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State Cross Country Championships Coverage

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2015 OHSAA Cross Country State Championships
National Trail Raceway, Hebron
November 7, 2015

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2015 State Championship Recap

National Trail Raceway in Hebron hosted the 87th annual boys and 38th annual girls state cross country championships on Saturday. Three schools earned their first state championship, three schools repeated as state champions and six individuals took home medalist honors, including one individual who set a National Trail course record, as Pataskala Watkins Memorial senior Andrew Jordan finished as Division I boys medalist with a record breaking time of 14:54.0.

With Division II state titles in both girls and boys, Lexington became the third school in OHSAA history to win girls and boys cross country state championships in the same year, joining Mogadore Field in 1997 and Salem in 2005.

In Division III girls, Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas captured its first girls cross country state championship, using a point total of 69 and an average time of 19:04 to take home the state title. St. Thomas Aquinas senior Athena Welsh finished first overall with a time of 17:58.6 and junior Kalee Soehnlen finished second with a time of 18:10.0. In addition to finishing third in 2014, Welsh also earned her second consecutive gold medal at the 2015 OHSAA boys and girls state track and field tournament, finishing first in the Division III girls 1600M run in 2014 and 2015. Minster finished as state runner-up with a point total of 87 and an average time of 19:32.

Lexington earned its first girls cross country state championship, finishing first as a team in Division II with a point total of 64 and an average time of 18:59. Four Lexington runners placed in the top 13. Tipp City Tippecanoe took home state runner-up honors with a point total of 125 and an average time of 19:30. Kettering Archbishop Alter senior Abby Nichols finished as individual state champion with a time of 18:05.4. Nichols finished eighth in 2014.

Centerville captured its second-consecutive Division I girls state championship and Centerville senior Lainey Studebaker earned her second-consecutive individual state championship. Centerville finished with 71 points and an average time of 18:36. Lainey Studebaker used a time of 17:39.0 to earn medalist honors. Five Centerville runners placed in the top 20. Powell Olentangy Liberty earned state runner-up with a point total of 124 and an average time of 18:52.

In Division III boys, Cortland Maplewood earned its seventh boys cross country state championship with a point total of 61 and an average time of 16:17. With seven state titles, Maplewood is tied for second with McDonald for most boys cross country state championships. Maplewood was led by senior Tristan Dahmen, who earned his second-consecutive individual state championship with a time of 15:18.8. Dahmen also finished second in 2013. Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas finished as state runner-up with a point total of 87 and an average time of 16:17.

Lexington earned the Division II boys state championship, its first in school history. The Minutemen used a point total of 54 and an average time of 16:11 to earn state champion honors. Three Lexington runners placed in the top eight. Tipp City Tippecanoe earned state runner-up with a point total of 77 and average time of 16:19. Chagrin Falls senior Joseph Bistritz earned the individual state title, his second straight, with a time of 15:16.9. Bistritz took home state medalist honors in 2014 and finished second in 2013.

In Division I boys, Cleveland St. Ignatius earned its fourth boys cross country state championship with a point total of 66 and average time of 15:51. Four St. Ignatius runners finished in the top 16. Mason earned state runner-up with a point total of 96 and average time of 16:05. Pataskala Watkins Memorial senior Andrew Jordan captured the Division I boys individual title with a course record time of 14:54.0. The previous course record was 15:09.95, set by Tipp City Tippecanoe’s Sam Wharton.

 

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2015 Coaches Pre-Meet Information

2015 OATCCC Cross Country State Polls

How a panel from the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches rates Ohio cross country teams in the weekly OATCCC poll.

Weekly Polls: Preseason | Second - Sept. 10 | Third - Sept. 17 | Fourth - Sept. 24 | Fifth - Oct. 1 | Sixth - Oct. 8 | Seventh - Oct. 15

2015 OHSAA Cross Country State Championships Preview

Boys Division I

2014 Team Champion: Mason (121 points, 2nd title, also in 2008)

Returning State Qualifiers for Mason in 2015: 2

2014 Top Five: 1. Mason (121), 2. Hilliard Davidson (124), 3. Cincinnati St. Xavier (141), 4. Uniontown Lake (159), 5. Liberty Township Lakota East (174)

2014 Individual Champion: Michael Vitucci, Sr., Cincinnati St. Xavier, 15:34.53

2014 Individual Runner-Up: Colin Burdette, Sr., Hilliard Davidson, 15:38.74

Boys Division II

2014 Team Champion: Tipp City Tippecanoe (94 points, 1st title)

Returning State Qualifiers for Tippecanoe in 2015: 5

2014 Top Five: 1. Tipp City Tippecanoe (94), 2. Chardon Notre Dame-Cath. Latin (111), 3. Springfield Shawnee (131), 4. Lexington (147), 5. Piketon (177)

2014 Individual Champion: Joseph Bistritz, Jr., Chagrin Falls, 15:44.37

2014 Individual Runner-Up: Ryan Adams, Sr., Cuyahoga Valley Christian Acad., 15:59.94

Boys Division III

2014 Team Champion: Cortland Maplewood (67 points, 6th title)

Returning State Qualifiers for Maplewood in 2015: 5

2014 Top Five: 1. Cortland Maplewood (67), 2. Cincinnati Summit Country Day (113), 3. McDonald (142), 4. Attica Seneca East (164), 5. Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas (168)

2014 Individual Champion: Tristan Dahmen, Jr., Cortland Maplewood, 15:57.53

2014 Individual Runner-Up: Logan Smith, Sr., Mineral Ridge, 15:58.15

Girls Division I

2014 Team Champion: Centerville (52 points, 1st title)

Returning State Qualifiers for Centerville in 2015: 3

2014 Top Five: 1. Centerville (52), 2. Mason (92), 3. Hilliard Davidson (153), 4. Beavercreek (171), 5. Perrysburg (176)

2014 Individual Champion: Lainey Studebaker, Jr., Centerville., 18:09.43

2014 Individual Runner-Up: Lindsey Scarton, So., Berea-Midpark, 18:14.51

Girls Division II

2014 Team Champion: Granville (86 points, 1st title)

Returning State Qualifiers for Granville in 2015: 3 in Division I

2014 Top Five: 1. Granville (86 points), 2. Lexington (87), 3. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (127), 4. Kettering Archbishop Alter (147), 5. The Plains Athens (158)

2014 Individual Champion: Dominique Clairmon, Jr., Lexington, 18:17.10

2014 Individual Runner-Up: Rachel Iacofano, Jr., Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, 18:26.52

Girls Division III

2014 Team Champion: McDonald (113 points, 1^st title)

Returning State Qualifiers for McDonald in 2015: 5

2014 Top Five: 1. McDonald (113 points), 2. Sugarcreek Garaway (113), 3. Russia (144), 4. Minster (148), 5. Liberty Center (151)

2014 Individual Champion: Sarah Kanney, Sr., Coldwater, 18:00.11

2014 Individual Runner-Up: Brittany Atkinson, Sr., Liberty Center, 18:05.54

2015 OHSAA Cross Country State Championships Recap

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