The girls finished first overall out of 17 teams. This the 9th straight Big Orange district title! Team Scoring (top 6 shown) 1. WL-S 66 District Champion 2. Ft. Loramie 80 District Champion 3. Versailles 85 District Runner-Up 4. Cedarville 114 District Runner-Up 5. Newton 126 6. Anna 230 WL-S Individual Results (out of 143 finishers) Malia Miller 6th (19:50.2) Addi Wallen 9th (20:16.6) Gwen McCullough 11th (20:32.9) Isla Leichty 12th (20:39.2) Elia Matthews 30th (21:26.3) Mariska Smith 35th (21:45.4) Charlee Albers 39th (21:57) Coach’s comments: I am proud of girls’ effort to secure the program’s 9th straight district title. They are ready to transition into the last part of the season where they should have their best races. The West Liberty-Salem boys, #4 in this week's D3 OATCCC State Rankings, claimed their 4th straight District Title and the program's 19th overall. (West Liberty-Salem competes in a super district where the top 2 teams are District Champions and the 3rd and 4th place teams are District Runners-up.) So. Asher Cole 16:04.2 (3rd) Sr. Caleb Larson 16:21.4 (5th) Sr. Dylan King 16:44.3 (9th) So. Brayan Gullett 17:06.3 (17th) Sr. Garrett Wallen 17:29.2 (23rd) Fr. Eric Hoover 17:49.4 (30th) So. Zeke Longshore 18:40.3 (52nd) Team Standings (Top 10) Oakwood 52 West Liberty-Salem 57 Versailles 75 Anna 157 Waynesville 170 Milton Union 205 Bethel 208 Urbana 251 Brookville 280 Arcanum 299 Total Teams: 21 Total Runners: 149 Meet Record: 19-1 Season Record: 131-10 "Winning a 4th straight District Title against a talented D3 field is an amazing accomplishment and one we're extremely proud of. This marks the first time since the 1973-79 teams to win at least four straight District Titles." "I thought we had a mix bag of individual performances, however the team result always wins the day, and today was a perfect example of us not being perfect across the board, and yet still finding a way to win a team title. Garrett Wallen and Eric Hoover had outstanding performances in comparison to a vast majority of the field. Both Eric and Garrett improved on their pre race seeding by 13-16 spots! I'm extremely proud of all seven guys and the guts they ran with today." Next Race: D3 Southwest Regional @ Troy Stadium 12:30 PM Saturday October 25th. The following day, on Sunday at the Fortress at Obetz, the Big Orange Middle School teams competed in the OHSAA State Race in a steady downpour, battling wind, rain and a muddy course.
 For the first time in school history, the West Liberty-Salem girls and boys track and field programs won the district meet in the same year!
Results: www.tigersrun.com DIII Southwest District Champions! This marks the sixth consecutive district title for the Big Orange girls.
Qualifiers for Saturday's finals are Sophia Hardwick (17.37) and Alaina Irving (17.45) in the 100 meter hurdles, Delaney Jones in the 100 meter dash (12.70) and 200 meter dash (27.28), Sophia Hardwick (49.66) and Claire Longshore (50.06) in the 300 meter hurdles, Megan Adams and Ashley Yoder in the 1600 meter run, Mallory Bostick and Ashley Yoder in the 800 meter run, the 4x200 meter relay team of Lilly Weaver, Claire Longshore, Mandilyn Weaver and Sophia Hardwick (1:55.38), the 4x100 relay of Lilly Weaver, Delaney Jones, Alaina Irving and Mallory Bostick (53.03), and the 4x400 relay of Mallory Bostick, Megan Adams, Teagan Boyd and Delaney Jones (4:16.90).
Isabella Hardwick had a career PR in shot put (29'5.25") finishing 12th and Kenzie Bahan placed 13th in shot put (29'5). Complete results are posted on http://www.finishtiming.com District finals will be held Saturday starting at 10:00 a.m.  The Big Orange girls cross country team won its fourth consecutive DIII SW Regional title Saturday in Troy. Senior Megan Adams was the individual race champion.
The Big Orange will compete in the OHSAA DIII State Championship race Saturday at 9:00 a.m. at The Fortress in Obetz. State meet tickets are available at OHSAA.org
The West Liberty-Salem girls cross country team capped off an undefeated season, with its first state title in school history Saturday at the OHSAA DIII State Championships at the Fortress Obetz. The Big Orange held off the 4 time defending state champion Minster and state powerhouses Liberty Center and Fort Loramie for the convincing win.
Team Scores: 1st WLS 55, 2nd Minster 83, 3rd Liberty Center 115, 4th Fort Loramie 126, 5th Gilmour Academy 163, 6th Mount Gilead 185, 7th Maplewood 224, 8th Mineral Ridge 275, 9th Colonel Crawford 283, 10th Versailles 291, 11th Woodmore 302, 12th Anna 322, 13th Ft. Recovery 323, 14th Ottawa Hills 349, 15th Liberty Union 381, 16th St. Henry 392, 17th Smithville 421, 18th Grandview Heights 432, 19th Cardington-Lincoln 459, 20th Caldwell 479. Four Big Orange runners earned First Team All-Ohio status with Megan Adams leading the way in 5th place in 18:43. Freshmen Ashley Yoder and Addison McAuley placed 8th and 10th respectively in 18:49 and 18:56, and Katelyn Stapleton placed 18th in 19:20. Madison Bahan earned Second Team All-Ohio placing 31st in 19:30. Rounding out the WLS placers were Taylor Kennedy in 89th place 20:49, and Claire Longshore 127th in 21:51. Adams and Stapleton have become the first Big Orange athletes to earn All-Ohio in three consecutive years. The team caps off the season being ranked #3 in all divisions in Ohio and #58 in the nation.
Please come out and support the 1977 Big Orange state championship cross country team at its induction into the West Liberty-Salem Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night (Feb. 9th) before the start of the varsity boys basketball game. Let’s fill the gym wearing our Big Orange gear. There will be a dessert reception following the game in the auxiliary gym.
For more information visit www.wlstigers.org All of us at Born and Raced in West Liberty would like to thank our community, businesses, volunteers, friends and family for the love and support they've shared with our West Liberty runners in 2017. From road races, track and cross country meets, All-Ohioans, to our Big Orange youth running program, West Liberty is truly a running community. Here are some of 2017's best photos of our runners. May 2018 bring you health, happiness, and miles and miles of good running! The WL-S Big Orange Girls Cross Country team earned DIII District Champion honors Saturday placing 1st, earning the program's 21st Regional berth in the last 23 years. The Big Orange boys also qualified for the Regional meet, placing 7th.
Complete results from the SW Cedarville District meet are posted on www.finishtiming.com.
The SW Regional Meet will be held Saturday, October 28th at Troy Memorial Stadium. The Big Orange girls will race at 11:00 a.m. and the boys at 1:30 p.m. Admission to the meet is $7. Please come out and support the WL-S teams! We also invite any community members to join the Big Orange athletes and family at their annual tailgate celebration. Please bring a crock pot of soup or chili to share. |
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