Most Improved over a Career Club
First Meet Time
 Best Career Time
 Overall Improvement
1
 Evan Monson
 34:16
 23:19
 10:57
2
 Robert Beach
 26:41
 17:39
 9:02
3
 Dan Lewis
 26:29
 17:57
 8:32
4 Daniel Middendorf 25:01 17:35 7:26
5
 Cody Sullivan 30:36 23:15 7:21
6
 Cody Jesswein
 28:48
 21:42
 7:06
7
 Wade Rippy
 30:34
 21:31
 7:03
8
 Sam Geneser
 32:31
 25:32
 6:59
9 Nathaniel Cebulski 24:59 18:19
 6:40
10
 Thomas Thoren
 27:20
 20:53
 6:27
11
 Kurt Bucker
 23:33
 17:27
 6:06
12 Tristan Ray 26:26 20:38 5:48
13 Kenny Pauley 23:44 18:04 5:40
14
 Devin Lyons
 22:51
 17:17
 5:34
15
 Michael Mansfield
 25:34
 20:19
 5:15
16
 Evan Forbes
 22:11
 16:57
 5:14
17
 Aaron Tandy
 27:17
 22:14
 5:13
18
 Patrick Kirwan
 22:02
 16:53
 5:09
19
 Alex Williams
 22:44
 17:45
 4:59
20
 Caleb Johnson
 22:00
 17:19
 4:41
21
 Austin Beck
 20:50
 16:10
 4:40
22 Brian Plotner 25:22 20:47 4:35
23
 Kyle Lindsey
 24:37
 20:10
 4:27
24 John Tender
 21:23 16:57 4:26
25
 John Williams
 23:54
 19:25
 4:19
26 Nick Ross 23:34 19:19 4:13
27
 James Scherer
 24:38
 20:34
 4:04
28
 Brad Bohn
 23:40
 19:40
 4:00
28
 Brian Statler
 26:04
 22:04
 4:00
30 Karsten Waisath 20:51 16:54 3:57
31
 Brandon Vietor
 32:25
 28:31
 3:54
32
 Andrew Kumler
 21:04
 17:11
 3:53
33
 Mayand Vakil
 24:36
 20:53
 3:49
34
 Brandon Keeney
 21:46
 18:03
 3:43
35
 Dustin Kinkelaar
 20:39 16:57
 3:42
36
 Lucas Prather 19:03 15:21 3:42
37 Taylor Fan 19:58 16:18 3:40
38 James Williams 19:30 15:50 3:40
39 Ben Craw 18:42 15:03 3:39
40
 Phil Demsey
 23:33
 19:54
 3:39
41 Charlie Grant
 23:05 19:27 3:38
41 Avery Seaman 20:50 17:12 3:38
43
 Joe Horton 25:15 21:45 3:30
44 William Wolf 18:29 15:01 3:28
45
 Chad Whitfield
 24:04
 20:38
 3:26
46
 Jason Riddle
 20:51
 17:24
 3:24
47 Gabe Wisnasky 20:45 17:21 3:24
48
 Cameron Zindars
 24:03
 20:40
 3:23
49
 C.J. Fall
 20:45
 17:24
 3:21
50
 Nick Sellers
 22:49 19:30
 3:19
51
 A.J. Hay
 24:43
 21:25
 3:18
52 Taylor Fan
 19:58 16:44 3:14
53
 Jared Sanders
 24:33
 21:19
 3:14
54
 John Prillaman 19:03 15:50 3:13
55
 Wes Logan
 20:32
 17:24
 3:08
56
 Jacob Mahaffey
 18:30
 15:22
 3:08
57
 John Butcher 18:41 15:33 3:08
58 Ben Wallace 19:19 16:15 3:04
59 Preston Wilkins 22:47 19:43 3:04
60
 Brandon Balazi
 27:39
 24:36
 3:03
61
 Kevin Koenig
 20:52
 17:52
 3:00
62
 Rob Steffen
 23:31
 20:31
 3:00
This page gives credit to those runners that improved the most over their career.  We used their first 3 mile race as a starting point and their fastest 3 mile time in their remaining years as the best career time.  We only used 3 mile courses for this chart.  This list includes records since 2000. 
Monson
Evan Monson ran 4 years of cross country during the 2003-2006 seasons. Evan showed a great amount of commitment and determination to himself and the team. His first race of his freshman year was 34:16.  His slowest time his first season was a 36:47.  He ran in the 30 minute range for 10 of his 11 races his freshman year.  He improved 10 minutes and 57 seconds from his first 3 mile race as a freshman to his senior personal best. During the summer before his sophomore year, Evan ran constantly and it showed.  Evan cut off around 7 minutes from the start of his freshman year to his sophomore year.  Evan earned our most improved fresh/soph runner of the year his sophomore year. As a junior, Evan continued to improve.  He often ran races in the off-season to improve.  Evan medaled at the Olympia Invitational in the open race by placing 23rd.  Evan ran a personal best of 23:52 during his junior year. He improved 1 minute and 37 seconds from his sophomore year.  As a senior, Evan started the season the strongest physically and mentally ever.  He has improved more over a 4 year span than I have ever seen an athlete improve.  He sets our team standard for the future runners to see who can improve the most over 4 years.  By mid-season, Evan was running life time best times.  Evan improved another 39 seconds between his junior and senior year.  Evan ran a lifetime personal best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 23:19.  He worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leader list in October of his senior year.