The third of seven weekly state cross country polls as compiled by the Ohio Association of Cross Country Coaches (first-place votes in parentheses):

Boys

        DIVISION I
        1. St. Xavier (4) ....... 168  
        2. LaSalle (7) ....... 164  
        3. Hilliard Davidson ....... 135  
        4. Hudson (2) ....... 133  
        5. Mass. Jackson ....... 129
        6. Mass. Perry ....... 111  
        7. Defiance ....... 97
        8. Middletown ....... 95
        9. N. Canton Hoover ....... 84
        10. Clayton Northmont ....... 60
        DIVISION II
        1. Van Wert (9) ....... 167
        2. Napoleon (3) ....... 142  
        3. Bellefontaine ....... 125  
        4. Akr. St. V-St. Mary ....... 113
        5. HVUS ....... 109
        6. Elyria Cath. ....... 102
        7. Eaton ....... 95  
        8. Copley ....... 93  
        9. Huron ....... 78  
        10. Sparta Highland ....... 73
        DIVISION III
        1. Cortland Maplewood (12) ....... 180
        2. McDonald ....... 168
        3. Fremont St. Joseph ....... 158
        4. Stryker ....... 128
        5. Columbus Grove ....... 119
        6. Barnesville ....... 102
        7. Elmore Woodmore ....... 94
        8. Versailles ....... 83
        9. Maria Stein Marion Local ....... 80
        10. Findlay Liberty-Benton ....... 69

Girls
        DIVISION I
        1. Turpin (4) ....... 172
        2. Colerain (6) ....... 171  
        3. Massillon Jackson (2) ....... 158
        4. Hilliard Davidson ....... 145  
        5. Dublin Coffman ....... 119  
        6. Centerville ....... 95
        7. Strongsville ....... 94  
        8. Cleve. St. Joseph Acad. ....... 87
        9. Medina ....... 74
        10. Clayton Northmont ....... 63
        DIVISION II
1.        Cleve. Hts. Beaumont (9) ....... 176  
        2. Pemberville Eastwood (3) ....... 167
        3. Circleville ....... 150
        4. Huron ....... 120
        5. CVCA ....... 108
        6. Cuya. Falls Walsh Jesuit ....... 104
        7. Napoleon ....... 91
        8. Wyoming ....... 83
        9. Taylor ....... 81
        10. Van Wert ....... 58  
        DIVISION III
        1. Minster (12) ....... 180  
        2. Louisville Aquinas ....... 160
        3. Ft. Loramie ....... 145
        4. Bascom Hopewell-Louden ....... 143
        5. Attica Seneca East ....... 131  
        6. Barnesville ....... 119
        7. Versailles ....... 97
        8. Spencerville ....... 88
        9. Findlay Liberty-Benton ....... 80  
        10. Andover Pymatuning Valley ....... 64

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