This past Friday night was not just Homecoming night at Monticello High School but it was also Hall of Fame night.

Former cross country state champion Steve Schroeder was inducted into the Monticello High School Hall of Fame. His high school coach Dave Remmert called Schroeder the most talented runner he's coached.

Schroeder explains his transition to collegiate cross country at the Naval Academy was quite challenging because not only was he running cross country year round but he explains you're also a part of the military as a college student.

Schroeder did two deployments and those took place during COVID. He called that very challenging as well because his deployments looked vastly different than traditional deployments.

Schroeder is currently stationed in Hawaii at Camp HM Smith.