Former IL Prep Men Give Their All At Nationals

Tony Jones
Kevin Salvano gutted out a tough finish for his beloved Notre Dame Irish at nationals

The odds of going to college and performing as a student-athlete is very hard. It is even more difficult to make the Division 1 roster. But to get on the big stage and compete for your team is like finding a needle in a haystack. We attempted to find needles in the haystack and see how they did.

IL Division 1 Finishers:
29th Dylan Jacobs (Sandburg HS)- All-American
40th Jack Aho (Grayslake Central HS)
50th Danny Kilrea (Lyons Township HS)
56th Luke Beattie (Woodstock HS)
75th Matt Pereira (Lake Zurich HS)
99th Clayton Mendez (Chicago Whitney Young HS)
129th Kevin Salvano (Buffalo Grove HS)
199th Kyle Griffith (Lake Zurich HS) 
219th Reese Jordan (Maine South HS)
238th Graham Brown (Palatine HS)

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Nov 18, 2019 - Nov 24, 2019

Men's Events

8000 Meter Run

Matt Osmulski (North Central College) / 24:42.00 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Jack Whetstone (Emory University) / 24:44.60 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Gabriel Pommier (North Central College) / 24:54.40 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Nick Licari (North Central College) / 24:57.10 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Daniel Rosen (Pomona-Pitzer) / 24:57.90 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Sam Craig (University of Chicago) / 25:04.70 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Ryan Kredell (Haverford College) / 25:05.10 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Patrick Norrick (Washington University in Saint Louis) / 25:10.30 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Alex Makrounis (North Central College) / 25:10.40 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Jacob Ridderhoff (Washington University in Saint Louis) / 25:13.50 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Jake Willison (Indiana Tech) / 25:18.20 / NAIA National Championship
Jack Sebok (Washington University in Saint Louis) / 25:21.60 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Zachary Chapman (North Central College) / 25:21.80 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Josh Derrick (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)) / 25:23.20 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Miles Christensen (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College) / 25:24.30 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Simon Ricci (California Institute of Technology) / 25:27.80 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Alec Beutel (North Central College) / 25:28.80 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Caleb Bolus (University of St Francis) / 25:36.20 / NAIA National Championship
Campbell Koch (North Central College) / 25:37.40 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Sean Lonergan (Saint Olaf College) / 25:38.30 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Christopher Collet (Wartburg College) / 25:39.80 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Mario Scarcelli (Saint Xavier University) / 25:47.80 / NAIA National Championship
Robert St. Clair (Case Western Reserve University) / 25:50.50 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Alexander Hastings (University of Chicago) / 25:51.90 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Braxton Schuldt (Amherst College) / 25:53.60 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Chris Brenk (Saint Olaf College) / 25:53.80 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Zachary Hoover (University of St Francis) / 26:05.40 / NAIA National Championship
Caleb Ferguson (Calvin College) / 26:07.70 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Marcos Garcia (Benedictine University) / 26:08.90 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Alex Helmuth (Taylor University) / 26:09.90 / NAIA National Championship
Omar Paramo (University of St Francis) / 26:11.70 / NAIA National Championship
Timothy Wade (University of St Francis) / 26:17.90 / NAIA National Championship
Carlos Martinez (University of St Francis) / 26:27.60 / NAIA National Championship
Enrique Romo (Saint Xavier University) / 26:33.60 / NAIA National Championship
Taylor Vallangeon (Olivet Nazarene University) / 26:35.10 / NAIA National Championship
Logan Singer (Case Western Reserve University) / 26:40.80 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Matthew Jung (Saint Ambrose University) / 26:41.30 / NAIA National Championship
Andrew Morgan (Olivet Nazarene University) / 26:52.00 / NAIA National Championship
Eduardo Martinez (Saint Xavier University) / 26:57.70 / NAIA National Championship
Gabriel Esparza (Saint Xavier University) / 27:02.60 / NAIA National Championship
Jack Litowitz (Middlebury College) / 27:10.50 / NCAA D3 Cross Country Championship
Mark Kouchoukos (Olivet Nazarene University) / 27:17.10 / NAIA National Championship
David Alvarez (Saint Xavier University) / 27:21.00 / NAIA National Championship
Colin Pickering (Olivet Nazarene University) / 27:30.90 / NAIA National Championship
Levi Bryant (Savannah College of Art and Design) / 27:31.20 / NAIA National Championship
Ryan Koontz (Cornerstone University) / 27:37.20 / NAIA National Championship
Andrew Dobrescu (Trinity Christian College) / 27:43.10 / NAIA National Championship
Donovan Paske (Saint Xavier University) / 28:16.70 / NAIA National Championship
Brian Baldwin (Saint Xavier University) / 28:25.10 / NAIA National Championship
Declan Black (Savannah College of Art and Design) / 28:48.90 / NAIA National Championship

10,000 Meter Run

Tanner Chada (Grand Valley State University) / 30:20.80 / NCAA D2 Cross Country Championship
Dylan Jacobs (University of Notre Dame) / 31:12.90 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
Jack Aho (University of Michigan) / 31:20.80 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
Danny Kilrea (University of Notre Dame) / 31:30.80 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
Luke Beattie (Utah State University) / 31:33.20 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
Blake Jones (University of Illinois at Springfield) / 31:39.10 / NCAA D2 Cross Country Championship
Matt Pereira (Harvard University) / 31:44.40 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
Clayton Mendez (Stanford University) / 31:58.90 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
Kevin Salvano (University of Notre Dame) / 32:11.90 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
Gavin Prior (University of Southern Indiana) / 32:12.00 / NCAA D2 Cross Country Championship
Grady Wilkinson (University of Southern Indiana) / 32:26.10 / NCAA D2 Cross Country Championship
Keaton Helm (Colorado Christian University) / 32:39.60 / NCAA D2 Cross Country Championship
Reese Jordan (Indiana University) / 33:34.70 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships
Graham Brown (University of Arkansas) / 34:23.20 / NCAA D1 Cross Country Championships