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Unioto's Adrian Ross lifts Team Ohio to win over neighboring states

Unioto’s Adrian Ross led Team Ohio to a win in Saturday’s Mid-East Championship over Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. Ross finished second overall, and he was the top finisher on the Ohio team that won with a score of 28 points. Ross finished with a time of 15:53 as he beat the Ohio and Michigan D-I state champs. CLICK FOR PICTURE

Ross & other SVC athletes earn honors for efforts in classroom and on course

Adrian Ross from Unioto has been selected to represent Ohio in a major national regional meet of champions this year by the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Association. He is the first Unioto cross country athlete ever selected for Team Ohio for this meet. It will be held in Kettering, Ohio in conjunction with the State Cross Country Coaches Conference next weekend. Several All-Americans and at least two former American record holders have participated in this meet which has the best runners from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. In other cross country news, five athletes out of seven on the varsity for Unioto received Academic All-Ohio honors for cross country. Unioto has never had this many. The requirement is a 3.5 GPA and the student-athlete must qualify for state meet. Adrian Ross, Jeremy Sandusky, Ethan Richter, Brenson Zambarrano, and Alex Wynn were the five Unioto runners. The entire Zane Trace girls’ team earned this honor as well. The ZT girls include Stephanie Glass, Emily Joosse, Taylor Hatfield, Rachel Barnitz, Eva Bugg, Jessie Proehl, and Cecelia Wallace. Lastly, Paint Valley’s Daniel Gardner was also an Academic All-Ohio selection.

2011 STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET

D-II GIRLS: Lady Pioneers finish as runner-up...Hatfield third D-III BOYS: Gardner earns All-Ohio with eighth place finish D-II BOYS: Ross crosses third...Unioto team finishes in eighth CLICK HERE TO READ A RECAP FROM ALL THREE RACES

GOOD LUCK SVC RUNNERS AT THIS SATURDAY'S STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET

As mentioned this week on SVC Sports Talk (Show #8), Paint Valley's Daniel Gardner is heading to the state. He gave credit to Unioto's Adrian Ross as well as the ZT girls for setting such a high standard for SVC Cross Country. SVCsportszone.com would like to wish Daniel, Adrian and his Unioto team, and the Zane Trace girls the best of luck.

2011 Regional Results

D-II BOYS Ross wins regional championship

D-II GIRLS ZT wins regional championship

D-III BOYS Gardner wins regional championship

Adrian Ross of Unioto and Paint Valley’s Daniel Gardner have been the top two runners in the SVC all year long, and now they have both proven to be the best in their respective regions of the state. Ross, who runs in D-II, ran a 16:10 to capture his regional championship. For Gardner, the winning time in capturing his D-III individual title was 16:22. Gardner was running only as an individual as his Bearcats failed to qualify as a team for the regional; however, he did have teammate Riley Markko running with him as Markko failed to qualify for state. As for Ross, he had his entire Unioto team with him as the Shermans entered as the district champions. Unioto finished third in the regional, and they will advance to the State Cross Country Meet next week. Taylor Hatfield finished third to help lead her Lady Pioneers to the D-II Regional Championship. Zane Trace’s winning total was 69 points – a total that was 23 points lower than second-place Granville. The SVC was also represented by Piketon boys, Westfall boys, and Unioto girls as well as several individuals in Saturday’s race. Click here to visit Baumspage for all the results from all the races. The links you need are in the Pickerington Regional (D-II boys/girls, D-III boys/girls). The top four teams and the top-16 individuals advance to state.

