Westerville North senior, Jacob Dumford, has decided to attend the University of Notre Dame to continue his academic and athletic pursuits.  Dumford has two State Meet Runner-Up finishes under his belt as well as third place.  Dumford earned the bronze medal in the 2011 State Track and Field Championship in the 800m Run and followed it up the next year by finishing in second place in the same event.  Dumford also finished as the Runner-Up at the 2012 State Cross Country Champinoship.

Cory Glines, a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas, has committed to the University of Michigan to continue his academic and athletic career.  Glines is the defending Division 3 State Champion, and current Division 3 State Meet Record Holder in the 1600m run.  Glines was also the runner up at the 2012 Division 3 State Cross Country Meet where he crossed the line in 15:20.66 to set his personal best time in a 5K.

 The Ohio High School Athletic Association ruled Tuesday that Ohio athletes may not accept travel, hotel and meal expenditures from out-of-season competitions if those athletes wish to maintain their amateur status.(via news.cincinnati.com)

Beavercreek High School senior, Sydney Leiher, has chosen to continue her academic and athletic career at Syracuse University.  Leiher is the defending Division 1 Champion in the 1600m Run.  Leiher also placed fourth in the 2000m Steeplechase at the 2012 New Balance Outdoor National Meet.

Lamar Hargrove, a senior at North College Hill, has chosen to continue is academic and athletic career at Tiffin University.  Hargrove is the defending Division 2 Champion in both the 100m Dash and the 200m Dash. 

A quick look of the meets from the past week, including top times and links to any results, articles, videos, interviews and photos.  

BOYS AT-LARGESummit HS - Summit Central Oregon ((NW)Carlsbad HS - Carlsbad (CA)St. Xavier HS - AMDG (MW)Westchester Henderson HS - Warrior (NE)GIRLS AT-LARGEPine Creek HS - Altitude (SW)New Trier HS - Wilmette (MW)Saugus HS - Newhall (CA)East Aurora HS - Aurora (NY) *Check back soon for the full list of entrants. (via RunnerSpace)

Voting begins today for USA Track & Field’s first ever Fan’s Choice Awards, which will be a part of the Jesse Owens Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by Nike on Saturday, December 1, held in conjunction with the USATF Annual Meeting. Fans have the opportunity to select winners in six different categories to be announced during the ceremony in Daytona Beach, Fla. (via usatf.org)

In 2000, 10-year-old Gray Horn and his family loaded a rented RV and made the seven-hour drive from their small hometown of Waynesfield, Ohio, to the USATF Junior Olympic Championships in Buffalo, N.Y.(via www.usatf.org)

Beavercreek High School, near Dayton, Ohio, will host the first ever Reserve Team Championship for Cross Country during the 2013 season.  The meet will be held on October 5, 2013, one week prior to the Conference Weekend.  If you are interested in participating in this meet, please contact James Weckesser at james.weckesser@ beavercreek.k12.oh.us

Ever wonder how your old high school teamate is doing in college?  Or how about that stud sprinter from your rival high school?  Well, MileSplit and OHRunners is going to make following your favorite State of Ohio Alumni that much easier.  All you have do is check out the Alumni Report and you can see how former Ohio High School athlete has been doing in college.

  A quick look of the meets from the past week, including top times and links to any results, articles, videos, interviews and photos.   

The new Cooper Tire Track and Field Complex at Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio, is completed, and was officially opened on Nov. 9. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. executives joined Findlay City School District officials for a ribbon cutting at the new complex.(via www.tirereview.com)

Ever wonder how your old high school teamate is doing in college?  Or how about that stud sprinter from your rival high school?  Well, MileSplit and OHRunners is going to make following your favorite State of Ohio Alumni that much easier.  All you have do is check out the Alumni Report and you can see how former Ohio High School athlete has been doing in college. 

After a few days busy with non-blog items, I’m back at it with more in this series of the nation’s great cross country courses. (via The Track & Field Superfan Blog)

A quick look of the meets from the past week, including top times and links to any results, articles, videos, interviews and photos.  

Neither the boys nor the girls cross country teams of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School have anything to hang their heads about after both teams put together respectable seasons in 2012 despite having to overcome inexperience and injury.  (via highschoolsports.cleveland.com)

Besides state cross country champion, Versailles running standout Sam Prakel has another title: Wendy’s High School Heisman national finalist. The senior learned of the honor by Wendy’s representatives in a surprise announcement during a school assembly on Wednesday. (via www.daytondailynews.com)

  A quick look of the meets from the past week, including top times and links to any results, articles, videos, interviews and photos.   

The 2012 State Cross Country Championships saw only one repeat individual Champion.  Senior Sam Prakel of Versailles defended his title and bested his 2011 D3 record time by 2.72 seconds, in running 15:16.34.  Two other National Trails records were set.  Senior Sam Wharton of Tippacanoe established a new D1 Boys and National Trails record running 15:09.95.  Lebanon Junior Jacqulyn Crow set a new D1 Girl's and National Trails record, running 17:39.31.  The previous record was set in the girl's D2 race by Freshman Mary Kate Vaughn of Oakwood.  Vaughn ran 17:41.57.  Two teams repeated.  Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary repeated as the D2 girl’s champion and Liberty Center repeated as the D3 girl’s champion. 

HEBRON —Steps before crossing the finish line, the smile started to spread across Lebanon senior Jacquelyn Crow’s face as she crossed into Warrior history. Crow out-dueled and out-gutted Sylvania Northview’s Janelle Noe to claim the Division I state cross country championship Saturday at National Trail Raceway in 17:39.31. Noe finished in 17:40.88. (via www.daytondailynews.com)

HEBRON — It wasn’t quite the storybook ending Unioto was dreaming of — at least until Kinkela Harkins finished her race. After Unioto’s boys finished eighth as a team in the Division II state cross country meet at National Trail Raceway, Harkins, a sophomore in her first season in the sport, sprinted home with a 24th-place finish in the Division II girls race, breaking the school record with a 19:08 and grabbing a spot on the All-Ohio team.  (via www.chillicothegazette.com)

As strong as the New Albany High School boys cross country team was last year, coach Chad Olinger hopes the final goals it didn't achieve translate into even better standing this season. (via ThisWeek Community News)

One step from competing in the state meet as a team for the first time since 2007, New Albany High School girls cross country coach Brian Olinger thinks his top runners are close to peaking. (via ThisWeek Community News)

Mason cross country coach Chip Dobson had a conversation with senior Lauren Wood over the summer. For the past four years Dobson’s team had Monica Lake as its leader on the course and off of it but Lake graduated last spring and moved on to Oklahoma State University. (via masonbuzz.com)

The Final Cross Country Weekly Poll for the 2012 Season.