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🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 is back! Nate Napoli is the first Squirrel of the Week for 2022! At the Yorkville Invite he dropped 4 MINUTES from last year! #dowork

SAM CERNETICH is the 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 He's a new man this year! #attitude #lilsam

🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 goes to Kaleb Martin! He's learning the sport of cross country and it's fun to watch! #hesgotakicktoo

Thumbs up for this 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 Nate Schalk! He ran a great race at Peoria breaking 17 for the first time! Excited to watch this young man progress! #lilschalk

Braden Smith is the 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 Unfortunately for him the traveling squirrel shirt did not make it back to practice this week but he's still smiling! He's a great teammate and he's always ready to work hard! #teammedic

Nico Comino is the 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 He ran a big 3 mile PR last week and is ready to roll for Twilight next week!

Carter Wikoff is the 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 He broke 18 for the first time at the Naperville Twilight in a big way running 17:25! We can always count on him to get the team going! #sprinterturnedcrosscountryrunner

The final 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 is JASE COOK! He's pumped and ready to go for the SPC Championships tomorrow! #brrrrr

This first 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 is WESLEY EVANS! He has already run MINUTES faster than where he started last year and is stepping up to be a leader of the Squirrels!

The 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 is Josh Reece! He is loving XC and I wouldn't challenge him to a game of ultimate frisbee if I were you! #smallbutmighty

Rylan McFadden is the 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿! You'll never catch this kid without a smile on his face. Especially after his PR in Peoria last week!

Braden Smith is the 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 He's taking risks and it's paying off big time! #readytowork

It's 2 for 1 Friday! Sammy Von Holten was the 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 last week and this week we have Miles Forster! Both have been great leaders of this group and have seen their hard work paying off. Fun fact: I ran against Sammy's aunt when I was in high school! #old

The final two 🐿Squirrels of the Week🐿 are Trenton Grabs and Vaughn Van Eck!  The beauty of cross country... Vaughn has been running XC since 5th grade and comes from a family of runners and Trenton had never run a step prior to this XC season.  Cross country is for everyone!

🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 is back! Ryan Resar kicks things off. He has had an impressive summer and is ready to GO! #TheScream #EdvardMunch

Thoooooomas Zbranek is the 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 #mightymite

The 🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 is Isaiah Baker! Always has a smile on his face. How could you not when you joined the BEST sport there is?! #dotheface

🐿Squirrel of the Week🐿 is back! After a great summer of training and impressive first few weeks of the season, Henry Kuchar takes the first week's honor! #squirrelselfie