2019 Meet Summaries
Charleston Invitational:
Mahomet-Seymour
placed 2nd in the 12 team
Charleston Invitational
(11 full teams and
1 partial team).
Our
team's top 7 runners for
this invitational
Nick Mies
(junior), Kyle Nofziger
(sophomore), Joseph Scheele
(sophomore),
Hayden
Grotelueschen
(freshman),
Joe Taylor (junior),
Josh Wilcoski
(sophomore), and
Gage Williams
(freshman).
Our
medal winners
Nick
Mies -
5th place
medal winner
Kyle
Nofziger - 6th
place medal
winner
Joseph
Scheele - 7th
place medal
winner
Hayden
Grotelueschen
- 22nd place
medal winner
Joe
Taylor - 29th
place medal
winner
Josh
Wilcoski - 35th
place medal
winner
The following
runners showed great
improvement from their 2018
Charleston Invitational
times to their 2019
Charleston Invitational
times.
Kyle Nofziger
improved 20 seconds
Joseph
Scheele improved
20 seconds
Joe Taylor
improved
31 seconds
Josh
Wilcoski improved
1 minute and
21 seconds
Chase
Misenheimer
improved 1
minute and 54
seconds
Karsten
Waisath
improved 1
minute and 56
seconds
The following
runners had lifetime
personal 3 mile best times.
Hayden
Grotelueschen
17:39
Josh Wilcoski 18:25
Gage
Williams 18:50
Karsten Waisath 18:55
Ben
Wallace 19:19
Gabe
Difanis 19:38
Chase
Misenheimer 21:00
John Tender 21:23
The
following runners earned
a spot in our Fastest
Times at the Charleston
Invitational list.
Freshmen Fastest Times
List
Hayden
Grotelueschen - 18th
Gage
Williams - 31st
Ben
Wallace
- 40th
Gabe
Difanis - 43rd
Sophomores
Fastest Times List
Kyle Nofziger -
25th
Joseph
Scheele - 25th
Josh
Wilcoski - 33rd
Karsten
Waisath - 36th
Juniors
Fastest Times List
Nick
Mies - 26th
Joe Taylor - 39th
Seniors
Fastest Times List
Fastest Times
at the Charleston Invitational list.
2019 Charleston Invitational Results
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Springfield Invitational:
Mahomet-Seymour
placed 6th in the Varsity race and 5th in
the JV race. There
were 20 teams represented
(15
full teams and 5
partial teams).
This
moved our team
record to 24 - 6 for
the season.
Our
team's top 7 runners for
this invitational
Kyle Nofziger (sophomore), Joseph
Scheele (sophomore), Joe
Taylor (junior),
Nick Mies (junior),
Josh Wilcoski
(sophomore),
Taylor Fan
(sophomore),
and Karsten
Waisath
(sophomore)
Our
medal winners
Kyle Nofziger
-
15th place
medal winner
Joseph
Scheele - 16th
place medal
winner
Caleb
Dowers - 14th
place medal
winner in the
JV race
Hayden
Grotelueschen
- 4th place
medal winner
in the
freshman race
Gage
Williams - 7th
place medal
winner in the
freshman race
Ben
Williams - 9th
place medal
winner in the
freshman race
The following
runners showed great
improvement from their 2018 Springfield
Invitational times to their
2019
Springfield
Invitational times.
This
invitational was canceled
in 2018 due to the weather.
The following
runners had season personal 3
mile best times.
Caleb Dowers 18:53
Taylor Fan 19:40
Peter Slezak 19:50
David
Wilcoski 20:26
Jonah Singer 22:01
The following
runners had lifetime
personal 3 mile best times.
Caleb
Dowers 18:53
Taylor Fan 19:40
The
following
runners had
lifetime
person 2
mile best
times.
Hayden
Grotelueschen
11:25
Ben
Wallace 12:28
The following
runners
earned their
varsity
letter after
this invitational.
Hayden
Grotelueschen
Nick Mies
Kyle
Nofziger
Joseph
Scheele
Joe
Taylor
Josh
Wilcoski
The
following runners earned
a s pot in our Fastest
Times at the Springfield
Invitational list.