2011 District Results

D-II Boys Unioto’s Adrian Ross wins ...Unioto boys win team title Piketon & Westfall move on ...Cory Miles and William McWhorter of Zane Trace qualify individually D-III Boys PV’s Daniel Gardner wins while teammate Riley Markko advances individually Huntington’s Luke Hocker advances *PV finished fifth – one spot off the needed fourth spot D-II Girls Taylor Hatfield wins ...ZT Girls win team title Unioto advances as team ...Piketon’s Megan Day advances D-III Girls Rachel Ball of Southeastern, Kristin Uhrig of Huntington, PV’s Stephanie Stout and Desirae Knisely all advance individually *PV finished fifth – one spot off the needed fourth spot CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS... JUST GO TO SOUTHEAST AND PICK THE DIVISION YOU WISH TO SEE

2011 SVC CROSS COUNTRY

Unioto's Adrian Ross and Zane Trace's Taylor Hatfield are once again SVC champions. The two also helped their teams to repeat titles, and both teams did so in dominant fashion. In fact, for Unioto it ties an all-time SVC record of 11-straight SVC titles. Click here to see all the results from the HS boys, HS girls, JH boys, and JH girls.

Thank you Nancy Robertson for sending these pictures to SVCsportszone

2011 ROSS COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY MEET

CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS FOR HS BOYS, HS GIRLS, JH BOYS, JH GIRLS One team missing from Saturday's Ross County Meet was Zane Trace. The Pioneers were at the Liberty Union Lions Invitational. The girls took the team title led by individual champion Jessie Proehl. For the boys, Cory Miles was the top ZT runner finishing in 18th place. In JH, Pierce Mowery won the boys' race and Allison Chinn was 14th in girls.

Unioto's Ross runs out in front of some of nation's best

Unioto's Adrian Ross crossed in better than 16 minutes Saturday at Hilliard Bradley's Midwest Meet of Champions to capture one of his best individual titles yet. To give fans an idea of how good this field was Saturday, Unioto's team finished with an average team time of 17:36 and finished in 14th place. Another example comes with Paint Valley's Daniel Gardner. The talented PV senior ran a 17:02 and finished in 27th place. HERE IS A LINK TO SEE ALL THE RESULTS OF ROSS, GARDNER, AND THE UNIOTO TEAM

PIKETON INVITE...ZT girls win...Mowery wins JH boys

BOYS HS: Top SVC runner finishes 14th...Piketon team finishes third...Paint Valley & ZT finish towards the bottom (keep in mind on PV score that Gardner was running in Hilliard)...CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS

GIRLS HS: Zane Trace girls win again...Hatfield finishes third, Proehl fourth...CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS

JH BOYS: ZT's Mowery wins...CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS

JH GIRLS: Unioto's Knipp finishes 8th...Piketon's Reuter 9th...ZT team was 6th...CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS

DOWN ON THE FARM

Gardner &  Hatfield lead Paint Valley boys & ZT girls to team titles

Paint Valley's Daniel Gardner crossed the finish line in just over 18 minutes - a time that was 25 seconds better than Piketon's Zach Varney - to win the boys' race at Moore Farm. On the girls' side, Taylor Hatfield is back in the ZT line-up and back to her winning ways as she took the individual title. She was followed by teammates Cecelia Wallace and Eva Bugg in second and third place. The two individual winners were also a part of the winning teams as Paint Valley boys and Zane Trace girls both won the team titles. JUNIOR HIGH RESULTS BOYS = Pierce Mowery (Zane Trace) won the individual title with Westfall taking the team title. GIRLS = Brittany Moore (Huntington) won the individual title with Zane Trace taking the team title.

SVC BEST TIMES

SVC Cross Country followers will enjoy this link that Coach Paxton has on his page of Unioto's website. The links show the best times of SVC runners this year...BOYS...GIRLS

Ross wins again to headline several SVC runners in action at Lancaster

JH Boys (Unioto, Piketon)...http://www.onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2011/lancasterxc11/110924F001.htm

JH Boys (ZT's Mowery wins)...http://www.onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2011/lancasterxc11/110924F002.htm

JH Girls (ZT, Piketon)...http://www.onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2011/lancasterxc11/110924F003.htm

JH Girls (Unioto)...http://www.onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2011/lancasterxc11/110924F004.htm

D-III Boys (PV)...http://www.onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2011/lancasterxc11/110924F005.htm

D-II Boys (Ross wins, Piketon & ZT in action also)...http://www.onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2011/lancasterxc11/110924F009.htm

D-III Girls (PV)...http://www.onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2011/lancasterxc11/110924F008.htm

