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(photo Dushan Bouchek)
Maplewood Sr. Tristan Dahmen is the defending D3 Boys State Champion. He and his teammate Sr. Allen Sparks have run 1-2 for Maplewood the last two years and hsuld lead the Maplewood boys to another team title. (photo Dushan Bouchek)
Below is a list of the current Top 10 D3 boys. It shows their school, their grade, their finish and time in last years 2014 State meet, if they participated, and their finish and time in their respective 2015 Regional. Maplewood Sr. Tristan Dahmen is the defending D3 Boys State Champion (15:57.53).
(photo Dushan Bouchek)
He and his teammate Sr. Allen Sparks have run 1-2 for Maplewood the last two years and should lead the Maplewood boys to another team title. Dahmen won the Boardman Regional in 15:24.80. He is the #1 D3 ranked boy and should defend his title. Sparks was 3rd last year in 16:06.12, but ran 7th in the Boardman Regional.
(photo Mark Stonecipher)
The #2 ranked D3 boys is Sr. Aaron Wood of Fisher Catholic. Wood won the Pickerington Regional over a group of very good runners. He was 13th last year.
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Antwerp Sr. Sam Williamson is the #3 ranked D3 runner in the State and won the Tiffin Regional. He was 5th last year.
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Watch for the Troy runner-up, Sr. Joey Adams of West Liberty-Salem
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and Independence Jr. Tyler Poman, #2 at Boardman to be in the mix for the 4 and 5 spots on the podium. They both ran well at Regionals.
Top Ten State Ranked Individuals
| RANK | NAME | SCHOOL | YR. | 2014 FINISH | REGIONAL | FINISH |
| 1 | Tristan Dahmen | Maplewood | 12 | 1st 15:57.53 | Boardman | 1st 15:40.80 |
| 2 | Aaron Wood | Fisher Catholic | 12 | 13th 16:26.19 | Pickerington | 1st 16:10.30 |
| 3 | Sam Williamson | Antwerp | 12 | 5th 16:13.68 | Tiffin | 1st 15:34.8 |
| 4 | Tanner Hawley | Black River | 12 | 21st 16:33.63 | Boardman | 3rd 16:08.60 |
| 5 | Dan Seas | Peebles | 12 | 45th 16:58.54 | Pickrington | 6th 16:29.50 |
| 6 | Allen Sparks | Maplewood | 12 | 3rd 16:06.12 | Boardman | 7th 16:37.48 |
| 7 | Jacob Long | Card. Lincoln | 12 | 18th 16:29.60 | Troy | 3rd 16:13.60 |
| 8 | Chad Johnson | Col. Crawford | 10 | 33rd 16:48.94 | Boardman | 4th 16:12.70 |
| 9 | Seth Miller | Rock Hill | 12 | DNQ | Pickerington | 3rd 16:24.80 |
| 10 | Brady McBride | Newton Local | 12 | 51st 17:05.35 | Troy | 1st 16:06.20 |
Other Top Ten Returners from the 2014 State meet:
| 12 | Austin Hallabrin | Mt. Gilead | 11 | 10th 16:23.33 | Pickerington | 2nd 16:22.50 |
DIII Boys Team Race
Maplewood is the #1 Ranked D3 boys team in the State and they are the defending State Champions. They should easily repeat as State champions. The Maplewood team: 1. Sr. Tristan Dahmen, 2. Sr. Allen Sparks, 3. Jr. Jake Hall, 4. Sr. Nate Keeney, 5 So. Ethan Sparks, 6. Jr. Mike Shipman and 7. Jr. Nick Cowger.
The virtual meet has Fairfield -Leesburg in the #2 spot. They are ranked D3 #8. However, they finished 2nd to Fredericktown, the D3 #7 ranked team in the Pickerington Regional. Fredericktown scored 91 to Fairfield - Leesburgs 92. The Boardman Regional however, featured the #1-4 ranked D3 teams and that is how they finished. 1. Maplewood (46), 2. St. Thomas Aquinas (65), 3. McDonald (122) and 4. Col. Crawford (144). Liberty Center is the #5 ranked D3 team and they won the Tiffin Region. It will be an interesting race to see who grabs the #2 and 3 spots on the podium.
NOTE: Individual qualifiers are not included in the Team Virtual Meets
| Place | Athlete | Yr | Team | Time | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tristan Dahmen | 12 | Maplewood | 15:24.80 | 1 | |
| 2 | Allen Sparks | 12 | Maplewood | 15:38.64 | 2 | |
| 3 | Chad Johnson | 10 | Colonel Crawford | 15:43.35 | 3 | |
| 4 | Colin Burns | 12 | Liberty Center | 15:53.62 | 4 | |
| 5 | Jacob Caniford | 12 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 15:58.00 | 5 | |
| 6 | Ed Walsh | 11 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 16:02.00 | 6 | |
| 7 | Jake Rethman | 9 | Fort Loramie | 16:10.70 | 7 | |
| 8 | Trevor Cook | 11 | Carey | 16:10.90 | 8 | |
| 9 | Wyatt Harmon | 11 | Fredericktown | 16:12.86 | 9 | |
| 10 | Noah Richmond | 10 | Fairfield-Leesburg | 16:16.30 | 10 | |
| 11 | Will Brock | 10 | Milton-Union | 16:17.61 | 11 | |
| 12 | Jake Hall | 11 | Maplewood | 16:18.00 | 12 | |
| 13 | Bailey Gannon | 12 | Fredericktown | 16:19.78 | 13 | |
| 14 | Lucas Huber | 11 | Anna | 16:20.10 | 14 | |
| 15 | Daniel Loomis | 12 | McDonald | 16:20.2 | 15 |
Championship Meet - 16 Teams Team Scores
| # | Team | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maplewood | 55 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 24 | - | - |
| 2 | Fairfield-Leesburg | 114 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 33 | - | - |
| 3 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 152 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 49 | 52 | - | - |
| 4 | Fredericktown | 156 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 67 | - | - |
| 5 | Anna | 170 | 14 | 26 | 32 | 47 | 51 | - | - |