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