Bio

2020 at Taylor: Led the Trojans to historic success during his impressive junior campaign … Finished as TU’s top runner four meets of the season and ended in Taylor’s top-three all year … Crossed the line as the runner-up at the IWU Invite and claimed third place overall at Taylor’s Midwest XC Challenge … Posted consistent times, logging sub-26:00 races in every meet … Earned All-Crossroads League honors with his third-place finish at the league meet … Competed at the NAIA National Championships and finished fifth place overall … Named NAIA All-American … Posted TU’s fastest 8k time of the season and the third-fastest time in Taylor history, clocking a career-best time of 24:30.0 at the NAIA National meet … Honored as Taylor’s Male Athlete of the Year … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete, CoSIDA Academic All-District and CoSIDA Academic All-American.

2019 at Taylor: Competed in six varsity races for the Trojans during the 2019 season … Logged a season-best performance at the Louisville Classic, posting a time of 25:13.7 … Scored for the Trojans in four races and finished in TU’s top-eight in all six meets … Claimed 11th-place at the Crossroads League Championships … Earned a spot on the All-CL Team … Recorded the 10th-best individual time for the Trojans in 2019 … Finished his sophomore campaign placing 73rd at Nationals … Selected as USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete and CoSIDA Academic All-District.

2018 at Taylor: Took the course for all six meets during freshman campaign … Notched three sub-27:00 marks … Finished inside TU’s top five the last four outings of the season … Logged the ninth-best time for the Trojans during 2018 season … Claimed four top-50 finishes … Crossed the line fourth for the Trojans and posted a 26th-place finish at the Crossroads League Championships … Finished freshman season strong with a season-best time of 26:17.4 at NAIA Nationals … Took 180th place at Nationals … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete.

Prep: Ran for David Remmert and Cully Welter at Monticello High to earn four varsity letters in both cross country and track … Helped team to state championship during freshman season … Earned cross country All-Illinois honors three times … Member of National Honor Society … Student Council President … Four-time honor roll student.

Personal: Son of Martie and Ron Cline, James Helmuth … Majoring in biochemistry.