The 5-foot-11 senior raced to the Class 3 individual state championships with a time of 15:23.80 this past season, leading the Tigers to the state title as a team. A two-time First Team All-Metro selection as named by the St. Louis Track Club, Karls took
Karls has maintained a 4.30 weighted GPA in the classroom and ranks No. 1 in his graduating class.
A member of the National Honor Society and his school's student council as well as its assembly and prom committees, he has volunteered locally as a youth running instructor, at a food pantry, as part of charity initiatives to benefit needy children and o
