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2021-22 TEAM NEWS The 2021 season starts Monday, August 9. Practice starts at 2:30 pm in the XC locker room. We are having our XC team camp on Monday, June 21 from 5-6 pm in the high school cafeteria. We are having our XC parent meeting on Monday, June 21 from 6-7 pm in the high school auditorium. If you are interested in joining the team, please email Coach Neal Garrison. He can be reached at ngarrison@ms.k12.il.us   IlMilesplit ranked our team #2 in the AA preseason preview. Ilxctf.com ranked our team #3 in the AA preseason preview. Ilxctf.com ranked Kyle Nofziger in the top 25 in the AA preseason preview. 
invitational.
 Our Varsity placed 14th.  Our team placed 2nd in the East Peoria Invitational.
Kyle Nofziger  Our team placed 2nd in the Metamora Invitational.
 Our team won the conference meet.
 Our team placed 1st in the Regional Meet.
 Our team won the Sectional meet for the 7th time in 10 years.
 Our boys placed 8th in the State Meet.
 MEET SUMMARIES web page.
 2021-22 All-Regional Team Joseph Scheele - 2nd Kyle Nofziger - 3rd Jonah Singer - 5th  2021-22 All-Sectional Team Kyle Nofziger - 3rd Joseph Scheele - 5th  2021-22 All-State Team --  2021-22 INDIVIDUAL MEET CHAMPIONS Avery
Seaman - Springfield Invite Open race
Blake Dillman - Springfield Invite Freshmen race Kyle Nofziger - East Peoria Invitational Joseph Scheele - Conference meet  TEAM MEET CHAMPIONS Charleston
Invitational
Springfield Invitational Conference Meet Regional Meet Sectional Meet Joseph
Scheele - Charleston Invitational
Kyle Nofziger - Springfield Invitational Joseph Scheele - Regional Meet Springfield
Invitational Open race
East Peoria Invitational Metamora Invitational  School
Record
Holder
Mathias Powell 14:31.77 -
(2018
- present)Alex Keeble 14:36 - (2014 - 2018) Mark Johnson 14:41- (1973 - 2014) Bob Bantz - (1972-1973)  Joseph
Scheele 15:20
Kyle Nofziger 15:22* Jonah Singer 15:42  Ben
Wallace - 16:15
Hayden Grotelueschen - 16:23 Taylor Fan 16:35* Karsten Waisath - 16:45 John Tender - 16:57 |
 8-09-21 First day of XC practice at 3:30 (show up at 3:15) (Practice will be at 3:30 everyday before school starts) 8-14-21 XC Picture day at 10:00 am 8-20-21 Fall Sports Kickoff at 6:00 pm 9-04-21 CHARLESTON INVITATIONAL 9-11-21 SPRINGFIELD LANPHIER INVITATIONAL 9-18-21 PEORIA NOTRE DAME INVITATIONAL 9-25-21 EAST PEORIA INVITATIONAL 10-9-21 METAMORA INVITATIONAL 10-12-21 CONFERENCE MEET & Senior Meet 10-23-21 REGIONAL MEET 10-30-21 SECTIONAL MEET 11-06-21 STATE MEET 11-12-21 Fall Awards Night Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony  12-**-21 Nike NXN Nationals - Portland, Oregon 12-11-21 Foot Locker Nationals - San Diego, CA
  MAHOMET CITIZEN ARTICLES  MAHOMET DAILY ARTICLES  NEWS-GAZETTE ARTICLES  PANTAGRAPH ARTICLES  ColesCountySports.com ARTICLES  Ilxctf.com / DyeStatIl.com ARTICLES  Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Articles  MileSplit.IL.com ARTICLES   OLD
DOGS
Gabe Difanis Taylor Fan Hayden Grotelueschen Kyle Nofziger Joseph Scheele Jonah Singer Karsten Waisath Ben Wallace
Taylor
Fan
Kyle Nofziger Joseph Scheele Jonah Singer John Tender Karsten Waisath Gabe Wisnasky Gabe Difanis Hayden Grotelueschen Ben Wallace Gage Williams
2021-2022 APOLLO CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE ACADEMIC TEAM TBA  IHSA TEAM ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WINNERS #24
John Tender - 4:26
#30 Karsten Waisath - 3:57 #37 Taylor Fan - 3:40 #41 Avery Seaman - 3:38 #47 Gabe Wisnasky - 3:24 #58 Ben Wallace - 3:04  #4 - Hayden Grotelueschen 953 Days+ #6 - Joseph Scheele 849 Days+ #8 - Ben Wallace 839 Days+ #13 - Taylor Fan 455 Days #14 - Gabe Wisnasky 449 Days #16 - Avery Seaman 380 Days+ #19 - Kyle Nofziger 365 Days #26 - Gabe Difanis 282 Days #30 - Joseph Scheele 249 Days #34 - Kyle Nofziger 212 Days #41 - Lukas Nykaza 152 Days+ #45 - Gage Williams 137 Days #48 - Kyle Nofziger 123 Days #51 - Alex Carpenter 97 Days+ |
 SPECIAL THANKS
Coach Garrison and the
team would like to thank the following
people
for their support of our team throughout the year. OUR
SPONSORS
We are extremely grateful
to our corporate sponsors.
