Georgetown spoiled Big East rival Villanova's bid for a third consecutive DI women's cross country national championship on Monday as the Hoyas took home their first title. (via www.ncaa.com)

College signings are always interesting to see, but everybody wonders why one athlete chose one schol and why another athlete chose a different school.  Inside you will find out why certain athletes chose the school that they did in their own words. 

Hannah Neczypor, the 2009 OHSAA Division 1 state champion in the 3200 meter run, has chosen to continue her education and running career at Georgetown Univesity.

New harriers make rank, while the top of the guys rankings is as tight as ever!  Here comes the post-season!

A few changes and a few editions, but look for the action to heat up in the coming weeks!

Few changes as most are idle, but there are a handful of new editions to the national roster.

Hannah Neczypor (left) and Michelle Thomas (right) have had very similar seasons the last three years with mere seconds separating the two runners.  The similarities of these two ladies could make for a very interesting finish come Novermber at Scioto Downs.  

 

This weekend was relatively quiet with only three high school meets throughout the state, but there were a few big performances at each meet.  Canfield Senior Dustin Brode continued to post big marks in the shot put and in the weight throw.

The first of the two national high school cross country championship races were held this past weekend in Portland, Oregon with the Nike Cross Nationals. The boys' race certainly featured many of the nation's best battling it out to the wire, while the girls' race was missing the unofficial "Big 3" in Megan Goethals (MI), Chelsey Sveinsson (TX), and Aisling Cuffe (NY) but stellar depth was found in both races as Foot Locker finalists, All-Americans, and state champions were found deep into the field.  

For the girls Magnificat, running as Rocky River XC Club, finished fifth overall, with Madeline Chambers taking 8th indvidually.  North Royalton's Hannah Neczypor finished 11th overall and on the boys side, Zach Wills of Mason finished 5th overall.

Ohio dominates the NXN Midwest Regional Championship by going 1 through 3 in the girls individual race, winning the girls team race and advancing two individuals on the boys side.  Nice Job Ohio!

A look at the teams and individuals that qualifeid for the OHSAA State Championship, plus top four teams and ten individuals to watch for each division.

The teams and individual qualifiers for the OHSAA State Championship are now set, the only thing left to do is run the races and crown the champions.  Lets take a look back at how teams got here in the weekly Week In Review.

We just wrapped up the start of the most exciting 22 days in Ohio High School Cross Country.  Let's take a look back at the conference meets.  Also check out which boys team wore pink to race in this weekend.

A big weekend of races in the books and some fast times to show for it.  Zach Wills opens the season blazing a 15:17 on his tough home course to take the lead in the state, while up north at the Tiffin Carnival, Magnificat scorches the field by scoring 52 points, over a 100 points ahead of second place, to win the Girs Division 1 Varsity-A race.

Week 1 opens with impressive showings from North Royalton's Hannah Neczypor (18:37 at the Summit County Invite) and Springboro's Carly Hamilton (18:44 at the Bob Schul Invite).  On the boys side, the top time is posted by Justin Eilerman of New Bremen (15:49 at Blue Jay Invite).

Trying to figure out who is the best team is nearly impossible without running any races, but OHRunners has tried to do just that (solely based on last year's results and returning runners). Over the next few days we will take a look at the top returning teams for both genders in all divisions. Today we take a stab at the Preseason Division 1 Girls.

Your weekly recap of key performances from meets across the state. If you have results that you would like to include on OHRunners and MileSplit, please send them to Jimfindlay1@gmail.com

What a state meet it was!

After last weeks amazing results and top notch performances, this week quieted down a little in terms of movement on the state leaderboards.  There were some impressive marks set this weekend, and a big name opened up his indoor campaign for the year with some great times.

NXN Midwest: Kroy (York, IL), led by Steve Sulkin, avenged its loss to Naperville North at the IHSA Champs a week ago. Geneva (IL) XC and Stephanie Morgan (OH) are winners. (Photos by Tracy Rollins)

Weekly High School X-Country Regional Rankings 2008 Team rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez. Individuals-To-Watch lists by national and state correspondents.

Weekly High School X-Country Regional Rankings 2008 Team rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez. Individuals-To-Watch lists by national and state correspondents.

Weekly High School X-Country Regional Rankings 2008 Team rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez. Individuals-To-Watch lists by national and state correspondents.

Weekly High School X-Country Regional Rankings 2008 Team rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez Individuals-To-Watch lists by national and state correspondents.

Weekly High School X-Country Regional Rankings 2008 Team rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez Individuals-To-Watch lists by national and state correspondents.

Weekly High School X-Country Regional Rankings 2008 Team rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez Individuals-To-Watch lists by national and state correspondents

The All Ohio Catholic Championship provided for some great feats in the Championship Races.  Magnificat posted a perfect 15 team score, while Kevin Yarnell (pictured left, from St. Johns Jesuit) and Marty Coolidge (pictured next to Yarnell, from Elyria Catholic) provided excitement in the boys race as both boys ran 15:17, with Yarnell just edging out Coolidge at the line.

Weekly High School X-Country Regional Rankings 2008 Team rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez Individuals-To-Watch lists by national and state correspondents  

Stuart Edmonds (above, right)  of Twinsburg upsets defending State Champion Donny Roys (above, middle), while Centerville takes home the team title in a field that included 13 of the top 25 teams in Division I in Ohio, and Katie Gillespie of CVCA posts the fastest time in the nation to date

A big weekend of cross country racing took place over the past few days and we have all the news for you in our weekly weekend wrap-up. Top matchups individually and team, boys and girls, span across each meet summary. See which teams stood out this weekend, as the season starts to heat up.

Freshman Tsehaye Hiluf of Reynoldsburg is making a statement early in the season that he is going to be a player come November.  Tsehaye finished 7th at the Hot Summer Bash last weekend with a time of 16:23 in his first high school 5k of his career, and now can add a runner up finish at Lebanon this weekend to his short, but impressive, resume.