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Cross Country 2008 Review - Boys'
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Men’s Cross-Country Season 2008
End of Season Summary
Coach Rick Lyons
This season marked another set of great milestones reached by the men’s cross-country team. Twenty-one high school guys committed themselves to another season of hard work and excellence. The Royals put in many miles during a long, hot summer in order to enter the season prepared to compete. With an overall record of 182 wins and 23 losses, this team was one of the best teams in the state of Ohio each week based on performance at invitationals each Saturday. Some of the Royals’ achievements included a second-place finish at the Tiffin Cross-Country Carnival, the largest invitational in Ohio with 52 teams; second place at the Malone Invitational; and for the third year in a row, the P.A.C. Conference Championship. All-Conference honors went to Eric Huseman (Honorable Mention--13th), Matt Mucha (Honorable Mention--ninth), Jake Warren (First Team--seventh), Mark Talbott (First Team--fourth), Ross Crocker (First Team--third), and Kyle Sullinger (Conference Champion--voted Most Valuable in the PAC). The team also repeated as District runner-ups, which qualified the Royals to run at Regionals as a team. The team narrowly missed qualifying for the State Meet with a sixth-place finish (top four advance), but junior Ross Crocker and senior Kyle Sullinger both qualified to the State Meet as individuals (ninth and third place respectively). At the State Meet, both runners earned All-State honors; Ross Crocker finished 20th and Kyle Sullinger was runner-up (All-State honors are earned by the top 25 runners). This year was Kyle’s second All-State performance in cross country and completed a record-breaking season; he set CVCA’s five-kilometer cross-country record with a 15:37 race, broke four course records, and established himself as one of the best runners in the state of Ohio regardless of division. Kyle served as one of the team’s co-captains with senior varsity runner Kevin Wissner. Seniors Zach Moore, Tyler Powers, and Andrew Turscak also won varsity letters. All the seniors’ leadership and examples will be greatly missed!
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