2000
Cross Country
Other Seasons: 2001, 2002, 2003
9.2.2000: Hillsboro, Moeller
9.9.2000:
Covington Catholic, Tiffin, Winton Woods/Roger Bacon
9.16.2000: Bethel-Tate, Taylor, Trinity
9.23.2000: Great American, Harrison
9.30.2000: St. Xavier
10.7.2000: Fr. Rudy
10.14.2000:
GCL
10.21.2000: District
10.28.2000: Regional
11.4.2000: State
Cincinnati Boys Cross Country Preview
The Cincinnati Enquirer By Dave Schutte
Friday, September
01, 2000
State runner-up St. Xavier edged LaSalle for No.1 in the
Enquirer's cross country poll. St.
Xavier's No.1 ranking surprised Bomber coach Larry Merkel, who lost three
outstanding runners to graduation.
“I think LaSalle is going to be very good,” Merkel said.
“We have no depth and running two or three varsity teams may not be
possible this year.”
1. St. Xavier: Andy Weitmarschen, 11th at the state meet in 1999, is
one of three returning seniors. The others are Ryan Busse and Tim King. Merkel is also counting on juniors Ben
Weitmarschen and Jeremy Mosher and seniors Nick King and Charlie Kishman. Merkel said another potential strength
could come from the freshman class. Tommy Balmat and Alex Treands could
challenge for varsity spots.
2. LaSalle: Five of the Lancers' starters are back from a team
that finished fourth at the state meet in 1999. Junior Allen Bader, fourth in the 1600 meters at the state
track meet, is joined by Doug Fulmer, Jason Beck, Kevin Wright, Eric Mayhaus
and Garrett Grogan. “We are
a year stronger and more mature,” coach Frank Russo said. “Our guys
understand what is expected and realize the demands to be on top.”
3. Elder: The Panthers will field a veteran team with the top
seven runners returning for coach Steve Spencer. Seniors Kurtis Smith, Nick Westerman, Sean Ernst, Tim
Trainor, Rob Carvetti and Patrick Kendall will team with junior Rob Cohen.
4. Moeller: Early in the season the Crusaders may suffer because
the main runners are underclassmen. But later on, coach Jerry Kombrinck's team
could be tough. Kevin Schwarz,
fully recovered after being injured last season, is expected to be the mainstay
of a Crusader team that will rely heavily on Brad Neumann, Brent VanOrsdel,
Brian Ehlers and Zac Lewis.
5. Colerain: Although the Cardinals lost standout runner Mason
Ward to graduation, coach Ron Russo says Colerain could surprise people. “Everyone is predicting
Colerain to be down,” Russo said. “However, this could be the Cards
best team since 1978,” which, was the last year the boys team qualified
to state. Jason Simcoe, Chris
Toelke, Tom Kinne, Mark Bierkan, Rob Schlemmer, Ryan Schutte, Joey Peak, Dan
Alvis and Craig Eckstein are expected to challenge for the starting positions.
6. Milford: An experienced group of seniors could propel coach
Dave Ackerman's team. Look for
Brian List, John Manard, Steve Grimm and Scribbie Malloni (cq) to lead Milford.
7. Sycamore: Junior qualifier Tom Gallagher returns to lead an
Aviator team that boasts with such experienced runner as Adam Hill, Matt Jones,
Mitch Clemens, Ryan Schweet, Matt Morin, Mark Daniel and Matt Hitchcock.
8. Middletown: Coach Scott Dalton's Middie team will rely on Scott
See, 13th at last year's state meet.
Matt Meiser, Johnny Sawyer and Justin Truax are the other returning
starters. “We will
surprise a lot of teams this year although we lost four seniors,” Dalton
said. “Our freshmen class was the best in the area last year.”
9. Fairfield: The Indians will field a largely inexperienced team
with only sophomore John Dixon and Brian Valentini returning from last year's
Greater Miami Conference champion and Regional qualifying team.
10. Lakota East: This will be a rebuilding year for the Thunderhawks
with freshmen Steve Swartz and Matt Hockemeyer, who are expected to join Tim
Ashe, Chris Poptic and David Rubush as starters.
Hillsboro Invitational <details>
(3.1 miles at Hillsboro)
Team Standings: 1. St. Xavier 42,
2. Oak Hills 124, 3. Lou. Trinity 126, 4. Kings 142, 5. Dublin Sciota 156, 6.
Lancaster 161, 7. Watkins Memorial 186, 8. Butler (Ky) 189, 9. Hillsboro 208,
10. McNicholas 216, 11. Scott 244, 12. Glen Este 303, 13. Amelia 353, 14.
Chilicothe 389, 15. Groveport Madison 394.
