2019 Meet The Team Mahomet-Seymour Boys Cross Country

As a freshman, Hayden ran the highest miles of anyone on the team entering his freshman year. He ran enough miles to join our team's 500 mile club. He ran more miles than any freshman we have ever had in the summer. Hayden's hard work paid off as he finished 4th on our varsity team in his first meet out. He ran a 17:39 at the Charleston Invitational. This time was fast enough to earn him a spot on our team's fastest freshman top times list at the Charleston Invitational. He earned a medal for his high finish. Hayden earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September. He had a great 2nd race on a very challenging course at the Springfield Invitational. Hayden ran a 11:25 for a lifetime 2 mile best. He placed 4th in the freshman race to earn a medal. He earned a spot on our team's fastest top freshmen times list for the Springfield Invitational. Hayden really stepped it up again at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. Hayden had the 3rd fastest time for our entire team. He cut off 26 seconds from his lifetime best to run a 17:13. Hie time was fast enough to earn him the 27th spot on our team's fastest freshman times list at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. Hayden has continued to show us that he is a varsity runner as a freshman. Hayden earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October. Hayden ran a low 17s at the U-High Invitational. He ran a 17:20 which earned him the 7th spot on our team's fastest freshman top times list at the U-High Invitational. Hayden helped our team placed 3rd in the 29 team Metamora Invitational. He broke into the 16s for the first time with a 16:46. He earned a spot on our team's 16 minute 3 mile club. He cut off 27 seconds for his lifetime best. He earned the 13th spot on our team's fastest freshman top times list for the Metamora Invitational. Hayden ran the 24th fastest time of any Mahomet freshman at any race in the 50 year history of our program. Hayden ran a strong time at the conference meet on our very challenging course. He ran a 17:30 to place 13th in the meet. He earned the 29th spot on our team's fastest freshman times list for the conference meet. He earned a spot on our team's State series roster. Hayden earned our team's 6 month most consecutive days in a row award. Hayden ran a lifetime 3 mile best at the Sectional meet on a very wet course. He ran a 17:07. This time was fast enough to earn him the 12th spot on our team's fastest freshmen times list for the Sectional meet. Hayden helped his team qualify for State. Hayden became one of only 10 freshman to get to run at State in our team's 50 year history. Hayden ran a lifetime best 3 mile time at the State meet by cutting off 30 seconds. He ran a 16:47 to place 159th in the meet. He handled the high pressure of State well by placing 5th on the team and getting our team to place 11th. Hayden earned one of the top freshman times at the State meet. He also earned a spot on our team's fastest times at the State meet. He earned our fastest freshman award at our end of the year awards ceremony.