The stage is now set for the 2014 Ohio State XC Championships. We should see exciting races in all of our boys and girls divisions. Here is a breakdown and a preview of the D3 Boys and Girls races.
(The virtual meets do not include individual qualifiers.)
D3 BOYS
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INDIVIDUAL RACE PREVIEW
Summit Country Day Sr. Mason Moore should be atop the podium on saturday as the D3 Boys champion. He has run impressively all year and coming off of his win in the Troy Regional, he is atop the State rankings by time for D3 and is ranked 18th overall in the State with an 15:39.13. He was 25th last year (16:46.06). In the #2 spot should be Jr.Tristan Dahmen of Maplewood. He won the Boardman Region and is ranked 51st in the state with a 15:51.80. He is the leading returner from last years State meet (#2, 16:07.49). Pushing Dahmen for the #2 spot should be Mount Gilead So. Austin Hallabrin, the Pickerington Regional winner. He is one back of Dahmen in the State rankings with a 15:52.20, but it is his 1st trip to the State Championships. In the #4 spot should be Antwerp Jr. Sam Williamson, the Tiffin Regional winner. He was #10 last year (16:25.78). #5 may be Sr. Logan Smith of Mineral Ridge. He ran 2nd to Dahmen at Boardman and is the #2 ranked D3 runner in the state with a 15:43.50 and #33 overall. He was 18th last year (16:36.41).
Others who will be in contention for a spot atop the podium and on the podium are Maplewood Jr. Allen Sparks. He is ranked just ahead of his teammate, 45th in the State, with a 15:48.70 and is an experienced runner having beaten his teammate this year. He was 3rd in the Boardman Regional. Sr. Jared Stockmaster of Seneca East was 5th last year (16:15.99) and is the #13 ranked D3 runner in the State this year (16:04.07). Independence So. Tyler Polman is ranked 14th in D3 (16:04.41) and was 6th last year.(16:17.80). Ft. Frye Sr. Jon Anderson. Anderson was 3rd last year in 16:10.38. Coldwater Sr. Jon Wenning was 9th last year (16:24.32). He is ranked 16th in D3 with a 16:07.42. St. Thomas Aquinas Jr. Jacob Caniford has run fast this year and is ranked #3 in the D3 boys rankings with a 15:47.00.
TEAM RACE PREVIEW
Maplewood was the runner up last year, but should take the title this year. They have been ranked atop the OATCCC poll all year and are also atop the Ohio MileSplit poll. They are led by Jr.'s Tristan Dahmen and Allen Sparks. They are experienced and based upon times run this year, their 1-5 split is just 57.90 seconds. Summit Country Day should get the #2 spot. They are led by D3 #1 ranked Sr. Mason Moore and #7 ranked Sr. Jason Murdock. St. Thomas Aquinas is ranked #2 in the OATCCC poll, led by #3 Jacob Caniford, but the Summit 3, 4 & 5 runners are faster than the Aquinas runners. They are ranked 53, 81 & 100 by time. The Aquinas boys are ranked 44, 48, 109 & 115. Pushing Aquinas for the #3 spot will be Liberty Center. Liberty Center's boys have just a 55.91 split by time on their 1-5 runners. Their runners are ranked 18, 42, 61, 70 &114th. The #5 spot on the podium should go to Garaway. Fighting them for the 5th spot will be Col. Crawford, but Garaway's 1-5 are split just 49.70 seconds. The spot on the podium may be determined by Crawford's #5 runner who is ranked 48 spots back of Garaway's #5.
