Lakota East High School Athletics
Cross Country
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2024 Boys Cross Country
Senior Boys
Senior Girls
2024 Girls Cross Country
Lakota East Cross Country
Varsity Co-Head Coach: Dustin Horter
Varsity Co-Head Coach: Ben Reimer
Assistant Coach: Chaz Meyer
Assistant Coach: Katie Ledford
Assistant Coach: Flynn Prather
2024 Season Outlook
The Lakota East women’s cross country team will be looking to shake things up in the GMC and beyond this upcoming year. Coming off a modest 8th place finish as a team at the OHSAA D1 Regional in Troy last season, the returning dynamic duo of juniors Molly Deardorff and Ava Dickenson look to lead the way for the Hawks in 2024. The pair finished 20th and 53rd respectively in the 2023 OHSAA D1 State Championships. Other key contributors are senior Sarah Rieger and juniors Brooks Billingsley and Elise Brown. The Hawks are looking to make some noise in the region as they begin their season at Fortress Obetz on 8/17/24.
The Lakota East men’s cross country team will be coming into the season looking to improve upon their team regional qualification in 2023. The Hawks will be spearheaded this season by the junior sensation Reilly Meyer, who finished 28th respectively at the 2023 OHSAA D1 State Championships and comes into the 2024 season conservatively ranked within the top 15 returners. He is backed by a phenomenal core of veterans including seniors Blake Gibbs, Evan Aponte, Luke Huggins, and Evan Watterson. Other key contributors include junior Elijah Grissom and freshman Jacob Turner. The Hawks will be looking to make a strong push for a GMC title and team qualification to the OHSAA State Championships this fall.
East Side Pride
Lakota East Boys XC
| GMC Champions | 1998, 2014 | |
| District Runner-Up | 1998, 2016 | |
| Team State Qualifier | 2016 | |
| Individual State Qualifiers | 19 | |
| 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 | 28 | |
| Individual State Champions | Lindsay Zinn (2000) |
Upcoming Events
at Centerville Saturday Night Lights(A)
08/23/2025 Sat. 6:30 pm
Centerville High School
at Hot Summer Bash(A)
08/30/2025 Sat. 9:00 am
Hilliard Davidson HS
News & Announcements
Girls Cross Country Finishes Season at State
Junior Molly Deardorff capped off her stellar postseason campaign by rolling to yet another personal best on the biggest stage at the Division I State Championships last Saturday. Molly established herself once more as one of the best runners in the state,
Boys Cross Country Regional Results
Both the Lakota East boys and girls cross country teams represented their school at the Region IV Championships on Saturday. The boys team was lead by seniors Evan Aponte and Blake Gibbs, who battled hard in what turned out to be a grueling race. Reilly
Girls Cross Country Regional Results
The Lakota East girls cross country teams represented their school at the Region IV Championships last Saturday at Troy. The girls team built on massive momentum from last week at the district championship race. Molly Deardorff ran a bold race,
Boys Cross Country District Results
The boys cross country team started the day hot at the Southwest District Championship. Senior Blake Gibbs put the area on notice, charging to a 9th place finish with a lifetime best of 15:46.1 for 5k, good enough to make him the 6th fastest cross country
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