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2010 & 2011 Letterman 2011 Captain 2011 600 Mile Club 2010 Personal Best Time 17:08 2011 Personal Best Time 17:08 2010 Medalist at the Eureka F/S, U-High, and Metamora Invitational. 2011 Medalist at the Springfield Invitational. 2010 Freshmen Meet Champions at the Springfield Inviational. 2010 Eureka F/S Meet Champions. High Open Race finish at the U-High Invitational (6th). Fastest Top 10 Sophomore Times List for the Springfield and U-High Invitational. 2010 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October & November. 2011 News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders List in September, October, and November. |
Curt Kupferschmid - Sophomore Curt is a
second year high school cross country runner and returning
letterman. Son
of Chad and Linda Kupferschmid.
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As a freshman, Curt comes to our team with jr. high cross country
experience under his belt. He started his high
school career with a solid time of 20:00 at the Charleston Invitational.
He was a member of the
freshman meet championship team at the Springfield Invitational
freshmen race. Curt went on to have a drastic improvement at the
Eureka F/S Invitational with a time of 18:32. Curt earned a medal
at the Eureka F/S Invitational by placing 20th. Curt went on to
run a 3 mile personal best at the
Peoria Notre Dame Invitational. Curt continued to drastically
improve
at the East Peoria Invitational where he ran a 17:56. He had
another major break through at the U-High Invitational where he was our
first open runner with a time of 17:16. His 6th place finish was
the highest
open finish we have had at this invitational. Curt earned enough
Varsity letter points after the East Peoria Invitational that he got
his first Varsity letter. Curt earned a spot on our top 10
fastest freshmen list at
the Eureka FS Invitational, the U-High Invitational, and the Metamora
Invitational. Curt ran our team's 8th fastest time at the
Metamora Invitational placing him in our fastest freshman list.
He earned a spot on our team's regional roster his freshman year.
Curt ran an excellent race in the rain at the Regional meet. He
ran another personal best of 17:08. Curt earned a spot on the
News-Gazette's Prep Cross Country Leaders List in October and November. As a sophomore, Curt ran over 600 miles in the summer earning himself the honor of being captain. Curt's first race as a sophomore was at the Springfield invittational. Curt helped lead his team to a meet championship in the open race at the Springfield invitational. This is the first time our team has won this meet in the history of our program. Curt earned a medal and a place on our top 10 fastest times/places list for the Springfield invittational by placing 13th. This was the 5th highest finish ever in the open race for our team. Kurt helped his fresh/soph team to a 28th place at the Peoria ND Invitational. He earned enough letter points to earn a varsity letter for the 2nd year in a row. Curt had a big breakthrough at the East Peoria Invitational where he ran a 17:23 just narrowly missing our top 10 fastest sophomore times list. Curt made his way onto the News-Gazette prep cross country leaders in September. Curt ran a season 3 mile best at the U-High invitational with a 17:53. Curt's 10th place finish in the open race earned him a spot on the top times/place list for the U-High invitational. Curt worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list for October. Curt ended his sophomore with a major improvement. Despite the 30 mph winds, Curt ran a lifetime best of 17:08 which placed him 5th in the open race at Conference. Curt showed a lot of heart in the race and earned his way onto our team's state series roster his sophomore year. He worked his way onto the News-Gazette Prep Cross Country Leaders list for November. |