As
a freshman, Alex joined us with junior
high running experience. He
showed great improvement in the first
weeks of practice. Alex opened
up his season at the Springfield
Invitational. He ran his
lifetime 2 mile best by running a
16:06 in the Springfield Freshman
Race. Alex ran well his first
high school three mile race at the
Peoria Notre Dame Invitational.
He ran a 24:03. This was a great
effort as it was the same speed he ran
a 2 mile the previous year, but he
held that race pace over another
mile. This showed how much work
he has done this season to gain the
endurance to carry his natural speed
for another mile. Alex had some
amazing practices heading into the
Normal U-High Invitational week.
He inspired the team by his
determination. Alex ran a 24:36
at the Normal U-High
Invitational. This earned him
the 38th spot on our team's fastest
freshman times list at the Normal
U-High Invitational. Alex had an
amazing run at the Metamora
Invitational. He had the largest
improvement on the team. He
improved 2 minutes and 51 seconds from
his best to run a 21:12. He
passed up the 23s and 22s to run in
the low 21s. Alex ran so fast
that he earned the 49th spot on our
team's fastest freshman top times list
at the Metamora Invitational.
Alex ended his season by running a
personal best 3 mile time on our
challenging course. He ran a
23:46 with a great performance.
As a sophomore, Alex had
his best summer training. He
earned our team's 300 mile club
award. Alex has shown so much
growth as a runner and person his
sophomore year. He has become
one of the strongest teammates I have
seen in decades. Alex goes out
of his way to be a supportive
teammate. He has helped build
our program with his encouragement and
support of his teammates. As a
runner, he has gotten much stronger
and his practices have shown so much
improvement. Alex opened his
season at the conference meet.
He ran a 27:06. He was part of
the open race championship team.
Alex cut off over a minute in his
final race of the season. He ran
a 26:02 at the Monticello
Invitational. He ran with
great determination to be able to cut
off a minute. Alex won our 2020
Clydesdale award. Alex earned
his first varsity letter his sophomore
year.
As a junior, Alex
came out stronger than ever. He
quickly stepped into a leadership role
by taking care of the other
runners. Alex opened up his
season by pulling and encouraging his
younger teammate. Alex showed an
incredible improvement from last year
and ran a 23:05 at the Charleston
Invitational. This was Alex's
lifetime best true 3 mile time.
He started his junior year off in a
great way. Alex helped our team place
2nd in the open race at the
Springfield Invitational out of 19
teams. He ran 6th for the open
team and ran a 24:21 on a tough
course.
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