Milton-Union
Facility Records

West Milton Park

2-Mile Course

In 1970, the first official cross country course was established in the West Milton Park, which included hilly loops and "Boy Scout Hill" an extremely difficult hill within the course.  In the first meet of the season, Rick Fryman of Northmont established a record of 11:56.2 for two miles.  His record stood until the third home meet of the season when Rodney Currie of Jefferson lowered it to 11:29.5.

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The first home meet of 1971, Rob Wogoman of Arcanum lowered the record to 11:17.5.  On October 5, the first Annual Bob Schul Invitational was held and Rob Wogoman again lowered the record.  This time he ran 10:52.2 in the A-AA race.  In the AAA race, the first twelve runners broke his records, with Rick Callison of Piqua getting the new record of 10:24.5.

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In 1974, due to the lack of cooperation of a land owner, the course had to be changed so that the runners would not leave the park.  The runners made three laps around the village park.

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In 1975, the West Milton Park Board purchased land next to the park and the course was changed back to about 95% of its original path.  That year, Jeff Rawlins of Tippecanoe, broke the course record on September 3 running 10:08.5. 

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2.5-Mile Course

In 1977 the OHSAA added 1/2 mile to the cross country distance, so the course was changed to include the full distance.  In the season opener, Tom Bigelow of Troy set the course record of 14:36.  On September 19, Tim Denlinger of Brookville broke that record running 14:10, and at the Bob Schul Invitational John Locker of Twin Valley North set the new record of 13:25.7 on a wet and muddy day. 

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In 1978, one of the greatest runners ever in the State of Ohio ran on the Milton-Union course as George Nicholas of Meadowdale smashed the course and state record at the Bob Schul Invitational - 12:44.5.  In 1979, George returned to again break the record at the Bob Schul, running 12:37.3.  In 1980, George again returned and again broke the course record lowering it to 12:30.1 on his way to his third State Championship in a row.

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Lowry Farm

2.5-Mile Course

In 1981 the course was moved to Lowry Farm, due to the West Milton Park changing to accommodate a new bridge over State Route 571.  The new course included an open field start and a beautiful wooded section that included a big log jump.

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On September 11, the course record was set by Jim McGail, the first Milton-Union runner to ever hold the course record running 13:32.5.  This was bettered at the 1981 Bob Schul Invitational by Scott Fisher of Covington, who ran 13:05.9 to win the Class A race, and then again by Larry Million of Dunbar who ran 12:37.0 in the Class AA race, and then again by Rick Mangette of Lima who ran 12:11.0 in the Class AAA race.

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5K Course

In 1982 the OHSAA changed the distance for cross country to 5,000 meters.  On September 9, Richard Hunt of Miami East opened the season with a time of 16:55.2 setting the new 5K record at Lowry.  Ken Petty of Dayton Christian broke that record at the Bob Schul Invitational Class A race running 16:23.0 before going on to win the State Championship that year.  In the 1982 Bob Schul Invitational Class AA race, Ronnie Deaton of Miami East lowered the record to 16:05.1, until the Class AAA race, where Lincoln Graves of Northmont lowered it further to 15:45.8.  The course record was lowered in 1983 at the Bob Schul Invitational by Sam Studebaker of Northmont running 15:44.7.

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In 1984 the start had to be moved to make room for a new eight-lane track, and in 1985 the log jump was removed for safety reasons.  In 1991 the start and finish were moved due to baseball and softball fields being built.  In 1992 the finish was moved to the infield of the track so fans could watch from the stands.  In 1993 the the start was moved for safety reasons as the meet continued to grow.  In 2009 the course was changed due to the construction of a new school, and again in 2010 to include more of the woods.

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