Right now it looks like this year's teams will be the largest ever! Committed to the men's team are returning sophomores Billy Miller, Michael Donini, Maris Mednis, Nick Reed, and Ansel Wachter. Joining them will be Kyle Lueken and Matt McKinney from Limestone, Cody Roeder from Peoria Woodruff, Cory Shoopman from Metamora, Robert Deatherage from Washington, Eric Hill from Pekin, Shane Leiby, Nick Leiby, and Brock Kingsland from East Peoria, Andrew Marshall from Streator, and Adam Howe from Mount Pulaski. That's 16 for those of you that didn't have your calculators handy! Another 3 or so are also possibilities.
The women will return just Darce Knapp and Liz Koch, but they will be joined by a host of freshmen. Committed to making this the largest and best team ever are Elizabeth Isbell from Elmwood, Carrie Bunting from Washington, Alyssa Imig from Tremont, Bonni Martin and Stephanie Fellner from Eureka, Brittany Carius from Morton, Katie Drendel from Petersburg, Olivia Coker from Peoria Richwoods, and Alyssa Doerr from Chillicothe. Another 2 have shown interest, but have not yet confirmed.
Though the weather has not been conducive to fast times this spring, you can be assured that the recruits have been working hard in their last year of high school track and will post some great times before long. Not to be outdone, the returning group has been gradually increasing their distances and tempos in the spring running class, and will be poised to lead the rookies this fall.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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