By Evan Ortiz, Reporter

The boys cross country team has been on a roll for a while, excelling at several events throughout the season. Several new personal records have been set, with breakout stars and veteran leadership, and the team is looking strong closing out the year. Regionals were a great display of that with a fifth place finish at Elburn Woods. Top finishers for the Knights were sophomore Kyle Carter and junior John Meseinger.

By the end of the Geneseo meet, the course proved to be a difficult challenge. With several hills and dips in the course, the Knights faced an uphill battle, literally. Even faced with such a challenge, the team still placed a solid third place, improving upon last year’s seventh-place finish.

“We must take it one week at a time, focus on one another, and make sure we do all the little things to have that opportunity at State.  Nothing is a given, and qualifying is a major achievement.  We have to go out and earn it,” Coach Chad Clarey said.

“The season’s gone great,” senior Clayton Brundige added. “[We’ve] got young talent and some great leaders, and we’re coming in hot for state.”

As the team has progressed toward the state series, they’ve changed their practice  routines to prepare for the conference, regional and sectional meets, Brundige said.

“We’ve been doing a lot of speed intervals, some long distance runs,” said senior Frankie Furco. “But overall we’ve been keeping practices light to keep fresh.”