Cortland Maplewood Coach: Dave Deeter 101 Nick Cowger 10 102 Tristan Dahmen 11 103 Jake Hall 10 104 Nate Keeney 11 105 Derek Morrison 12 106 Allen Sparks 11 107 Charlie Woodrum 12 Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas Coach: Mary Pusateri 108 Jacob Caniford 11 109 David Laubacher 10 110 John Laubacher 11 111 Nathan Laubacher 12 112 Jacob Paul 11 113 Zachary Richards 10 114 Ed Walsh 10 North Robinson Colonel Crawford Coach: Jody Grove 115 Brad Bauer 10 116 Jon Hoffman 11 117 Chad Johnson 9 118 Brandon Long 11 119 Clay Long 12 120 Clay Martin 12 121 Nick Studer 10 McDonald Coach: Chris Rupe 122 Zach Hawout 12 123 Danny Loomis 11 124 Marco Mediata 11 125 Nathan Murray 12 126 David Natoli 12 127 C.J. Seitz 10 128 Bryce Street 12 Liberty Center Coach: Tim Atkinson 129 Matt Baker 12 130 Colin Burns 11 131 Kyle Nash 12 132 Vince Pinson 12 133 Cameron Stark 9 134 Joel Studer 11 135 Collin Vollmar 12 St. Henry Coach: Dan Hemmelgarn 136 Ryan Barhorst 12 137 Alex Hemmelgarn 12 138 Braydon Hoying 9 139 Justin Hoying 12 140 Devin Huelskamp 9 141 Scott Knapke 12 142 Spencer Schulze 12 Van Wert Lincolnview Coach: Matt Langdon 143 Tyler Brant 12 144 Trevor Neate 11 145 Alex Rodriguez 12 146 Colton Snyder 11 147 Troy Thompson 12 148 Bayley Tow 12 149 Tracey West 10 Attica Seneca East Coach: Doug Mason 150 Kyle Burgderfer 9 151 Brady McWilliams 12 152 Carson Pipher 12 153 Wes Pipher 12 154 Jared Stockmaster 12 155 Michael Szabo 12 156 Bryce Watson 12 Sugarcreek Garaway Coach: Chuck Zobel 157 Austin Miller 10 158 Nathan Millet 11 159 Caleb Morehart 12 160 B.J. Schwartz 10 161 Wyatt Schwartz 12 162 Samuel Wentworth 12 163 Nathan Wicker 10 Fredericktown Coach: Bob Geiger 164 Caleb Carter 11 165 Bailey Gannon 11 166 Wyat Harmon 10 167 Dillon Randall 10 168 Colin Roddy 12 169 Zac Stalnaker 11 170 Bradley Wolford 9 Leesburg Fairfield Coach: Raymond Friend 171 Andrew Davis 9 172 Wyatt Evans 10 173 Matthew Mangus 9 174 Nick Price 9 175 Noah Richmond 9 176 Trent Swisher 10 177 Dustin Willey 12
Mount Gilead Coach: Denny West 178 Tyler Beck 12 179 Kyle Ciballi 11 180 Austin Hallabrin 10 181 Ethan Hatfield 12 182 Matt Robinson 9 183 Nick Weiss 10 184 Tim Williamson 12 Cincinnati Summit Country Day Coach: Kurtis Smith 185 Tullus Dean 10 186 Scott Kinross 9 187 Matt LaMacchia 10 188 Will Mackey 11 189 Mason Moore 12 190 John Murdock 12 191 Grady Stuckman 12 Anna Coach: Dean Stewart 192 Korash Assani 11 193 Bradley Axe 10 194 Kyle Christman 10 195 Joel Gaier 10 196 Luke Gaier 12 197 Lucas Huber 10 198 Tyler McKee 11 Russia Coach: Doug Foster 199 Andrew Ball 11 200 Caleb Ball 11 201 Jordan Gariety 12 202 Alex Herron 12 203 Connor Metz 10 204 Ethan Monnier 10 205 Alex Seger 10 Botkins Coach: Ryan Gutman 206 Lucas Buehler 12 207 Cameron Flora 11 208 Aaron Fullenkamp 11 209 Austin Fullenkamp 9 210 Jared Goubeaux 11 211 Austin Jones 12 212 Mathew Prout 9 INDIVIDUALS 213 Sam Williamson 11 Antwerp 214 A.J. Trent 12 Ashland Crestview 215 Chet