2019 Meet The Team Mahomet-Seymour Boys Cross Country

As a junior, Peter joined us from the track team. Peter showed a great amount of discipline the summer before his junior year. He ran over 300 miles to earn our team's 300 mile club award. His teammates really admired him for taking care of them over the summer. Peter quickly adapted to the miles of a distance runner. He ran with a pack in his first meet to run a 18:38. He earned a medal by finishing 38th at the Charleston Invitational. Peter earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September. Peter ran a 19:51 at the Monticello triangular meet. He placed 30th overall. Peter ran 5th for the team at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. He had a big personal best and broke into the 17's. He ran a 17:58 for a 40 second improvement. His lifetime best earned him the 40th spot on our top junior times list at the PND invitational. He has really adapted quickly to running the longer distances. Peter earned his first high school cross country varsity letter after the PND meet. Peter earned a spot on the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October. Peter ran a 18:17 on a very muddy course at the Metamora Invitational. He earned the 32nd spot on our team's fastest junior times at the Metamora Invitational. He helped his teammate break into the 18s for the first time in this race by pulling him along the course. Peter ran 7th for the team at the Conference meet. He helped the team place 2nd. He earned a spot on our team's State meet roster his junior year. Peter ran 5th for the team at the Regional meet. He ran a 18:04 in the 20 plus mph winds. He helped his team qualify for the Sectional meet. Peter won our team's fastest new runner award his junior year.

As a senior, Peter continued to show he was a caring leader in the preseason. He was often bragged on by his younger teammates that he took care of them. The parents also thought the world of him for going out of his way to take care of the younger runners. Peter ran a 20:16 at the Charleston Invitational. He finished stride for stride with his teammate. Peter had a big improvement at the Springfield Invitational. Despite it being a more challenging course he cut off nearly half a minute. He ran a 19:50. He ran 2nd for our team in the open race helping them to a 5th place finish out of 20 plus teams. Peter's time was fast enough to earn him a spot on the fastest top senior times list for our team at the Springfield Invitational. Peter cut off 60 seconds from his season best at the U-High Invitational. He broke into the 18s with a 18:50. This earned him the 31st spot on our team's fastest senior times list at the U-High Invitational. Peter cut off another 48 seconds at the Metamora Invitational to run an 18:02. This was a 15 second improvement from his time last year at this same meet. His time was fast enough to earn him the 39th spot on our team's fastest senior times list at the Metamora Invitational. He earned enough points after this meet to earn his varsity letter. Peter earned a. spot on the News-Gazette's leaders list in October. He ran a 19:01 on our very challenging course at the conference meet. He improved 19 seconds from last year's conference meet. Peter made his mark on our program by being one of the kindest and caring individuals I have ever known. He was a great mentor to our younger runners and showed them how to be a man of great character.