Top Finishers: 1. Buckman (Butler)
15:52 (meet record); 2. Busse (Stx) 16:01; 3.
Garvin (King) 16:18; 4. Mosher (Stx) 16:29; 5.
Wayner (Oak) 16:36; 6. Balmat (Stx) 16:38; 7. Welling
(Oak) 16:40; 8. Williams (Lanc) 17:00; 9. Bonham (Lanc) 17:05; 10. Oglesby
(Hill) 17:06.
Moeller Invitational <details>
(3.1 miles at Galbraith Field)
Team Standings: 1. Moeller 38, 2. St.
Xavier 60, 3. Clev. St. Ignatius 78, 4. Colerain 103, 5. Sycamore 130,
6. Princeton 176, 7. Moeller B 204, 8. St. Xavier B
246, 9. Turpin 275, 10. Roger Bacon 282, 11. Anderson 319, 12. Wyoming
353, 13. Colerain B 370, 14. Princeton B 388, 15. Winton Woods 437, 16. Taylor
456, 17. Seven Hills 475, 18. CHCA 542, 19. Summit 573.
Top Finishers: 1. Schwarz (Moe) 16:00;
2. Gallagher (Syc) 16:36; 3. A. Wietmarschen (Stx)
16:36; 4. T. King (Stx) 16:48; 5. Hughes (And) 17:10; 6. VanOrsdel (Moe)
17:14; 7. Lewis (Moe) 17:17; 8. Neumann (Moe) 17:18; 9.
B. Wietmarschen (Stx) 17:24; 10. Thompson (Pri) 17:34; 11. Eckstein
(Col) 17:36; 12. Adrassy (StI) 17:40; 13. Sylvester (StI) 17:42; 14. Fernbach
(StI) 17:44; 15. Simcoe (Col) 17:46.
Covington Catholic Invitational <details>
(at Thomas More College)
Team Standings: 1. Louisville St. Xavier 35, 2. Milford 69, 3.
Manual 92, 4. St. Xavier 155, 5. Covington
Catholic 144, 6. Scott 182, 7. Louisville St. Xavier B 220, 8. Trinity 246, 9.
Dixie Heights 263, 10. Henry Clay 264, 11. Simon Kenton 307, 12. Ryle 320, 13.
Jeffersonville 323, 14. Conner 341, 15. Grant County 367, 16. Boone County 420.
Top Finishers: 1. Curtis (LSX) 16:14;
2. Berding (LE) 16:56; 3. Malloni (M) 17:12; 4. Herst (LE) 17:17; 5. Schueller
(LSX) 17:20; 6. Glasser (LSX) 17:22; 7. Ashley (CC) 17:23; 8. Davis ( CC)
17:26; 9. List (M) 17:26; 10. Collier (HC) 17:29.
Cincinnati St. X Finishers: 14. Kowalski 17:44; 15. Kamps 17:45; 27. Hyland 18:08; 29. Paulin
18:11; 30. Ojdana 18:12.
Tiffin Invitational <details>
(3.1 miles at Tiffin)
Team Standings: (35 teams) 1. Cin. St.
Xavier 95, 2. Defiance 152, 3. Moeller 182, 4. Middletown 192, 5.
Bedford 223. Locals: 12. Sycamore 314.
Top Locals: 1. Kevin Schwarz (Moe)
16:04; 2. A. Wietmarschen (Stx) 16:07; 5. See
(Midd) 16:35; 6. Gallagher (Syc) 16:40; 10. T. King
(Stx) 16:47; 11. B. Wietmarschen (Stx) 16:51; 13. Veatch (Midd) 16:53; 20. Mosher (Stx) 17:08; 24. VanOrsdal (Moe) 17:15;
25. Lewis (Moe) 17:17.
Winton Woods/Roger Bacon Invitational <details>
(3.1 miles at Winton Woods Middle School)
Team Standings: 1. Elder 30, 2. Oak Hills 51, 3. St. Xavier 59, 4. Glen Este 123, 5. Amelia 140, 6.
Walnut Hills 158, 7. Winton Woods 164.
