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UPDATED  09/01/2011

Ohio High School Cross Country Record Book

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BOYS RECORDS

Most Team Championships, All-Time
  School First Last
9 Caldwell 1973 1992
5 Akron North 1941 1958
5 Cincinnati Elder 1973 1989
5 Cortland Maplewood 1972 2005
5 Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas 1976 2007
5 McDonald 1982 2004
5 Peninsula Woodridge 2006 2010
5 Salem 1930 2005
4 Cleveland St. Joseph 1965 1969
4 Cleveland West Tech 1945 1957
4 Elyria Catholic 1973 1978
4 West Liberty-Salem 1976 1979

 

Most Consecutive Team Championships
8 Caldwell (1985-92)
5 Peninsula Woodridge (2006-10)
4 West Liberty-Salem (1976-79)
3 Sandusky Perkins (1987-89)
3 Toledo Scott (1934-36)

 

Three-Time Individual State Champions
Zach Wills, Mason (2008-10)
Vincent Fries, Attica Seneca East (1994-95, 1997)
Brian Hesson, Caldwell (1990-92)
George Nicholas, Dayton Meadowdale (1978-80)
Tony Carna, Caldwell (1984-86)
Alan Scharsu, Youngstown Austintown-Fitch (1975-77)

 

State Tournament Individual Records
Division/Class Race Name, School Time Year
III/A 2 miles Dan Zoeller, Tipp City Bethel 9:49.9 1968
  2.5 miles Earl Zilles, West Liberty-Salem 12:06.7 1978
  5,000 meters Samuel Prakel, Versailles 15:16.62 2012
II/AA 2 miles Bruce Smith, Martins Ferry 9:33.4 1975
  2.5 miles Mitch Bentley, McArthur Vinton County 12:03.4 1980
  5,000 meters Scott Fry, Sandusky Perkins 14:50.2 1985
I/AAA 2 miles Alan Scharsu, Youngstown Austintown-Fitch 9:15.7 1975
  2.5 miles George Nicholas, Dayton Meadowdale 11:36.7 1980
  5,000 meters Bob Mau, Rocky River 14:58.6 1982

GIRLS RECORDS

Most Team Championships, All-Time
  School First Last
9 Minster 1982 2010
7 Cleveland Heights Beaumont 1993 2001
6 Upper Arlington 1978 1990
4 Cincinnati Colerain 1997 2000
4 Findlay Liberty-Benton 1984 2006
4 Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic 1987 1990

 

Most Consecutive Team Championships
4 Cincinnati Colerain (1997-2000)
4 Cleveland Heights Beaumont (1993-96)
4 Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic (1987-90)
3 Bowling Green (2003-05)
3 Cleveland Heights Beaumont (1999-2001)
3 Findlay Liberty-Benton (1984-86)
3 Minster (1999-2001)
3 Minster (2008-2010)
3 Ravenna Southeast (1983-85)
3 Rocky River Magnificat (2008-2010)

 

Three-Time Individual State Champions
Michelle Borgert, Kirtland (1986-87, 1989)
Tina Cheney, Lima Shawnee (1981-83)
Laurie Gomez, Youngstown Boardman (1985-87)
Nicole LaSelle, Dayton Chaminade-Julienne (1993-95)
Patty Metzler, North Jackson Jackson-Milton (1980-82)
Sunni Olding, Minster (2000, 2002-03)

 

State Tournament Individual Records
Division/Class Race Name, School Time Year
III/A 2.5 miles Patty Metzler, North Jackson Jackson-Milton 13:50.0 1981
  5,000 meters Patty Metzler, North Jackson Jackson-Milton 17:17.8 1982
II/AA 2.5 miles C.J. Robinson, Reading 13:33.9 1981
  5,000 meters Katy Radkewich, Cleveland Heights Beaumont 16:59.8 1996
I/AAA 2.5 miles Ann Henderson, Brecksville-Broadview Heights 13:46.2 1978
  5,000 meters Claire Durkin, Worthington Kilbourne 17:10.5 2007

NOTES

Attica Seneca East finished as the boys state runners-up four consecutive years (1994-97) in Division III
 

Caldwell is one of just four boys high school programs in the nation to produce multiple three-time individual state champions (Tony Carna, Brian Hesson)


Cleveland Heights Beaumont's Katy Radkewich placed second in the 1993 state tournament by four one-hundredths of a second - the only race she did not win in her high school career