We have run
this invitational since
2004.
Freshmen Fastest Times
List
Hayden Grotelueschen -
19th
Gage
Williams
- 41st
Ben
Wallace - 47th
Sophomores
Fastest Times List
Kyle Nofziger -
16th
Joseph
Scheele - 16th
Josh
Wilcoski - 40th
Taylor Fan - 44th
Juniors
Fastest Times List
Nick
Mies - 35th
Joe
Taylor - 35th
Caleb
Dowers -
45th
Seniors
Fastest Times List
Peter
Slezak - 50th
Fastest
times
at the Springfield Invitational list.
2019
Springfield results.
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Peoria Notre Dame Invitational:
Mahomet-Seymour
did not have a team score in
the Varsity race.
Mahomet-Seymour
placed 16th
in the fresh/soph
race.
There
were 79 teams
represented at this
invitational
with some of best
teams in the State.
There
were
24 A, AA,
and AAA State
ranked teams
at this
invitational
and a
Nationally
ranked team
from
California.
We
put the majority of our
runners in the fresh/soph race
due to their age this year.
Our
medal winners
Kyle
Nofziger
-
3rd
place medal
winner
in
the fresh/soph
race
Joseph
Scheele - 23rd
place medal winner
in the
fresh/soph
race
The following
runners showed great
improvement from their 2018 PND
Invitational times to their
2019
PND
Invitational times.
David Wilcoski
improved 2 seconds
Joseph Scheele improved
34 seconds
Kyle Nofziger improved 35
seconds
Karsten
Waisath improved 42
seconds
Joe
Taylor improved 45
seconds
Taylor
Fan improved 1 minute
and
33 seconds
Josh
Wilcoski
improved
improved 1
minute and 42
seconds
Chase
Misenheimer improved 2
minutes
The following
runners had lifetime
personal 3 mile best times.
Alex Carpenter
Caleb Dowers
Taylor Fan
Hayden
Grotelueschen
Chase
Misenheimer
Kyle
Nofziger
Joseph
Scheele
Joe Taylor
John Tender
Karsten Waisath
Ben
Wallace
Josh Wilcoski
Gage
Williams
The following
runners
earned their
varsity
letter after
this invitational.
Caleb
Dowers
Taylor
Fan
Jonah
Singer
Karsten
Waisath
Ben
Wallace
David
Wilcoski
Gage
Williams
The
following runners earned
a spot in our Fastest
Times at the PND
Invitational list.
Freshmen Fastest Times
List
Hayden Grotelueschen - 27th
Gage
Williams - 36th
Ben
Wallace - 39th
Sophomores
Fastest Times List
Kyle Nofziger -
5th
Joseph
Scheele - 14th
Josh
Wilcoski - 38th
Jonah
Singer - 41st
Taylor
Fan - 43rd
Juniors
Fastest Times List
Joe Taylor - 34th
Caleb
Dowers - 40th
Seniors
Fastest Times List
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Fastest times
at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational list.
2019 Peoria Notre Dame Results.
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East Peoria Invitational:
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Normal U-High
Invitational:
Mahomet
-Seymour placed
2nd in the 14
team
invitational.
(12 full teams
and 2 partial
teams).
They
fell just 2
points shy of
Normal U-High.
Kyle
Nofziger and
Joseph Scheele
ran stride for
stride with
the current
News-Gazette's
top area
runner.
They came in
2nd and 3rd
in the
meet.
Kyle and
Joseph ran the
fastest and
3rd fastest
sophomore time
we have had at
this
invitational.
Joseph
broke into the
15's for the
first time
with a
15:56.
Kyle and
Joseph are 2
of only
17 sophomore
runners our
program has
ever had in 50
years that
have run faster
than 16
minutes.
Jonah
Singer made
the largest
improvement of
the day.
He improved 1
minute and 19
seconds from
his season
best.
He ran 3rd for
our team and
broke into the
16s for the
first time
this year.
Nick
Mies tied his
best
time to come
in 4th for our
team.
