2011 James Williams

2010 & 2011 Letterman

250 Mile Club in 2010

2011 Scholar/Athlete

2010 Personal Best Time 17:58
2011 Personal Best Time 17:27 (17:00*)


Fastest Top 10 Freshmen Times List for the U-High and Metamora Invitational.
Fastest Top 10 Sophomore Times List for the Springfield & East Peoria Invitational.
 
Medalist in the 2010 Charleston Invitational.
Medalist in the 2011 Springfield Invitational.
2010 Freshmen Meet Champions at the Springfield Inviational.
2011 Charleston Invitational Meet Champions.
2011 Springfield Open race Meet Champions.
2010 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October & November.
2011 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, and November.
James Williams - Sophomore
James is a second year high school cross country runner and returning letterman.  Son of John and Carolyn Williams.
    As a freshman, James comes to our team with jr. high cross country experience under his belt.  He earned a medal in his first high school race at the Charleston Invitational by placing 13th with a time of 19:30.  He was a member of the freshman meet championship team at the Springfield Invitational freshmen race.  James ran a personal best and got into the 18's by running an 18:56 at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational.  James continued to improve as he ran another personal best of 18:12 at the East Peoria Invitational.  James earned enough varsity letter points after the East Peoria Invitational that he got his letter.  James had a big break through at the U-High Invitational where he broke into the 17's with a 17:58.  This earned James a spot on our team's fasest top 10 freshmen at the U-High Invitational.  James continued to run well when he got onto our fastest freshman list at the Metamora Invitational.  James earned a spot on our team's regional roster during his freshman year.  James also earned a spot on the News-Gazette's Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October and November. 
   As a sophomore, James opened the season by improving 1:23 from a year earlier at the Charleston Invitational with a time of 18:20.  James ran in the top 7 for our team at the invitational. helping to lead our team to a team championship.  James helped to lead our team in the open race at the Springfield invitational to a team title.  James earned a medal by placing 9th with a lifetime best of 17:56.  James earned a spot on the top 10 fastest sophomore list for the Springfield Invitational for having the 3rd highest finish in the open race for our team.  James earned high enough grades in the previous year to earn an academic letter for this year.  This earned him the honor of scholar/athlete for our team.  James earned a letter for the second year in a row for his athletic performance in cross country.  James cut another 29 seconds off to run a lifetime best of 17:27 at the Peoria ND Invitational.  James ran a 17:00 at the East Peoria Invitational just missing the 16s.  He earned himself a spot on the fastest sophomore list at the East Peoria Invitational.  James made his way onto the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders in September.  James ran 8th for the team at the Metamora Invitational with a 17:06.  This time was fast enough to earn him a spot on our fastest sophomore times list at the Metamora Invitational.   He worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list for October.  James displayed one of the greatest efforts of determination that I have seen.  Despite having a limp the majority of his last race of the season, James dug down and ran well.  While most runners would have dropped out due to frustration and pain, James pushed through it and finished strong with a limp.  It was a great testament of his inner strength.  His great times over the season earned him a spot on our team's state series roster for his sophomore year.  He worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list for November.
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