Granville boys and girls ran at the Ohio Central District Cross Country Championship held at Watkins Memorial High School in Pataskala. This is the 2nd week in a row and 3rd time overall the team is running at this course. Unlike last week where it was a smaller group of kids running, 66 kids running in the Varsity race, this was another large group that had 166 kids running in the Division II race representing 23 teams.
Last year Granville was edged out by Highland-Sparta who beat Granville by 6 points and kept the Aces Boys team from winning the Central District Championship 5 years in a row. The Girls streak of 5 years in a row was still intact and on the line today.
Jonny either needed to be one of the top 16 runners in this race to move on as an individual, or the team had to place in the top 4 to advance to the Regionals that are held in Troy, just north of Dayton, next week. Jonny was guaranteed to move on by coming in 9th place overall, with a time of 16:46, and team won the District Championship, so the entire team gets to move on as well The course today was a little wet and therefore slower this week compared to last week on the same course. The Girls won the District Championship as well, upping their win streak to 6 consecutive years as district champions.
Here is the video that I took at the meet.
As always you can find the results on the Granville Aces Running Database or the official results can be found on Watkinstrack.org.