2011 Ethan Russell  
2010 & 2011 Letterman

 300 Mile Club in 2010
500 Mile Club in 2011
2011 Old Dog Club
2011 Scholar/Athlete

Fastest Top 10 Freshmen Times List for the Charleston, Springfield, Eureka F/S, Peoria ND, East Peoria, U-High, and Metamora Invitational.
Fastest Top Sophomore Times List for the Charleston, Springfield, Peoria Notre Dame, East Peoria, U-High, and Metamora Invitational.
2010 Personal Best Time 16:44
2011 Personal Best Time 16:12 (16:11*)

2010 Medalist at the Charleston Invitational and the Springfield Invitational.
2011 Medalist at the Springfield Invitational.

2010 Medalist at the Eureka F/S Invitational.
2010 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, and November.
 2011 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, and November.

2011 State Qualifier - 142nd place
Ethan Russell - Sophomore
Ethan is a second year high school cross country runner and returning letterman.  Son of Craig and Chris Russell.
    As a freshman, Ethan comes to our team with jr. high cross country experience under his belt.  Ethan ran over 300 miles in the summer before his freshman year.  He earned his way onto our team's 10 fastest freshman lists for the 1st home meet, the Charleston Invitational, the Springfield Inviational, the Eureka FS Invitational, the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational, the East Peoria Invitational, the U-High Invitational, and Metamora Invitational.  He earned a medal at the Charleston Invitational by placing 25th with a time of 17:26.  He earned a medal at the Springfield invitational by placing 4th in the freshman 2 mile race.  He was a member of the freshman meet championship team at the Springfield Invitational freshmen race.  Ethan earned a medal at the Eureka F/S Inviational where he was also part of the Eureka Fresh/Soph Invitational meet championship team.  Ethan ran a personal best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational where he ran a 17:04 while running in the Varsity race.  Ethan continued to run well where he ran a personal best at the East Peoria Invitational.  Ethan broke into the 16's for the first time at the U-High Invitational with a time of 16:44.  Ethan ran the 2nd fastest freshman time ever at the Metamora invitational with another time in the 16's.  Ethan ended the season well as he became one of the few freshman to run in the Regional and Sectional meet.  Ethan ran in our top seven Varisty runners the entire year.  He earned his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, and November.
   As a sophomore, Ethan came into the season in better shape than ever.  He ran over 500 miles in the summer.  He opened up at the Springfield Invitational by helping his team win the meet championship for the first time in the history of our school.  Ethan earned a medal by placing 23rd and running a lifetime best of 16:41.  He earned high enough grades last year to earn an academic letter.  This helped him earn the honor of scholar/athlete for our team.  He earned a second year letter in cross country as a sophomore.   Ethan ran a lifetime best at the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational with a 16:27.  He earned his way onto the top times list for the Peoria Notre Dame invitational.  He ran another personal best at the East Peoria Invitational with a 16:11.  He earned his way onto our top times list for the East Peoria Invitational with this time.  Ethan made his way onto the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders in September.  Ethan ran a low 16's at the U-High invitational to earn him a spot on our fastest times list.  He went on to run another solid race at the tough Metamora course to earn him a high spot on the Metamora invitational.  He worked his way onto the News Gazette prep cross country leaders list for October.  Ethan ran a sub 5 minute mile to become a member of the Old dog club in 2011.  Ethan went on to run a lifetime personal best at the Regional meet with a 16:12.  He was 12th in the Regional race helping his team win the Regional title.  Ethan helped his team place 2nd at the Sectional meet.  Ethan earned the honor of being a state qualifier his sophomore year.  He worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list for November.  Ethan ended his sophomore season by placing 142nd at State and helping his team place 5th as a team.  He ran the 11th fastest sophomore time at State that MS has ever had. 
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