Michael Hall

Who is going to add their name to this list this year?

Timpview's Aidan Troutner (UT) ran the 20th all-time fastest boys 5K at the NXN National Championships en route to victory in 2017.

Check out the Top 25 Boys by Event for the entire history of the Eastern Relays for all states.

As we get ready for the 2022 Eastern Relays, let's take a look at the top marks in each event.

Conor Bohrer, shown at OHSAA District VOA, penned a race summary following his PR effort over the 5k distance this past Saturday in Alabama.

Sometimes we just miss congratulating athletes on great accomplishments in their high school careers.  As I was putting together a 2014 Year in Review article, I happened to notice the accomplishment of St. Xavier's Michael Hall in the 1600m.  He placed 2nd in the 2013 D1 State 1600m and 2nd again in 2014.  Michael is at Florida State now, graduating last spring, and I hope that it is not too late to recognize his great runs in NOT WINNING the State 1600m.  In 2013, he ran 4:09.45.  In 2014, he ran 4:08.52. Excluding Bob Kennedy's 1988 State record run of 4:05.18, going back to 2001, Michael is the only athlete that I am aware of who ran under 4:10 twice and who did not win.  

Our top athletes sign with their respective colleges

The annual Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational starts tonight with the Middle School and Elementary races which will have 1500 plus runners cruising around Tom Sawyer Park.  The big action begins tomorrow morning with the high school action as several of the best teams in the nation compete head to head.  Let's take a look at some of the best runners and teams from multiple states competing tomorrow:

The fall sports season kicks off this week for local high schools and this Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 marks the 3rd annual Moeller Primetime Invitational  sponsored by Buckeye Running Company at the Bruin Golf Course in Kings. Runners compete on the golf course under portable lights with Kings Island in the background.

 "Project 2012." "Our team doesn’t have a clear #1 runner."  "We were successful this year because we had a large group of runners extremely close in time, willing to push each other to improve every day."  In their own words, the perfect description for St. Xavier's Cross Country season.  2012 Division 1 OHSAA Boys Champions scoring just 71 points with their top 5 runners seperated by only 17.83 seconds.  9th at NXN Championships with only 35 seconds seperating their five scorers.  They didn't simply run with each other as a team, they ran for each other.

Much action of note but the races of Amy-Eloise neale at Stanford & Andrew Gardner at Mountain West top the list for area runners.

Lights, camera, action! Those are the steps Cincinnati cross country runners are following this upcoming weekend. The 2nd annual Moeller Primetime Invitational will take place Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 at the Bruin Golf Course in Kings under the lights. “Not only are we anxious to showcase the talent of our team under the Friday night lights, that were once commonly held only for high school football, but that of all teams competing in this event, and to promote the sport of high school cross country running to the causal sports fan,” Moeller head coach Dave Prenger said.

Below is the virtual meet for the Boys Division 1 OHSAA State Championship.  This was compiled by taking the four qualifiers from each region and ranking them based on their mark at the Regional meet.  Ties in marks were randomly assigned a finishing place.  Good luck to all teams and all qualiers.