Top Finishers: 1. Wayner (Oak) 16:32
(meet record); 2. Westerman (Eld) 16:42; 3. Wendling (Oak) 16:56; 4. Smith
(Eld) 17:03; 5. Balmat (Stx) 17:14; 6. Kendall
(Eld) 17:18; 7. Hausterman (Glen) 17:18; 8. Ernst (Eld) 17:29; 9. Munninghoff (Stx) 17:35; 10. Carvitti (Eld) 17:39.
Bethel-Tate Invitational <details>
(at Bethel Ohio)
Team Standings: St. Xavier 40,
Western Brown 55, New Richmond 116, Wyoming 120, St.
Xavier B 127, Batvia 128, Amelia 191, Bethel-Tate 213, Walton Verona
236, Indian Hill 238, Reading 319, CEN 323, Georgetown 344, Blanchester 357,
Felicity, Seven Hills.
Top
Finishers: 1. Jones (WB) 17:06; 2. Propes (St. X) 17:16; 3. Bradford (Amelia) 17:20;
4. Wulfin (IH) 17:28; 5. Ojdana (St. X) 17:33;
6. Lane (Bethel) 17:34; 7. C. Jones (WB) 17:39; 8.
Hoffman (St. X) 17:41; 9. Barns (WB) 17:49; 10. Wilhelm (Bat) 17:55.
Taylor Invitational <details>
(at Mitchell Memorial Park)
Team Standings: St. Xavier B 31,
Ryle 74, Roger Bacon 84, Lakota East 102, Walnut Hills 128, Mt. Healthy 179,
Holy Cross 180, Taylor 191, Purcell Marian 208, Ross 211, Newport Public.
Top Finishers: 1. Kamps (St.
X) 17:03; 2. Tracy (Ryle) 17:06; 3. Schwartz (LE) 17:08; 4. Folze (RB)
17:27; 5. Paulin (St. X) 17:31; 6. Wagner (RB)
17:38; 7. Cajacob (St. X) 17:45; 8. Walsh (St. X)
17:49; 9. Aermie (WH) 17:51; 10. Finn (St. X)
17:53.
Trinity Invitational <details>
(at Senca Park with 30 teams)
Team Standings: St Xavier 33,
Louisville St. Xavier 121, Trinity 128, Manual 160, Shelby County 174, New
Albany 208, St. Henry 223, North Heardin 244, Greenwood 254, Providence 278.
Top Finishers: 1. Curtis (L. St. X)
15:20; 2. A. Wietmarschen (St. X) 15:32; 3.
Hack (Manual) 15:48; 4. Busse (St. X) 15:48; 5. Jesse (Shelby) 15:57; 6. Hicks
(NH) 15:59; 7. T. King (St.X) 16:06; 8.
Henderson (NA) 16:12; 9. B. Wietmarschen (St. X)
16:15; 10. Bolling (Manual) 16:16.
St. Xavier Finishers: 11.
Mosher 16:19; 14. N. King 17:32; 22. Kishman 16:42.
Great American Invitational <details>
(3.1 miles at Charlotte, N.C.)
Team Standings: (25 teams) 1. Mountain View Utah 146, 2. Polly
California 176, 3. North Mecklenborg, NC 190, 4. Flathead Montana 192, 5.
Woodlands Texas 193. Local: 13. St. Xavier 297.
Top Finishers: 1. Alan Webb
(Restin) 14:59. St. Xavier Finishers: 26. Andy Wietmarschen 16:01; 59. Tim King 16:34; 62. Ben Wietmarschen
16:36; 85. Tom Balmat 16:58; 102. Ryan Busse 17:11; 110. Jeremy Mosher 17:16;
123. Nick King 17:32.
Harrison Invitational <details>
(3.1 miles at Harrison H.S.)
Team Standings: 1. Oak Hills 66, 2. St.
Xavier 70, 3. Sycamore 87, 4. Fairfield 88, 5. Harrison 131, 6. East
Central 131, 7. Lakota West 184, 8. St. Xavier B 184,
9. Turpin 266, 10. Winton Woods 318, 11. Lakota West B 326, 12. Mt. Healthy
347, 13. Hamilton 414, 14. Glen Este 414.
Top Finishers: 1. Gallagher (Syc)
15:58; 2. Wayner (Oak) 16:14, 3. Dixon (Fair) 16:23; 4. Welling (Oak) 16:23, 5.
McNutt (Har) 16:42; 6. Valentini (Fair) 16:53; 7. Breitenstein (East) 17:00; 8.
