This is a series that will appear everyday until January 1st, looking at the best of this past decade.

OREGON INDIVIDUALS
• Galen Rupp, Central Catholic – No doubt about this one! Rupp is among the greatest to ever run XC in Oregon. The two-time state champion went sub 15 both times he won the state meet.
• Lauren Jesperson, Klamath Union – The 2001 state champion was second in 2002, despite running 14:57… are you kidding me!?
• Kenny Klotz, Central Catholic – Back-to-back state titles.
• Drew Jordan, North Medford – Back-to-back state titles.
• Kenyon Neuman, Summit – No state title, 2nd as a senior (15:46), 8th as a junior (15:39), 16th as a sophomore (16:06).
• Josh Elliott, Crater – Back-to-back 5A state titles and member of 4 state championship teams.
• Elliott Jantzer, Phoenix – 2 4A state titles and a 3rd place finish. Won in 15:35 in 2007.

MAYBE – Taylor Morgan, Central Catholic; Elliot Jantzer, Phoenix; Brad Taylor, Oakridge; Jakob Keyser, Crater; Bryce Burgess, Franklin; Isaac Stoutenburgh, Crater; Michael Maag, Jesuit; Zuber Ahmed, Benson; Ryan Vail, Centennial; Stuart Eagon, Beaverton, Stephen Oliver, Central Catholic, Scott Wall, Central Catholic; Alex Wall, Grant; Patrick Werhane, Southridge; Joaquin Chapa, Grant; Devin McDaniel, Sandy.

OREGON TEAMS
Central Catholic 2003 – The 46 points they scored at state isn’t even close to being a record, but that was one fast year all around and CC was LOADED! Galen Rupp won the state meet with a 14:55. The rest of the team; Stephen Oliver (15:31), Scott Wall (15:33), Kenny Klotz (15:55), Luke Wiltshire (16:19), Ricky Chapman (16:38) and Sam Torrey (17:04). That’s fast.
Central Catholic 2005 – Not as fast as 2003, but they scored an amazing 23 points.

Annamarie Maag – Fastest female in the state. Two-time 6A champion, going for a third next year.
Baldovino, Ashley – 3-time small school state champion.
Central Catholic – 6A boys’ champions.
Drew Jordan – 2-time 6A individual state champion.
Elliott, Josh – 2-time 5A individual state champion. Member of 4 state championship teams!
Franklin – Home of junior Ian Burgess, who took 3rd @ 6A state and should content for the individual title next year.
Girls – In Oregon XC, girls run the same courses as the boys and get the same deserved attention… the way it should be.
Henley – 4A boys state champions
Intermountain Conference – With the realignment slated for next year, teams from the IMC well now be in a hybrid league. The IMC was dominant @ 5A girls state, claiming the top 7 spots individually.
Jesuit – Have won a record 8-straight state-girls titles.
Kevin Kavanaugh – From Beaverton, one of the faster freshmen in recent Oregon history.
Linn – West Linn that is, was the top public school in the Class 6A boys meet. With Cullen Wannarka and Taylor West back they should be among the best next year.
Megan Fristoe – 5A state champion as a sophomore for Summit.
Nike – Borderclash and NXN… it’s good to live in Oregon!
O’Neill, Kelly – Freshmen from Lakeridge, 5th @ State (18:54) fastest freshman girl in 6A.
Payton Schutte – Second only to her Jesuit teammate Maag as the fastest girl in Oregon.
Quick – Summit’s Kellie Schueler was 4th @ 5A state XC, not bad for one of Oregon’s most accomplished sprinters of all time!
Raelyn Robinson – 4A girls champion from Siuslaw.
Summit – Back-to-back 5A girls titles.
Tolbert, Jed – 4A state champion from Henley.
Union – After winning the small school state title in 2008, they finished second in 2009 to Nyssa.
Valley Catholic – Austin Lundin of VC was the top underclassman in the small school girls race.
Watson, Cole – Small school state champion
XC – 2 letters, sums it all up ☺
Young – Oregon has lots of young talent right now. One “young” team was 4A girls champion Marist. Among their 7 runners @ state were three freshmen and a sophomore.
Zuber Ahmed – The Benson star may have graduated a while ago, but his younger brothers Musa and Wasil were a part of this year’s Central Catholic’s state championship squad.