Boys placed 2nd out of 15 teams

Boys Varsity Race (105 runners)

Tyler Conn 17:54 (9)

Taylor Conn 18:11 (11)

Chris Varian 18:43 (21)

Dominic Koah 19:23 (31)

Seth Eckel 19:47 (41)

Brett Passen 19:51 (43)

Zane Grabans 20:07 (50)

Boys Reserve Race (60 runners)

David Eckel 22:38 (28)

The Varsity Boys team started out the season with a very competitive race keeping our top seven boys at 20 minutes and below. It was an exciting start to the season on a challenging course.

 The boys took home the 1st place trophy at the Groveport Madison Invitational.  The team looked strong and times were better than last week.  Tyler and Taylor Conn lead the race by winning 1st and 2nd place.

Boys Varsity Race

Tyler Conn 17:41 (1)

Taylor Conn 17:49 (2)

Chris Varian 18:23 (4)

Seth Eckel 19:10 (7)

Brett Passen 19:13 (8)

Dominic Koah 19:30 (10)

Zane Grabans 19:43 (13)

David Eckel 22:46 (37)

Cameron Taylor 23:20 (40)

Boys Team- 1st Place

The home meet results are posted on www.baumspage.com

Boys Team- 1st place

Tyler Conn 17:25 (4)

Chris Varian 17:25 (5)

Taylor Conn 17:38 (9)

Dominic Koah 18:19 (15)

Seth Eckel 18:39 (22)

Brett Passen 18:48 (26)

Zane Grabans 18:55 (29)

Cameron Taylor 21:26 (88)

David Eckel 23:49 (137)

HS boys team results

1. Circleville 27

2. Teays Valley 32

3. Westfall 79

4. Logan Elm 111

HS boys individual results

4. Taylor Conn TV 17:37

5. Chris Varian TV 17:45

6. Tyler Conn TV 17:54

8. Dominic Koah TV 18:45

9. Seth Eckel TV 18:51

13. Brett Passen TV 19:19

17. Zane Graban TV 19:33

24. David Eckel TV 21:48

30. Cameron Taylor TV 22:50
 

On Saturday the Teays Valley Cross Country teams competed at the Newark Catholic Invitational.

The high school boys finished second out of sixteen teams.  The boys ran hard and competed and did well for an early season meet.  They have plenty of work to do to reach the goals they have set for this season, but it was good to get the first competition in and under our belts.  The Vikings were paced by a 1st place finish by Tyler Conn and a 2nd place finish by Taylor Conn.

Results:

Tyler Conn      17:21
Taylor Conn    17:23
Chris Varian    18:51
Seth Eckel      19:24
Zane Grabans   19:46
Dominic Koah   20:10
Owen Dorsey    22:33
Sam Stewart    23:35
Ben Barr          23:41


 

We hosted the Teays Valley Viking Invitational on Sept. 19, 2009.  The boys placed 2nd out of 12 teams, finishing behind a strong and deep Unioto team.   The Vikings were led by Tyler Conn finishing 3rd with a time of 16:36 and Taylor Conn finishing 4th with a time of 16:38.  The Vikings ran a strong race and pushed themselves hard in the race.  We are still looking to and must make great strides and improvements before the meets at the end of the year and have learned today that there is a lot of hard work we need to do in order to reach the goals that this team has set. 

Places and times for the boys:

3)Tyler Conn-16:36
4)Taylor Conn-16:38
11)Chris Varian-17:38
21)Seth Eckel-18:19
25)Dominic Koah-18:37
29)Zane Grabans-18:45
51)Sam Stewart-20:10
55)Ben Barr-20:20
58)Owen Dorsey-20:30
 

The boys competed in the Pickaway County Meet on Tuesday September 22nd.  The boys ran a strong team race placing 5 athletes in the top ten to win the County Meet by 13 points.  The Vikings were led by a 2nd place finish from Taylor Conn and a 3rd place finish from Tyler Conn.  Teays Valley placed 4 boys on the all-county team.  The boys were Taylor Conn, Tyler Conn, Chris Varian, and Seth Eckel.

Results:

Taylor Conn   16:47

Tyler Conn     17:38

Chirs Varian  17:44

Seth Eckel      18:25

Dominic Koah  18:45

Zane Grabans  19:54

Sam Stewart     21:17

Owen Dorsey    21:24

Ben Barr             21:39                             

The Teays Valley Boys Cross Country team competed at the Pickerington North Panther Invitational.  The meet was very competitive and a lot of tough teams were competing in the meet.  The course was really slow and sloppy and there was a strong wind the made it really hard for the runners to really get going.  Still the boys gave a strong team effort and placed 4th out of 26 teams.  In a strong field of runners the team was led by Taylor Conn with an 8th place finish and Tyler Conn with an 11th place finish.