Swartzmiller 12 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 216 Cray Sistrunk 11 Belpre 217 Jon Anderson 12 Beverly Fort Frye 218 Adam Thompson 12 Burton Berkshire 219 Tanner Harding 12 Caldwell 220 Jacob Long 11 Cardington-Lincoln 221 Trevor Cook 10 Carey 222 Adam Petry 12 Cincinnati Deer Park 223 Charlie Jordan 11 Cincinnati Mariemont 224 Dan Seas 11 Coldwater 225 Jon Wenning 12 Coldwater 226 Mycah Grandstaff 12 Convoy Crestview 227 Nate Dunn 12 Covington 228 Micah Bragg 12 Dayton Christian 229 Skylar Lantz 12 Fayette 230 Luke Jefferson 10 Garfield Heights Trinity 231 Kerr Lian 9 Grandview Heights 232 Eli Reed 12 Grandview Heights 233 Dakota Frost 11 Hicksville 234 Devon Jester 12 Houston 235 Owen Reeher 11 Kinsman Badger 236 Aaron Wood 11 Lancaster Fisher Catholic 237 Alex Rigg 12 Lima Central Catholic 238 Logan Smith 12 Mineral Ridge 239 Nathanael Toth 12 Mineral Ridge 240 Cort Speckman 11 New Bremen 241 Casey Kropka 12 New London 242 Cole Dudley 12 New Paris National Trail 243 Brady McBride 11 Pleasant Hill Newton Local 244 Tanner Hawley 11 Sullivan Black River 245 Korry Hamlin 9 Tipp City Bethel 246 Richie Ware 12 Versailles 247 Joey Adams 11 West Liberty-Salem 248 Alex Steiner 12 West Liberty-Salem
D3 GIRLS
INDIVIDUAL RACE PREVIEW
Sr.'s Brittany Atkinson of Liberty Center and Sarah Kanney of Coldwater have provided us with perhaps the State's biggest rivalry over the last four years. Brittany won as a freshman. Sarah won as a Sophomore, with Brittany 2nd. Brittany won last year and Sarah was 4th. In the D3 rankings, Brittany is ranked #1 (17:34.10). Sarah, #2 (17:55.96). In the State overall rankings by time, Brittany is ranked #2 and Sarah is #4. Sarah won the Tiffin Regional. Brittany was just behind her. If I were to go on time alone this year, then the nod has to go to Brittany. Out of respect for both, I am not going to pick. They are both winners!
Garaway Jr. Rachel Wentworth should be in the #3 position. She is an experienced runner and even though she is ranked 5th in the D3 rankings by time, she won the Pickerington Regional and was 5th last year at State in 18:53.32. Jr. Athena Welsh of St. Thomas Aquinas should run 4th and will contend for the #3 spot. She is ranked 3rd in the D3 rankings and has an overall 15th State ranking (18:21.68). She was 1st in the Boardman Regional. Sr. Fallon Doyle of St. John's should be on the podium in the 5th spot. She is ranked 4th by time in the State with a 18:28.21 and 25th overall. All five of these girls are under the Milesplit National Elite: Gold Standard of 18:45.00.
Several other girls should also be on the podium. Sr. Emily Borchers of Russia was 7th last year (19:05.95). She is ranked 19th this season with a 19:19.45. Fr. Brittany Roth of Newcomerstown is ranked 7th in the State with an 18:57.00 and Fr. Emily Sreenan of Lima Central Catholic is ranked 8th in the D3 rankings with a 19:00.00. Mt. Gilead Sr. Rachel Bush is ranked 9th in the State with a 19:03.50.
