2020 Season Highlights                                                                  2019 Season Highlights 
Linn Mar Team Champions                                                             Mt. Vernon Invite Team Champions               
Boughton Invite Team Champions                                                 Heartland Classic Team Champions              Steve Johnson Invite Team Champions                                        (29 midwestern teams)                                    
MVC Divisional Team Champions                                                  Boughton Invite Team Champions                  MVC Athlete of the Year - Ryan Winger                                         MVC Super Meet Team Champions                MVC Coach of the Year                                                                   MVC Divisional Team Champions
State Qualifier Team Champions                                                   MVC Athlete of the Year - Ryan Winger
5th place at State Meet                                                                   MVC Coaching Staff of the Year                      (Follow us on Twitter @hempsteadxc)                                          State Qualifier Runner-ups                                                                                                                                         3rd place at State Meet                                   
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2018 Season Highlights                                                                 2017 Season Highlights
Mt. Vernon Invite Team Champions                                              Mt. Vernon Invite Team Champions
Heartland Classic 6th out of 31 teams                                          Linn Mar Invite Team Champions
Boughton Invite Team Champions                                                Boughton Invite Team Champions
Steve Johnson Invite Team Champions                                       Steve Johnson Invite Team Champions
MVC Super Meet Team Champions                                               MVC Super Meet Team Champions
MVC Divisional Team Champions                                                 MVC Divisional Runner-up
MVC Coaching Staff of the Year                                                    State Qualifier Runner-ups
State Qualifier Runner-ups                                                            State Championship Meet Runner-ups
State Championship Meet Runner-ups                                       
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2016 Season Highlights                                                                 2015 Season Highlights     
Bruess Invite Team Champions                                                    Mt. Vernon Team Champions                            Boughton Invite Team Champions                                               Bruess Invite Team Champions                        Dubuque City Meet Team Champions                                                         6th at MVC Super Meet                                     MVC Super Meet Team Champions                                              Mississippi Conference Runner-ups               MVC Divisional Team Champions                                                State Qualifying Meet Runner-ups                   MVC -  Coaching Staff of the Year                                                15th Place at State Meet
​State Qualifier Team Champions                       
10th Place at State Meet
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2014 Season Highlights                                                            2013 Season Highlights          
Mt. Vernon Team Champions                                                  Go-Hawk Invite Team Champions 
Bruess Invite Team Champions                                              Eastern Iowa Classic Team Champions          Eastern Iowa Classic Team Champions                                             City Meet Team Champions
City Meet Team Champions                                                                        4th at MVC Super Meet       
4th at MVC Super Meet                                                           MVC Mississippi Conference Team Champions
Mississippi Conference Runner-ups                                     MVC Athlete of the Year – Jon Specht
State Qualifying Meet Runner-ups                                         MVC Coach of the Year – Mark Ressler
13th Place finish at State Meet!                                              State Qualifying Meet Runner-ups
(Follow us on Twitter @hempsteadxc)                                  11th place finish at State Meet!

 2021 Keys to Success

Vision = Consistent and safe summer training means: five days a week of focusing on the little things like warm-up, dynamic stretching, myrtle routine, conservative training, core, and strength training!

Values = setting high expectations for CHARACTER, LEADERSHIP, and HEALTHY HABITS
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Standards = "You better raise your standards, because we are not going to lower ours!" High standards are necessary for a program to remain ELITE. Extremely high standards will be demanded and expected because we know that it will give us an edge.  Standards apply to practices, strength training, nutrition, sleep, social life, academics, and relationship building (family, school, and community)!
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When have you invested in something to such a degree that in the end (whether a positive or negative outcome) you have been moved to tears?

L.T.L.D.R. = Live The Life of a Distance Runner

7 - 9 weeks of Summer =  less than 1/2 of 140 day season 

Do not sacrifice what you want the most, for what you want at the moment!

Leadership needs to positively influence everyone to train. Negativity has no place on HHS XC team!

Balance Competitiveness with the TEAM: "I love you man, but I want your spot!" 
(supportive competitiveness)

No such thing as a "big meet"...we competitively execute at ALL XC meets!