Sr. Athena Welsh of St. Thomas Aquinas is the highest ranked returner from last year's State meet. However, her teammate, Jr. Kalee Soenhlen is ranked D3 #1 (18:01.00), just ahead of her (18:01.48) . (Photo Dushan Bouchek)
Who's in? Who's not? We won't know for certain until the races are run. 4 Teams and 16 individuals will qualify for State from each Regional. However, if we go strictly by times run this year, not accounting for any injuries, weather, and just individually good and bad runs, at Youngstown, the McDonald girls, the St. Thomas Aquinas girls and the St. Mary Central Catholic girls should all advance. The #4 spot should go to Canton Central Catholic with New London and Black River also fighting for the 4th spot. The four moving to State from Tiffin should be #1 ranked Minster, Pettisville, Liberty Center and St. Henry. Garaway, Eastern-Reedsville, Fredericktown and Northmor should advance out of Pickerington. Fairfield christian Academy should give Northmor a battle ...