Our team had 4
runners
pushing each
other for
our number 5
spot.
This was a
great team
effort since
our team score
is determined
by the top 5
finishers from
our
team.
Some coaches
say that the
most important
runner on the
team is the
5th runner.
Josh Wilcoski,
Hayden
Grotelueschen,
Joe Taylor,
and Gage
Williams all
finished
within 20
seconds of
each other for
5th-8th on our
team.
This was very
important
to the team
score.
Gage Williams
earned a medal
for being
the 2nd
fastest runner
from any team
wasn't in the
top 7 of a
team.
Taylor
Fan and Ben
Wallace really
helped each
other in the
race.
Both had a
lifetime best
as a result
with a 18:00
and 18:07.
Peter Slezak
had one of the
best
improvements
on the
team. It
is
rare to have
someone
improve this
much at this
point in the season.
He improved 60
seconds.
Finishing just
in front of
Peter was
Karsten
Waisath who
ran right at
this lifetime
best with a
18:47.
Chase
Misenheimer
and Avery
Seaman worked
well together
in the race to
help Avery run
a season best
time.
Alex Carpenter
ran close to
his lifetime
best by
running in the
24s at this
meet.
This moved our
team record to
36
- 7 for
the season.
Our
team's top 7
runners for
this
invitational
Kyle Nofziger
(sophomore),
Joseph Scheele
(sophomore),
Jonah Singer
(sophomore),
Nick Mies
(junior),
Josh
Wilcoski
(sophomore),
Hayden
Grotelueschen
(freshman),
and Joe
Taylor (junior)
Our
medal winners
Kyle Nofziger
- 2nd place
medal winner
Joseph
Scheele - 3rd
place medal
winner
Gage
Williams - 2nd
placed in the
fastest
8th man runner
award
The
following
runners had
lifetime
personal 3
mile best
times.
Nick
Mies - tied his
best
Kyle Nofziger
-
improved
by 1 second
Taylor
Fan - improved
by 9 seconds
Josh
Wilcoski - improved
by 21 seconds
Joseph
Scheele -
improved by 30
seconds
Ben
Wallace - improved
by 32 seconds
Gage
Williams
- improved by
36 seconds
Avery
Seaman -
improved by 39
seconds
Peter
Slezak -
improved by 1
minute
Jonah
Singer -
improved
by 1 minute
and 19 seconds
The
following
runners earned
a spot in our
Fastest Times
at the Normal
U-High
Invitational
list.
Freshmen
Fastest Times
List
Hayden
Grotelueschen
- 7th
Gage Williams
- 9th
Ben Wallace -
13th
Alex Carpenter
- 38th
Sophomores
Fastest Times
List
Kyle
Nofziger - 1st
Joseph Scheele
- 3rd
Jonah Singer -
10th
Josh Wilcoski
- 13th
Taylor Fan -
21st
Karsten
Waisath - 25th
Chase
Misenheimer -
47th
Avery Seaman -
48th
Juniors
Fastest Times
List
Nick
Mies - 11th
Joe Taylor -
14th
Seniors
Fastest Times
List
Peter
Slezak - 31st
Fastest times at
the U-High
Invitational list.
2019 U-High
Invitational results.
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Metamora Invitational:
Mahomet-Seymour placed 3rd
in the varsity race.
29 teams were
represented (25 full teams
and 4 partial teams).
Our
current record is
61 wins and 9
losses for the
season.
Kyle
Nofziger
and Joseph
Scheele led the
team as they ran
in the 15s again
with a 15:16
and 15:35.
Close
behind Jonah
Singer and
Nick Mies ran
together for a
16:03
each.
This was the
first time
Nick ran
in the 16s and
he
almost
made it into
the 15s.
Joe
Taylor
and
Hayden
Grotelueschen
broke into the
16s for the
first time
with a 16:41
and
16:46.
Gage Williams
rounded out our
top 7 with a lifetime
best
of
17:22.
Josh Wilcoski
came in right
behind Gage with
a 17:28
showing the
depth of
the team.
