Varsity Coach: Adam Thomas
Assistant Coach: Lee Sellers
Assistant Coach: Kelly Weber
The Lakota East women’s cross country team lost some key seniors from the 2020 squad, but this year’s team looks to build and get stronger as the season progresses. This year’s Thunderhawk distance squad will have a strong front runner in junior, Jocey Willis. Jocey is currently the 13th fastest female cross country runner in school history and she is set to give East a low scoring number in every meet this year. Following Jocey will be the senior trio of Dani Thorner (#17 in school history), Cali Reynolds, and Sarah Renfro. The senior experience from these three will be key to the team’s success. After that, the Hawks will look to their younger core of runners to round out the scoring.
The Lakota East men’s cross country team is set to finally be out of the re-build phase they have been in for the past few years. Coming off of a return to the Regional Championships last year, where they placed 8th out of 20 teams, the Thunderhawk men have a strong group of upperclassmen to lead the charge this year. Senior, Ashton Gibbs looks to lead the way this year and improve on his personal best time of 16:14 which is #11 all-time at Lakota East. Right with Ashton should be senior Will Tenoever (#23 all-time at East) and junior Marshall Novean (#27 all-time at East). Rounding out the strong scoring contingent will also be seniors Brandon Moore and Nathaniel Hoelscher. This group has plans of running well at the State Championships this Fall.
Lakota East Boys XC
GMC Champions | 1998, 2014 | |
District Runner-Up | 1998, 2016 | |
Team State Qualifier | 2016 | |
Individual State Qualifiers | 18 | |
Individual State Champions | Brian Godsey ('98), | |
Dustin Horter ('16,'17) |
Lakota East Girls XC
GMC Champions | 2002, 2018, 2019 | |
District Champions | 2001, 2002, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
District Runner-Up | 1998, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |
Regional Runner-Up | 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
Team State Qualifier | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
State Runner-Up | 2019 | |
Individual State Qualifiers | 25 | |
Individual State Champions | Lindsay Zinn (2000) |
2022 Lakota East Cross Country - Mandatory Athlete/Parent Meeting #1 Who: Any current 8th-11th grade student interested in joining the 2022 Lakota East Cross Country
EAST QUALIFIES TO REGIONAL The Lakota East men’s cross country team brought home the District Runner-Up trophy, punching their ticket to the Regional Championships next week. The top 5 teams in their race qualified. Leading the way for the
Jocey Willis ran her best race of the season this past weekend at the Southwest Ohio District Cross Country Championships at Voice of America Park. Willis, a junior, ran 18:58.2 for the 5k (3.1-mile) Championship course which was only 2 seconds off of
Putter's Lakota East Athletes of the Week for 10/21/21
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