Should Lancaster really be ahead of Kilbourne and Olen. Orange? I think Dub Scioto is way too low.
They are SLEEPING on Dublin Scioto
Perhaps. But there's no way Scioto gets to Obetz. Maybe some other year...
6 of the top 9 teams in Ohio are from that region (according to polls), and there is still one other team ranked ahead - Liberty - and two more right behind them, Olentangy and Pick North.
It'd take a miracle for them to make it. Unless Owen K is ready to run with Saketh R, Steven Miller, Caden Ozbun, and Michael Dellasanta. And Weston is ready to run with Ben, Sam, & Ryan. Same for your 3-4-5, running with all of those teams' 3-4-5.....
Perhaps. But there's no way Scioto gets to Obetz. Maybe some other year...
6 of the top 9 teams in Ohio are from that region (according to polls), and there is still one other team ranked ahead - Liberty - and two more right behind them, Olentangy and Pick North.
It'd take a miracle for them to make it. Unless Owen K is ready to run with Saketh R, Steven Miller, Caden Ozbun, and Michael Dellasanta. And Weston is ready to run with Ben, Sam, & Ryan. Same for your 3-4-5, running with all of those teams' 3-4-5.....
Not happening.
Not even including Davidson either who I’m sure will have a crazy peak at the end of the year
Good point about Lancaster. Didn't Kilbourne beat them a few weeks ago?
Also... even at #9, Jerome is underrated. I'm calling it now... they finish ahead of Westerville North at the Pickerington Regional in two weeks.
I’ll take that action! WN for the win and Gableman for top finisher
I agree that Gabelman will win. But Sam will be 2nd, and Charles Guerrera will finish in the top 7 or 8. He'll be the difference. WN doesn't have a #2 like him, and Jerome's 3-5 aren't significantly worse than WN's 2-5. I'm guessing DellaSanta (WN#2) will finish somewhere in the 20-25 range.
I’ll take that action! WN for the win and Gableman for top finisher
I agree that Gabelman will win. But Sam will be 2nd, and Charles Guerrera will finish in the top 7 or 8. He'll be the difference. WN doesn't have a #2 like him, and Jerome's 3-5 aren't significantly worse than WN's 2-5. I'm guessing DellaSanta (WN#2) will finish somewhere in the 20-25 range.
I hope we see Dellasanta do well in the postseason this year. He was running mid 16s last season and ran in the 18:30s at districts. We’ll see if WN makes that same mistake again
Possibly, but would at least include Daniela Scheffler (17:25 for Uniontown Lake) in that conversation. Her only loss this fall was to undefeated Wren Kucler of North Allegheny PA at Boardman.
I agree that Gabelman will win. But Sam will be 2nd, and Charles Guerrera will finish in the top 7 or 8. He'll be the difference. WN doesn't have a #2 like him, and Jerome's 3-5 aren't significantly worse than WN's 2-5. I'm guessing DellaSanta (WN#2) will finish somewhere in the 20-25 range.
I hope we see Dellasanta do well in the postseason this year. He was running mid 16s last season and ran in the 18:30s at districts. We’ll see if WN makes that same mistake again
18:30?! Geez, that’s really slow for DellaSanta, why’d he do so bad last year?
I hope we see Dellasanta do well in the postseason this year. He was running mid 16s last season and ran in the 18:30s at districts. We’ll see if WN makes that same mistake again
18:30?! Geez, that’s really slow for DellaSanta, why’d he do so bad last year?
Probably was sick, injured, got spiked, fell down, hit the wall, or went out too hard. Could be anything. Everyone has had a bad race
Possibly, but would at least include Daniela Scheffler (17:25 for Uniontown Lake) in that conversation. Her only loss this fall was to undefeated Wren Kucler of North Allegheny PA at Boardman.
Good call on Scheffler. I had forgotten about her.
Her 17:25 PR came at Wooster while Peer's PR of 17:31 was at Strongsville. I really don't know how the two courses compare but in looking at the times of the guys at Wooster, all 10 of the top finishers ran PRs. I'm not one to get into the discussion of comparing times of different courses since they vary so much in difficulty. Even courses that are pancake flat can vary quite a bit depending on tightness of turns and all of that. Boardman is quite a bit more challenging than both Wooster & Strongsville.
That said, Peer beat Scheffler by a minute, give or take a few seconds, at both the Boardman regional and the state meet last season. Peer is a year older and Scheffler is better and more mature now so I would expect that the gap between them has closed somewhat.
I agree that Gabelman will win. But Sam will be 2nd, and Charles Guerrera will finish in the top 7 or 8. He'll be the difference. WN doesn't have a #2 like him, and Jerome's 3-5 aren't significantly worse than WN's 2-5. I'm guessing DellaSanta (WN#2) will finish somewhere in the 20-25 range.
I hope we see Dellasanta do well in the postseason this year. He was running mid 16s last season and ran in the 18:30s at districts. We’ll see if WN makes that same mistake again
Also, J Kerns ran a 16:33 in 2021, but last year he ran a 19:03 at districts and didn’t run regions. This year he ran a 16:06. That’s another thing that helped West. North do so well this season. There is also another Kerns who is a freshman in the varsity lineup