ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Lewis University men's and women's cross country head coach James Kearney announced on Friday (August 6) the addition of 17 (eight men and nine women) runners for the upcoming season.

MEN
Lukas Ciardo- (Hubertus, Wis…Germantown High School) has personal best times of 2:02 in the 800 meters, 4:32 in the 1600 meter and 16:32 for the 5K in cross country. He earned all-conference honors last fall for Germantown High School and finished 94^th in the 2019 D1 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) State Cross Country Championships.  He was a D1 WIAA State Qualifier as a part of the 3200-meter relay for Germantown High School in 2019. 

Zach Hoover- (Crown Point, Ind…University of Saint Francis, Joliet Ill.) has personal record times of 14:37 for 5,000 meters, 30:43 for 10,000 meters, and 25:08 for 8K in cross country.  He earned NAIA All-American accolades in the 10,000 after his fourth-place finish in 2021.  He was the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) champion in the 5,000 meters in 2021 and was an 11-time NAIA national qualifier. 

Jacob Kodrick- (Brownsburg, Ind…Brownsburg High School) has personal best times of 2:01 in the 800 meters, 4:34 for 1600 meters and 16:06 in the 5K in cross country. He was a two-time Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) State qualifier in cross country for Brownsburg High School finishing 56th in 2019 and 41st in 2020. 

Ian Morrison- (Plainfield, Ill…Plainfield North High School) holds personal records of 1:59 for 800 meters, 4:34 for 1600 meters and 15:57 for 3 Mile in cross country. 

Dillon Pottschmidt- (Mishawaka, Ind…Penn High School) has personal best times of 1:58 for 800 meters and 16:26 for the 5K in cross country. He was a member of two IHSAA state Qualifying 3200-meter relay in 2019 and 2021.  He also ran at the 2020 IHSAA State Cross Country Championships finishing 89^th. 

Steven Roberts-(Frankfort, Ill…Lincoln-Way East High School) has personal best times of 2:02 for the 800 meters and 16:33 for the 5K in cross country. 

Garrett White- (Alsip, Ill…Grand Valley State University) holds personal record times of 14:26 for 5,000 meters, 30:29 for 10,000 meters and 24:56 in the 8K in cross country.  He finished 19^th at the 2019 Midwest Regional to earn USTFCCCA All-Region Honors and was second team All-GLIAC after a 16^th place finish. 

Charlie Wirth- (Greenville, Wis.… Hortonville High School) has personal best times of 1:57 for the 800 meters, 4:18 for 1600 meters and 15:56 for the 5K in cross country.  He earned First Team D1 WIAA All-State honors after finishing fifth in the 1600 meter run in 2021.  Wirth was a two-time WIAA state qualifier in cross country finishing fifth 2020 and 28th in 2019. 

WOMEN
Naylah Allen- (Oswego, Ill…Oswego East High School) has personal record times of 5:26 in the 1600 meters and 17:57 for the 5K in cross country.  She earned SPC All-Conference honors in 2020 after her fifth-place finish.  Allen finished ninth at the Whitney Young Sectional and 40^th in the ShaZam XC Club Championships for Class 3A. 

Josephine Bober- (Lockport, Ill…Lockport High School) has personal best times of 11:36 in the 3200 meters and 17:35 for the 5K in cross country. She was an Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state qualifier in track and field for the 3200-meter run in 2018.  Bober was the SWSC conference champion in 2019 for cross country and a two-time IHSA 3A state qualifier in cross country with finishes of 34^th in 2019 and 76^th in 2018.  She finished 72^nd in the 200 ShaZam XC Club Championships for Class 3A. 

Elle Erato- (Waukesha, Wis…Catholic Memorial High School) holds personal record times of 19:28 for the 5K in cross country and is a two-time WIAA D2 state qualifier in cross country with finishes of 31^st in 2020 and 20^th in 2019. 

Kristen Ess- (Aviston, Ill…Breese Central High School) has personal best times of 2:21 in the 800 meters and 18:29 for the 5K in cross country.  She was an IHSA 2A state qualifier in the 800-meter run in 2021 finishing eighth and earning all-state honors.  Ess was an IHSA 1A state qualifier in cross country in 2019 finishing 91^st.  She was the 2020 regional champion and sectional runner up and finished 16^th in the ShaZam XC Club Championships for Class 1A. 

Karissa Heffernan- (Metamora, Ill…Metamora High School) has a personal record time of 19:43 in the 5K in cross country. She was an IHSA 2A state qualifier in 2018 finishing 173^rd.  She finished 65^th in the ShaZam XC Club Championships for Class 2A in 2020. 

Jade Miller- (Dixon, Ill…Dixon High School) holds personal best times of 5:23 for the 1600 meters and 17:49 for the 5K in cross country.  She was a three-time IHSA 2A state qualifier in track and field with two all-state performances in the 3200-meter relay in 2018 and 2019.  She ran the 1600 in 2020 finishing 13^th.  Miller was a three-time IHSA 2A state qualifier with finishes of 15^th in 2019, 25^th in 2018, and 61^st in 2017.  She finished 25^th in the ShaZam XC Club Championships for class 2A in 2020. 

Megan Mitchell- (Homer Glen, Ill…Lockport High School) has a personal record time of 18:26 in the 5K in cross country.  She was 3A state qualifier in cross country finishing 170^th in 2017 and a two-time SWSC All-Conference selection in cross country in 2019 and 2020. 

Carly Shipman- (New Lenox, Ill…Lincoln-Way Central High School) has a personal best time of 2:26 in the 800 meters and 19:34 for the 5K in cross country. She was a member of the SWSC Conference Champion in 2020 on the 3200-meter relay. 

Chloe Wannamaker- (Overland Park, Kan…Shawnee Mission South High School) holds personal record times of 12:04 in the 3200 meters and 19:50 for the 5K in cross country. She was a two-time KSHSAA 6A State Qualifier with finishes of 47^th in 2019 and 21^st in 2017. 

The Flyers open their 2021 season on Friday (September 3) at Parkside's Vic Godfrey Open in Somers, Wis., at 5 p.m.