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Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week: Owen Horeni, Yorkville, track and field, senior · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Rekerd Newspapers Athlete of the Week Owen horainy Yorkville Track
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  Speaker 1: and Field Senior, Written by Joshua Weld. This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: Name Owen Horaini School, Yorkville Senior, Sport, Track and Field.
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  Speaker 1: Why he was selected. Horeni took third place in the
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  Speaker 1: eight hundred meter run at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in
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  Speaker 1: California in one fifty twenty five, breaking his own school record.
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  Speaker 1: The time is the number one rank time in Illinois
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  Speaker 1: and the number seven team in the country. He was
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  Speaker 1: selected the Athlete of the Week in an online vote.
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  Speaker 1: Other nominees were Sandwich Baseball's Jeffrey Ashley, Oswego Softballs Adeline Fugut,
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  Speaker 1: and Oswego East Track and Field's Jamari McKay. Here is
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  Speaker 1: Horeni's interview with sports editor Joshua Welje. Obviously, it looks
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  Speaker 1: like a great race for you at Arcadia. How did
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  Speaker 1: you feel about it, Renni? I felt great performing at
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  Speaker 1: a meat of that size. It gives me confidence going
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  Speaker 1: into the rest of the season, knowing that I have
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  Speaker 1: the potential to do even better. What does competing in
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  Speaker 1: a meat like that do for you as you progress
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  Speaker 1: into outdoor season? HORAINI, it gives me a lot of
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  Speaker 1: experience racing in a championship environment as there is a
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  Speaker 1: set time schedule that is followed down to a t.
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  Speaker 1: It assists me in preparing well for the postseason and
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  Speaker 1: hopefully national caliber meets. You have the number one Illinois time,
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  Speaker 1: number seven in the country. How do you feel about
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  Speaker 1: the time and where you're at? Horny, I'm really happy
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  Speaker 1: with where I'm at right now, but I'm not content.
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to continue working for more and higher rankings.
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  Speaker 1: I know there's always small changes I can make and
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  Speaker 1: improve on. What are your goals for the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the season, ho RENI Going into the rest of the season,
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to be able to go sub four minutes
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  Speaker 1: in the mile. It's a huge barrier to break and
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  Speaker 1: a difficult one, but I believe I have the skill
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  Speaker 1: set to do it. At the state meet, I want
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  Speaker 1: to break the state meet record and run one forty eight.
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  Speaker 1: After the state meet, I planned to attend a few
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  Speaker 1: national meets that should give me an even better chance
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  Speaker 1: at that sub formark How did the commitment to Notre
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  Speaker 1: Dame come together and what made you decide to make
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  Speaker 1: that commitment? What do you plan on studying Horini. The
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  Speaker 1: commitment process was a long one, but it was definitely
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  Speaker 1: worth it. The history of the program, along with the
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  Speaker 1: great coaches and team, combined with the prestige of the
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  Speaker 1: school as a whole, propelled me into making that decision.
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  Speaker 1: When I'm there, I plan to study either accounting or
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  Speaker 1: finance and hopefully stay for a fifth year to attain
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  Speaker 1: my MBA.