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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Joshua Truchon

Distance Runner
NATHAN HALE HS
WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:18.3

Division 1 state meet

15th

national XC Town USA Meet of Champions
“Joshua is such a powerful runner and competitor. He pulls away from other great runners and never lets up. I’ve never seen him use his closing speed, which I know he has, but he’s never had to use it.”
Randy Bucheger
Head Coach - head coach of Brookfield East High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11, 136-pound senior won the Division 1 state meet this past season with a time of 15:18.3, breaking the tape 19.7 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor. Undefeated against in-state competition, Truchon finished 15th at the national XC Town USA Meet of Champions and he took eighth at the Nike Cross Virtual National Championships.

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Academic Achievement

Truchon has maintained a weighted 4.54 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Wisconsin this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Nathan Hale High student council, Truchon is a group leader with his local chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and he is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America.