Taylor
Fan and
Karsten Waisath
worked
together to
break into the
17s for the first
time with a
17:49
each.
Ben Wallace
ran a lifetime
best of
18:02. Peter
Slezak
also
ran a 18:02
which was a
48 second
improvement
on the
season.
John
Tender and
Chase
Misenheimer
both broke
into the 19s
for the first
time with a
19:28 and
19:52.
Avery Seaman
broke into the
20s
for the first
time
in the season
with a
20:31.
Alex
Carpenter had
the largest
improvement of
the day.
He went from
running int the
24s to a
21:12. He
has
shown such
tremendous
growth and
determination
this
season.
It
is worthy to
note that 3 of
our sophomores
ran
in the 10
fastest
sophomore
times our team
has ever
had.
This shows
their strong
potential for
the future
as well as the
here and now.
A
handful of our
runners showed
that they are
some of the strongest
runners our
program has
had in the fifty
year history
of our XC
program.
Hayden Grotelueschen
ran the
24th
fastest freshman
time of
any Mahomet
runner on any
course
in the last
fifty years.
Kyle
Nofziger
ran the 3rd
fastest
sophomore time
of any Mahomet
runner on any
course in the
last fifty years.
Joseph Scheele
ran the 10th
fastest
sophomore time
of
any Mahomet
runner on any
course
in the last
fifty years.
Jonah
Singer ran the
21st
fastest
sophomore time
of
any Mahomet
runner on any
course
in the last
fifty years.
Nick
Mies ran the 41st
fastest junior
time of
any Mahomet
runner on any
course
in the last
fifty years.
Joe
Taylor
ran the 68th
fastest junior
time of any
Mahomet runner
on any course
in the last
fifty years.
Our
medal winners
Kyle
Nofziger
-
9th
place medal
winner
Joseph
Scheele - 15th
place
medal winner
Jonah
Singer - 32nd
place medal
winner
Nick
Mies - 33rd
place medal
winner
The
following runners showed
great improvement from
their 2018
Metamora
Invitational times to
their 2019
Metamora
Invitational times.
Peter Slezak improved
15 seconds
Jonah
Singer improved 38
seconds
Joseph
Scheele improved
48 seconds
Joe Taylor improved
49 seconds
Kyle
Nofziger improved 52
seconds
Chase
Misenheimer improved
1 minute and 1
second
Karsten
Waisath
improved 1
minute and 41
seconds
Josh
Wilcoski
improved
1 minute and
45 seconds
The
following runners had season
best times.
Ben
Wallace improved 5
seconds
Taylor Fan improved
11 seconds
Gage
Williams
improved 17
seconds
Joseph
Scheele
improved 21 seconds
Hayden
Grotelueschen
improved 27
seconds
Chase
Misenheimer
improved
32 seconds
Kyle
Nofziger improved
34
seconds
Avery
Seaman
improved 42
seconds
Joe Taylor
improved
42 seconds
Jonah
Singer improved
47 seconds
Peter
Slezak improved
48 seconds
Karsten
Waisath
improved 55
seconds
Nick
Mies improved
57 seconds
John
Tender
improved 1
minute and 10
seconds
Alex Carpenter improved
2 minutes 51
seconds
The following
runners
earned their
varsity
letter after
this invitational.
Peter
Slezak
The
following runners
earned a spot in our
Fastest Times at the
Metamora
Invitational list.
Freshmen Fastest
Times List
Hayden Grotelueschen -
13th
Gage
Williams - 23rd
Ben
Wallace - 30th
Alex
Carpenter - 49th
Sophomores
Fastest Times List
Kyle Nofziger
- 3rd
Joseph
Scheele - 6th
Jonah
Singer - 10th
Josh
Wilcoski -29th
Taylor
Fan - 33rd
tie
Karsten
Waisath - 33rd
tie
John
Tender - 42nd
Chase
Misenheimer -
44th
Juniors
Fastest Times List
Nick Mies -
19th
Joe Taylor - 28th
Seniors
Fastest Times List
Peter
Slezak - 39th
Fastest times
at the Metamora Invitational list.
