Week in Review: Mid-East Cross Country Championship

By / November 19, 2011 6:46 PM

Mid-East Cross Country Championship

On-Site Coverage

Mid-East Championships celebrates 25 years of great racing

The scenery at Indian Rifle Park has had many different looks over the years. The 95-acre park, located in Kettering, Ohio, is the site of the town’s ever-changing recreation complex, one that now includes a senior center, an ice arena, three swimming pools and a walking/running track among other things. (Photo by Robert Hollen)

Girls Highlights

 

Illinois and Indiana battled it out for the team title with both teams scoring 44 points in the four state senior all-star meet.  Illinois' average time was 3 seconds faster than Indiana's average time, and included three athletes that finished in the top 10, but Indiana was able to win on the 6th runner tie-breaker as Indiana was able to four athletes in the top 10 and have six finishers cross the line before Illinois' fifth runner crossed the line.  Michigan finished in third with 56 points and Ohio was fourth by scoring 70 points.  Ariel Michalek (Oswego East) of Illinois was the overall individual winner by finishing the 5K course with a time of 18:37.  Michigan's Rachel Shullist of Zeeland West finished second with a time of 18:54.  Ohio's top runner was Kayla Scott of Canal Winchester, who finished third with a time of 18:59.

 

Boys Highlights

 

The Ohio boys contigent  dominated the field by placing all five scorers in the top 10.  Ohio scored 28 points on their way to the team championship while runner-up Michigan scored 48 points.  Indiana finished in third with 63 team points, while Illinois scored a dismal 128 team points.  Illinois' lone bright spot on the boys side was that they had the individual winner, Pat Niyork of Willbrook who finished with a time of 15:49.  Adrian Ross of Unioto (Ohio) was the runner-up crossing the line at 15:53, just slightly ahead of Divine Child's Nick Soter and Heritage's Evan Chiplock, who are both from Michigan and also ran 15:53 on the 5K course.  Ohio then took places 5-9 in the following order, Ryan Polman of Independence (15:54), Copley's Nick Pupino (15:56), Ryan Roush of South Range (16:02) and Walsh Jesuit's Tony Howkins (16:03).

 

Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional

On-Site Coverage

Week in Review: NXN

A quick look at the meets from the past week, including top times, links to results and links to any photo albums posted.

Girls Highlights

Boys Highlights