MARIETTA TIGER CROSS
COUNTRY
Marietta High
School Cross Country
Marietta Middle
School Cross Country
Girls
& Boys
2008
Q: What is cross country ("XC")?
· A fall
team sport.
· Team
running on grass and trails
· 5
kilometers (3.1 miles) for high school
· 2
miles or 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) for middle school
· A chance
to run through MUD PUDDLES without getting yelled at.
· A
collection of bright, energetic and talented students who have a lot of fun
every fall.
· ONE OF
MHS' AND MMS' BEST AND BRIGHTEST SPORTS TRADITIONS:
Accomplishments
in last 15 years:
· 9
Academic all-Ohio Honors
· 15 State
individual qualifiers
· 18
all-regional honors
· 12 boys'
team regional qualifiers
· 11
girls' team regional qualifiers
· 18
all-regional honors
· 8 team
Southeast/East District champ titles
· 71 girls
Southeast/East all-District honors
· 75 boys
Southeast/East all-District honors
· 7
girls Northeast all-District honors
· 4
boys Northeast all-District honors
· 11 boys'
SEOAL Champ titles (including 2001-2005
& 2007)
· 9 girls'
SEOAL Champ titles (including 2001-2005
& 2007)
· 52 boys
all-SEOAL honors
· 41 girls
all-SEOAL honors
· more
all-SEOAL all-academic awards than we can count (12 in 2006!)
· 2007
girls: 14th place at state meet; 2nd
place at central region
· 2007
records: Girls – 116W - 24L (17W - 0L
SEOAL)
Boys –
91W - 35L (13W - 1L SEOAL)
Q: Why run cross country?
· Cross
country runners are a breed apart.
· Lots of
individual medals and team trophies.
· NO PINE
TIME: EVERYBODY COMPETES.
· Be part
of a winning tradition.
· A chance
to run through MUD PUDDLES without getting yelled at.
· Plain
old FUN.
· Be fit
and trim.
Q: Who runs cross country?
· Special
people.
· Short,
tall or in-between.
· The only
size that counts is the size of your heart.
·
MHS: 9th - 12th
·
MMS: 7th and 8th
Q: Where do I find out more?
· A
May call-out of interested students will be announced at school. If you can't
make a call-out, call Coach Dale Leeper
(373.5455) or Coach Larry Cassady (374.5876).
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