TESTAMONIALS

2025 Sportsmanship Highlight...8th grade boys race—after finishing, the top five runners hugged each other and congratulated one another. 

2024 Sportsmanship Highlight...Lake in the Hills Marlowe runner had fallen and Mt. Prospect Lincoln runner stopped, helped him up, and they walked to the finish line together.

"Thank you to you and your team for all of your hard work and help. I know my runners experienced both challenge and joy during this experience. They could not stop talking about being able to "run in a forest." We're already looking forward to next year!"

"This is always a highlight of the season for our kids- they love it so much. Even with the 6:30am bus departure, ha! Thanks for putting this on. You all do a fantastic job! I'll share with the coaches in our conference."  

"This was our first time participating and we will be happy to return - appreciate your efforts. Hope you and your team had time to relax on Sunday - that was quite an undertaking."

"Our favorite invite of the year!"

"Awesome as usual!" 

"Great event! Looking forward to being a part of it again next year." 

"Had a great time as always!" 

"As my first year coaching, I was blown away and I can’t wait to come back next year." 

"My runners and parents thoroughly appreciate the opportunity to run on such a beautiful course against some of the best competition in the state" 

"Our kids loved the invite"  

"It was a great test for our girls & boys to run against some bigger schools." 

"Thanks for having us. It was a great meet" 

"You guys do a fantastic job hosting!" 

"The Troy Invite is the highlight of their season!"  

"Thanks again for hosting such a wonderful Invite!" 

"It was awesome!"  

"We always enjoy this meet" 

"Thanks for a great invitational" 

"Every year our parents are always impressed with how well everything is run"

"It was a great experience, and it was far and away the best XC course that we’ve ever raced "

"The kids and parents loved the races.  We hadn't been there since 2021, and it was great to come back.  Races were started in a timely manner, and the 2 mile kids loved it.  Fast runners equals fast times."

"First off, I want to say how amazing today’s meet was. This was our first year in the Troy invite and we had so much fun. The atmosphere was electric, and you all ran such a smooth meet. Thank you for inviting us, we would love to join in future years!"

"Watching our boys’ team dance the Macarena was a total highlight"