The 5-foot-7, 130-pound junior raced to the Division 2 individual state championship this past season with a time of 16:59.8, leading the Solons to the state title as a team. Hynes also won the Burlington Invitational and the NVAC Mountain Division champi
Hynes has maintained a 3.39 GPA in the classroom.
A devoted member of his church community, he has volunteered locally on behalf of a homeless shelter and environmental preservation efforts.