D-II Girls (ZT, Unioto, Piketon)...http://www.onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2011/lancasterxc11/110924F006.htm

Paint Valley's Daniel Gardner wins Aaron Reed Memorial CC Invite at Southeastern

Piketon girls take team title against a solid field

Daniel Gardner of Paint Valley finished Saturday's race in a time of 16:32 to win the Aaron Reed Memorial CC Invite at Southeastern. Huntington's Luke Hocker finished sixth at just over 18 minutes. Team results saw Piketon finishing in fifth place. Other SVC runners in the top-10 included Piketon Zach Varney in 8th place and WF's Dylan Newton was 10th. In the girls' race, Piketon's Megan Day finished second to lead her Lady Redstreaks to the team title. Southeastern's Rachel Ball finished third. Shaniah Begley and Elisha Manley also ran in the top 10 in Piketon's winning effort. Huntington's Kristen Uhrig finished ninth, and Paint Valley's Stephanie Stout was 12th.

Ross wins against elite field as Unioto finishes second as a team

The Unioto boys finished second against an elite field at the Tiffin Carnival. Adrian Ross won the event with a 15:55. Ross is the only Unioto runner to win this event. Jeremy Sandusky finished 19th. The entire event includes over 6,000 runners, and this year's D-II race included 47 teams. Unioto put five guys in the top-40 out of the overall 400 runners. Unioto - currently the second ranked team in D-II - was only an eight second average behind the winner - top-ranked Akron St. Vincent St. Mary.

Zane Trace Cross Country Invite

Varsity Girls: Zane Trace puts four in the top seven to win own invite; Solid showing for Piketon's Day as well http://www.baumspage.com/cc/zanetrace/2011/Varsity%20Girls%205K.pdf

Varsity Boys: Paint Valley's Daniel Gardner wins; Piketon's Varney second http://www.baumspage.com/cc/zanetrace/2011/Varsity%20Boys%205K.pdf

Junior High Girls: Huntington's Moore and Piketon's Reuter finish fifth, sixth http://www.baumspage.com/cc/zanetrace/2011/Jr.%20High%20Girls%202%20mile.pdf

Junior High Boys: Unioto's David Magda wins, Pierce Mowery of Zane Trace finishes third http://www.baumspage.com/cc/zanetrace/2011/Jr.%20High%20Boys%202%20mile.pdf

Third ranked Lady Pioneers beat solid field at Canal Winchester

On Wednesday night at Canal Winchester, the Lady Pioneers defeated a field that included 19 teams and over 200 runners. Individually, Taylor Hatfield finished second. Teammate Jessie Proehl crossed in fifth place, and Cecelia Wallace (12th), Emily Joosse (14th), and Eva Bugg (28th) rounded out the winning effort. NOTE: Zane Trace girls showed up in the third spot of this year's preseason state rankings

UNIOTO BOYS RANKED #1 IN PRESEASON POLL...Take a look

RESULTS FROM PIKETON  *  Monday, August 22nd

Monday night at Piketon, the Redstreaks finished in fourth place – 47 points behind the winning score of Leesburg Fairfield. Huntington was also in action but did not post a complete team score. Individually, Piketon was led by Zach Varney. Varney finished second with a time of 17:51. Huntington’s Luke Hocker finished fourth at 18:15. On the girls’ side, Piketon posted just 19 points to win the meet. Megan Day crossed first with a time of 21:33. Teammate Elisha Manley finished third at 22:55. Shaniah Begley (7th), Karlie O’Brien (11th), and Madison Reed (12th) completed the winning score for the Lady Redstreaks. Like the boys, Huntington did not have enough runners to post a team score; however, Kristia Uhrig finished fourth with a time of 23:00. In the junior high race, no SVC school was able to score as a team in the boys’ race. Piketon’s Steven Zimmerman finished fourth at 13:03. On the girls’ side, Piketon won the meet with a score of 37. Payton Reuter ran a 14:17 to record a second place finish to lead the winning effort. Huntington, who did not have a full squad in the meet, had Brittany Moore finish third with a time of 15:29.