Here is a look at the Girl's team rosters for the 29th Mid-East Cross Country Championships at Kettering Indian Riffle Park in Kettering, Ohio this Saturday. The meet features Senior only teams from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio and is sponsored by the Greater Dayton Track and Cross Country Officials Association and the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches. It has been run annualy since 1987.
In 2014, the girls team race ended in a tie between Ohio and Indiana, each with 37 points. Michigan was 3rd with 60 and Illinois 4th with 130. A look at this year's rosters indicates another Ohio-Indiana showdown, but the Indiana girls just may be too fast and too deep a team for the Ohio girls to overcome.
The Ohio team will be led by Centerville's Lainey Studebaker who is the back-back D1 Ohio State Champion. Studebaker comes in with an OH #3 ranking of 17:33.36. Last weekend, she and her teammate, Taylor Malchow , D1 26th at State in an 18:49.40 PR, helped the Centerville girls to an NXN - Midwest 1st place finish and a berth to the NXN - Championship in Oregon. Another strong runner for Ohio is the OH #7 ranked runner, Carly Davis of Dublin Jerome. She was 6th in the D1 girls race and is the only other Ohio girl under 18:00 with a 17:46.38. Rounding out the three other top five, by time, runners from Ohio are Olentangy Liberty's Claire Linn who was 13th in the D1 race with an 18:23.40 and has a PR of 18:10.83, Chloe Flora of D3 Botkins, 4th in the D3 race with an 18:29.30 and a PR of 18:16. 20 and Toledo Notre Dame's Stephanie Sherman who has a PR of 18:21.05.
Indiana comes into the meet with what appears to be the strongest Girls team and will be tough to beat. Three girls have times under 18:00 and three under 18:10. IN #2, Alex Buck of Pendleton Heights has run 17:24.50, IN #3, Lauren Johnson of West Lafayette was 3rd at State and has run 17:36.00 and IN #6, Katherine Free of Indianapolis Cathedral was 2nd at State and has run 17:52.50. IN #12, Madison Fruchey was 4th at State and has run 18:04. The other two girls under 18:10 are Kristen Johnson of West Lafayette (18:05.00) and IN #15 Bailey Beery of Belmont. Beery was 13th at State and has run 18:06.11.
INDIANA ALL STAR CROSS COUNTRY TEAM - 2015
Katherine Free - Indianapolis Cathedral - 17:52.50 2nd at State, Sectional Champ, Semi-State Runner-up
Lauren Johnson - West Lafayette 17:36.00 3rd at State, Sectional, Regional & Semi-State Champion
Madison Fruchey - Carroll (Fort Wayne) 18:04.80 4th at State, Sectional & Regional Champion, Semi-State Runner-up
Bailey Beery - Bellmont - 18:06.11
13th at State, Sectional & Regional Champion
Alli Workman - Bloomfield - 18:32.00
22nd at State
Kristen Johnson - West Lafayette - 18:05.00
24th at State, Semi-State Runner-up
Devon Leahy - Westfield - 18:24.20
26th at State
Ellen Flood - Indianapolis Cathedral - 18:24.20
27th at State
Kailee Schoof - LaPorte - 18:42.40
36th at State
Hannah Welsch - Jasper - 18:56.70
40th at State, Sectional Champion
Alex Buck - Pendleton Heights - 17:24.50
70th at State, Sectional, Regional & Semi-State Champion
Jessica Duvall - Mishawaka - 18:51.94
44th at State, Sectional Champion
Agok Ayuen - Rock Island 18:02
5th Place Regional, 9th Place Sectional, 130th Place IHSA State Meet (Class 3A)
Nicole Camburn - Niles West 18:01
11th Place Regional, 19th Place Sectional, 82nd Place IHSA State Meet (Class 3A)
Katie Condon - Lake Forest 17:39.50
4th Place Regional, 16th Place Sectional, 67th Place IHSA State Meet (Class 3A)
Mary Erdman - Wheaton Warrensville South 17:53.00
6th Place Regional, 18th Place Sectional, 72nd Place IHSA State Meet (Class 3A)
Vanessa Flaherty - Lyons Township 17:27.90
47th Place IHSA State Meet (Class 3A)
Oona Jung-Beeman - New Trier 17:48.90
10th Place Regional, 13th Place Sectional, 63rd Place IHSA State Meet (Class 3A)
Summer Pierson - Yorkville 17:19.70
1st Place Regional, 8th Place Sectional, 15th Place IHSA State Meet (Class 2A)
Abigail Richter - Trian 18:14.00
2nd Place Regional, 10th Place Sectional, 48th Place IHSA State Meet (Class 2A)
Dakota Roman - Batavia 17:14.70
30th Place IHSA State Meet (Class 3A)
Madison Romig - Grant Community 16:54.10
4th Place Regional, 7th Place Sectional, 14th Place IHSA State Meet (Class 3A)
Madison Ronzone - Rosary 17:37.29
1st Place Regional, 6th Place Sectional, 14th Place State Meet (Class 2A)
Lauren Whitehouse - Mahomet Seymore 17:42.00
55th place IHSA State Meet (Class 2A)
***Sorry for no pictures, but in the results there were no Bib #'s to definitely identify the girls and I didn't want to make a mistake in posting pictures of the wrong girls.
MICHIGAN ALL STAR CROSS COUNTRY TEAM - 2015
GIRLS TEAM ROSTER
Courtney Busch - Gaylord 19:52
D2 State Qualifier 2014 &15. All-Region 2014
Kayla Dobies - Macomb Dakota - 18:27
Division 1 XC State Qualifier 2014 & 15. Academic All-State 2014 & 15. All-Region 2014 & 15. School Record Holder. Committed to Princeton.
Rebecca Estep - Bay City Western - 18:59
Division 1 XC State Qualifier 2014 & 15. Academic All-State 2014 & 15. All-Region 2014 & 15. School Record Holder. Committed to Princeton.
Laura Esatrada - Bay City Western - 19:12
Division 1 XC State Qualifier 2013, 14 & 15. All-Region 2013, 14, 15.
Emily Fluent - Lake Orion - 19:05
Division 1 XC State Qualifier 2013, 14, 15. Academic All-State 2014. All-Region 2015.
Kensington Garvey - Montabella - 18:57
Division 4 XC All State 2013 & 2015. All-Region 2012, 13, 14, 15.
Samantha Hanson - Sterling Heights Stevenson - 18:13
Division 1 XC All-State 2012, 14, 15. All-Region 2012, 13, 14, 15.
Ashley Lindeman - Manistee - 18:27
Division 3 XC All-State 2012, 13, 14, 15. All-Region 2012, 13, 14, 15. Regional Champions (Team) 2014.
Audrey Pohl - Pewam-Westphalia - 19:13
Division 3 XC State Qualifer 2012, 13, 15. All-Region 2013 & 2015. Pewamo-Westphalia's XC School Record Holder.
Alicia Roney - Waldron - 19:32
Division 4 XC All-State 2013, 14, 15. All-Region 2012, 13, 14, 15.
Alyssa Schwartz - Grand Rapids South Christian - 19:11
Division 3 XC State Qualifer 2013, 14, 15. All Region 2015.
Allison Shannon - Sterling Heights Stevenson - 18:24
***Sorry no pictures. In the Michigan State Meet Results, I was not able to find any pictures.