For the first time in his running career Jonny participated in the Ohio High School State Cross Country Championship. The State meet is run at a neutral site. It is held at the National Trail Raceway which is 8 miles south of our house off Route 37 at the intersection of Route 40. The weather today was cold, windy and rainy, with the temps in the low 40’s, but the feels like temps in the low 30’s due to the 20 mile per hour winds.
Nearing the first mile mark
Granville Boys took 6th overall in the state. Jonny ran a 17:00 in the windy conditions, which was good enough to place him 56th overall out of 147 participants. He earned 34 points in his team’s 187 point effort. What that means is if you take out the individuals that ran the race without a team, he was 34th overall out of all the teams for Division II.
The last 150 meters
I did take some video that was limited to what we could see from the Grandstands. The video is below.
The official results can be found on finishtiming.com and the results can also be found on the Granville Running Database.
The girls team took 1st in the state edging out Lexington by one point to take the state championship trophy. Congratulations to the girls teams for an outstanding undefeated season.
When both teams arrived back in Granville, they were greeted with a police and fire engine escort with lights flashing and sirens wailing all the way to the high school.