TEAM PREVIEW
Minster is atop the OATCCC poll and is ranked 2nd in the Ohio MileSplit rankings. They should win the Championship. They won the Tiffin Regional scoring a low 38 points. The girls were 5th last year and are led by So. Morgan Pohl. Pohl has run 19:11.39 and is ranked 15th by time in the D3 girls poll. She was 14th last year as a 9th grader (19.17.85). The 1-5 split for the girls is 47.61 seconds. Garaway may be in the #2 position. Led by Jr. Rachel Wentworth, the girls won the Pickerington Regional with just 40 points, running 1, 3, 4, 10 & 22nd. They continue to improve and their place on the podium will be determined by their #5 runner. They are ranked #2 in the OATCCC and 4th in the Ohio MileSplit rankings by time. Number three should be Russia. They won the Troy Region led by #3 Troy finisher Lauren Heaton. The girls scored 48 points and ran: 2, 5, 8, 9 & 24th in the team scoring. The # 4 & 5 teams will be McDonald and Gilmour Academy. McDonald won at Boardman with 75 points to Gilmour's 76. McDonald is ranked 6th in the OATCCC poll and the girls ran 4, 7, 17, 21 & 26th. Their #6 runner was 27th. The Gilmour girls ran 2, 13, 15, 16 & 30th. They were 2nd last year. Liberty Center is the defending team champion and I wouldn't count them out.. They are atop the Ohio Milesplit poll by times and are ranked #4 in the OATCCC poll, but their #4 and 5 runners will have to step up and will determine if they get on the podium or not. Another team who may get on the podium is Berkshire. They were 3rd at Boardman behind McDonald and Gilmour, but have been ranked all season long and in the final OATCCC poll and the Ohio Milesplit poll they are ranked #3.
McDonald Coach: Michael Richards 701 Yasmeen Elnobani 11 702 Heidi Hoffman 11 703 Ally Jamison 9 704 Malina Mitchell 9 705 Bobbi Oakes 12 706 Rachel Perry 11 707 Brenna Rupe 11
Gates Mills Gilmour Academy Coach: Matt Lindley 708 Katherine Clark 10 709 Isabel Greene 9 710 Sydney Hlifka 10 711 Hannah Markel 11 712 Courtney Rulison 12 713 Caitlin Whetstone 12 714 Bree Zedar 10 Burton Berkshire Coach: Julie Cole 715 Christin Dornback 12 716 Melissa Koziol 12 717 Suzanne Koziol 12 718 Gwen Losasso 12 719 Katelyn Luther 12 720 Riley Schultz 9 721 Kylie Scott 10 Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas Coach: Eldon Jones 722 Emma Pusateri 11 723 Hannah Soehnlen 9 724 Kacee Soehnlen 10 725 Kalee Soehnlen 10 726 Natalie Vinci 9 727 Athena Welsh 11 728 NoName NoName Minster Coach: Jessica Magoto 729 Gabrielle Barga 12 730 Lisa Barlage 11 731 Kaci Bornhorst 11 732 Cassie Francis 9 733 Margaret Meiring 11 734 Morgan Pohl 10 735 Julia Slonkosky 11 Liberty Center Coach: Tim Atkinson 736 Brittany Atkinson 12 737 Emma Babcock 10 738 Cheryl Davenport 10 739 Olivia Kundo 11 740 Rachael Pinson 11 741 Maddy Roseman 10 742 Jenna Vollmar 10 Coldwater Coach: Martin Schoenherr 743 Mariah Bruns 10 744 Kelly Jutte 11 745 Sarah Kanney 12 746 Shannon McNeil 9 747 Ashley Schoenherr 12 748 Lauren Seas 12 749 Kierstin Siefring 12 St. Henry Coach: Dan Hemmelgarn 750 Katelyn Goettemoeller 12 751 