Criss crossing 25 years of cross country
In continuing the All-Hieronymus 25-year team series, I’ll take a look back at the top 25 cross country runners that I’ve covered beginning with the 1987 season. These will include boys/girls combined, a group consisting mainly of BCR Runners of the Years and all-state runners. We’ll start chronologically from ‘86 listing runners by their senior seasons. Please note, we did not list Runners of the Year (ROY) until 1997.
Steve Schnennum (PHS, 1988; placed 20th in ‘88).
Mary Ellen Markee (PHS, 1988, joined teammate Jenny Faber as first PHS girls to medal at state, taking 25th in ‘88).
Jenny Faber (PHS, 1989, two-time all-state, taking 8th in ‘88 and 11th in ‘89 as BCR ROY).
Hannah Pinter (PHS, 1994; placed 14th in 1994).
Devin Johnson (PHS, 1996; NCIC champ and Class AA state qualifier).
Jonathan Eckberg (BV, 1997; two-time BCR Runner of Year was Storm’s first all-stater runner),
Sarah Slevin (St. Bede, 1998; BCR ROY was a two-time state qualifier).
Trisha Lengfelder (PHS, 2000; two-time BCR ROY).
Debbie Amrein (BV, 2000; first girl to medal for BV, placing 17th in 2000 and 11th in ‘02).
Rebekah Faber (PHS, 2002, matched sister Jenny’s two state-medals, including a second in ‘01 and sixth in ‘02 as BCR ROY).
Jason Bill (BV, 2001; two-time BCR Runner of Year, two-time state medalist, 2nd as senior).
Richard Krafft (BV, 2001; placed 16th at state as senior).
Dustin Marquis (BV, 2001; placed 23rd at state as senior).
Michael Grieve (BV, 2004; came out for cross as a junior to place 4th at state and earn ROY honors, but returned to football in ‘05).
Matt Morse (SBA, 2006; Bruins only state medalist with a runner-up finish in 2006, a two-time BCR ROY).
Mike Miroux (Hall, 2006; was Hall’s first state medalist in 22 years, placing 9th in 2007. Runs for Mt. Mercy).
Colin Mickow (PHS, 2007; came over from soccer as a junior, placing 25th in ‘06 and 4th in ‘04 in 2A as two-time BCR ROY. Became No. 1 runner for the U of I).
Hunter Mickow (PHS, 2007; also gave up soccer to run down 13th place all-state honors in 2A. Runs for the U of I).
Alisa Baron (BV, 2007; two-time state medalist for Storm, placing 11th and 5th, and a three-time BCR ROY).
Scott Janusick (Hall, 2010; the three-time BCR ROY medaled three times, topped by third-place finish in 2010. Now runs for ISU).
Haley Adams (PHS, 2010; literally came out of nowhere, joining team for first time senior year to place 13th at state and earn BCR ROY honors).
Derrick Johnson (BV, 2011; reigning BCR Runner of Year, only three-time state medalist in school history and four-time state qualifier in BC history, has committed to Eastern Illinois).
Elizabeth Mosbach (Hall, 2011; only state medalist for Hall girls, placing 14th in 2010. Qualified for state three times as a three-time BCR ROY).
Kimi Sanden (BV, 2010; came out for cross country junior year to place 16th in 2010, has committed to ISU).
Regan Weidner (BV; just a freshmen, the 2011 co-ROY has many years left to add to this year’s 21st-place medal).
Contact BCR Sports Editor Kevin Hieronymus at khieronymus@bcrnews.com.
