GCL
(3.1 miles at Rapid Run Park)

10.14.2000

The Cincinnati Enquirer By Dave Schutte
Sunday, October 15, 2000

St. Xavier, ranked No.1 in the Ohio Coaches Association DivisionI boys cross country poll, easily defeated No.2 LaSalle and No.4 Elder to win the Greater Catholic League South Division championship Saturday.

LaSalle junior Allen Bader was the individual winner, completing the 3.1-mile course at Rapid Run Park in 15:24. St. Xavier's Andy Wietmarschen was second (15:25).

They (St.X) beat us today, but we'll win the next two times, Bader said. We were without two of our runners (Doug Fulmer and Jason Beck), but they could be back next week for the District.

Due to the number of teams, the Division I district meet will be broken into two races and will be run next Saturday at Princeton. The top four teams in each meet will advance to the Troy Regional.

St. X and LaSalle will run in different district races.

The Bombers' dominance Saturday was shown not only in the final team score (26 points) but also in the individual standings: Six of the first nine runners across the finish line were from St. X.

We finished third at the GCL last year and felt we had some unfinished business, said Wietmarschen, who broke the school record of 15:27. Allen Bader is one of the best runners in the country and I hung in there with him very well.

Bader and Wietmarschen battled throughout most of the race. Bader got off track twice and had to double back.

I took a wrong turn the first time and probably added 60 to 70 meters, Bader said. The second time I was forced off the track and had to come back.

Pat Rischmann of LaSalle took third in 15:53, followed by St. Xavier's Tim King (15:58) and Ryan Busse (15:58).

Due to injuries and illness, Moeller didn't field a team. Brad Neumann, the only Crusader to compete, finished sixth.

St. Xavier coach Larry Merkel was happy for his team.

This year's team is made up of a bunch of nice kids who have each other and the sport which means a lot, Merkel said. They're fairly shy and unassuming but more consistent than last year.

 

Seniors

Ryan Busse

15:58

Will Finn

17:49

Joe Garay

18:35

Drew Heidel

19:29

Andy Hoffman

17:40

Clay Holland

18:35

Nick King

16:37

Tim King

15:58

Charlie Kishman

16:37

Chris Mackey

18:00

Jon McEvoy

20:15

Michael Paulin

16:54

Joel Ojdana

18:33

Joe Schuppig

20:57

Adam Wickert

17:31

Andy Wietmarschen

15:25.16

 

 

Juniors

Charlie Bell

19:24

Nick CaJacob

18:53

Chuck Day

19:27

Pat Grannan

18:16

Nathan Kamps

17:00

Nate Meyer

20:38

Chris Molnar

17:45

Jeremy Mosher

16:17

Kurt Munninghoff

17:37

Marcus Propes

17:35

Anthony Robertson

18:14

Jeff Ruwe

18:45

Matt Schmidt

19:03

Shane Stephenson

19:10

John Wagner

19:38

Kevin Walsh

19:54

Ben Wietmarschen

16:11

Micah Zeller

18:15

 

 

Sophomores

Matt Barnes

18:23

Lee Carraher

18:37

Stephan Dixon

19:37

Kevin Ellerbrock

18:12

Jake Federle

19:51

Jim Gehring

18:29

Adam Ghatani

20:08

Kevin Hasse

20:49

Austin Heidt

 

Jeff Hyland

17:26

Aaron Kolb

Injured

Kyle Kowalski

16:38

Matt Luby

17:51

John Rutherford

17:43

Stephen Sagel

21:09

Martin Schroeder

19:31

Richard Thayer

19:59

Donny Tillotson

21:25

J. Michael Weber

19:34

Michael Weber

17:51

 

 

Freshmen

Ted Argus

11:14

Tom Balmat

Injured

Dan Bird

11:06

Andy Braasch

12:08

Nic Brown

 

Chris Burch

11:37

Jarred Burkart

11:59

Brian Corgiat

11:53

Kerry Crotty

13:48

Charlie Dye

13:25

Butch Frey

11:47

Tim Gerlach

11:34

John Heithaus

12:32

Eric Hillebrand

12:40

Dustin Hoh

11:38

Alex Kays

12:15

Mike Lechleiter

12:31

Ryan Mallory

11:45

Kevin Maloney

12:18

Andrew McEvoy

10:53

Tom Raterman

12:18

Phil Ross

11:08

Alex Terauds

11:55

Jon Woodhouse

11:37

Jason Whelan

11:32

Kris White

10:52