Results:

Taylor Conn    17:20
Tyler Conn      17:34
Chris Varian    18:15
Seth Eckel       18:52
Zane Grabans    19:08
Dominic Koah    19:11
Ben Barr            20:31
Sam Stewart      21:02
Owen Dorsey     22:30


 

Boys-

The Teays Valley Boys competed in the Ray Russell Red Race and earned first place out of eight teams.  Despite the conditions being slippery and muddy due to the rain several of the boys ran their best times of the year.  The boys ran well as a team and showed heart as they pushed through and competed.  The boys were led by Taylor Conn who won the race and Tyler Conn who placed 3rd.

Results:

Taylor Conn            16:48
Tyler Conn              17:08
Chris Varian            17:41
Seth Eckel              17:58
Zane Grabans          18:13
Dominic Koah          18:48
Sam Stewart           19:53
Ben Barr                 20:04
Owen Dorsey           20:17 

 

The Teays Valley Boys Cross Country team participated at the Mid-State League Buckeye Divsion Cross Country Meet  held at Teays Valley High School on Saturday October 17th.  The Viking boys placed 1st out of 8 teams scoring 38 points and winning the MSL Meet and the MSL Title for the 1st time in 14 years.  The boys ran with heart and ran with passion as they pushed themselves to win the title at their home course.  In a tough battle with Canal Winchester and Circleville the boys came through as a team.  The boys were led by Tyler Conn placing 2nd and Taylor Conn placing 3rd.  The boys places 3 runners on 1st team Mid-State League and 3 runners on 2nd team Mid-State League.

League Honors:

Tyler Conn-1st Team Mid-State League

Taylor Conn-1st Team Mid-State League

Chris Varian-1st Team Mid-State League

Seth Eckel-2nd Team Mid-State League

Zane Grabans-2nd Team Mid-State League

Dominic Koah-2nd Team Mid-State League

Results:

Tyler Conn                                 17:00     
Taylor Conn                              17:05      
Chris Varian                             17:26      
Seth Eckel                                18:05     
Zane Grabans                         18:06    
Dominic Koah                         18:17
Sam Stewart                           19:31
Ben Barr                                  19:26
Owen Dorsey                          21:22

The Teays Valley Vikings Cross Country team competed at the District Meet at Watkins Memorial High School on Saturday October 24th.
The Teays Valley Boys finished 5th out of 12 teams, qualifying for the regional meet as a team for the 1st time since Teays Valley has moved up to Division 1.  The boys ran a very tough and gutty race as they dug deep to push themselves and their teammates to the finish line.  The conditions were at their worst for the boys race as they had sideways rain and a very strong gusty wind blowing during the race.  Though times were not where the boys wanted them to be, the weather was not ideal and the course was muddy and roughed up, it is certain that on a normal day and a dry course the boys would have set new personal records.  The effort and will to win were on full display by these young men.  The Vikings were led by a 5th place finish by Taylor Conn and a 7th place finish by Tyler Conn.  The Vikings now must look forward to the Regional Race in which they will run on Saturday October 31 at 2:50 pm at Pickerington North High School attempting to qualify for the State Meet,

Results: 

Taylor Conn        17:04
Tyler Conn          17:18
Chris Varian        18:18
Zane Grabans      18:30
Seth Eckel          18:31
Dominic Koah      19:14
Ben Barr              20:35
Sam Stewart       21:32

Owen Dorsey     22:12

This past weekend the Teays Valley Cross Country teams ran at the Kiwanis Invitational in Circleville on the grounds of Ohio Christian University. The Teays Valley Boys had a tough hard week of practice and had several runners missing time due to illness or being sick and some were still trying to get through that as race day came along.  Despite that, and despite missing senior Chris Varian, the Teays Valley Boys ran a gritty race, pushing themselves to the very end.  The boys finished 10th out of 20 teams.  The Vikings were led by
freshman Cody Redman, placing 28th and running a 17:53.3 and Junior Sam Stewart, placing 51st, and running a 18:31.4.  The Teays Valley Boys Freshman had to step
up in this race with 3 freshman placing in the top 5 and 4 in the top 7.  I think the boys had their sights set on doing a little better at this meet, but I
know they will continue to work hard during practice and use this as fuel for their improvement as the season continues.  This group of young men want to
succeed and will work hard to get there,  I look forward to seeing their continued effort during practice and how it will improve their results at races.

Race Results:
Cody Redman            17:53.3
Sam Stewart               18:31.4
Dallas Lindeman      19:24.6
TD Gantner                 19:28.9
Brandon O'Linn         19:33.5
Tyler Dresbach          19:33.7
Ben Barr                     19:48.1
Joey Cook                  19:52.4
Kyler Wagner             20:03.7
Jake Baumgartner   20:04.7
Andrew Looney         21:32.1
Travis Holbrook        22:14.5