Truman's Journey
Tracking the miles, milestones, and memories that shape Truman's running story.
Meet Truman, Our Runner
One of the interesting things about me is I am a triplet! I have had the fun of playing and competing in many sports growing up with my 2 brothers, including: Soccer, Baseball, Flag Football, Basketball and finally now in High School…Running. My brother Theo started with me our freshman year, while Winston played basketball before joining us as runners our sophomore year.
I truly enjoy running and have focused on approaching it like I learned in other sports with a methodical approach to develop a winning process. I have always sought out highly successful mentors who were ahead of me in sports to help me learn and grow. From there, I incorporated their insights and knowledge to develop my own processes to continually strive to improve.
If you were to ask my teammates, they would note that my focus is all about the process. As my coach says to us “Trust the Process.” For me, the process is the key. I have a very detailed processes for race weeks, for 48-24 hours ahead of a race, for the night before a race, and for race day. Each of these processes and my focus get more intense as race time gets closer. I absolutely credit these processes for both my consistent in season race performances as well as my continual steady progression and improvement over the last 2.5 years. My processes are written down, planned out and I go as far as to set alarms to ensure exact execution. I continually review what works well and to these to look for ways to tweak, improve and evolve these for better results or as my running changes and perhaps I am now running 3 events in a track meet, or to account for whether I am running a specific race for time or to try and place and help my team score maximum points.
I am proud of how I have grown, but far from finished…The best is yet to come!
Truman's progression:
(Note: first started organized running organized running in August 2023; Freshman year)
Truman's History
Truman Houk is a 17-year-old High School Senior (Class of 2027) Distance Runner with a 3.9 GPA at East Lake High School, in the greater Tampa, Florida area.
Truman says
"I am currently striving to grow and develop in Cross Country and Track, while preparing to run at the next level in college. I have been running for 3 years and truly enjoy it with a passion. I am excited to pursue a college degree in Business, with an eye towards Sports Marketing."
(Note: first started organized running organized running in August 2023; Freshman year)
Truman's History
Notable Achievements
Freshman Cross Country Varsity runner. As a freshman, I consistently ran and scored points as one of the Boy’s Varsity team’s top 5 runners.
(See Right)
Cross Country: finished 8th overall and earned first ribbon at Lecanto Invitational. (See Left)
Cross Country: finished 8th overall and earned ribbon while helping the team win the overall team championship at the Northport XC Invitational (See Left)
Cross Country: finished 22nd and helped the team finish in 3rd place in County Championships
Cross Country: finished 33rd in Districts and helped team advance to Regionals
Track: Finished top 10 – 5 times in 3200M, 3 times in 1600M and 1 time in 800M
Track: Placed 9th in 3200M and 10th in the 1600M in County Championships
2023 - 2024: Freshman
2024 - 2025: Sophomore
2025 - 2026: Junior
Cross Country: 1st place Todd Howsare Memorial Falcon Invitational (Video)
Cross Country: Finished top 10 overall 4 times
Cross Country: Finished 6th in District Championship (See Right)
Cross Country: Finished 11th overall in Regional Championships
Cross Country: Finished 67th (out of 237) Florida 4A State Championship
Cross Country: Competed in 2 National Events:
Alexander Asics Invitational in Fairburn, GA finishing 81 out of 375 in the Elite Boy’s Championship Race
New Balance Running Lane XC Championships in Huntsville, AL in finishing 175 out of 286 in the Elite Boy’s Gold Championship Race (See Right)
Indoor Track:
Finished 14th in Florida High School Indoor Track Championships
Outdoor Track:
Finished in the top 10 in every event raced in every regular season meet!
Track: 2nd place in 3200M at Mustang Invitational
Track: 2nd place in 1600M at Raven Invitational
Track: 1st place in 4x800 at Calvery Christian Warrior Invitational
Track: 3rd place in 3200M in County Championships
Track: 3rd place in 1600M in County Championships
Track: Competed in 1 National Event:
FSU Relays National Meet
67th out of 127 in 3200M (Video)
50th out of 87 in the 1600M (Video)
Freshman Cross Country Varsity runner. As a freshman, I consistently ran and scored points as one of the Boy’s Varsity team’s top 5 runners.
Cross Country: finished 8th overall and earned first ribbon at Lecanto Invitational.
Cross Country: finished 8th overall and earned ribbon while helping the team win the overall team championship at the Northport XC Invitational
Cross Country: finished 22nd and helped the team finish in 3rd place in County Championships
Cross Country: finished 33rd in Districts and helped team advance to Regionals
Track: Finished top 10 – 5 times in 3200M, 3 times in 1600M and 1 time in 800M
Track: Placed 9th in 3200M and 10th in the 1600M in County Championships
2023 - 2024: Freshman
2024 - 2025: Sophomore
Cross Country: 1st place Todd Howsare Memorial Falcon Invitational (Video)
Cross Country: Finished top 10 overall 4 times
Cross Country: Finished 6th in District Championship
Cross Country: Finished 11th overall in Regional Championships
Cross Country: Finished 67th (out of 237) Florida 4A State Championship
Cross Country: Competed in 2 National Events:
Alexander Asics Invitational in Fairburn, GA finishing 81 out of 375 in the Elite Boy’s Championship Race
New Balance Running Lane XC Championships in Huntsville, AL in finishing 175 out of 286 in the Elite Boy’s Gold Championship Race
Indoor Track:
Finished 14th in Florida High School Indoor Track Championships
Outdoor Track:
Finished in the top 10 in every event raced in every regular season meet!
Track: 2nd place in 3200M at Mustang Invitational
Track: 2nd place in 1600M at Raven Invitational
Track: 1st place in 4x800 at Calvery Christian Warrior Invitational
Track: 3rd place in 3200M in County Championships
Track: 3rd place in 1600M in County Championships
Track: Competed in 1 National Event:
FSU Relays National Meet
67th out of 127 in 3200M (Video)
50th out of 87 in the 1600M (Video)