Expect him to finish even higher than that at NXN. He didn’t have incredibly fast races throughout the year whether it was due to competition or course condiditions. He is an incredible racer thoufh
Top incoming freshman times for girls 1600
*top 3 for the 1600m
Freshman - 14/15
Sophomore - 15/16
Junior - 16/17
Senior - 17/18
Most of them are the second number by the end of the year
Downers Grove top 1600 returning times:
4:07, 4:12, 4:18, 4:18
All 4 were in their top 7 last year
Also another guy in their top 5 will be the 4:28 / 9:33 guy
consequently, I didn't know that athletes in high school were allowed to play *more than one season* at a time. It looks like she played volleyball and cross country at the same time! Unless it was club volleyball, not her school team. The above article said she had 4 seasons during the school year.
The Top 10 Sophomore Girls To Watch This XC Season
9. Meg Peterson
Mt. Prospect (IL)
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With bests of 17:40.90 for 5K and 17:19.85 at three miles, Peterson could continue to develop into a star in Illinois.
Peterson showed steady progression throughout the 2022 cross country season, beginning with a 18:15.20 5K opener in September and she ended with the fourth-fastest performance among freshmen at Nike Cross Nationals in December.
Along the way, she also took eighth at the IHSA State Championships and earned a stellar 11th-place finish at the Nike Midwest Regionals.
Mt. Prospect, with a long history of success in cross country, has benefitted greatly from the addition of Peterson, too. With Peterson as their No. 1 runner, the team took fifth at NXN and won a Class 3A state title in Illiniois.
Peterson should continue to lead Mt. Prospect to national success and she should rank among the top distance athletes in the Class of 2026.
On the girls side, I think York and DGN are by far the best teams other than Prospect. Don't sleep on either one of them.
How Midwest region boys team rankings were done on Tully Runners
Plainfield South - #2 IL team in region
Barrington - #3 IL team in region
Hinsdale Central - #4 IL team in region
Carmel IN 140 Midwest
Downers Grove (North) IL 145 Midwest
Noblesville IN 145 Midwest
Mason OH 185 Midwest
Mas. Jackson OH 195 Midwest
Plainfield (South) IL 200 Midwest
Zionsville Community IN 200 Midwest
Barrington IL 210 Midwest
Marlington OH 215 Midwest
Hinsdale (Central) IL 220 Midwest
Liberty North MO 230 Midwest
LaGrange (Lyons) IL 235 Midwest
Arlington Heights Hersey IL 235 Midwest
O'Fallon (H.S.) IL 245 Midwest
Plainfield (North) IL 245 Midwest
East Grand Rapids MI 250 Midwest