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Race Recap: Fleet Feet Strongsville Invitational Boys Team

The boys took on Strongsville’s Fleet Feet invitational on September 24 and produced some very good results. The varsity squad placed 5th overall in very competitive field as the team practiced their pack running in a major way. Eight of the nine varsity runners took off in a pack and held it for almost two miles before they started to race ... More
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Race Recaps: Spartan and McDonough Invitationals Girls Team

On September 17, the team split up and went to two separate events. This weekend was one of those no PRs kind of weekends due to slow and poor race conditions. Varsity traveled to Boardman where the girls took 11th out of 41 teams. Maddie Hull lead the team with a time of 21:07 and placed 53rd overall. While the team was not happy with their ... More
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Race Recap: McDonough Invitational Boys Team

On September 17, the Mentor boys and girls fought the elements at McDonough. The rain made the course full of mud and other tough conditions. Even though there was not an increase in personal records broken, many good things came out of this weekend. Both the girls and the boys teams used the hill to their advantage while maintaining control ... More
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Race Recap: Tiffin Cross Country Carnival Girls Team

On September 10th, the Lady Cards swept the course of Tiffin gaining a 7th place finish out of 31 teams. Three girls finished in the top 50 individual and 11 out of 18 girls set a new personal record on the busy course. Input from other captain Sam Meyer states,“You (Lizzy), Avery, and Maddie Hull ran like fricken goddesses”. Very ... More
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Race Recap: Tiffin Cross Country Carnival Boys Team

On September 10, the boys team ran at the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival. The team placed 8th overall with a total of 287 points. The team ran decently with even more PR’s this week following the trend of getting faster each week. Rick Cimino broke 20 minutes for the first time, and Garrett Perry ran a great race, finishing with the 9th for ... More
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Race Recap: Mentor Cardinal Classic XC Invitational Boys Team

On September 3, the boys team ran their home course at Garfield Park. They came in second with 95 points, losing to Medina with 51 points. The team raced well this weekend with many PRs. Nate Warner broke 18:00, finishing 7th on the team with a time of 17:43, and James Ferro ran a great race running 17:32 finishing 6th. Jason Mauser also ran ... More
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High school cross country: Mentor’s Lane hopes cross country season improves track fortune

This article was originally posted on the News Herald's website on 9.17.16. Written by Nate Barnes. Mentor’s Emma Lane capped her ascent into the upper echelon of the state’s runners with a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash in the state track and field meet at Jesse Owens Stadium three months ago. Instead of heading straight ... More
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High school cross country: 2016 runners, teams and meets to watch

This article was originally posted on the News Herald's website on 8.29.16. Written by Nate Barnes. Runners to watch: (in alphabetical order) Matthew Bull, Mentor, Sr.: Bull enters his senior year after an 18th place finish at the 2015 Division I state meet. Tommy Carballada, NDCL, Sr: Finished 18th at D-II state meet, owns a 16:15.2 ... More
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High school cross country: Mentor’s Bull, Lake Catholic’s Keating poised for dominant senior seasons

This article was originally posted on the News-Herald's website on 8.29.16. Written by Nate Barnes. Matthew Bull crossed the finish line in 18th place at last year’s state meet with a personal-best time of 15:42. His then-teammate at Lake Catholic, Jacob Keating followed two seconds later with his own PR of 15:44. Chagrin Falls’ Joe ... More
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High School Cross Country: Mentor Wins Eighth Consecutive District Championship

This article was originally posted on the News Herald's website on 10.24.15. Written by Alex Hooper. At some point in every dynasty, either complacency or a dip in talent set in, but 2015 was not the year for that to happen for the Mentor boys cross country team. The Cardinals used senior Joe Polakowski’s individual win to help net ... More