Ohio Cross Country State Championships

09/10/2026

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09/10/2026

Check out the State Meet record book on the ohiocrosscountry.org website.
We are the only post season race with a dedicated website and page that documents all the important stuff, you know like our runners accomplishments ect.
Make the reward be worth the work.

09/10/2026

We keep telling people "NO THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO POST SEASON STATE MEETS, NONE!

09/08/2026

You can enter whatever post season race you wish, but you can only become a legend in one.
Register now at www.ohiocrosscountry.org

09/01/2026

Imagine if you will, your team is traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind and body.
They worked hard all summer, putting in those miles on long hot days.
They achieved every goal during the year.
They even won the middle school state championship cross Country meet.
You could feel the electricity in the air as the team climbed up on the awards podium.
All their hard work had payed off. An official carried their rewards to the podium. He handed the coach a nice trophy, but wait where are the medals for the ones who did all the work ??
Sorry guys you have entered the twilight zone where the athletes are just props for a photo op.
Coaches enter your team into the post season race where they will be honored , respected and presented with the awards they worked so hard to achieve. The 20th Anniversary Ohio Cross Country State Championships in Dublin.

08/29/2026

Registration for the 20th Annual Ohio Cross Country Middle School and Elementary State Championships is now open.

Here is why you need to be a part of it .
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https://www.ohiocrosscountry.org/what-makes-us-different

One unforgettable Sunday for every young runner, from their first big start line to the athletes chasing Ohio’s fastest time.

08/28/2026

Updated course map for 2026. Please share.

08/21/2026

Practically Every runner in Ohio had heard stories about the woods.
Nobody really believed them.
At least not until the state meet.
The course looked innocent enough from the starting line. Flags snapped in the cool October wind. Parents crowded along the ropes. Coaches shouted last-minute instructions while hundreds of nervous runners bounced in place, waiting for the gun.
But about a mile into the course, the trail entered the woods, And that was where the stories began.
Old-timers claimed runners had disappeared in those woods decades ago.
They simply entered the woods...and never came out.
Of course, nobody at OhioCrossCountry.org believed any of it.
Until last year...
The starter raised his pistol.
BANG!
Hundreds of runners charged across the field.
At the mile mark, the leaders disappeared beneath the twisted branches of the old trees.
Two hundred runners entered.
Then the spectators waited on the other side.
Five minutes passed.
Then ten.
Nobody came out.
The cheering slowly stopped.
Coaches stared at their watches.
Parents began whispering.
Finally, someone shouted, “Where are the runners?”
Course officials hurried toward the woods.
Then they heard something.
Footsteps.
Fast footsteps.
A lone runner suddenly burst from the fog.
His uniform was torn. Mud covered his legs. His race number was barely hanging from his jersey.
He stumbled into the clearing and collapsed.
Officials surrounded him.
“Where is everyone?”
The boy looked back toward the trees.
His face had gone completely white.
“They’re still in there.”
“What happened?”
The runner shook his head.
“You wouldn't believe me.”
Behind him, deep inside the woods, came the faint sound of hundreds of running shoes pounding against the earth.
Closer and Closer But no runners appeared.
The boy grabbed the nearest official by the shirt.
“Don't go in there.”

To this day, runners at the OhioCrossCountry.org State Meet are given one piece of advice before approaching the woods:
Stay with your teammates.
Don't follow voices calling from between the trees.
And whatever you do...
if you see a runner wearing an old uniform and a race number from a year before you were born—
DON'T FOLLOW HIM.
Because every October, when the fog settles over the course, people swear they can still hear them running.
Hundreds of footsteps.
Race after race.
Year after year.
Searching for the finish line they never found.

Don't do boring , come join us on our one of a kind course at Dublin Jerome high School October 25th. The Rumors PROBABLY aren't even true...