HS Boys Bios

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ATHLETE BIOS

Daniel Everett-
PR- 4:08 1600
Everett, currently the 7th fastest miler in the country, is coming off a huge weekend at the Missouri State Track and Field Championships where he won the Class 3 1600 in 4:08, was second in the 800 in 1:54, finished third in the 3200 in 9:23 and anchored his Westminster Christian Academy team to victory in the 4 x 800 relay. The Festival of Miles will be his last race before heading to New York City to race in the Adidas Dream Mile on June 11th.

Watch Daniel's interview after his 4:08 1600 at State

Daniel Mazar-
PRs- 4:12 1600
Mazar took home two Class 4 State titles over the weekend, winning the 800 and anchoring the 4 x 800 relay. He was also the closest second you can possibly be in the 1600, losing by one one-hundreth of a second to Holt's Kenny Cushing.

Watch Daniel's interview after winning the State 800

David Everett-
PRs- 4:12 1600
Everett comes into the Festival of Miles riding high after posting a seven second PR for 1600 meters at the State Meet where he ran 4:12 to finish second in the Class 3 boys race. A sub 9:20 3200 meter man as well, Everett has the speed and strength to be a major factor on Wednesday.

Watch David and his teammates after their 4 x 8 victory

Tim Rackers-
PR- 4:13 1600
Rackers, a newly minted SLUH alum, will have hometrack advantage on Wednesday. He will also have some of the best credentials in the field having run 4:13 in the 1600, 9:15 in the 3200 and splitting 1:55 in the 4 x 800 relay over the course of two days at the Missouri State Track and Field Championships.

Watch Tim finish fourth in the 3200 at the 2010 State Meet

Caleb Hoover-
PRs- 4:15 1600
Hoover, a senior, just completed a very decorated high school career that he capped off with another State title in the Class 2 Boys 3200 meter run. He has five individual State Track titles to his name and holds the Class 2 State record of 4:15 that he set as a sophomore in 2009. He will no doubt be looking to better that on Wednesday.

Watch this video of Caleb and fellow competitor David Everett after the KU relays 3200

Kevin Abernathy-
PR- 4:16 1600
Abernathy stormed home over the last three weeks of the season after an early injury had sidelined him in March. His journey to State included a PR at Sectionals and then another at State where he ran 4:16 and broke the DeSmet school record.

Amos Bartelsmeyer-
PR- 4:17 1600
The youngest athlete in the field, as a sophomore Bartelsmeyer had an amazing State Meet this past weekend running 4:17 for third in the Class 3 1600 and then went 1:56.00 to nab third in the 800.

Sam Dickerson-
PRs- 4:18 1600
Dickerson, like many in this field, set a personal best at the State Meet over the weekend when he ran 4:18 for fourth place in Class 3. Fifth at the State Cross Country Meet in the fall, Dickerson has the the strength and speed to mix it up on Wednesday.

Tyler Holmes-
PR- 4:21 1600
Holmes, a senior, finished 12th in what was a historically fast Class 4 boys 1600 at State. His 4:22 was still solid and there is no question Holmes is capable of busting a big time on Wednesday.

Ethan Lambert-
PR- 4:24 1600
Lambert was 13th at the Missouri State Meet in a very fast Class 4 3200. His 9:33 would have medaled in almost any other year. Lambert had a phenomenal run at the State Cross Country Meet in the fall, placing seventh overall.

Colton Wooldridge-
PR- 4:27 1600
Wooldridge was ninth at the State Meet in the Class 3 1600 and has three times been an All State finisher as a member of Farmington's 4 x 800 relay.

Billy Leighton-
PR- 4:32 1600
Leighton joins Shannon McCaul on the girls side as former junior high winners at the Festival of Miles who will be returning to compete at the high school level. Leighton was the 2009 Junior High Mile champ.

Watch Billy win the junior high race in 2009

Jeff Orf-
PR- 1:56 800
Orf will serve as the rabbit for the boys race. He finished seventh at the Class 4 State Meet in the 800 running 1:56 in the prelims and then again in the finals.

John Esswein-
PR- 1:59 800
Esswein, the 2010 Festival of Miles junior high champ, will assist Jeff Orf with rabbiting duties. Esswein had a fantastic freshman track season at SLUH, advancing to Sectionals in the 800 and running the third leg on SLUH's ninth place 4 x 800 relay team at the State meet.

Watch John's post-race interview from the Festival of Miles in 2010

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