CLEVELAND, Ohio – After a week off from competition, the Cleveland State cross country team will return to action this Friday (October 3), participating in the All-Ohio Championship. This will mark CSU's first 6K race of the season, with both the Championship and Open Race slated for a 2:00 p.m. start at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course on the Cedarville University campus.
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6K COURSE | ALL-OHIO INFORMATION
Out of the nine veterans, Katie Webb is the lone Viking to have recorded her career-best 6K time at the All-Ohio Championship last season, while she is also one of six current Vikings to own a top-50 6K time on Cleveland State's top-performances list.
Through the first four races of the season, a combination of the same four runners has represented the top-three Viking finishers, while Woods has been CSU's top finisher twice. Cleveland State has had at least one top-15 finisher in two of the races, including the Friendship Invitational when two Vikings finished in the top-10.
On the year, the Vikings have notched 13 sub 20-minute 5K times, including a sub 19-minute 5K from Woods at the BGSU Invitational (18:58). Five of those times came at the Friendship Invitational last time out - marking the first time under head coach Joe Jaketic that five runners have broken 20-minutes in the same race.
As a team, Cleveland State has three fourth place finishes (Dayton Flyer 5K, Detroit Titan Invitational, BGSU Invitational) and a second place finish (Friendship Invitational) so far this season.
