Most Improved Boys Times from the Illinois State XC Meet

IHSA State XC Championships
Gavin Frick

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The final weekend of racing in Illinois took place over the weekend and we saw a strong amount of improvements upon last season's times in the 3-mile, including four runners dropping over 90 seconds from their time in 2024.

Take a look at which boys improved the most from last season's Illinois XC State Championships.

NOTE: Athletes who have not improved their times year-over-year were not included.

ATHLETE20242025DIFFERENCE
Samuel Assefa - Chicago (Lane)16:44.2014:17.902:26.30
Mitchell Woods - Cullom (Tri-Point)18:08.7816:10.181:58.60
Gavin Early - Byron18:11.3216:22.521:48.80
Gus Berry - Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy)17:28.5715:54.041:34.53
Hayden Swiney - DuQuoin (H.S.)17:16.3415:49.681:26.66
Adam Smigielski - Mahomet (M.-Seymour)16:14.5014:48.651:25.85
Luke Smith - Waterloo (H.S)16:06.7014:41.001:25.70
Logan Cowan - Murphysboro18:30.0617:05.931:24.13
Dean Hemmer - Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran)17:29.2216:06.341:22.88
Danny Sharp - Elmwood16:46.5415:23.691:22.85
Freddie Couri - Peori...