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Can they possibly come up with something more lame than flag football to keep African, and Central/South American countries out of it? Another Olympic sport that will field 10-12 countries participation. That is what is so great about track & field, that so many different countries are...

And don't forget the national meets in which it may take times considerably faster than that to be in the hunt to win.

At that time it was NOT a district or OHSAA rule, but they gave the timing company (Not Finishtiming) authority to set those deadlines. I called someone at the district level at that moment because I felt an athlete that I represented was being given a raw deal for his coaches error. I was...

I spent time in Eastern Ohio as a head coach, but my last 4-5 years as an assistant. Somewhere around 2012-2014 the head coach accidentally entered the wrong name in an event on Baumspage. We were DIII that year. When we showed up for district we saw the heats and realized the error. We went...

Thank you Altor. This must have been implemented in the few years since I've been retired. It pleases me that someone saw that it is important to put athletes and teams ahead of administration. Again, thank you for the correction.

Just one opinion of course, but I think trying to fill these spots is a potential negative for the sport. As others have said, there are a variety of reasons kids/coaches drop spots that they have earned. Setting a timeline a day or more prior to the meet is especially bad in my eyes. I...

I know moving starts are involved but it still astounds me that they averaged 20.56 per man.

If 11 of 14 coaches voted to have inclusion and two were absent, what rationale did the coach voting against give as his/her reasoning? I may have missed something, but what keeps the host school from having a "Mr. Slippery Invitational" directly before or after the conference meet? And the...

I was thinking this when I saw the boys DI mile splits at state. Something like 50+ under 4:50. A kid could be running 15:00 pace and not be in the top 50. Using Woodridge as an example: Add 60 boys (2 classrooms) to their enrollment making them DI and we would think of them as a 'good'...

It is simply a "what have you done for me lately" at the state level. Or in Minster's case, what have you done for me over the past quarter century. Everyone likes to pull out the "except" or ___ out of ___ years. Filling in the numbers that fit what they want. Woodridge is 19 of 20. Why...

Here is the 2023 list of active top 10 finishes at the state championship. I think this demonstrates “state” success rather than “regional” success of just advancing to state. A one-year slip and schools must start from scratch. This year, streaks by Granville girls (14), Beavercreek girls (7)...

The Colerain team in the late 70's or early 80's would have to be considered wouldn't they? Their 4th and 5th men were sub 4:25 guys I think.

I have always attributed talk about 1-5 or 1-7 team splits as something to talk about. Other sports can talk and compare teams via, passing offense, rebounds, kills, errors, etc. So, nerds of XC like most of us, find something to discuss. I would not be overly concerned if my team had 4 sub...

Thank you so much. I did not even know that option existed. I will give it a try and again, thank you for your help.

How do I view live results at the Pickerington regional? Whenever I access Columbus Running Company it takes me to X (twitter). When I tried to view live results from CRC earlier this season, it always showed error messages and ancient results, never live. It could very well be my lack of...

Is Todd Black from NW Ohio or just coach there? I remember Hallbrin upsetting Zishka in the mile in '80, Haley from Lancaster winning in '81 in 4:11-4:12 but didn't Monske (DeVilbiss?) win in '82? If my memory is correct, he is a Toledo city guy addition.

Due to all your posts, I know that you know the sport well, and likely meant what you explained above. Off topic, but I was using the context to pontificate about just how strong Lancaster was at that time. '77-78 was my first year coaching in Ohio and they were in our league. I was...

Zishka was very far from a one man team. They had 5-6 under 1:57 and a dozen or more under 2:00 and something like 8-10 under 4:35. They also had nearly every event with decent coverage. They came very close to scoring a perfect score in the '80 SE district. Also, unless Bellaire changed the...

Davidson had the second longest active streak (7) of top 10 state finishes, behind only St. X (14). To fail to make it to regional is quite a step down from what they are accustomed to.

According to this site, Sharsu ran 9:24 to set the age 14 record and freshman, then later in the season ran 9:15. I guess it depends upon whether he had a birthday between the two races. Either way, his 9:15 was the freshmen record according to this site...