2014 Meet The Team Mahomet-Seymour Boys Cross Country

As a Freshman, Kyle entered our program with junior high running experience. Kyle took his summer seriously and ran 300 miles in the summer before his freshman year. Kyle joined our team's 300 mile club. Kyle's work ethic in the summer really showed in early practices as he was able to run some of the harder workouts that over half our team couldn't handle. Coming off a week with an injury Kyle decided to gut out his race at the Springfield Invitational freshman race. He ran a 12:20 for a 28 second improvement from his previous lifetime best effort. Kyle placed 13th in the race and earned his first high school cross country medal. Kyle ran 5th for his team and helped them win the Springfield Invitational freshman race team title. Kyle finished his first high school cross country 3 mile race with a solid time of 19:09. He earned enough letter points after the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational to earn his first high school cross country varsity letter. Kyle ran a strong race at the East Peoria Invitational. He ran right at his best for the season with a 19:22. Kyle runs with such determination in his races. Kyle had an amazing breakthrough at the Metamora Invitational where he improved 1 minute and 8 seconds from his lifetime best. He just missed breaking into the 17s with a time of 18:01. His time was fast enough to earn him a spot on our team's fastest freshman times list for the Metamora Invitational. Kyle's hard work in practice really is paying off. Kyle ran a lifetime 3 mile best in his final race at the Conference meet. Kyle ran a 18:41 which was a 29 second improvement from his previous best. Kyle earned himself a spot on the News Gazette Cross Country Leaders List in October.