Accomplishments

2024 XC TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS

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2024 4x800 STATE CHAMPIONS & STATE RECORD

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2023 4x800 STATE CHAMPIONS

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2023 XC STATE MEET - 3RD PLACE TEAM

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2023 IHSA Regional Champions

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2023 Synergy Distance Project: Group 1

2024 4x400 City Champions & Meet Record

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2023 XC City Championship - 2nd PLACE TEAM

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2022 Track IHSA Sectional Champions

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2021 XC Regional Champions

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2022 XC Freshman City Championship - 2nd Place Team

Synergy Distance Highlights

TEAM HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2024 4x800 STATE CHAMPIONS & STATE RECORD

  • 2024 XC Team STATE CHAMPIONS

  • 2024 4x800 All-Americans (5th)

  • 2024 XC Sectional Champions

  • 2023 4x800 STATE CHAMPIONS

  • 2023 Track State Qualifiers (10 events)

  • 2023 National Qualifiers - 4x800

  • 2023 XC Regional Champions

  • 2023 XC State Qualifiers (3rd Place TEAM in Illinois)

  • 2022 XC State Qualifiers (6th place TEAM in Illinois)

  • 2022 Track Sectional Team Champions

  • 2022 Track State Qualifiers (11 events)

  • 2022 4x800 State Runner Up

  • 2022 National Qualifiers - 4x800

  • 2021 XC State Qualifiers (7th place TEAM in Illinois)

  • 2021 XC Regional Champions

  • 2021 Track Sectional Team Champions

  • 2021 Track State Qualifiers (8 events)

PAYTON CITY CHAMPIONS

4x800 varsity (2022 & 2023)

4x800 frosh/soph (2022 & 2023) *meet record 2023

4x400 frosh/soph (2023)

4x400 varsity (i) (2024) *Meet Record

Evan Rainville 400m varsity (i) (2022), 400m varsity (o) (2022), 400m varsity (o) (2023)

Tra’Monti Williams XC individual Champion (2024), 800m Indoor *Meet Record, 400 frosh/soph (2023)

Ritvik Viniak 3200m varsity (i) (2022)

Gavin Lee 3200m frosh/soph (o) (2022)

Gabe Cooper 3200 frosh/soph (2023), 1600 frosh/soph (2023), 3200 varsity (i) (2024) *Meet Record

Declan Slavin 1600 frosh/soph (2024), XC freshman (2022)

Steven Jiang 3200 frosh/soph (2024)

ALL-STATE PERFORMANCES

* school record # national qualifier $ State Record

2024 4x800 - State Champions - 7:42.68*#$ (Collier, Slavin, Williams, Ellis)

2023 4x800 - State Champions - 7:53.59*# (Murray, Slavin, Kollmeyer, Rainville)

2022 4x800 - 2nd Place - 7:55.09 * # (Viniak, Braunreiter, Wilkin, Rainville)

2023 Evan Rainville 400m - 5th Place - 49.92

2024 Preston Ellis 800m - 5th Place - 1:54.86*

2024 Tra’Monti Williams XC - 5th Place - 14:36

2022 Elias Wilkin 800m - 7th Place - 1:56.55

2022 Evan Rainville 400m - 8th Place - 49.66*

2024 Tra’Monti Williams 800m - 9th Place - 1:55.54

2022 Ritvik Viniak XC - 9th Place - 15:50

2021 Ritvik Viniak XC - 17th Place - 15:15

2024 Declan Slavin XC - 19th Place - 14:51

2023 Gavin Lee XC - 23rd Place - 15:07.9

ALL-CITY XC

Ritvik Viniak Varsity 2x, Sophomore

Aiden Hu-Lowenthal Varsity, Sophomore

Gavi Lee Varsity 2x, Sophomore

Griffin Braunreiter Varsity

Ryan Murray Sophomore 2x

Tristan Zhu Sophomore

Gabe Cooper Sophomore

Preston Ellis Varsity, Sophomore

Declan Slavin Varsity, Freshman (City Champion)

Miguel Mendez Freshman (Runner Up)

Vince Gallichio Freshman

Presley Zimmerman 2022 - 8th Grade (IESA State Qualifier)

Presley Zimmerman 2023 - Loyola Academy IHSA 3A State Qualifier

Grace Siurek 2023 8th Grade - Our Lady Mt Carmel - IESA State Qualifier

Fabian Delgado 2023 - Rauner College Prep - IHSA 2A State Qualifier

Joshua Mulherin 2023 - 7th Grade - Our Lady Mt Carmel - IESA State Qualifier

Saatvik Viniak 2023 - 8th Grade - Lace Tech Academic Center - CPS All-Region

ALL-CITY TRACK FROSH/SOPH

2022 800 Ryan Murray

2022 800 Tristan Zhu

2022 400 Aiden Hu-Lowenthal

2022 400 Preston Ellis

2022 4x800

2023 4x800

2023 4x400

2023 1600 Gabe Cooper

2023 1600 Declan Slavin

2023 3200 Gabe Cooper

2023 3200 Declan Slavin

2023 800 Preston Ellis

2023 800 Miguel Mendez

2023 400 Tra’Monti WIlliams

2023 400 Nicholas Salyga

PAYTON ALL-CITY TRACK VARSITY

2022 Griffin Braunreiter 1600

2022 Elias Wilkin 800 (o) & (i)

2022 800 Griffin Braunreiter (i)

2022 1600 (i) Elias Wilkin, Griffin Braunreiter

2022 3200 Colin Symons

2022 3200 Ritvik Viniak

2022 400 Evan Rainville

2023 400 Evan Rainville

2023 1600 Gavin Lee

2023 3200 Gavin Lee

2023 800 Max Kollmeyer

2022 4x800 (i) (o)

2023 4x800 (i) (o)

2024 4x800 (i)

2024 1600 (i) Gus Berlinghof

2024 3200 (i) Steven Jiang

2024 800 (i) Preston Ellis

2024 400 (i) Tra’Monti Williams