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Boys Cross Country - Nebraska

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

John Nownes

DIS
CREIGHTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-1
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Peak Performance

15:46.0

Won the Class A individual state championship

15:28.0

Finished eighth at the Nike Cross Nationals Heartland Regional championships
“John Nownes is a team leader and his strong work ethic set a high standard that other runners tried to match." ”
Robert Tillman
Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-1, 150-pound senior raced to the Class A individual state championship this past season with a time of 15:46.8, leading the Blue Jays to a state title as a team. Also a two-time Nebraska Coaches Association Boys Cross Country Super-State select

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Academic Achievement

Nownes has maintained a 3.97 GPA in the classroom.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society as well as his school's campus ministry advisory board, he has volunteered locally as a peer tutor and has completed a service-mission trip to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota.