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 D1 Boys and Girls races.
(The virtual meets do not include individual qualifiers.)
D1 BOYS
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INDIVIDUAL RACE PREVIEW
This should be a fast race and Tippacanoe's Sam Wharton's course record of 15:09.95 just may be in jeopardy. Last years #3 runner, Sr. Kyle Mau of Hudson, has the fastest time in the State this year (15:15.17). He ran 15:21.93 last year in his 3rd place finish. Mau has run a 4:13 1600 and was 2nd in last year State 3200 with a 9:03. He has 8 starts this year and 7 wins. His only non-win came last weekend as he ran 3rd in the Youngstown Regional. St. Xavier Sr. Michael Vitucci is ranked 2nd in the State with a 15:16.35. Vitucci was 8th last year (15:42.20), but has 7 starts this year and 6 wins. His 3rd place finish was at the Trinity-Valkrie Invitational in Louisville, Ky. Vitucci is the defending State 1600 champion with a 4:07 and has split sub- 1:50 in the 800. If the race is slow, Vitucci's speed may put him on top of the podium, but Mau shoud pull this one off and get the win. The #3 runner should be Sr. Kevin White of Wooster. He won the Youngstown Regional and was 19th last year (15:58.16). He was 3rd in last year's 800 with a 1:53 and has the speed to run with Mau and Vitucci. New Albany Sr. and the Pickerington Regional winner, Dennis Maloney, gets the nod for the number four spot. He is ranked 5th in the State with a 15:27.70. Mason Sr. Nick Grismer will be in the mix and should be in the top five. He is ranked 4th in the State (15:18.98) and was just back of Vitucci in the Troy Regional. Ignatius Jr. Luke Wagner will also be pushing for a spot in the top five. He is ranked 6th in the State with a 15:28.12. He is having a great season, but may not have the speed at the end of the race this year to break into the top five.
TEAM RACE PREVIEW
Hilliard Davidson is the #2 ranked team in the last OATCCC poll. However, they win the Virtual meet and are 1st in the Ohio Milesplit rankings by time. They won the Pickerington Regional with 62 points, running 2, 11, 14, 16 and 19th. Their #1-5 runners have split 58.99 this season. They were 3rd last year. The team is led by Sr. Colin Burdette whi is the #3 ranked runner in sthe State by time (15:17.00) and was 18th last year.(15:57.86). Davidson should win the team title.
Mason is 4th in the OATCCC pole, but in the Ohio Milesplit rankings they are the #2 team. They will get the 2nd place position. They won the Troy Regional scoring just 55 points. They ran 2, 10, 11, 15 and 17th. They were 5th last year.
St. Xavier should get the #3 spot on the podium. They are the defending Champions, experienced and and have run well all year, led by Sr.'s Micahel Vitucci and Brad Eagan. They were 2nd to Mason in the Troy Regional with 66 points. They are ranked #1 in the OATCCC poll and 3rd in both of the Ohio Milesplit rankings.
Dublin Coffman and St. Ignatius will be in the #4 & 5 spots. Coffman should be the #4 team and Ignatius #5. Coffman was 2nd in the Pickerington Regional with 77 points. Led by Sr. Steve Riley-popovich, the team ran 8, 13, 17, 18 & 21st. Ignatius Jr. Luke Wagner will be on the podium, but the teams place will be determined by their #2-5 runners who ran 12, 14, 23 and 31st at Regionals.
Mentor
Coach: Bill Dennison
501 Colin Blakemore 11
502 Chris Canala 12
503 Wade Elmore 12
504 Maverick Hunsinger 12
505 Doiminic Oddo 11
506 Joe Polakowski 11
507 Brandon Stoldt 12
Uniontown Lake
Coach: Jeff Wertman
508 Jim Bradcovich 10
509 Conner Delahanty 10
510 Jacob Kernell 12
511 Dakota Noble 12
512 Sam` Tornow 12
513 Spencer Wirick 12
514 Joe Zwick 10
Hudson
Coach: Mark McConnell
515 Gavin Gaynor 11
516 Jack Good 9
517 Matthew Hallgarth 11
518 Kyle Mau 12
519 Blake Roberts 10
520 Connor Sinko 10
521 Matthew Stevenot 11
Massillon Jackson
Coach: Kevin Walsh
522 Mark Dickerhoof 12
523 Jared Fehlman 12
524 Jaylon Grimes 10
525 Nick Huffman 11
526 Nate Mallue 11
527 Brett Miller 12
528 Matthew Zittel 11
Cleveland St. Ignatius
Coach: Michael Gallagher
529 C.J. Ambrosio 10
530 Gregory Canigula 10
531 Jim Rogers 11
532 Tom Sullivan 11
533 Andrew Szendrey 10
534 Tim Trentel 11
535 Luke Wagner 11
Ashland
Coach: Tim Black
536 Adam Benway 11
537 Eugene Cho 11
538 Alec Coleman 10
539 Edmund Coleman 11
540 Leif Mcfrederick 12
541 Owen Smith 12
542 Andrew Stump 10
Toledo St. John's Jesuit
Coach: Todd Black
543 Jake Barnes 11
544 Dominic Bier 11
545 Tevin Brown 12
546 Ben Clark 11
547 Adam Farthing 10
548 Nick Jarrell 12
549 Sam Rush 12
Strongsville
Coach: Mike Knapik
550 Cameron Davis 10
551 Tim Doyle 12
552 Jake Papish 10
553 Grant Powers 12
554 Alex Ruch 12
555 Phil Spronz 12
556 Zach Zoloty 12
Hilliard Davidson
Coach: Pat Schlecht
557 Colin Burdette 12
558 Adam Hoover 11
559 Luke Hoover 12
560 Johnny McKeown 12
561 Alex Steitz 12
562 Andrew Tighe 9
563 Ryan Whitney 12
Dublin Coffman
Coach: Chad Biegler
564 Simon Alford 11
565 Tommy Alford 11
566 Eric Anthony 12
567 Lucas Bons 9
568 Zach Bons 12
569 John Graf 11
570 Steve Riley-Popovich 12
Worthington Thomas Worthington
Coach: Eric Carter
571 Jonathan Allen 12
572 Adam Hohlbein 11
573 Arjun Jha 9
574 Austin Kennemer 11
575 Jonathan Kissel 12
576 Evan Miller 11
577 Andy Payne 9
Hilliard Darby
Coach: Mark Tremayne
578 Grant Akers 11
579 Jamey Ehret 12
580 Zach Farrell 10
581 Chase Hampton 12
582 Daniel Reynolds 11
583 Jayson Shoemaker 11
584 Spencer Strohm 11
Mason
Coach: Tom Rapp
585 Jacob Bauer 11
586 Michael Crawshaw 12
587 Alan Gordillo 11
588 Nick Grismer 12
589 Justin Koehler 11
590 Jakob Mueller 11
591 Tommy Stewart 12
Cincinnati St. Xavier
Coach: Andy Wietmarschen
592 Brad Eagan 12
593 Cole Grabowski 12
594 Justin Grender 9
595 Matt Osubor 12
596 Chris Reischel 10
597 Michael Vitucci 12
598 Gabe West 12
Liberty Twp. Lakota East
Coach: Adam Thomas
599 Tyler Anderson 12
600 Ryan Burrows 12
601 Vincent Galioto 11
602 Dustin Horter 9
603 David Jaeger 12
604 Michael Norris 12
605 Austin Theis 12
Beavercreek
Coach: Howard Russ
606 Calvin Beal 12
607 Taylor Davis 12
608 Ben Ewert 10
609 Harish Prabhakaran 12
610 Colin Staten 11
611 Tristan Tapia 12
612 Nick Wood 10
Individuals
613 Steven Zombory 12 Chardon
614 Zac Garver 11 Clayton Northmont
615 JT Mackay 12 Clayton Northmont
616 James Hawks 12 Elyria
617 Zach Birdsall 10 Fairfield
618 Isaiah Gaines 11 Findlay
619 Noah Schaub 12 Green
620 Stewart Schmidt 10 Green
621 Oscar Rodriguez 11 Lakewood St. Edward
622 Anthony Sasso 10 Lewis Center Olentangy
623 Hunter Moore 10 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange
624 Nick Chaplik 10 Louisville
625 Ben Tornow 11 Louisville
626 Charlie Korodi 12 Macedonia Nordonia
627 Zach Robertson 9 Medina
628 Dennis Maloney 12 New Albany
629 Luke Landis 12 Norwalk
630 Andrew Jordan 11 Pataskala Watkins Memorial
631 Zach Zimmerman 12 Pickerington North
632 Chris Musser 11 Sidney
633 Danny Cohen 10 Solon
634 Joe Riordan 10 Solon
635 Ian McVey 12 Stow-Munroe Falls
636 George Mc Cartney 12 Toledo Central Catholic
637 David St. John 12 Toledo St. Francis deSales
638 Stephen Jones 11 Troy
639 Jon Bach 11 Wadsworth
640 J Matt Parkhurst 11 Westerville North
641 Greg Smith 12 Westerville South
642 Kevin White 12 Wooster
D1 GIRLS
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INDIVIDUAL RACE PREVIEW
St. Ursula Sr. Annie Heffernan is the defending D1Champion (18:13.90) and should repeat. She has the 3rd fastest time in the State this season with a 17:35.90 and is undefeated. She has been dominant in her races and won the Troy Regional by just over 20 seconds (18:14.41). She may get a challenge however, from another undefeated runner, Jr. Carlee Rhoads of Medina Highland. Rhoads is ranked #5 in the State with an 18:04.99. She has been dominant as well this year and won the Tiffin Regional by just over 23 seconds. Picing 3, 4 & 5 is difficult, but Jr. Maegan Murphy of Mason ran 2nd to Heffernan at Troy and should get on the podium in the #3 spot. She is ranked #6 in the State with a 18:08.64. She was 41st last year (19:19.17), but has run solid all season. In the 4th spot, will be Youngstown Regional winner Jr. Louiza Wise of Solon . She was 8th last year (18:45.25). Sr. Claire Wiles of Olentangy Liberty should get the 5th spot. She is the Pickerington Regional winner and ran 12th last year (18:55.00). She is ranked 13th in the State with a 18:20.00.
Other girls to watch: Jr. Ann Heuermann of Upper Arlington. Last years #3 runner, Jr. Lainey Studebaker of Centerville. Sr. Emily Stoodley of Worthington Kilbourne. She has the 7th fastest time in the State (18:10.31) and was 2nd in the Pickerington Regional. Sr. Lilly Saniel-banery of Hilliard Davidson. She slipped at Regionals, but has several wins this season and is ranked #8 in the State (18:10.60).
TEAM RACE PREVIEW
Mason should defend their 2013 team title. They are experienced. They won the Troy Regional with 56 points running 2, 7, 9, 18 and 20th. They are ranked second in both Ohio Milesplit rankings and 2nd in the OATCCC poll. The team is led by Maegan Murhpy and has two sisters, So. Ellie and Sr. Erin Brush, in the #2 and 3 spots.
Centerville and Perrysburg will battle for the #2 and 3 spots on the podium. The nod should go to Centerville however. They were 2nd to Mason in the tough Troy Regional with 75 poiints (5, 14, 16, 19 and 21st) and are atop the Ohio Milesplit rankings and the OATCCC poll. At Regionals, the girls were led by freshman Kelli Walsh who was 5th with Sr. Lainey Studebaker 14th in the team scoring. If, Studebaker runs to her potential however, Centerville may displace Mason atop the podium. Perrysburg will be 3rd. The Perrysburg girls won the Tiffin Regional scoring 62 points. They ran 9, 10, 13, 14 and 16th and their 1-5 have split just 29.79 seconds this year.
Olentangy Liberty and Brunswick will be in the 4th and 5th spots. Liberty should be 4th. They ran strong in capturing the Pickerington Regional. 1, 3, 18, 24 and 30th. The team is led by Sr. Claire Wiles and freshman Emma Bower as their #2 runner. Bower is the #1 ranked freshman and 21st ranked overall runner in the State with a 18:26.20. In the #5 position will be Brunswick. They are led by So. Rebecca Craddock who was 2nd at Tiffin, leading her team to the #2 spot at Tiffin with 77 points.
Canton GlenOak Coach: Scott Ferrell 1101 Emma Harmon 10 1102 Lauren Lautzenheiser 10 1103 Jetaiya Smith 12 1104 Emma Svatos 11 1105 Hannah Thompson 12 1106 Grace Werren 10 1107 Hannah Werren 10 Macedonia Nordonia Coach: Mike Martin 1108 Jenna Dasher 12 1109 Lizzy Gurko 9 1110 Malerie Mysza 11 1111 Dana Risley 11 1112 Heather Ross 12 1113 Jaylah Sirca 11 1114 Leah Vasarhelyi 12 Mentor Coach: Bill Dennison 1115 Lizzy Gilreath 10 1116 Peggy Magro 12 1117 Rosie Magro 11 1118 Sam Meyer 10 1119 Maddie Mulhall 10 1120 Kinsey Robinson 12 1121 Carolyn Skledar 11 Green Coach: Jacob Saylor 1122 Miriam Blaine 11 1123 Katie Faiola 9 1124 Elise Hooker 9 1125 Lauren Hopkins 10 1126 Kaleigh Renninger 9 1127 Sara Schaub 11 1128 Alyssa Thomas 11 Perrysburg Coach: Jon Monheim 1129 Jordan Doore 12 1130 Katie Gerber 11 1131 Emily Henry 12 1132 Allie Kemp 11 1133 Grace Lahey 10 1134 Katie Menke 11 1135 Grace Reddick 12 Brunswick Coach: Kerry Hunter 1136 Rebecca Craddock 10 1137 Emily LaPolla 12 1138 Hannah Meyer 12 1139 Becca Ogorzaly 12 1140 Vanessa Pasadyn 11 1141 Katie Pavlick 12 1142 Rachel Supina 12 North Royalton Coach: Dave Marhefka 1143 Emily Butler 10 1144 Elise Chojnacki 9 1145 Lauren DiFrancisco 12 1146 Kaitlyn Dzuroff 11 1147 Alex Kuzma 9 1148 Isabella Kuzma 11 1149 Anna Martin 9 Medina Coach: Scott Vanfleet 1150 Tarynn Cullings 10 1151 Aliah Keller 11 1152 Sarah Pack 12 1153 Ava Pottschmidt 11 1154 Kathryn Smith 11 1155 Angie Sullivan 12 1156 Jessica Wolf 10 Powell Olentangy Liberty Coach: Darrell Dewese 1157 Emma Bower 9 1158 Sarah Colvin 9 1159 Claire Linn 11 1160 Autumn Lowder 12 1161 Meghan Piero 11 1162 Claire Wiles 12 1163 Trinity Wiles 12 Hilliard Davidson Coach: Nate King 1164 Kylie Buckley 10 1165 Lauren Erdman 11 1166 India Johnson 10 1167 Rachel McManamon 10 1168 Jane Onders 11 1169 Lindsey Ruff 12 1170 Lilly Saniel-Banrey 12 Dublin Coffman Coach: Greg King 1171 Piper Hayward 12 1172 Saydi Mangeslon 12 1173 Delaney Marsalek 9 1174 Kelly Pan 11 1175 Shannon Phillips 12 1176 Sana Qamar 11 1177 Ellie