Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same.

That’s not the story for Bureau Valley senior Maddox Moore.

Moore changed his approach to running, learning how to raise his level of competitiveness in cross country to a higher level.

“I feel like I learned it at the end of my sophomore year or junior year when I realized that instead of trying to go off hard and go as fast as I can, I should focus on a pace and calm my breathing and keep it calm and cool until that last bit,” he said.

That approach led to five top-10 finishes (seven top-12) this season. He was fourth at the Forreston and Panther invites, seventh at the Lincoln Trail Conference meet, earning all-conference honors, and ran a personal record of 16:43.7 to place fourth in the Patriot Invite at Detweiller P

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