Congratulations - Mirra Galbreath

Congratulations to Mirra Galbreath for being named Columbus Dispatch Athlete of the Week. Mirra has won all 3 races she has competed in this cross country season and broke her own school record by 28 seconds at the 13th annual New Albany Classic. Mirra, the girl's team, and boy's team will be competing at Watkins Memorial High School Saturday morning. To read about Mirra, click here.

Olentangy Liberty Invitational at Olentangy Indian Caverns

The boy's and girl's varsity teams both brought home 1st place finishes this past weekend at the Olentangy Liberty Invitational. Competing against 12 central Ohio teams, the girls edged out 2nd place Upper Arlington by 6 points to win their third meet of the season to remain undefeated. Mirra Galbreath won her third race in as many races. The boy's team also beat second place Olentangy Liberty by 6 points to win their second meet of the season. Blake Taneff was the overall boy's winner and Alex Stanislav won the Boy's Open Race in a time of 18:04. Team Results were as follows:

Boy's Varsity Race
1. New Albany (51)
2. Olentangy Liberty (57)
3. Westerville Central (71)
4. St. Charles (135)
5. Westerville South (160)
6. Thomas Worthington (172)
7. Olentangy Orange (173)
8. Upper Arlington (178)
9. Big Walnut (179)



Girl's Varsity Race
1. New Albany (32)
2. Upper Arlington (37)
3. Thomas Worthington (113)
4. Westerville Central (113)
5. Olentangy Liberty (134)
6. Olentangy Orange (134)
7. Big Walnut (143)
8. Westerville South (245)

Click Here for full results from www.columbusrunning.com

Pickerington XC Classic - Results

The boy's and girl's team had another successful weekend at the Pickerington North XC Classic. The girl's team won their second meet in a row edging out Dublin Coffman by a score of 38-39. Mirra Galbreath won her second race in a row in a time of 19:23. Other individuals scoring for the girl's team were Elizabeth Dengler (5th), Catherine Ralston (8th), Lexi Simpson (10th), and Bryana Zuiderweg (14th).

The boy's team finished 3rd behind Lakota West and Dublin Coffman. Blake Taneff was second overall in a time of 16:12. Other individuals scoring for the boy's team were Sebastian Matt (12th), Austin Bach (24th), Tom Newton (48th), and Andrew Ziminski (51st). Overall team results are as follows:

Boy's Race
1. Lakota West (102)
2. Dublin Coffman (104)
3. New Albany (137)
4. Westerville Central (152)
5. Pickerington North (181)
6. Unioto (183)
7. Lancaster (186)
8. Kings (208)
9. Westerville North (229)
10. St. Charles (298)
11. Ironton (318)
12. Westerville South (326)
13. Olentangy Orange (356)
14. Central Crossing (366)
15. Whetstone (371)
16. Dublin Scioto (378)
17. Circleville (460)
18. Miami Trace (487)
19. Fairbanks (545)

Girl's Race
1. New Albany (38)
2. Dublin Coffman (39)
3. Pickerington North (95)
4. Lakota West (105)
5. Pickerington Central (129)
6. Westerville Central (140)
7. Olentangy Liberty (173)

Click Here for full results from baumspage.com

New Albany Classic Results

The boy's and girl's teams won their respective races at the 13th annual New Albany Classic. Blake Taneff was the overall boy's winner in 16:00 edging out Isaac Potes from Fredericktown. Mirra Galbreath was the overall girl's winner in 18:57 breaking her own school record by 28 seconds. Team Results are as follows:

Boy's Race
1. New Albany (25)
2. Dublin Jerome (50)
3. Fredericktown (109)
4. Johnstown Northridge (143)
5. DeSales (152)
6. Hartley (181)
7. Fairfield Union (185)
8. Bloom Carroll (207)
9. Northland (212)
10. Hamilton Township (265)
11. Tree of Life (308)
12. Brookhaven (339)

Girl's Race
1. New Albany (18)
2. Dublin Jerome (92)
3. Ready (111)
4. Hartley (115)
5. DeSales (132)
6. CSG (139)
7. Fredericktown (153)
8. Northland (242)
9. Fairfield Union (258)
10. Hamilton Township (259)
11. Bloom Carroll (291)

Click Here for full results from baumspage.com

Time Trial - Girls 24 - Boys 31

The final times were:

Boys
Blake Taneff - 10:00 (2)
Austin Bach - 10:30 (4)

Sebastian Matt - 10:35 (6)
Alex Stanislav - 10:58 (9)
Tom Newton - 11:00 (10)
Drew Rose - 11:05
Kyle Manion - 11:05
Parker Jones - 11:05
Andrew Ziminski - 11:15
Nate Peck - 11:30
Kraig Manion - 11:37
Willie Matt - 11:51
Joe Flaherty - 12:13
George Brand - 12:34
David Rothstein - 12:36
Nathan Scribano - 12:53
Creighton Irwin - 13:22
Adam Erlichman - 13:25
David Stanislav - 13:26
DJ Inman - 13:27
Chris Ryan - 13:36
Zack Abramowitz - 14:08
Trevor McInnes - 14:18
Rhyne Vlaservich - 15:21
Alex Loeb - 15:23
Sam Wallace - 16:33
Evan Nelson - 17:32
Roger Ho - NTR

Girls

Mirra Galbreath - 11:50 (1)

Catherine Ralston - 12:20 (3)

Lexi Simpson - 12:30 (5)

Elizabeth Dengler - 12:39 (7)

Bryana Zuiderweg - 12:45 (8)

Eliza Matt - 13:21

Kenia Viezcas - 13:58

Katie Washington - 14:22

Juli Sasaki - 14:47

Elissa Burack - 14:50

Betsy Hamilton - 15:06

Jennica Sergio - 15:07

Shelby Lackey - 15:24

Riley Gundlach - 15:57

Tanner Gerlacher - 16:12

Andra Peck - 16:15

Cameron King - 19:45

Congratulations Karrington Winters

Congratulations to Karrington Winters on her AAU Junior Olympic National Championships! Karrington who is a member of the New Albany Middle School Cross Country team ran the 800 in 2:11 and the 400 in :55. Read Steve Blackledge's coverage from the dispatch by clicking here.

Cross Country Season 2010 - Important Dates

The 2010 Cross Country season is here, and there are many important dates leading up to the first meet. Please note the following:

Thursday August 5th - Granville 5k (optional) 7:15 p.m.
Monday August 9th - First day of practice (all practices starting on August 9th are mandatory)
Saturday August 14th - Team Pictures 10:45 a.m.
Saturday August 21st - NA Time Trial/Alumni Race 8 a.m. followed by Parent Meeting 9 a.m.
Sunday August 22nd - New Albany Athletic Meet the Team - 7 p.m. - Links Golf Club
Wednesday August 25th - New Albany Classic (first official race)
Thursday August 26th - 2:45 practices begin
Saturday August 28th - Pickerington North Invitational
Monday August 30th - First Day of School

If you have any questions as the season approaches or you are interested in running cross country, please contact Coach Chad Olinger at colinger@napls.us, Coach Brian Olinger at brian.olinger@gmail.com, or middle school Coaches Galbreath or Williamson at jgalbreath@napls.us , lwilliamson@napls.us .