St. John's Prep cross-country star Tristan Shelgren was named the 2017-18 Gatorade Massachusetts boys' cross-country Runner of the Year. Shelgren is the first Gatorade Massachusetts boys' cross-country Runner of the Year to be chosen from St. John's Prep.
The 6-foot, 155-pound senior won the Division 1 state meet this past season with a course-record time of 15:15.82, breaking the tape 22.12 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Eagles to a 10th-place finish as a team. Shelgren also won the Foot Locker Northeast Regional championships by 4.2 seconds and then finished 39th at Foot Locker nationals.
Shelgren has volunteered locally on behalf of the Ashland Farm assisted living community as well as with the Coast to the Cure Bicycle Ride, which is a fundraiser to help fight neurofibromatosis. He has also donated his time for the past three academic years as the cross country team representative at St. John’s Prep Open House events for prospective students.
Shelgren has maintained a weighted 3.65 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross-country on scholarship at the University of North Carolina this fall.
Shelgren joins Gatorade Massachusetts Boys Cross Country Runners of the Year Marcelo Rocha (2016-17, Peabody High School), Viraj Deokar (2015-16, Middlesex School), Quinn Cooney (2014-15, Chelmsford High School), Mohamed Hussein (2013-14, Northfield Mount Hermon School), Jonathan Green (2012-13, St. John's High School), Wesley Gallagher (2011-12, Pembroke High School), John Murray (2010-11, Shrewsbury High School), Patrick McGowan (2009-10, Mansfield), Mike Moverman (2008-09, Oliver Ames), and Robert Gibson (2007-08, Brookline) as athletes who have won the cross country award since its inception in 2007.