Hiltz (East) 17:01; 9. Clemens (Syc) 17:11, 10. Crabb (Oak) 17:12.
St. Xavier Invitational <details>
(at St. Xavier High School)
Team Standings: 1. St. Xavier 38,
2. Clayton Northmont 93, 3. Milford 102, 4. Sycamore 117, 5. Oak Hills 138, 6.
Eaton (A) 154, 7. Harrison 173, 8. Scott 195, 9. Anderson 236, 10. Vandalia
Butler 277, 11. Turpin 185, 12. Moeller 304, 13. Walnut Hills 360, 14. Eaton
(B) 411, 15. Loveland 443, 16. Lebanon 478.
Top Finishers: 1. A.
Wietmarchen (STX) 15:59; 2. Gallagher (SYC) 16:10; 3. DesRoesch (CN)
16:13; 4. T. King (STX) 16:23; 5. B. Wietmarchen (STX)
16:35; 6. Welling (OH) 16:39; 7. McNutt (HAR) 16:42; 8. Weller (EAT)
16:45; 9. Hughes (AND) 16:46; 10. Wayner (OH) 16:49.
Fr. Rudy Invitational <details>
(3.1 miles at Rapid Run Park)
Team Standings (Big School): 1. Elder 42, 2. Defiance 50, 3.
Colerain 95, 4. St. Xavier 113, 5. Lancaster
122, 6. McNicholas 163, 7. Turpin 211, 8. Roger Bacon 212, 9. Mason 239, 10.
Upper Arlington 272, 11. Winton Woods 301, 12. Oak Hills 391, 13. Pleasure
Ridge Park (Ky.) DNF.
Top 10 Finishers: 1. Busse
(St. X) 15:27, 2. Mouser (Defiance) 15:42, 3. Westerman (Elder) 15:48,
4. Stephens (Defiance) 16:24, 5. Briderbaugh (Defiance) 16:25, 6. Kendall
(Elder) 16:29, 7. Williams (Lancaster) 16:30, 8. Cohen (Elder) 16:34, 9. Smith
(Elder) 16:36, 10. Kinne (Colerain) 16:37.
GCL <details>
(3.1 miles at Rapid Run Park)
Team Standings: 1. St. Xavier 26,
2. La Salle 43, 3. Elder 57.
Top Finishers: 1. Bader (Las) 15:24; 2. A. Wietmarschen (Stx) 15:25; 3. Rischmann (Las)
15:53; 4. T. King (Stx) 15:58; 5. Busse (Stx) 16:08;
6. Neumann (Moe) 16:08; 7. B. Wietmarschen (Stx)
16:11; 8. Grogan (Las) 16:13; 9. Smith (Eld) 16:17; 10. Mosher (Stx) 16:17.
District <details>
(3.1 miles at Princeton)
(Top four teams and top 15 individual runners qualify to regionals)
Race A
1. St. Xavier 40: 1. A. Weitmarschen, 15:33; 3. T.
King, 15:48; 7. B. Weitmarschen, 15:54; 13. N. King, 16:20; 16. Mosher, 16:30.
2. Elder 77: 4. Westermann, 15:52; 14. Cohen, 16:21; 15. Kendall, 16:26; 18.
Smith, 16:33; 26. Lawrence, 16:48.
3. Oak Hills 124: 10. Welling, 16:12; 11. Wayner, 16:14; 21. Crabb, 16:39; 35.
Woolley, 17:02; 47. Wooley, 17:23.
4. Sycamore 130: 5. Gallagher, 15:52; 25. Clemens, 16:47; 29. Morin, 16:55; 34.
Tepe, 17:02; 37. Schweet, 17:08.
Others: 5. Princeton 137, 6. Fairfield 171, 7. Talawanda 178, 8. Anderson 212,
9. McNicholas 220, 10. Turpin 256, 11. Mason 260, 12. Glen Este 298, 13.
Loveland 423, 14. Northwest 440.
Regional qualifiers: 2. Rhodenbaugh (Talawanda) 15:43; 6. Dixon (Fairfield)
15:54; 8. Hughes (Anderson) 16:09; 9. Muennic (Mason) 16:11; 12. Thompson
(Princeton) 16:20.
Race B
1. La Salle 35: 1. Bader, 15:26; 3. Rischmann, 15:57; 5. Mayhaus, 16:02; 8.
Grogan, 16:19; 18. Wright, 16:55.
