven Williams.
Kyle Sheehy improved 39 seconds from his last year's
time at this meet. Mathias Powell improved 22
seconds from his last year's time at this meet.
Evan Burge improved 19 seconds from his last year's time
at this meet. Ryan Hodge improved 13 seconds from
his last year's time at this meet.
Six runners ran their lifetime best. Mathias
Powell, Ryan Hodge, Kyle Sheehy, Nate Douglas, Joe
Taylor, and Caleb Mason. Joe Taylor had the best
improvement of the team. He improved 60 seconds
from his previous best. Nate Douglas improved 35
seconds and broke into the 16s for the first time.
The following runners earned a spot in our Fastest Times
at the Metamora Invitational list.
Freshman Fastest Times List
Joe Taylor 25th
Sophomore Fastest Times List
David Wilcoski 30th
Gaven Williams 35th
Junior Fastest Times List
Mathias Powell 2nd
Kaelan Davis 19th
Bryson Keeble 28th
Nate Douglas 29th
Jack McHale 30th
Senior Fastest Times List
Ryan Hodge 1st
Riley Fortune 10th
Evan Burge 17th
Joe Churm 30th
Fastest times
at the Metamora Invitational list.
2017 Metamora Invitational results.
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Conference:
The team won our first Apollo conference meet.
They won with a low score of 27 points beating out the
other 6 conference teams.
Ryan Hodge, Mathias Powell, and Riley Fortune controlled
the race to finish 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Kaelan Davis finished 10th. Finishing in the top
ten helped these four runners all-conference
status. Just missing a spot was Evan Burge who
finished 2 seconds out of 10th with a solid effort.
Bryson Keeble and Nate Douglas rounded out our top 7 for
the day. Nate Douglas has really come on strong at
the end of the season earning himself a varsity top
seven spot.
Kyle Sheehy, Joe Churm, and Garret Williams all finished
with competitive races which really exemplified their
four year high school cross country careers. The
team depth that they have brought our team over the past
four years has helped to give our program a strong
reputation.
Jack McHale and David Wilcoski also ran strong races
which I was extremely proud of.
Gaven Williams had one of the most impressive runs for
the day as he ran a season best despite the course being
a slow course.
2017
Conference Results
The history of the
conference meet
Conference Highest individual finishes.
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Regional:
The
team placed
second in the Regional meet. This qualified them
for the Sectional meet.
There were 7 State ranked teams in the 10 team
Regional meet. Both Mahomet and Normal U-High
earned a score or 49 points. The tie was broken
by the fastest 6th place runner.
Our team set some important team records showing
continued improvement from previous years of our
program.
Our team had the fastest top 5 runner time average
that any of our Mahomet teams have had since joining
the Regional meet 48 years ago with an average time of
15:17.4.
Our team had the fastest top 7 runner time average
that any of our Mahomet teams have had since joining
the Regional meet 48 years ago with an average time of
15:36.8.
Our team had the most amount of All-Regional runners
we have had with three runners earning that
honor. Runners have to place in the top 5 of the
meet. Mathias Powell, Ryan Hodge, and Riley
Fortune were named All-Regional by placing 1st, 2nd,
and 4th.
Mathias Powell ran the fastest time any Mahomet runner
has run in the Regional meet with a time of 14:33.
Ryan Hodge ran the fastest time any Mahomet senior
runner has run in the Regional meet with a time of
14:39.
Mathias Powell ran the fastest time any Mahomet junior
runner has run in the Regional meet.
Riley Fortune ran the 5th fastest time any Mahomet
runner has run in the Regional meet with a time of
15:03.
Kaelan Davis broke into the 15s for the first time by
running a 15:58. Close behind was his teammate
Evan Burge at 16:11.
Mathias Powell, Riley Fortune, Kaelan Davis, Nate
Douglas, and Kyle Sheehy ran season best times.
Riley and Kaelan had a 25 second improvement from
their previous season best. This really helped
our team out. Nate Douglas improved 19 seconds
from his previous best to run in the 16s for his
second time.
The following runners earned a spot in our Fastest
Times at the Regional meet list.
Junior Fastest Times List
Mathias Powell - 1st
Kaelan Davis - 15th
Nate Douglas - 30th
Senior Fastest Times List
Ryan Hodge - 1st
Riley Fortune - 4th
Evan Burge - 21st
Kyle Sheehy - 47th
Mathias Powell and Ryan Hodge earned a spot on
Metamora's top 25 list for runners running the fastest
times on their course. Any runner from any meet
from any school in a time period of over 40 years can
qualify for the top 25 times.
Regional
top 10 individual finishers list.
The history of our
team at the Regional.
2017 Regional Results.
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Sectional
The team won
the Sectional meet for the 6th year in a row.
This qualified the team for the State meet.
There were 8 State ranked teams in the 18 team
Sectional meet.
Mathias Powell, Ryan Hodge, and Riley Fortune placed
1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the Sectional meet. They
earned All-Sectional honors for placing in the top 10
in the race.
Our team ran our 2nd fastest top 5 runner average and
2nd fastest top 7 runner average that any of our
Mahomet teams have had since joining the Sectional
meet 48 years ago.
Ryan Hodge, Riley Fortune, Bryson Keeble, Evan Burge,
Kaelan Davis, and Nate Douglas all ran their season
best 3 mile times at the Sectional meet.
Evan Burge broke into the 15's for the first time this
season with a 15:58.
Nate Douglas had the largest improvement of the day as
he cut off 43 seconds off his previous best true 3
mile time.
The following runners earned a spot in our Fastest
Times at the Sectional meet list.
Junior Fastest Times List
Mathias Powell - 2nd
Bryson Keeble - 17th
Kaelan Davis - 19th
Nate Douglas - 31st
Senior Fastest Times List
Ryan Hodge - 4th
Riley Fortune - 5th
Evan Burge - 19th
The history of our
team at the Sectional.
Our team's highest individual places
Past State qualifiers.
2017 Sectional Results.
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State
The team won the State meet.
Mathias Powell, Riley Fortune, and Ryan Hodge all placed
in the top 10. They earned All-State honors by
placing 4th, 6th, and 9th.
Our top 5 runners all ran season best 3 mile times which
allowed us to win the meet.
Ryan Hodge improved 4 seconds.
Evan Burge improved 4 seconds.
Mathias Powell improved 6 seconds.
Bryson Keeble improved 19 seconds.
Riley Fortune improved 21 seconds.
Kaelan Davis and Nate Douglas were within 5 seconds of
their season best despite the muddy course and thicker
crowds at State.
The following runners earned a spot in our Fastest Times
at the State meet list.
Junior Fastest Times List
Mathias Powell - 1st
Bryson Keeble - 10th
Kaelan Davis - 21st
Nate Douglas - 33rd
Senior Fastest Times List
Riley Fortune - 4th
Ryan Hodge - 7th
Evan Burge - 22nd
MS State
Qualifiers list.
Fastest Times at the
State meet.
2017 State Meet
Results