OHSAA DII Regional @ Tiffin

Good Luck Lady Cougars as you head in to regionals. VW is currently ranked 5th in the OAT&CC Division II CC polls. The region is loaded and should be a dogfight.

Bold, Underline, and Italicized indicate Tiffin Regional Teams

DIVISION II WOMEN:
1. AKRON STV STM 171[4]
2. CUY VALLEY CH ACADEMY 167[5]
3. ST CLAIRSVILLE 162[3]
4. ROCKY RIVER 121
5.VAN WERT 116
6. COLDWATER 102
7. DAYTON CARROLL 92
8. WOODRIDGE 77
9. LEXINGTON 61
10. GREENON 54
11. PERRY 49
12. GRANVILLE 38
13. KETTERING ALTER 35
14. TIPP CITY 29
15. OAK HARBOR 26
16. SHELBY 24
17. NOTRE DAME CATH LATIN 23
18. CHAGRIN FALLS 19
19. MANTUA CRESTWOOD 18
20. DEFIANCE 16

Beerthday Cake

After being inspired by the show Ace of Cakes, Kylee decided to try it out herself. What she came up with was one kick butt Birthday Cake. Due to busy schedules this week and next she surprised me with it on Saturday of last week. The bottles are made out of Kayro syrup and the cake was delicious. The ice was hard tack candy. Everything on the cake (except the labels) was edible! A pretty cool surprise, along with my new Tom Tom for the car!

Warrior 4 Miler Results

After much delay (computer difficulities while on vacation) results are in.

Place Name Time
1 Justin Dickman 0:21'15.78
2 Mitch Williams 0:21'19.81
3 Greg Zumberger 0:21'59.11
4 Kenton Holliday 0:22'50.99
5 Kyle Minnich 0:23'12.99
6 Reed Wolverton 0:25'15.11
7 Ron Bonifas 0:25'33.14 (Male Masters Winner)
8 Jason Freewalt 0:25'35.18
9 Kase Schalois 0:26'24.14
10 Erica Davis 0:26'24.43 F1
11 Lauren Taylor 0:26'24.68 F2
12 Spencer Prichard 0:26'30.24
13 Jake Cunningham 0:27'15.96
14 Andrew Thomas 0:27'49.65
15 Julie Suever 0:27'52.90 F3
16 Sam Laurent 0:27'58.62
17 Dalton Atchison 0:28'07.30
18 Jacob Hoverman 0:28'07.74
19 Jeff Maus 0:28'12.74
20 Jerry Maus 0:28'35.58
21 Katie Bono 0:28'54.78 F4
22 Erika Smith 0:29'04.96 F5
23 Sydney Riethman 0:29'18.40 F6
24 Rebecca Ries 0:29'23.43 F7
25 Jacey Eikenbary 0:29'44.37 F8
26 Rachael Scheidt 0:29'56.49 F9
27 Allison Rogers 0:30'13.02 F10
28 Megan Svabik 0:30'34.52 F11
29 Matt Owens 0:30'49.40
30 Christa Owens 0:31'16.84 F12
31 Nick Dershem 0:31'38.58
32 Shelby Wolford 0:33'15.93 F13
33 Beth Howell 0:33'51.05 F14
34 Kelsey Wagner 0:33'52.37 F15
35 Courtney Van Horne 0:34'24.81 F16
36 Ian Miller 0:34'46.08
37 Renette Riethman 0:34'58.58 F17 (Female Masters Winner)
38 John Cramer No official Time
39 Madison Hernadez No official Time
40 Courtney Smith 0:57'03.27
41 Spencer Smith 0:57'03.27
42 Ashley Arnett 0:57'03.27

Warrior 4 Miler this weekend!

The 22nd annual Warrior 4 miler will be this weekend.

Start time: 8:30 a.m. (not 7:00 p.m. as state in the VW TIMES BULLETIN)

Registration begins at 7:00 a.m.

Cost $15 race day registration. (pre-registration closed)

Prize money to Top 3 Male/Female overall and Top Male/Female Masters

T-shirts to Tope 3 in each age group.

Results will be posted on Sunday!

Quickie

Both my guys and girls 4 x 800R got out of their respective district last night. My guys ran 8:25 and some change while my girls ran 10:10. Both teams will be sitting somewhere between 10-16 in the Lexington Region next week, but if we went all on times there would be no reason to run the races.

I love this time of year from a coaching standpoint. Got rid of some of the athletes that are out for track for the social aspect of things. Don't get me wrong, there is room for everybody on the team regardless of ability, but with me being the competitive jerk that I am, I really look forward to tournament time. The do or die mentality/attitude fall right in line with my competitive nature.

I also have several athletes with legit shots of punching their tickets to the Regional Meet. They will be competing Friday in the 1600-800-3200m events. Our sprinters are also sitting well going in to the semi's/finals on Friday. Our sprint relays have podium potential here in two weeks if we keep the stick off of the track.

*my running has taken back seat to life in the past two-three weeks.

Van Wert County Meet

For the 11th year in a row on the guys side, VW took home top honors at the VW Country Meet. The girls won for the 10th time in 11 years.

Courtesy of the Van Wert Times Bulletin

Cold weather creature

I wanted to extend and congratulation to former VWHS runner and current Youngstown State Penguin, Justin Dickman for getting accepted into law school at Ohio Northern University. In honor of Justin's accomplishment I felt it was only fitting to bust his chops a little bit with a blackmail photo of him from 5th or 6th grade.

I thought it was fitting that he was front and center. He always does want to be the center of attention so here's to you Mr. All-American Cross Country Runner. You are a Real American Hero. This Dickman's for you!

Congrats Justin and I look forward to being able to watch you run in the Polar Bear uniform. I'm sure Coach Maus and ONU are happy to add to their already deep team. You'll make a great 6th man! :)