The Pommier family opened
up their family frozen yogurt business to
our runners, their families, and our
alumni for a free yogurt night in both
2017 and 2018. Matt and Alice
Pommier have been tremendous supporters of
our past and present program.
to help raise money for the cross country team. The Butcher and Pommier families created the four mile 4th of July fun run in 2018. It is a reminder that our program is made up of our current runners, the current runners' families, our alumni runners, our alumni runners' families, and our past coaches. Thank you to all that have made our program great and continue to invest into our program. DONATIONS
We appreciate any donation
we get given to our program. If you
would like to donate, please send a check
written to MSHS Boys Cross Country. If
you have any questions about donating,
please contact Neal Garrison. Thank
you for your support of the runners and the
program. It means a great deal to us.
This page was created to give credit to our junior high cross country runners that are representing our school district well. 52 Years Strong
18 Regional Championships 8 Sectional Championships 2 State Championships  1944 Mahomet vs Farmer City Meet Champion Roger James  MEET THE TEAM PROFILES OVER THE DECADES
ALUMNI NEWS
 John Butcher (2012) created
the idea that our program, which consists of all
of us, needs to build a base on the strong base of
alumni.
We would love to add all alumni to our contact list and newsletter. Please email Coach Garrison at ngarrison@ms.k12.il.us so we can help build our alumni base.  Mahomet-Seymour Boys XC Hall of Fame A
tribute to the cornerstones of our program.
All
the
yearbook pictures from 1970 until current can be
found in the archives and alumni pages.will be held on November 12, 2021. Jack Hyde, Alex Keeble, & Lisa Martin will be inducted. I
am in search of old meet records and awards
programs. If you have any that you would be
willing to let me copy, please call or email me.
 
 Taylor Sebestik (2004) coached his Waterloo Jr High team to win the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association State Cross Country Meet in 2018. Taylor Sebestik (2004) is coaching at Waterloo Junior High. He has had a tremendous amount of success as a coach in the South Illinois Junior High School Association. In 2020 his girls placed 1st and his boys placed 7th in State. In 2019 his girls placed 1st and his boys placed 3rd in State. In 2018 his girls placed 1st and his boys placed 6th in State. In 2017 his boys placed 1st and his girls placed 2nd in State. In 2016 his boys placed 2nd in State. In 2015 his boys placed 3rd and his girls placed 4th in State. In 2014 his girls placed 1st in State. In 2013 his boys placed 1st in State and his girls placed 4th. In 2012 his girls placed 2nd in State. 
 Brandon Smith (2004) is coaching at McDowell High School in North Carolina where he is a school counselor. His 2018 cross country team is pictured above. "Cross
Country is not a sport of moderation".
In 2018 Coach Lisa (Klingler) Martin led the
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School boys team
to an 8th place finish at the IESA State
meet.
Lisa (Klinger) Martin was a former assistant coach for both the Mahomet-Seymour High School boys and girls cross country programs in the 2001-02 season. She became the assistant XC coach at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High from 2004 through the 2010 season. Since 2011, Lisa Martin has been the head boys and head girls cross country coach at our junior high. In 2021 her boys placed 1st at State and her girls team place 12th. In 2020 her boys placed 5th at the unofficial State and her girls placed 11th. In 2019 her girls placed 8th at State. In 2018 her boys team placed 8th at State and her girls team placed 14th. In 2017 her boys team placed 19th at State and her girls team placed 16th. In 2015 her girls team placed 9th at State. In 2014 her boys team placed 5th at State. In 2013 her boys team placed 7th at State. In 2012 her boys team placed 4th at State. In 2011 her boys team placed 4th at State. In 2009 her boys team placed 11th at State and her girls team placed 24th. In 2008 her boys team placed 21st at State. In 2007 her boys team placed 7th at State and her girls team placed 24th. In 2006 her boys team placed 15th at State. In 2005 her boys team placed 16th at State and her girls placed 16th. In 2004 her girls team placed 8th at State.  Taylor Sebestik (2004) created a running club to benefit others. See the article about the Gud Run Club.   Mathias Powell (2019) is running cross country and track for Villanova University. Mathias Powell's Bio Mathias Powell's XC Schedule Mathias Powell's Track Schedule   Ryan Hodge (2018) is
running for the Baylor University Cross
Country and Track Teams. He led his
team his senior year and ran in the 23's
for an 8K. Gabe Pommier
(2017) is running for North
Central College Cross Country
team.Gabe was part of 3 National Championship XC and track teams while at NCC. He led his team to a 2nd place finish as well in XC. Gabe won the NCAA Division III Nationals in the 1500 meter in 2021.   Callan
Whitehouse (2018) is pole vaulting for
the Indiana State University Track
and Field Team. He ran his
freshman year for our team.  Henry Wolf (2010) ran in the 2018 Berlin Marathon. He ran a strong 2:42.  Dhairav Vakil (2014) ran in the 2018 Berlin Marathon.  John Butcher (2012) ran in the 2018 California International Marathon. He ran an impressive 2:27:41.  John Butcher (2012) and Lucas Prather (2012) ran in the 2017 Boston Marathon.  Jake Mahaffey (2009) ran in the 2018 Run Run Rudolph Albuquerque, New Mexico Half Marathon where he won his age group.  Robert Beach and Julia Adams in the 2016 Illinois Marathon shortly after they first met.  ADDITIONAL
ALUMNI
NEWS
Eric Mark Johnson (1975) got inducted into Mahomet-Seymour High School's Hall of Fame in September or 2017. He was part of the first group to get inducted. Hall of Fame Website  Joe Churm (2018) at the United States Naval Academy |
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