The Journey to the Start Line
The Journey to the Start Line By Garrison Franks Disclaimer: Garrison runs for Talawanda High School Cross Country. As the temperature drops in Oxford, the weeks of Talawanda’s fall sports seasons are coming to a close. Student athletes find themselves with little time left to reach their peak performance and gear up for the climax […]
How the 2023-2024 Cross Country Season Is Going So Far
How the 2023-2024 Cross Country Season Is Going So Far By Sadie Abbitt Disclaimer: Sadie Abbitt is a cross country runner for Talawanda High School. She’s also one of the top-10 female runners in the Southwest Ohio Conference. Sadie and all the runners hope you’ll come out to support the Brave at the SWOC Conference […]
Coach O Keeps Students on Track
Coach O Keeps Students on Track By Sadie Abbitt Writer Sadie Abbitt ran cross country for Coach O in 2022. Cross Country coach for Talawanda High School and Talawanda Middle School, track coach for Talawanda Middle School, 8th grade science teacher for Talawanda Middle School, and 2022 Coach of the Year recipient. Amelia Oberschlake/Coach O/Mrs.O […]
THS Cross Country Wins 2022 Brave Invitational
Oxford, OH—On Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, the THS boys and girls took first in the Brave Cross Country Invitational. Max Bixler came in first for the boy’s team with a time of 17:07.10 and Maddox Burns came in second with a time of 17:25.70. Garrison Franks and Bryson Fears finished at fourth and fifth. THS […]
Two THS Cross Country Runners Qualify for States
Oxford, OH — Two Talawanda High School seniors, Kiefer Bell and Hannah Lippincott, have qualified for the state meet to be held in Columbus on Sat., Nov. 6, 2021. Hannah will run at 3:00 p.m. and Kiefer will run at 4:00 p.m. Talawanda students, faculty, and marching band gave the runners a big send […]
THS Cross Country Starts Strong
Note: The writer, Muhammed Khan, is a member of THS Cross Country OXFORD, Ohio — The THS cross country team has started the season off strong with great performances all around. We’ve had four meets so far, with our fifth being on September 14. These are the meets that we have attended so far with […]
THS Cross Country Runners Kiefer Bell and Hannah Lippincott Advance to State Meet
The THS boys and girls cross country teams ran a great race at the Regional Meet on Saturday, October 31st, at Troy Memorial Park. The boys were represented by Kiefer Bell and Logan Murray. The girls were represented by Hannah Lippincott, Maddy Iden, Libby Farmer, Lilly Iden, Kylee Carver, Brooke Hubbard, and Bella Walter. The […]
THS Cross Country District Meet Results
The THS boys and girls cross country teams ran a great race at the District Meet on Saturday, October 24th, at Cedarville University. The top 7 male and top 7 female runners on the team competed, both of whom were in Division 1 for their races and ran in Race B. The boys team took […]
THS Cross Country Takes First at SWOC
After working hard all summer and fall, the THS boys and girls cross country teams have both taken first place at SWOC. “There is a quote by Juma Ikangaa that says ‘The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.’ Our runners prepared themselves and it paid off with an outstanding performance by […]
XC-ding Expectations
REGIONALS UPDATE: On Oct. 26, 2019 the high school teams made their way to Troy to run in the regional meets. The girls team, running in the 3rd race of the day in the Div. 1 girls 5k, placed 6th with 196 points, sadly ending their season. The team was lead by Maddy Iden in […]