2. Kings 91: 2. Garvin, 15;50; 11. Velez, 16:38; 17. Freson, 16:53; 19.
Ackerman, 16:56; 42. Catanzaro, 17:39.
3. Colerain 94: 12. Kinne 16:40; 16. Schlemmer 16:49; 21. Eckstein 16:58; 22.
Toelke, 16:59; 23. Simcoe, 16:59.
4. Milford 98: 7. List, 16:09; 13. Malloni, 16:40; 25. Curtin, 17:05; 26.
Benoit, 17:08; 27. Grimm, 17;09.
Others: 5. Moeller 125, 6. Roger Bacon 163, 7. Harrison 178, 8. Lakota West
184; 9. Amelia 254, 10. Lakota East 263, 11. Walnut Hills 298, 12. Hamilton
374.
Regional qualifiers: 4. Neumann (Moeller) 16:01; 6. McNutt (Harrison) 16:04; 9.
Folz (Roger Bacon) 16:35; 10. Swartz (Lakota East) 16:35; 14. Field (Lakota
West) 16:46; 15. Bradford (Amelia) 16:47.
Regional <details>
(3.1 miles at Troy)
(Top four teams advance to state)
Team standings: 1. St. Xavier 49,
2. LaSalle 62, 3. Centerville 124, 4. Elder 143. Others: Northmont 148, 6.
Middletown 158, 7. Milford 196, 8. Sycamore 228, 9. Oak Hills 240, 10. Kings
273, 11. Colerain 294, 12. Dayton Carroll 297, 13. Beavercreek 298, 14. Troy
373, 15. Huber Heights Wayne 382, 16. Vandalia Butler 452.
Top finishers: 1. Bader (La Salle)
15:26, 2. A. Wietmarschen (St. Xavier) 15:47,
3. DesRoches (Northmont) 15:57, 4. Rhodenbaugh (Talawanda) 15:57, 5. T. King (St. Xavier) 15:58.
Area Runners:
St. Xavier: 2. A. Wietmarschen 15:47, 5. T. King
15:58, 7. Busse 16:00, 23. Moshen 16:30, 24. B. Wietmarschen 16:31, 27. N. King
16:43, 36. Balmat 16:51.
La Salle: 1. Bader 15:26.3, 6. Rischmann 15:59, 15. Mayhaus 16:16, 16. Grogan
16:19, 41. Wright 16:54, 68. Altenau 17:22, 109. Beck 18:14.
Elder: 10. Westerman 16:10, 28. Cohen 16:45, 37. Kendall 16:52, 53. Ernst
17:06, 57. Smith 7:0, 65. Staudigel 17:16, 67. Lawrence 17:19.
State <details>
(3.1 miles at Scioto Downs)
Team standings: 1. St. Xavier 66,
2. La Salle 99, 3. North Canton Hoover 117, 4. Hilliard Davidson 157, 5. Hudson
165, 6. Defiance 203, 7. Elder 216, 8. Strongsville 223, 9. Findlay 241, 10.
Centerville 249, 11. Canton Glenoak 254, 12. Dublin Coffman 278, 13.
Pickerington 286, 14. Warren Vincent 300, 15. Cleveland St. Ignatius 319, 16.
Lodi Cloverleaf 320.
Cincinnati teams and runners:
1. St. Xavier: 7. Andy Wietmarschen 15:42, 8. Tim King
15:46, 9.Ryan Busse 15:47, 40. Nick King 16:18, 5. Ben Wietmarschen 16:28, 72.
Jeremy Mosher 16:41, 88. Tommy Balmat 16:51.
2. La Salle: 1. Allan Bader 15:21, 15. Pat Rischmann 15:55, 34. K. Garrett
Grogan 16:09, 39. Eric Mayhaus 16:17, 85. Kevin Wright 16:50, 95. Zac Altenau
16:58, 144. Paul Colardo 18:16.
7. Elder: 19. Nick Westerman 15:59, 49. Rob Cohen 16:27, 74. Patrick Kendal
16:41, 98. Paul Staudigel 16:59, 109. Sean Ernst 17:09, 110. Kurtis Smith 17:10,
121. Derick Lawrence 17:16.
Individuals:
12. Jesse Rhodenbaugh (Talawanda) 15:51, 23. Tom Gallagher (Sycamore) 16:04,
26. Taylor Garvin (Kings) 16:05, 27. John Dixon (Fairfield) 16:05, 38. Brad
Newmann (Moeller) 16:16, 60. Bob Wayner (Oak Hills) 16:36.