2019 Metamora
Invitational results.
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Conference:
Our boys won the conference meet. This was our
last race for the majority of the team as we can only enter 7
runners in the State series. It was a nice note to end the
regular season on. All the runners really gave an
incredible effort at this meet and I was super proud of them.
We were thankful that we had so much support for this home
meet. Parents, teachers and community members came out to
cheer. Our girls team did an amazing job getting to places
that had no other fans to support our boys.
Kyle Nofziger (sophomore), Joseph Scheele (sophomore), Nick Mies
(junior), Joe Taylor (junior), Gage Williams (freshman), Hayden
Grotelueschen (freshman), and Jonah Singer (sophomore) were our
top seven runners in the conference meet.
Kyle Nofziger (2nd) , Joseph Scheele (3rd) , Nick Mies (7th) ,
and Joe Taylor (9th) all earned all-conference honors by placing
in the top ten runners of the meet.
They all earned a medal for finishing in the top 10.
Freshmen, Gage Williams (12th) and Hayden Grotelueschen (13th)
ran very well both placing in the top 13 with solid times on our
challenging course.
It was our senior meet. Our two seniors, David Wilcoski
and Peter Slezak ran very strong races to finish their high
school cross country career. David ran right at his season
best despite it being a slower course. Both David and
Peter ran better times than at last year's conference meet.
Nick Mies (16:45), Joe Taylor (17:12), Taylor Fan (17:50), John
Tender (19:35), Alex Carpenter (23:46), and Gage Williams
(17:28) all ran their season best true 3 mile times. This
showed how determined they were to run this on our course.
Our course is often up to a minute slower for most
runners.
Chase Misenheimer and John Tender earned enough letter points
after this meet to earn their varsity letter.
Our runners showed big improvements from conference just one
year ago.
David Wilcoski improved 6 seconds from last year's conference
meet.
Peter Slezak improved 19 seconds from last year's conference
meet.
Kyle Nofziger improved 33 seconds from last year's conference
meet.
Chase Misenheimer improved 54 seconds from last year's
conference meet.
Jonah Singer improved 1 minute and 44 seconds from last year's
conference meet.
Joe Taylor improved 1 minute and 46 seconds from last year's
conference meet.
Josh Wilcoski improved 2 minutes and 19 seconds from last year's
conference meet.
Joseph Scheele improved 2 minutes and 24 seconds from last
year's conference meet.
Karsten Waisath had the most improvement with 2 minutes and 35
seconds from last year's conference meet.
The following runners earned a spot on our team's fastest times
at the Conference Meet list.
Freshmen
Gage Williams - 27th
Hayden Grotelueschen - 29th
Ben Wallace - 43rd
Sophomores
Kyle Nofziger - 14th
Joseph Scheele - 16th
Jonah Singer - 43rd
Taylor Fan - 46th
Juniors
Nick Mies - 37th
Joe Taylor - 47th
2019 Conference Results
The history of the
conference meet
Conference Highest individual finishes.
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Regional:
Our boys placed 3rd in the Regional meet.
They finished behind #5 State ranked Metamora and #7 State
ranked Bloomington.
They were able to beat #10 State ranked Normal U-High and #19
State ranked Champaign Centennial.
They qualified for the Sectional meet for the 17th year in a
row. The boys represented our team and alumni well.
I was super proud of them.
We could only race 7 runners in the Regional meet.
Kyle Nofziger (sophomore), Nick Mies (junior), Joseph Scheele
(sophomore), Jonah Singer (sophomore), Josh Wilcoski
(sophomore), Caleb Dowers (junior), and David Wilcoski (senior)
ran in our top seven for the day.
Our team knew they had to race right at their best to have a
chance to qualify for the Sectional meet. Our Regional had
the most amount of State ranked teams in it. Many of the
teams were very comparable to our team which made it a real
possibility that we might not qualify for the Sectional meet
despite having a solid team. This put a lot of emotional
pressure on the runners. They handled the pressure very
well and were able to place higher than each individual was
predicted to. We knew it was especially important for our
5th, 6th, and 7th runners to run lifetime bests. All three
of them (Josh Wilcoski, Caleb Dowers, and David Wilcoski) ran
their best times. I was super pleased with their
performances. They gave everything they had to their
teammates. Caleb had a big break through at the right
time. Caleb improved 27 seconds from his best time.
