Let's talk Ohio HS XC

Mason with a 1-8 sweep on JV. If that 17:01 lak east guy ran varsity which he should have (he actually would have scored for them), mason would have had a 1-10 sweep

With Xu, Mason would have had SEVEN under 16:10. Not sure Neuberger will be at that level at the end of the season

When I looked at the results before I posted Mason was listed with 15. I saw that Middletown had Fowler take 3rd and Mason still had 15 points I figured that Middletown did not have a team of 7. That has happened with Middletown, Hamilton, and Princeton in the past.

It is sometimes hard to believe that back in the days of Jeff See that Middletown was the state champion. When See was a sophomore Middletown was 7th, his junior year they were 2nd, champions in his senior year, and 3rd the year after See graduated. They quite a strong four year run. It's amazing how far athletics in Middletown have fallen. Basketball, Football, and the track and field teams were routinely some of the strongest in Ohio. Now they're at the bottom of their own conference.

It wasn't that long ago that Lakota East boys had some pretty strong teams. They were top 5 not that long ago. The Lakota East girls were 2nd the year that Beavercreek won when Taylor Ewert was a senior. They have had some strong teams also. It seems like Mason is the only team that is consistently strong in the GMC. As big as those schools are, I don't get it. There have been some strong individuals outside of Mason but no team consistency.

I agree. The GMC is pathetic now outside of Mason. That is the biggest conference by average enrollment in the state of Ohio. I don’t understand how Mason is the only team consistently making it to just the Regional meet even.

My observations is that Mason has a coaching staff that seems to develop the younger runners which is why you see them do so well in the JV races but most of the other schools it's just one coach who tries to coach the entire program or just the top runners and there is no development of the younger athletes. X has something similar to Mason as well and thus they are good every year.
I'm not a historian like many of you but I know that East had Horter but I don't remember them having a good boys team at the State level, West had the Championship team but I don't remember them going to State in the previous 10-15 year and don't know much about Oak Hills.
Everyone talks about Mason being good because they are the biggest school in the state but these other big schools rarely make it to State as a team.

Lancaster scored a very impressive 15 points in their conference race.

Hil. Davidson beat Dub. Coffman 39-46, Olen. Orange was 3rd with 49.

Today, both Hil. Davidson and Dub. Coffman had Lancaster beat at #1 and #3. But Lancaster’s #4 and #5 are significantly better. I think they very well might be the #2 team in Ohio.

Hil Davidson has a strong 1-3,

their 4-5 might hurt them at state though

olen orange needs a 5th

athletic.net

Track & Field, Cross Country Results, Statistics

Meet results and team scores.

Link:www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/207...

Lancaster does have a good 4-5, but Coffman did not have their 4th runner or their 6th runner running today, which hurt their back end.

It looks the Federal League meet was:

1.) Fast

2.) Competitive

Mas. Jackson: 53

Mas. Perry: 62

Green: 68

GlenOak: 72

Thomas Rice wins it with 15:08

Davidson's 4th, close to their third, collapsed with less than 60 meters to the finish. Hope he is all right.

Davidson's 4th, close to their third, collapsed with less than 60 meters to the finish. Hope he is all right.

Unfortunately I wasn’t there to watch todays races at Newark, but that sounds rough. Hopefully it was just out of exhaustion and not an injury or similar.

Everyone’s saying that Conner Ackley is going to win state but personally I think he’s overrated. He was being a baby at the tf state meet by dropping out of the 2 mile.

I live about 10 minutes away from TSF high school. As a former XC runner I like to watch the team run everyday. There resting their varsity guys. Actually Ethan Cope is their #8 runner. Their top 7 is all under 15:15. They’re just resting until states. Mason has nothing on them. TSF 2022 state champs 🥳

Haha. If they were the size of Mason then maybe they could afford to.

does make me wonder. out of the the top 20 schools, how would those schools rank in enrollment?

mason obviously #1 in poll and #1 in enrollment but I think Columbus de sales is smallest since they just moved up ?

School XC Rank Enrollment Rank

MASON 1 1
MASSILLON JACKSON 2 34
CINCY ST X 3 7
LANCASTER 4 44
HILLIARD DAVIDSON 5 26
TOLEDO ST FRANCIS 6 129
SPRINGBORO 7 24
MAYFIELD 8 106
DUBLIN COFFMAN 9 32
CHARDON 10 149
SOLON 11 73
OLENTANGY ORANGE 12 27
PERRYSBURG 13 53
LOVELAND 14 83
WESTERVILLE NORTH 15 66
COLUMBUS ST FRANCIS 16 161
GLENOAK 17 29
WORTHINGTON KILBOURNE 18 82
DUBLIN JEROME 19 28
CENTERVILLE 20 5
PICKERINGTON NORTH 21 59
HIGHLAND MEDINA 22 139
ROCKY RIVER 23 179
MENTOR 24 15