Roger Pinon - All State

Roger Pinon - All State for CC

Junior Roger Pinon ran in the IHSA State Cross Country Finals on Saturday, November 5, at Peoria, Detweiller Park. Running his best race ever, Roger finished 20th out of 210 of the best Class A runners in the state. The first 25 finishers are awarded All State Medals. Roger's time of 15:30 for the 3 mile (5:10 per mile) sets a new school record. The old record of 15:38 was set by fellow Cross Country All-Stater Nathaniel Shober back in 1997. Nathaniel was there to cheer Roger on and was happy for Roger to see his record fall.

Roger qualified for the State Finals by finishing 1st at State Sectionals at Lisle on Saturday, October 29. Roger took the early lead and never looked back. Roger's 1st place finish at Sectionals was the first time any Archbishop Quigley athlete took first place in State Sectional Competition.

Roger advanced to the State Sectionals by taking first in the U-High Chicago area State Regionals. His time of 15:45 for the 3 mile was his best time until State Finals.

Phoenix Invite	Montrose Beach	9/24/05	3 miles	1st	16:18
Conference	Lincoln Park	10/11/05	3 miles	1st	16:16
Regional	Washington Park	10/22/05	3 miles	1st	15:45
Sectional	Lisle	10/28/05	3.1 miles	1st	16:52
State Finals	Peoria	11/4/05	3 miles	20th	15:30

Click to view MPG movie of: Roger's Finish Roger's Award Ceremony

Peoria or Bust!	All Staters: Nate Shober, '97; Roger Pinon, '05
Top 25, Class A, out of 210 finalists Peoria, Detweiller Park, November 5	Past State Finalist, Brian, giving pre-race advice
Roger's Grandmother and friends	Freshmen Gerry and Junior classmate Nick
Roger running top 20 at Detweiller Park	Coaches Phil Spence and Mike Loch
Roger's Mentor with congratulations after race	All State - 20th place - 15:30 - school record

Fr. Zi - 11/5/05