Austin Hindman is dreaming big about his near-future.

14th in Illinois 2A state meet in personal-best time of 14:54 on 3-mile course.

Sixth at district and ninth at sectional before finishing 26th in Missouri Class 4 state meet in 16:15.28.

Three individual titles included conference and regional titles and top area finish in sectional meet.

Ran area's third-fastest time of 15:44.60 at Chile Pepper, finished 21st in Missouri Class 4 state meet.

Had area's best finish in Illinois Class 3A state meet in 49th with personal-best time of 15:02.

For third consecutive season, ran for Class 3 team champion Tigers. Ninth individually at state meet.

A scoring member of Lafayette's back-to-back Missouri team state champions in 2014 and 2015, Laarman came into his own as an individual his senior season and went out with a fifth-place finish at the Class 4 state meet with a

Consider Heffner the area's most improved runner after finishing 18th in Missouri's Class 4 state meet with a personal-best time of 16:06.51 on the 5-kilometer course, a drastic improvement after finishing 105th at state as a junior. His time was

Sixth at sectional, seventh at district and then 19th in Missouri Class 4 state meet in personal-best 16:07.18.