History of the WBL
BOYS
Year	Team Champion	Coach	Individual Champion	School	Time	Host School
					2-miles
1969	Ottawa-Glandorf	Dave Laudick	Bob Miley	OG	11:02	Kenton
1970	Celina	Tom Helentjaris	Dennis Convault	Elida	11:08	Kenton
1971	Celina	Ken Fetters	Bruce Zweibel	Wapak	10:46	Kenton
1972	Coldwater	Hank Schwieterman	Bob McDougall	Celina	10:13	OG
1973	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Bob McDougall	Celina	9:57	Delphos St John's
1974	Elida	Bill Oelson	Steve Suver	Del. St John's	10:10	Delphos St John's
1975	Elida	Bill Oelson	Jim Windnagle	Defiance	9:53	Delphos St John's
1976	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Jim Windnagle	Defiance	9:47	Van Wert
					2.5 miles
1977	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Kevin Westrick	Defiance	13:21	Van Wert
1978	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Rob Lamb	Elida	12:50	Wapak
1979	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Chip Shank	Defiance	12:53	Bath
1980	Defiance/Elida	O Mouser/B Oelson	Kwasi Diehl	Defiance	13:05	Celina
1981	Van Wert	Kevin McGonagle	Richard Baerug	Van Wert	13:05	Defiance
					5000m
1982	Van Wert	Kevin McGonagle	Greg Tipsord	Van Wert	17:08	Elida
1983	Celina	Fred Wiswell	Dan Fricke	Shawnee	17:05	Kenton
1984	Celina	Fred Wiswell	Don Smart	Celina	16:12	Kenton
1985	OG/Van Wert	Brad Leis/K McGon.	Sam Carter	Van Wert	16:06	OG
1986	Defiance	Fred Gruber	Chris Lenhart	Defiance	16:25	Shawnee
1987	Defiance	Fred Gruber	Chris Lenhart	Defiance	15:59	Van Wert
1988	Van Wert	Kevin McGonagle	Jason Place	Shawnee	16:41	Wapak
1989	Defiance	Fred Gruber	Dean Alstseater	Bath	16:14	Bath
1990	Defiance	Fred Gruber	Rich Manley	Elida	17:14	Celina
1991	Defiance	Fred Gruber	Tim Hamen	Celina	16:39	Defiance
1992	Defiance	Fred Gruber	Tim Hamen	Celina	16:33	Elida
1993	Van Wert	Kevin McGonagle	Kurt Knueve	Defiance	15:32	Kenton
1994	St Marys	Joe Ginter	Matt Miller	Van Wert	16:35	OG
1995	Wapakoneta	Mark Cook	Pete Lisi	Wapak	16:14	St Marys
1996	Van Wert	Kevin McGonagle	Matt Miller	Van Wert	16:30	Shawnee
1997	Van Wert	Kevin McGonagle	Mark Hanson	Shawnee	16:33	Van Wert
1998	Van Wert	Kevin McGonagle	Kellan Stephens	Defiance	16:20	Wapak
1999	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Kellan Stephens	Defiance	16:12	Bath
2000	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Kellan Stephens	Defiance	16:07	Celina
2001	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Patrick Mouser	Defiance	16:54	Defiance
2002	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Craig Leon	Van Wert	16:38	Elida
2003	Van Wert	Mark Alstaetter	Darren Flickinger	Defiance	16:58	Kenton
2004	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Darren Flickinger	Defiance	16:08	OG
2005	Van Wert	Maek Alstaetter	Darren Flickinger	Defiance	16:00	St Marys
2006	Shawnee	Russ Holly	Chase Violet	Shawnee	16:17	Shawnee
2007	Celina	Dan Otten	Chase Violet	Shawnee	16:16	Bath
2008	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Zach Wiles	Defiance	16:13	Celina
2009	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Andrew Goodwin	Celina	16:11	Defiance

GIRLS					5000m
1983	Shawnee	Scott Smith	Tina Chaney	Shawnee	18:50	Kenton
1984	Shawnee	Scott Smith	Wendy Wedge	Shawnee	19:32	Kenton
1984	Shawnee	Scott Smith	Wendy Wedge	Shawnee	18:57	OG
1986	Shawnee	Scott Smith	Jane Smith	Shawnee	20:07	Shawnee
1987	Celina	Fred Wiswell	Darchelle Johnsonn	Shawnee	19:27	Van Wert
1988	Celina	Glen Hux	Sarah Sealscott	Celina	19:28	Wapak
1989	Celina	Glen Hux	Sarah Sealscott	Celina	19:02	Bath
1990	Celina	Gary Hays	Sarah Sealscott	Celina	20:21	Celina
1991	Celina	Gary Hays	Andrea DeVoe	Bath	20:06	Defiance
1992	St Marys	Joe Ginter	Erin Richardson	Defiance	20:23	Elida
1993	Defiance	Fred Gruber	Erin Richardson	Defiance	19:01	Kenton
1994	Van Wert	Linda Benschnieder	Erin Richardson	Defiance	19:31	OG
1995	Van Wert	Linda Benschnieder	Erin Richardson	Defiance	18:44	St Marys
1996	Van Wert	Linda Benschnieder	Jessica DeVoe	Bath	19:16	Shawnee
1997	Wapakoneta	Mark Cook	Rachael Knous	St Marys	19:08	Van Wert
1998	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Rachael Knous	St Marys	18:49	Wapak
1999	Defiance	Obie Mouser	Lynn Roessner	Defiance	19:28	Bath
2000	Celina	Lore Long	Kristina Roth	Celina	19:13	Celina
2001	Van Wert	Linda Benschnieder	Kristina Roth	Celina	19:08	Defiance
2002	Van Wert	Linda Benschnieder	Emily Sealscott	Van Wert	20:36	Elida
2003	Van Wert	Linda Benschnieder	Kathryn Bagley	Van Wert	20:02	Kenton
2004	Van Wert	Linda Benschnieder	Kristen Barth	Defiance	19:18	OG
2005	Defiance	Scott Saner	Kristen Barth	Defiance	19:52	St Marys
2006	Defiance	Scott Saner	Mallory Bloom	Kenton	19:58	Shawnee
2007	Defiance	Scott Saner	Mallory Bloom	Kenton	19:21	Bath
2008	Defiance	Scott Saner	Megan Vogelsong	Defiance	19:33	Celina
2009	Van Wert	Brendon Moody	Lauren Taylor	Van Wert	19:02	Defiance

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