He helped pull his teammates to the places we needed at the
right times in the race. He showed a lot of team spirit by
running with such intensity under such high pressure.
Up front, Kyle Nofziger, Nick Mies, and Joseph Scheele all
placed in the top 11 in the 11 team meet.
Kyle ran right at his lifetime best to place 4th in the
race. This earned him All-Regional honors. His time
was the fastest time any Mahomet sophomore has run in the
Regional meet in 50 years.
Nick Mies had an amazing race. He felt great and was able
to run in the 15s for the first time. His time of 15:45 is
one of the strongest times we have had at the Regional meet in
almost 50 years. He improved 18 seconds from his previous
lifetime best. His time was the 10th fastest time any
Mahomet junior has run at the Regional meet. We have had
some tremendous juniors over the years so this was quite an
accomplishment.
Joseph Scheele broke into the 15s again with a 15:53. His
time was the 4th fastest time that any Mahomet sophomore has run
in 50 years at the Regional meet.
Jonah Singer finished 4th for our team and showed just how
strong the sophomore class is. He ran a 16:26 which was
the 16th fastest time any Mahomet sophomore has run in our 50
year history at the Regional meet.
I was also very appreciative and proud of our runners that
weren't running that made sure they were super supportive
to their teammates during the race. They ran all over the
course to make sure to cheer on and encourage their teammates in
the high stakes race. It made a big difference as four of
our runners ran lifetime bests and the other three were close to
their bests. They care deeply about their teammates and it
showed at the Regional meet.
The following runners showed great improvement from
last year's meet to this year's meet.
David Wilcoski improved 49 seconds from his 2018 to 2019
Regional time.
Kyle Nofziger improved 57 seconds from his 2018 to 2019 Regional
time.
Josh Wilcoski improved 1 minute and 34 seconds from his 2018 to
2019 Regional time.
The other four ran in the Regional meet for the first time.
The following runners earned a spot on our team's
fastest times list for the Regional meet.
Freshmen fastest times list
--
Sophomore fastest times list
Kyle Nofziger - 1st
Joseph Scheele - 4th
Jonah Singer - 16th
Josh Wilcoski - 30th
Junior fastest times list
Nick Mies - 10th
Senior fastest times list
--
Regional
top 10 individual finishers list.
The history of our
team at the Regional.
2019 Regional Results.
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Sectional
Our team placed 3rd in the 18 team Sectional
meet.
Going into the Sectional meet we were ranked anywhere
from 4th to 7th in the meet so our runners knew they
had to run especially well in order to be in the top
five teams so they could qualify for the State meet.
There were 8 State ranked teams racing in the
Sectional meet (9 if you combine both State
rankings). Our runners really handled the high
pressure beyond where most teams would. The
course was incredibly wet so the times from all teams
were slow. Yet four of our runners ran their
best 3 mile time when the team needed them to.
Our runners beat every team from our Regional meet
just one week ago where they placed 3rd. They
came together mentally and physically when their team
needed them to. They beat the State ranked teams
of Metamora, Bloomington, Normal U-High, Geneseo,
Limestone, and Washington.
I think what isn't seen in the team score is how much
support our runners got from their teammates, their
families, our alumni, and our alumni parents that
showed up to encourage them during the race.
Their teammates were running all over the course to
support their teammates at key places where our
runners would need it. I do not think
without this help that our top 7 runners would have
been able to dig down so much. It showed how
much our runners that were racing and those who
weren't really care about each other. The
success of our team and program is not based off
talent as much as it is based off how much our runners
have cared about each other and how much support they
have gotten from their families. I am so
grateful for this as a coach both this year and in
past years.
Kyle Nofziger led the team by finishing 10th in
16:03. This earned him All-Sectional
honors. He ran 18 seconds faster than he did
last Sectional meet. He ran the 11th fastest
time of any Mahomet sophomore at the Sectional meet in
the past 50 years.
