Stites to State

The Cross Country Regional Meet in Troy was Saturday, October 27th.  Neither the Boys or Girls teams qualified for the State Meet.  Even with Ian Goertzen unable to finish the race due to dehydration, the Boys team did manage to come in 5th place, ahead of League rival Indian Hill in 6th, and Ben Stites (11th place) earned his second trip to the State meet.  The Girls Team finished  in 13th place with Sammy Schwartz (52nd place) leading the way.

For this season, in the League, the Boys have 7 of the top 20 fastest runners.  Ben Stites has the second fastest time with 16:35.29 (less than 30 seconds out of 1st place).  The Girls have 3 of the top 20 fastest runners.  Sammy Schwartz sits in 6th place with 20:38.36 (less than a minute behind the 1st place time)

The State meet is Saturday, November 3rd and will be held at National Trail Raceway in Hebron.  For those of you planning to make the trip, there is important travel/parking information that can be found at the OHSAA website (specifically found at the bottom of the page found by clicking HERE)