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Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - Illinois

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Josh Methner

Distance Runner
JOHN HERSEY HS
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:08.8

Foot Locker Championship

1st - 15:46.7

Foot Locker Midwest Regional

1st - 14:57.7

NXN Midwest Regional

2nd - 15:06.1

NXN Final
“Josh never lets the moment get too big. His consistency this whole year was remarkable. There’s no secret pill—he’s got natural ability and he works really hard.”
Kevin Young
Head Coach - Hersey coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8, 130-pound senior raced to the national championship this past season, breaking the tape at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships with a time of 15:08.8. The state’s returning Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, Methner also won the Foot Locker Midwest Regional championships in 15:46.7 and the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional championships in 14:57.7, then took second nationally at the NXN Final in 15:06.1. He captured the Class 3A individual state championship with a course-record time of 13:49.86.

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Academic Achievement

Methner has maintained a weighted 3.74 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

Methner has donated his time on behalf of the St. Peter Lutheran Church in addition to belonging to the church youth group.