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GCl Harriers Dominate rea Cross Country Scene GCL runners dominated the cross country scene in the ,Queen City this fall and made a strong showing in the State Meet in Columbus. Elder's Panthers, coached by Barry Binkley, took top honors in the GCL Championship race, Cincinnati Dis- . trict One, Southwestern Regional. and tied for second in the OHSAA finals. Coach Don Dilg's St. Xavier Bombers placed second in the GCL, won the Cincinnati District Two race, placed second in the regional and twelfth in the State Meet. In the GCL varsity meet at Avon . Fields Golf Course, Dennis Lunne of St. Xavier took first in a time of 9:46. Elder~s Tom Wesseling was second, Glen Grosardt of Bider third, LaSalle's Russ Martin fourth, and his brother Mike Martin was fifth. Roundout the top ten were Cleo Kelly, Purcell; Rick Standriff, Eld(•r; Jay· Ritchie, Roger Bacon; Mike ]lourson, LaSalle; and Tom Blumer, St. Xavier: Elder led the var:oity team scoring with 35. Second place St. Xavier scored 65. The Purcell Cavaliers captured third with 78. Whik the Lancers of LaSalle marked up 101, for fourth. Other team scores wore Roger Bacon, 132; Moeller, 17 4; Newport Catholic,· · 178; and McNicholas, 18~. Returning to Avon Fields for the district, GCL teams scored very well. The PurplePack of Elder won Section One with 19 points, ~s Tom Wesseling led the way to the finish line. Dick . Beerman's Purcell Cavalier two milers placed third in. this section, while Don Schlossre's · Moeller. Crusaders were tenth, and the Rockets of McNicholas, coached by Terry Wallace, twelfth. ·
Members of the Elder Panther cross country squad which copped the GCL, Dist~ict, and Regional crowns and placed second in the state . meet i n Co 1 umbus are : ( L to R) To p row : Coach' Ba r r y Bi n k1 e y , Steve Goebel, Guy Cagney,Dale Welch, Dan Averbeck, Rick Niehe; Bottom: Larry Bill, Rick St~ndriff, Glen Grossardt, Tom Wesseling. leading runners in the top !five were Bernie Wagner, Elder; and J qe Marino, St. Xavier. ·
Catholic, 147; and Moeller, 173. Forty- 101. Roger Bacon scored 131, LaSalle six reserve runners· competed in the had 159 and McNicholas 164. 1 league me et. Pat Galvin of Elder had the winning ·. Eider l~at:l. the res~rve scores with Ihthe JV-11 rade at the Rapid Run time of 11:14. The other .top five run-· 22. Roger Bacon was 'second with 55; · course, tl:te St. Xavier Bombers took . ners were Steve Cagney, Elder; Gerry St. Xavier third with 97, and Purcell the top hbnors with 41 points. Second Glassmeyer, St. Xavier; Dave WeissDennis Lunne, X's best, led the · in the fourth spot at 118. Trailing the place Elder had 50, with Newport Cath- haar, St. Xavier; and Jim Dasbach, Bombers .·to the District Two title. top four were LaSalle, 132;i Newport · olic third i at 69 and Purcell fourth at St. Xavier. Mike Boylan's Spartans of Roger Bacon finished fourth here, while the LaSalle Lancers coached by Rick Meyer, came in fifth. Then came the Regional a week later at Avon Fields. Elder again led the way with Tom Wesseling leading the pack as the Panthers scored 38 points. Dennis Lunne was second, and the Bombers scored 81 points to earn themselves a berth in the state finals. PurceU finished fifth in the. 1regionals as Cleo Kelly qualified for theindividual race in Columbus. Other .. :individual qualifiers were Russ and: Mike Martin of LaSalle. Twenty teams traveled to the Buckeye state capital for the OHSAA finals over the two mile run on the OSU Golf Course. Despite the cold rainy weather, Elder tied with Toledo DeVilbiss with 141, behind repeating champion Cleveland St. Joseph's 120. St. Xavier scored well with a twelfth place finish. Dennis Lunne was second in the race for X's best performance, while Toni Wesseling was fourth to lead the Purple Pack runners. In the "AA'' individual race Mike Martin of LaSalle finished 18th, while his brother Russ was 26th, with Cleo · Kelly of Purcell 38th. It was the best-ever CG showing ofthe GCL in the two mile run and it THE ORIGINAL looks even better for 1970 as most schools show an: 'increasing interest .·and improvfug'petformances in cross country. The, GCL,)r!:!serve race was run over the hiih7 Rapid Run course October 15. Elder won the reserve . -.... . title, as soph Dave Lenahan of the ·_;_~ - ~r -~;~~;;?;~-~:~J·J~~~;::~i~5~~:;~ L ··Panthers finished :first ··l.n 10:42. Other· . . .. -·- ------ -..- .. ---------·--· ---· -- .....__ -,.--- .. ···--_...., ___ ,,.._.,. .....
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