Cardington-Lincoln Cross Country

08/12/2026

Tonight's youth parent meeting and practice are cancelled due to weather. We will meet Monday at 5:30 at the track.

08/04/2026

Good Luck Cardington golfers today at KMAC round 1

07/31/2026

We are so excited to announce that our youth coaches will be Nick and Courtney Long. They will have a first get together, parent meeting, fun run on Tuesday August 11 5:30 @ the track

07/29/2026

I have been debating whether to post this for several days now and have decided that it is important to make sure this information is out clearly so that everyone understands my personal stand as well as the OHSAA regulations we must follow.

Those of you that have been around me know that I am a relentless recruiter of athletes within the district to the teams that I coach. I am known to be willing to add athletes right up to the very last minute they can join the team and still compete in a meet. I have recruited a senior athlete right up to the minute there was not enough time left to get the required number of practices in to run at conference or districts because we were one short of having enough girls for a team score.

Having said that I want to be sure there are no misunderstandings out there about how some of these things work.
By OHSAA RULE if you compete for a school (OHSAA member or nonmember) or for a club team in any OHSAA sanctioned meet (ie Northmor Invitational) you may not transfer to an OHSAA member school and compete in that season.

Only OHSAA member school teams are eligible to compete at Districts, Regionals, or the State meet. No non member schools, clubs, or unattached athletes will be permitted to enter.

In order to compete at a conference meet you must be a member of a school team that is a member of that conference. All local conferences currently require their members to be an OHSAA member school.

Even if an athlete were eligible to compete for another organization throughout the season then join the school team for the postseason I would not allow that as it would be extremely unfair to those athletes who have chosen to compete for the team all season especially any that might end up losing an opportunity to compete. (This is a different situation than an athlete that has not been on a team and decides to join late)

07/21/2026

XC family we are meeting tomorrow for conditioning at the High School bleachers, we are in need of Junior High boys and Junior High girl runner. Please recruit, recruit, recruit. Run Happy

07/20/2026

2026 Season starts Monday 8:00 am by the High School bleachers, go Pirates, Run Happy

06/25/2026

Updated All-Time Best XC Lists and State Qualifiers! Thanks TW for the updates! Run Happy!!!

06/22/2026

The Cardington Cross Country Family would like to announce and welcome Kirby Francis, as the new Head Cross Country Coach, and his wife Tammy "the Boss" Francis, as the new Assistant Cross Country Coach. Good Luck Coaches! Make Us Proud!

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11/13/2025

Congratulations to Dylan & Kenzie for being 1st team all KMAC!! A congratulations to Sydney & Chessa for being 2nd team all KMAC. And a huge shout out to Coach Ashley for being KMAC Girls Coach of the Year. Our program is certainly shining bright!! ✨

11/02/2025

Extending our congratulations to another exciting accomplishment in Cardington this weekend! Our parli pro team (with some of our XC kids involved) are NATIONAL CHAMPS! congrats to all the kids 🥳