COLUMBUS – The Versailles girls cross country team is ranked 18th in the state in the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches’ pre-season state rankings.
The Versailles girls received three points in the pre-season poll to be tied with Crestwood and South Range for 18th place in the Division II state rankings.
The Lady Tigers trail Lexington, Springfield Shawnee, St. Vincent-St. Mary, Woodridge, Archbishop Alter, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, Bay, Morgan, Tippecanoe, Perkins, Oakwood, Carrollton, Athens, Eaton, Crestwood and South Range in the Division II preseason rankings. Two of the teams ranked ahead of Versailles changed divisions after voting took place due to the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s recalculating of divisions earlier this month.
The Versailles girls were the lone Darke County team included in the pre-season rankings. Other teams with local connections in the poll include the Centerville girls from the Greater Western Ohio Conference being ranked No. 1 in Division I, the Beavercreek girls from the GWOC being ranked No. 5 in Division I, the Troy girls from the GWOC being ranked No. 7 in Division I, the Miamisburg girls from the GWOC being ranked No. 13 in Division I, the Minster boys from the Midwest Athletic Conference being ranked No. 10 in Division III, the St. Henry boys from the MAC being ranked No. 13 in Division III, the New Bremen boys from the MAC being ranked No. 23 in Division III, the Minster girls from the MAC being ranked No. 1 in Division III, the St. Henry girls from the MAC being ranked No. 10 in Division III, and the Twin Valley South girls from the Cross County Conference being ranked No. 23 in Division III.
Pre-Season OATCCC cross country poll
Division I Boys
1 St. Ignatius 180 (12)
2 Mason 160
3 Sycamore 148
4 Olentangy Orange 144
5 Louisville 132
6 Thomas Worthington 130
7 Dublin Coffman 118
8 Medina 90
9 Hilliard Bradley 76
10t Lancaster 60
10t St. Xavier 60
12 Hudson 50
13 Kenston 38
14 Hilliard Davidson 30
15 Hilliard Darby 12
16 Ashland 8
17t Olentangy Liberty 2
17t Austintown-Fitch 2
Division I girls
1 Centerville 174 (6)
2 Mason 160 (6)
3 Perrysburg 154
4 Hilliard Davidson 142
5 Beavercreek 112
6 Olentangy Liberty 106
7 Troy 102
8 Lakota West 78
9 Olentangy 54
10 Thomas Worthington 52
11 North Royalton 48
12 Dublin Jerome 44
13 Miamisburg 36
14t Upper Arlington 32
14t Dublin Coffman 32
16 GlenOak 26
17 (Cincinnati) St. Ursula Academy 24
18t Sylvania Northview 20
18t Turpin 20
20 Brunswick 18
21 Dublin Scioto 6
Division II boys
1t Sheridan 171 (6)
1t Tippecanoe 171 (6)
3 Lexington 143
4 Bay 124
5 Otsego 105
6 Woodridge 92
7 (Springfield) Shawnee 91
8 Defiance 88
9 Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 83
10 Unioto 81
11 Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 52
12 St. Vincent-St. Mary 41
13 Carroll 39
14t Indian Valley 33
14t Marlington 33
16 Maumee 27
17 Perkins 22
18t Buckeye 10
18t Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 10
20 Eaton 9
21 Napoleon 8
22 Wauseon 5
23t Chagrin Falls 1
23t (Fairview Park) Fairview 1
Division II girls
1 Lexington 180 (12)
2 Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 168
3 (Springfield) Shawnee 151
4 St. Vincent-St. Mary 137
5 Woodridge 135
6 Archbishop Alter 128
7 Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 104
8 Chagrin Falls 95
9 Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 69
10 Bay 58
11 Morgan 47
12 Tippecanoe 42
13 Perkins 36
14 Oakwood 35
15 Carrollton 21
16 Athens 15
17 Eaton 5
18t Crestwood 3
18t South Range 3
18t Versailles 3
21t Bowling Green 2
21t Liberty Union 2
23 Cambridge 1
Division III boys
1 Maplewood 180 (12)
2 St. Thomas Aquinas 164
3 McDonald 140
4 Fredericktown 124
5 Anna 112
6 Liberty Center 90
7 Summit Country Day 87
8 Russia 86
9 Colonel Crawford 68
10 Minster 58
11 (Leesburg) Fairfield 52
12 Garaway 45
13 St. Henry 42
14 Smithville 33
15 Lincolnview 30
16 Seneca East 21
17 Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 19
18 Botkins 13
19t Carey 12
19t (Sherwood) Fairview 12
21t Fairfield Christian Academy 10
21t Independence 10
23 New Bremen 9
24t Mount Gilead 7
24t New London 7
26 Archbold 4
27 Mapleton 3
28 Fort Loramie 2
Division III girls
1 Minster 167 (5)
2 McDonald 163 (4)
3 St. Thomas Aquinas 144 (3)
4 Garaway 132
5 Liberty Center 127
6 Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 126
7 Russia 117
8 Xenia Christian 81
9 (Reedsville) Eastern 59
10 St. Henry 50
11 Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 47
12 Mount Gilead 35
13 Fredericktown 30
14 St. Mary Central Catholic 29
15t Columbus Academy 28
15t Northmor 28
17 Columbus School for Girls 17
18 North Baltimore 14
19 Reassigned by OHSAA after voting 13
20 New London 11
21 Fort Loramie 6
22 Independence 4
23t Caldwell 3
23t Columbus Grove 3
23t Twin Valley South 3
23t West Liberty-Salem 3
