Cross Country Spartan Invitational

When: Saturday

Where: Boardman High School

Time schedule: Division III races begin at 9 a.m., followed by Div. II at 10 a.m. and Division I at 12:30 p.m.

Area teams

Division I: Austintown Fitch, Boardman, Canfield

Division II: Girard, Hubbard, Lakeview, Mooney, Niles, Poland, Salem, Southeast, Struthers, West Branch

Division III: Badger, Bristol, Columbiana, East Palestine, Jackson-Milton, LaBrae, Lisbon, Lordstown, Lowellville, Maplewood, McDonald, Mineral Ridge, Sebring, South Range, Southern, Warren JFK, Western Reserve

Notebook: McDonald’s boys won last year’s Div. III team title. ... Twinsburg (Division I) and Peninsula Woodridge (II) are the other returning boys team champions. ... None of the boys individual champions return this season. ... Lowellville senior Monica Ciarniello, who placed blank at last year’s state meet, won the Div. III girls race with a time of 19:59.3. ... Hudson senior Angela Williams is the defending champion in the Division I girls race. ... Medina (I), Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (II) and Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (III) won last year’s girls team titles. ... Medina is the only 2008 team champion not scheduled to return this year. ... The course is the same one used for the northeast regional meet in late October.

Vindicator staff report