Freshman Michael Brajdic put together an inspired performance at the 2012 U.S. Junior Cross Country Championships in Saint Louis, Mo., placing fourth out of 43 athletes in an 8k personal-best time of 24:59.4. (via www.ohiostatebuckeyes.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. 

In its 26th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced Michael Brajdic of Bay High School as its 2010-11 Gatorade Ohio Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. Brajdic is the first Gatorade Ohio Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Bay High School.

Michael Brajdic of Bay High School has committed to continue his education and running career at Ohio State University.  Brajdic is one of Ohio's top recruits in cross country and distance.

What a week for prep cross country!  The top-10 boys are super-tight and should make the end of the season very interesting.  A shake-up at the top occurred with Lukas Verzbicas taking the #1 spot with an impressive run at the IL state meet.  Lukas blasted a solo-13:54 3 mile run to come a mere 4 seconds from breaking Craig Virgin's state record mark of 13:50.  Lukas is clearly in the best shape of his life heading into the most important part of the season.

   "Wills Captures #3", "Brajdic Sets New Boys Course Record", "Peninsula Woodridge Wins its Fifth Straight D2 Team Title", "Berger Repeats as D3 Girl's Champion", "Minster Wins its Third-Straight D3 Title", "Magnificat Girls' Win Third-Straight D1 Championship", Independence Repeats as boys D3 Champions"  It would be difficult to choose a headline for yesterdays 2010 State Cross Country Championships.  It was a day when a crowd of over 13,000 came to watch five of the six team state champions repeat, an individual win his third state championship and see a 23 year old course record broken.

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.

  Michael Brajdic drives himself hard and takes pride in going beyond expectations.  He is Ohio's defending Division 2 State Cross Country Champion and has his sights set on defending his title and going to Nationals.

A sneak peak at who's returning to the Cross Country scene this season as well as individual and team rankings.

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!

The 2009 State Meet is now in the books and it made for some memorable performances (Like it always does!) Lets take a look at the individual and team winners from this past weekend. 

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.

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.

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 2 Boys.  

What a state meet it was!

Morgan finishes 4th at Great American; Mason Boys finish 3rd in Greater Miami Conference; Roys Runs 15:12.02 in the Valley Division race of the Northeast Ohio Conference.  The most Comprehensive list of Ohio Cross Country League/Conference Championships can be found inside

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 2 Top 10 Boys Teams.