Monthly Archives: October 2013

Jonny traveled with his team 114 miles each way to his Cross Country Regional Championship meet today. The meet was located in Troy Ohio which is just north of Dayton. His race was scheduled at 2:15 today and the weather was 49 with winds at 24 mph which brought the feels like temp down to 41 degrees. The team needed to be in the top 4 out of 16 teams today to earn a spot at the State Championship meet next week. Unfortunately they took 5th out of 16 teams in the Regional Championship for Division II boys. Two of the boys from the team, Tyler Otterstedt and Robbie Weaver were fast enough to make it to the State Championship as individual runners.

Jonny placed 91st out of 133 runners for Division II Boys in the Regional Race which is one of 4 Regional Races in the state. We are very proud of him and look forward to watching him run next year.

The Girls HS took 3rd out of 16 teams in the Division II girls race and will move on to race as a team at the State Championship next week. Congratulations to the Girls HS team and we wish them luck in next weeks race as well as our two individual runners for Boys.

The official results can be found on Finish Timing Results Website and on the Granville Aces Running Database

Video of Jonny in the race can be found here

Jonny ran at the Central Ohio District Championship Cross Country Meet held at Watkins Memorial High School in Pataskala, OH. The weather was wet and cool with the temperature at 49 degrees. Jonny got himself a good start and again held on throughout the race. He was feeling much better today, compared to the last two weeks were he wasn’t feeling up to par, and proved it with a personal best time of 17:39. He finished 27th out of 155 runners and placed 5th on the Granville Varsity team. The team took 2nd in the Central District and the top 4 teams move on to the Regional Championships next week held in Troy Ohio, located just north of Dayton.

He beat his personal best by 18 seconds. His other times at Watkins this year were 18:24 back on September 7th and 18:00 last week. He looked strong throughout the race and if you look closely on the video as he approached the finish line he has a big smile on his face, because he knew he was going to crush his personal best.

The official Results can be found on Watkins Track website or the Granville Aces Running Database.

Video of Jonny running at the meet has been posted here or below.

Jonny ran at the Licking County League Championship today held at Watkins Memorial High School located in Pataskala, OH.  Granville swept all events by taking first place in every event they raced.

Jonny started out well in the Boys High School 5K Varsity race. At the one mile marker. Jonny said he was starting to feel nauseous. He fought through the rest of the race and still completed in a respectable time of 18:00, which is 24 seconds faster than when he ran that same course earlier in the year. He finished 19th out of 60 varsity runners. He did take a lot longer to recover from this race that he has in previous races.

If you look at the results, on the 3rd and 4th place teams he would have been their 3rd runner. On the 5th and 6th place teams he would have been their 2nd runner. On the 7th and 8th place teams he would have been their number 1 runner.

Since Granville won this meet they will move on next week in the State Tournament to the District Tournament Championship for Central Ohio at Watkins Memorial High School once again along with the dominating Varsity Girls Team.

The official results can be found on the Watkins Track website or on the Granville Aces Running Database.

The video can been seen here.

Today Jonny ran at the Les Eisenhart Invitational.  The meet was held at the Thomas Worthington High School in Worthington, OH.  Race conditions for the Boys Varsity Race was 77 degrees and 85% humidity.

Jonny got an OK start and appeared to be in the middle of the pack after the first 200 meters.  He held his own from there on out and wasn’t passed much, but didn’t pass many either.  He placed 93 out of 219 runners in his meet and finished with a personal best of 17:57 in official timing. If he would have raced in his bracket of HS Boys 9-10 graders he would have finished 2nd out of 328.

The boys ended up 9th out of 25 teams which included top division I schools from throughout the state. Some came from Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleveland and Dayton.

The official meet results can be found on the Baums Page website or the Granville Running Database website.

Video of Jonny running at the meet can be found here.