2018 Meet The Team Mahomet-Seymour Boys Cross Country

As a freshman, Chase joins our team with junior high cross country team. Chase opened up his freshman year by running a 22:54 at the Charleston Invitational. He finished 105th in the varsity race. Chase had some great practices before the Monticello triangular meet. During those practices he greatly earned the respect of his older teammates by his determination. Chase ran a 23:57 at the Monticello triangular meet where he placed 49th. Chase had a 30 second improvement in the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. He ran a 22:24 to place 500th in the invitational. He really showed a lot of guts in that race. Chase had a tremendous personal improvement at the East Peoria Invitational. He improved 1 minute and 38 seconds from his season best with a 20:46. He helped his team place 4th in the fresh/soph race. He showed himself to be a tough high school racer in this meet. Chase had a great effort on a horribly muddy course at the Metamora Invitational. Despite the course being slow he almost tied his best with a 20:53. He earned enough varsity letter points to earn his first high school varsity letter. Chase had one of the best performances for our team at the conference meet. It was an incredibly slow course due to the hills. Chase handled the hills better than the majority of our team. He ran a 21:20. He earned a spot on our team's State team roster his freshman year.