The 6-foot-3, 150-pound senior raced to the individual state championship this past season with a time of 15:13.3. Eckstein also won the St. Xavier Invitational, the Columbus North Invitational, the Rushville Invitational and the Semi-State, Regional and Sectional championships. He placed 11th at the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional championships.
Eckstein has maintained a weighted 4.09 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at Purdue University this fall.
Eckstein has volunteered locally on behalf of his church youth group and the Boy Scouts of America. "Curt makes running look absolutely effortless," said Oldenburg coach Merle Hines. "He's a cross country phenom, but his most outstanding characteristic is his character."