COLUMBUS – The WOAC Conference had a successful showing at the 2025 OHSAA DIV Cross Country Championship at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park that was highlighted by Ansonia junior runner Bennett Lehman bringing home a State Championship.
215 total runners competed on teams and as individuals in the DIV Boys Cross Country State Championship. Lehman was State Champion and first team all-state, and Dixie’s Collin Day was second team all-state.
Here is how the four WOAC Boys runner finished.
Dixie had two individual runners at state that also included James McNew and Tri-Village Coleman Trantham who missed out on a top 50 finish.
Bennett Lehman – Ansonia – 1st place – 15:17.91 (State Champion) (First Team All-State)
There were 215 total runners competing on teams and as individuals at the 2025 OHSAA DIV Girls Cross Country State Championship.
Michaela Flora would lead the four WOAC girls runners participating at the state this year. She would finish in the top 10 with a 6th place finish and was first team All-Ohio. Anna Yeomans of Ansonia and Ella Eshleman from Franklin Monroe was second team All-Ohio.
Here is how the four WAOC girls runners finished.
Michaela Flora – Newton – 6th place – 18:40.14 – (First Team All-State)
Congratulations to our boys and girls on a successful trip to the Cross Country State Championships.