Nick Mies finished a stride behind to finish 11th in
16:04. Nick had the largest improvement of the
day. He cut off 41 seconds from his lifetime 3
mile best. He ran the 19th fastest time of any
Mahomet junior at the Sectional meet in the past 50
years.
Jonah Singer finished third for the team with a
16:36. Jonah cut off 13 seconds from his 3 mile
season best time. He really had a major impact
on the success of our team for the day. He was
able to pass a large pack of runners in the final half
mile that helped us pass up a couple teams in the team
score. If he had settled in the race I do not
think we would have qualified as a team for
State. Jonah ran the 17th fastest time of any
Mahomet sophomore at the Sectional meet in the
past 50 years.
Joseph Scheele finished forth for the team with a
16:45. He improved 36 seconds from his last
year's sectional time. He ran the 21st fastest
time of any Mahomet sophomore at the Sectional meet in
the past 50 years.
Joe Taylor finished 5th for the team with a time of
16:55. He cut off 17 seconds from his lifetime 3
mile best. He broke into the 16s for the first
time on a true 3 mile course. Joe's race was
incredibly important. He knew he had to beat
many of the other State ranked #5 runners in order for
our team to make it to State. Joe had to improve
about 15-30 seconds faster than his tough competitors
did. This would have mentally crushed most
high school runners, but Joe ran with such
determination that he did exactly what his teammates
needed out of him. He improved 23 seconds from
his last year's sectional meet. He ran the 35th
fastest time of any Mahomet junior at the Sectional
meet in the past 50 years.
Hayden Grotelueschen ran 6th for the team. He
also ran a lifetime 3 mile best with a time of
17:07. It is rare that a freshman races in the
boys Sectional meet. It is even more rare that a
freshman will run their lifetime best in this
stressful meet. Hayden is an amazing runner and
ran well beyond his years. He dug down and
helped our team by beating many #4 and #5 runners from
the other top teams. This helped push back their
score. He showed he is a champion runner.
He ran the 12th fastest time of any Mahomet freshmen
at the Sectional meet in the past 50 years. He
will be one of only 10 Mahomet freshman runners ever
to race at the State meet in 50 years.
Josh Wilcoski ran 7th for our team with a 17:41.
He improved 60 seconds from his Sectional time
last year. Josh also helped our team by raising
other team's scores by getting in front of their top 5
runners. Josh ran the 30th fastest time of any
Mahomet sophomore at the Sectional meet in the past 50
years.
The following showed great improvement from last
year's Sectional meet to this year's Sectional meet
Kyle Nofziger improved 18 seconds from last year's
Sectional meet.
Joe Taylor improved 23 seconds from last year's
Sectional meet.
Joseph Scheele improved 36 seconds from last year's
Sectional meet.
Josh Wilcoski improved 60 seconds from last year's
Sectional meet.
The following runners earned a spot
on our team's fastest times list for the
Sectional meet.
Freshmen
Hayden Grotelueschen - 12th
Sophomores
Kyle Nofziger - 11th
Jonah Singer - 17th
Joseph Scheele - 21st
Josh Wilcoski - 30th
Juniors
Nick Mies - 19th
Joe Taylor - 35th
Seniors
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The history of our
team at the Sectional.
Our team's highest individual places
Past State qualifiers.
2019 Sectional Results.
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State
Our team
finished 11th out of 26 teams.
It was
a great finish to the season. They
started off unranked in the State rankings in
the preseason rankings. They remained
unranked until late in the
season. They finished higher in
almost every meet than
they were ranked throughout
the season to conclude
the season by proving they were
one of the strongest teams in the
State.
The thing I most
enjoyed about the team was how
much they invested into each
other. Our program has
had some teams with
tight bonds and that has
led to these teams'
success.
This
2019 group ranks among
the top of our
program's
teams
with the tightest
team
bond. They
had runners
that stepped
up throughout
the year when
we needed
them including
during the
State series
as alternates.