Olivia Hemmelgarn 9 752 Makayla Hoying 10 753 Rachel Post 10 754 Riley Post 10 755 Breanna Schulze 10 756 Lindsey Schulze 11 Sugarcreek Garaway Coach: Chuck Zobel 757 Lindsay Goehring 9 758 Corbin Hershberger 12 759 Jocelyn Miller 9 760 Lauren Violet 11 761 Ariel Wentworth 10 762 Rachel Wentworth 11 763 Kenzie Widder 12 Reedsville Eastern Coach: Josh Fogle 764 Jessica Cook 9 765 Kaitlyn Hawk 9 766 Brittany Long 9 767 Asia Michael 12 768 Taylor Palmer 12 769 Taylor Parker 10 770 Laura Pullins 10 Mount Gilead Coach: Denny West 771 Bryanna Bolha 12 772 Hannah Bush 10 773 Rachel Bush 12 774 Kenzie McKirgan 12 775 Darcy Picker 10 776 Jenna Shipman 11 777 Kelsey Snyder 11 Gahanna Columbus Academy Coach: Aline Giroux 778 Sydnie Boykins 12 779 Sydney Brault 11 780 Audrey Grammel 10 781 Madeline Owen 10 782 Julia Rizk 12 783 Yas Salon 9 784 Cobi Warstler 11 Russia Coach: Doug Foster 785 Emily Borchers 12 786 Megan Frazier 9 787 Shae Goubeaux 10 788 Lauren Heaton 11 789 Molly Kearns 11 790 Claudia Monnin 12 791 Maddie Moorman 9 Xenia Christian Coach: Robin Norman 792 Tori Estepp 9 793 Anne Kensinger 9 794 Sarah Kensinger 12 795 Ariana Nelson 10 796 Grace Norman 11 797 Mallory Stemple 10 798 Rachel Sweeney 10 Versailles Coach: Mark Pleiman 799 Brynna Blakeley 10 800 Madison Grilliot 11 801 Tami Groff 12 802 Murphy Grow 12 803 Kenia McEldowney 9 804 Hannah Rose 10 805 Hannah Wenig 12 West Alexandria Twin Valley South Coach: Richie Faber 806 Abby Creech 10 807 Lindsay Creech 12 808 Emily Hutchings 10 809 Abbi Saul 12 810 Grace Stewart 9 811 Madison Wright 10 812 Megan Wright INDIVIDUALS 813 Fallon Doyle 12 Bellaire St. John Central 814 Ashleigh Rowley 10 Berlin Center Western Reserve 815 Mary Kate McElroy 10 Beverly Fort Frye 816 Makayla Mohre 11 Bloomdale Elmwood 817 Chloe Flora 11 Botkins 818 Katie Saling 12 Caldwell 819 Xena Maali 10 Canfield South Range 820 Marie Ewing 10 Casstown Miami East 821 Kansas Greenwell 12 Cincinnati Purcell Marian 822 Amanda Miller 12 Collins Western Reserve 823 Eleanor Smith 11 Columbus School for Girls 824 Anna Dunn 10 Covington 825 Natalee Landel 11 Edgerton 826 Ali Lachey 12 Grandview Heights 827 Lauren Keiser 12 Granville Christian Academy 828 Emma Willett 10 Holgate 829 Emilie Schworm 10 Howard East Knox 830 Emily Sreenan 9 Lima Central Catholic 831 Hannah Privette 12 New Knoxville 832 Morgan Luedy 10 New London 833 Ruth Wellman 9 New Paris National Trail 834 Brittney Roth 9 Newcomerstown 835 Nichole Foor 9 Pettisville 836 Alexa Leppelmeier 10 Pettisville 837 Michaela Bierly 11 Rocky River Lutheran West 838 Jenna Hinds 11 Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic 839 Alanna O'Leary 9 Sidney Lehman Catholic 840 Emily Belovich 12 Springfield Catholic Central 841 Hannah Heath 9 Sullivan Black River 842 Morgan Dembowski 10 Toledo Christian 843 Reghan Bieleski 9 West Liberty-Salem
TEAMS
McDonald
Gilmour Academy
Berkshire
St. Thomas Aquinas
Minster
Liberty Center
Coldwater
St. Henry
Garaway
Reedsville Eastern
Mount Gilead
Cols Academy
Russia
Xenia Christian
Versailes
Twin Valley South
INDIVIDUALS