The annual St. Xavier Cross Country Invitational – one of the largest in Ohio – will feature more than 2,000 runners from over 60 schools on Saturday.

 

The meet will have 11 races, beginning with the junior high girls open race at 8:30 a.m.

The high school schedule includes the girls Division II at 11:10 a.m., followed by Division I girls (11:40), boys Division II (12:10 p.m.) and the Division I boys close the event with a 12:40 p.m. start time.

 

“We’re fortunate to have so many athletes and that we have a lot of opportunities for them to run competitively,” St. X coach Mike Dehring said. “But we love this time of year, starting with the St. X Invitational, where we can focus on who our top seven guys will be and begin to put our state team together.”

 

The Bombers finished second in the All-Ohio Catholic meet Sept. 22 in Kettering.  St. X are led by senior Dan Thaler, who was second in the meet finishing with a time of 16:10 in the 3.1 mile course.