Early Freshman Standouts: 2025
Every year, we have youngsters come right in and contribute at a varsity/record-breaking level. Rex Hallam in 2022, Gavyn Cothern and Ian Pianfetti in 2023, Aiden Germak & Gavin Root in 2024… I’m not coming close to naming everyone. This year looks to be one of our strongest incoming groups yet. Our all-freshman distance crew is making waves around the state (recently had a coach from another team ask if we had been going around abducting stud freshmen distance runners from around Illinois), but we’ve got some phenomenal rookies in the sprints and field events as well. Check the list below for our guys currently amongst the top 10 in Illinois for Class 2A freshmen, as well as some top program performances from these guys.
Class 2A Freshmen
Xae Owusu-gyan - #10 / 60m & #10 / LJ
Quaid Berger - #1 / 1600m & #1 / 3200m
Tristin Butler - #2 / 800m & #10 / 1600m
Judah Dicks - #3 / 3200m
All-Time Top 10 Tiger Freshman Performances (Indoors)
Xae Owusu-gyan - #1 / 60m & #2 / LJ
Gentry Hough - #3 / 60m
Tristin Butler - #1 / 800m & #2 / 1600m
Quaid Berger - #1 / 1600m & #1 / 3200m
Judah Dicks - #3 / 1600m & #2 / 3200m
Landon Livingston - #4 / 1600m
Taylor Levitt - #3 / Shot
Mattey Sanders - #3 / HJ