The
runners not
running gave
so much so
to their
teammates in
the State
series both as
training partners,
alternates,
and as their
most active
supporters
during the
races. It
was so great
to watch
how much they
cared about
each
other.
The
alumni runners
really reached
out to send
words of
encouragement.
Our current
and alumni
parents also
went to great
lengths
throughout the
season to help
our
program.
I am so
appreciative of
their support.
Nick
Mies and
Kyle Nofziger
ran
most of the race
together and
finished
within
seconds of
each
other.
Nick ran his
lifetime
3 mile best
when the team
needed him
to. He
cut off 15
seconds from
his best to
run a
15:49.
This helped
him place
47th.
His
time was the
17th fastest
time of any
Mahomet junior
that has run
in the State
meet in the
past 50
years.
He was
the 20th
fastest junior
from any team
in the State
meet and is
the 23rd
fastest
time of
any returning
runner going
into next
year's
season.
The
addition of
Nick to the
team has
really helped
push our team
to the next
level.
Kyle
led our team
all season and
even at State
he continued
to do so by
running with
Nick.
Kyle broke
into the 15s
again at the
State meet
where he ran
within 4
seconds of his
lifetime 3
mile
best. He
placed 36th in
the
meet. His
time was fast
enough to earn
the 10th
fastest time
of any Mahomet
sophomore at
the State meet
in the past 50
years. Kyle
ran the 6th
fastest time
of any
sophomore from
any team at
the State
meet. He
will be the
26th fastest
returning
going into
next season
based off his
high State
meet
finish.
Kyle
showed great
leadership the
entire season
in both meets
and
practices.
Jonah
Singer and
Joseph
Scheele
ran part
of the State
meet together
helping their
teammate
out.
Jonah finished
3rd
for the
team.
He ran
his
lifetime
3 mile best with
a 16:06.
This was the
largest
improvement of
any runner on
our
team. He
cut off 30
seconds.
He
placed
72nd.
His improvement
really
pushed our
team place
up.
Jonah ran
the 12th
fastest time
of any Mahomet
sophomore
in the past 50
years.
Jonah ran the
12th fastest time
of any
sophomore
runner at the
State meet
from any
team.
Jonah's improvement
throughout
the season
really helped
make the
team great.
Joseph
Scheele
finished 4th
for the
team. Joseph
helped make
our team
strong by
pushing them
not only
in the State
meet,
but
in all the hard
workouts during
the season.
He
did
a good
job
working
through a late
season injury
to run a 16:27
at the
State
meet. He
place
115th. He
ran the 17th
fastest time
of any Mahomet
sophomore
at the State
meet for the
past 50
years.
Joseph ran the
22nd fastest
time of any
sophomore from
any
school
at the State
meet.
Hayden
Grotelueschen
finished 5th
for the
team. He
ran more miles
than any of
our team during
the summer.
His discipline
and hard work
paid
off. He
became the 10
freshman
runner from
Mahomet to run
in the State
meet. He
ran his lifetime
3 mile best at
the State meet
with
a 16:47.
He
improved 20
seconds from
his 3
mile best.
He placed
159th.
His rounded
out our team
score to push
us
to 11th as a
team. He
ran the 7th fastest
time
of any Mahomet
freshmen
runner at the
State meet in
50
years.
He ran the 9th
fastest time
of any
freshmen from
any team at
the State
meet. He
showed he is
one of the
toughest
freshmen in
the State.
Joe
Taylor and
Josh Wilcoski
ran 6th and
7th for our
team.
Joe Taylor ran
a 17:09 to
finish
182nd.
His time was
the 41st
fastest time
that any Mahomet
junior has run
at the State
meet in 50
years.
He had
a tremendous
season and
was a
major part in
our team
getting this
far.
Josh Wilcoski
ran a
17:48 to
finish 215th
in the
meet.
His time was
the 27th
fastest time
any Mahomet
sophomore has
run at the
State meet in
50
years.
Our
top 7 runners
represented
their team and
our program well.
MS State
Qualifiers list.
Fastest Times at the
State meet.
2019 State Meet Results
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