Weber 9 Dublin Scioto Coach: Matt Suttle 1178 Ariel Arellano 12 1179 Raven Arellano 12 1180 Meredith Billman 9 1181 Rebecca Groh 12 1182 Vanessa Robinson 12 1183 Kayla Rowand 11 1184 Shayla Wigand 12 Mason Coach: Chip Dobson 1185 Bethany Angstadt 12 1186 Ellie Brush 10 1187 Erin Brush 12 1188 Leah Ford 11 1189 Ailee Henderson 10 1190 Delaney McDowell 12 1191 Maegan Murphy 11 Centerville Coach: Dave Dobson 1192 Laura Drew 10 1193 Abby Hecht 12 1194 Alexa Jennings 12 1195 Kelsey Kohls 12 1196 Taylor Malchow 11 1197 Lainey Studebaker 11 1198 Kelli Walsh 9 Beavercreek Coach: Howard Russ 1199 Cami Baird 11 1200 Claire Fisher 10 1201 Jordan Grant 10 1202 Emma Hensley 12 1203 Stephanie Pierce 9 1204 Lauren Shuman 10 1205 Aurora Turner 12 Liberty Twp. Lakota East Coach: Adam Thomas 1206 Carolyn Bohn 10 1207 Magen Kelley 9 1208 Lillie Kusel 9 1209 Kendall Lehman 11 1210 Kaylee Rice 11 1211 Abbie VanFossen 12 1212 Abby Whayne 10 Individuals 1213 Alexis Szivan 12 Amherst Steele 1214 Olivia Grohe 10 Aurora 1215 Samantha Grohe 10 Aurora 1216 Erin Laird 11 Avon 1217 Lindsey Scarton 10 Berea-Midpark 1218 Rachel Banks 11 Chardon 1219 Samantha Stansbury 12 Chardon 1220 Hannah Tobler 12 Cincinnati Colerain 1221 Erica Schloemer 9 Cincinnati Seton 1222 Annie Heffernan 12 Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy 1223 Grace Kelly 12 Cincinnati Ursuline Academy 1224 Sydney Seymour 9 Cleveland St. Joseph Academy 1225 Jessica Passwater 12 Columbus Bishop Watterson 1226 Emily Zimmerman 10 Cuyahoga Falls 1227 Carly Davis 11 Dublin Jerome 1228 Tes Corea 12 Hilliard Bradley 1229 Cameron Bujaucius 9 Hudson 1230 Jessie Hartman 10 Lebanon 1231 Melina Endsley 9 Lewis Center Olentangy 1232 Riley Freeland 10 Lodi Cloverleaf 1233 Hilary Reigle 12 Madison 1234 AnnaMarie DiGiaccobe 9 Medina Highland 1235 Carlee Rhoads 11 Medina Highland 1236 Haley Hess 11 Oregon Clay 1237 Katie Durisin 11 Painesville Riverside 1238 Samantha Hyme 10 Pataskala Watkins Memorial 1239 Olivia Chinn 12 Ravenna 1240 Bina Frost 11 Rocky River Magnificat 1241 Mimi Reimers 10 Shaker Heights 1242 Louiza Wise 11 Solon 1243 Megan Bowman 10 Strongsville 1244 Stephanie Sherman 11 Toledo Notre Dame Academy 1245 Morgan Gigandet 9 Troy 1246 Emma Shigley 9 Troy 1247 Rachael Lovett 11 Twinsburg 1248 Ann Heuerman 11 Upper Arlington 1249 Emma Bryant 10 Vandalia Butler 1250 Haley Sandvik 12 Westerville North 1251 Heather Sandvik 12 Westerville North 1252 Emily Stoodley 12 Worthington Kilbourne 1253 Christina Nash 10 Worthington Thomas Worthington