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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Danny Kilrea

Distance Runner
LYONS TOWNSHIP HS
LAGRANGE , ILLINOIS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 14:08

3A State Championship

5th - 15:14.5

NXN Final

1st

FL Midwest
“Danny is a phenomenal competitor and has improved tremendously over the last three years. His consistency in training and his extreme competitiveness have enabled him to progress into an elite runner.”
Michael Danner
Lyons Township Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7, 125-pound senior raced to the Class 3A individual state championship this past season with a time of 14:08. Kilrea was the only runner in the country to place in the top five of both national championship races, finishing third at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in 15:27.3 and fifth at the Nike Cross Nationals in 15:14.5 to achieve double All-American honors. He also broke the tape at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional championships, the Mike Kuharic Invitational, the First to the Finish Invitational and the Culver Academies Invitational. Kilrea crossed the line second at the NXN Midwest Regional championships and was the top American finisher, fourth overall, at the Great Edinburgh XCountry International Challenge in January.

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Academic Achievement

Kilrea has maintained a 3.97 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at the University of Notre Dame this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Lyons Township Community Advisory Council as well as his school’s student newspaper staff, Kilrea has served as a lector and Eucharistic Minister at St. Francis Xavier Church.