Tyler Tjeerdsma is a varsity cross country runner. He has beeninvolvedincrosscountryfor 5 years. The most notable thing that has happened to Tyler this seasonisplacing8thattheMitchell meet. Tyler’s most important moment so far, has been making state every year since 8th grade. If he had to describe his team, he would describe them as a “bunch of studs”. Something someone might not know about the team is how hard they work at 6:30 AM practice. Tyler not only has to run in the morning, he also has afternoon football practice. His favorite place for a meet is Burke, because it has the flattest course. Tyler’s best time for a meet is 19 minutes, which took place at the Burke meet. Some other sports he is involved in, is football where he playsrunningback,track,wrestling, ashortstopinbaseball,and swim team. Out of all the sports he is involved in, his favorite is wrestling. Tyler’s favorite school class is Biology. He is one of six siblings. A fun fact about Tyler, is he is not a good driver. Tyler’s goal for cross country is to place at state, and his goal for the year is to have better grades than he did last year.