St. Thomas Aquinas Sr. Jake Caniford ran 12th in last year's D3 Boys Championship. He is however, the #1 ranked returner having run a 14:47 at the Les Eisenhart Invitational.
Lainey Studebaker had an active competitive 2014-2015 year. She won the Girls D1 State XC Championships in her third appearance as she led the Centerville Girl's to the Team Title.
Rachel has been to State in each of her three previous years and has not been out of the D3 top 10. In 2012, she ran 10th in 18:47.08, in 2013, she was 5th in 18:53.31 and last year she was 5th in 18:58.06. She is the #2 returning D3 girl in XC with a time of 18:14.60, run at the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Region.
Tippecanoe Sr. Mitchell Poynter is the #2 Ranked D2 returner with a time of 15:40.00. He was 3rd inthe D2 race in 2014 with a time of 16:00.18. He was 27th in 2013 (16:50.42 and 116th in 2012 (16:45.90). He has a 4:14.22 1,600 to his credit, running 3rd in the D2 boys 1,600 last Spring. He has the speed and had a breakthrough track season. He will be on the podium at State and will challenge for the #1 spot.
Dublin Jerome Sr. Carly Davis had a breakthrough year last year. She is the #4 ranked D1 returning girl with an 18:16.51 run at the 2014 Watkins Memorial OHSAA Districts where she placed 2nd.. She has been to the OHSAA State XC Championships twice. As a Sophomore, she was 22nd in 19:01.06 and 8th as a Junior last Fall. She was 2nd in the 3,200 in the 2015 OATCCC State Indoor Championships with a 10:59.25. She has a 5:01.63 1,600 to her credit in winning the 2015 OCC Cardinal Div. Championship.
Dublin Jerome Sr. Bradley Davis is ranked #2 of the D1 Boys returners with his 15:29.50 run at Tiffin last year. Davis was injured later in the year and did not run at State. In 2013 he was 37th with a 16:14.71. He was 3rd in the 2015 OATCCC 3,200 with a time of 9:24.02
Sr. Athena Welsh of St. Thomas Aquinas is the #1 ranked returning D3 girl in the State with an 18:07.12. She ran that time in placing 3rd last year in the D3 Girls race at National Trails. She has been to the State meet three times: in 2012 she was 36th with a 19:31.06, in 2014 she was 6th in 18:58.12 and she was 3rd in 2014. She is also a two time defending State D3 1600m, winning in 2014 (5:02.98) and 2015 (4:58.87). In both years she did the difficult 1600 - 3200 double, placing 2nd both years. In 2014 she ran 11:16.43 and in 2015, 11:08.02. She also has two 2nd place finishes in the 1600 at the OATCCC Indoor State Championships, running 5:08.38 in 2014 and 5:03.85 in 2015. She has the strength and the speed to not only be on the podium in November, but to win.
St. Ignatius Sr. Luke Wagner was 5th in the D1 boys race last year with a 15:44.45. Based upon last year's times, he is atop the poll of D1 boy returners with a 15:28.12, run at Tiffin. He also has a 4:13.64 1600 to his credit and is ranked OH #1 in the 1600 at this time. He has been to National Trails as a Freshman, Sophomore and as a Junior: in 2012 he was 56th with a 16:12.43, in 2013 he was 79th with a 16:40.44 and in 2014 he was 5th. He has the talent and the speed to once again be on the podium in November and just may win it all.