Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - District Of Columbia

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Sebi Hume

Runner
ST. ALBANS SCHOOL
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:45.5

DCSAA title

19th - 15:25

MileStat.com Invitational

1st

Maryland Invitational

33rd

Nike Cross Northeast Regional Championship
“Winning half of his races this season— often against leading talent across state lines—Sebi Hume asserted his superiority against District foes while furthering his experience curve in the bigger picture. I look for him to emerge into a regional force in his senior year.”
Rich Gonzalez
PrepCal Track
excellence star

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot, 135-pound junior won the DCSAA title this past season with a time of 15:45.5, leading the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish as a team. Hume took 19th at the competitive MileStat.com Invitational in a personal-best time of 15:25.0 and also broke the tape at the Maryland Invitational—one of his five race victories. He completed his 2023 campaign with a 33rd-place finish at the Nike Cross Northeast Regional Championships.  

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Academic Achievement

Hume has maintained an A average in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A practiced piano player who also plays trombone in the school orchestra, Hume has volunteered locally with the Rock Creek Conservancy and with Shepherd’s Table, which provides assistance to those fighting hunger and homelessness. He also heads the school’s Service Board and its Cyberpatriot Team, serves as Technology Editor for the school publication The Exchanged, and has donated his time coaching an elementary school basketball team.