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Western Buckeye League History

October 17, 2009

By Daniel Otten of Celina High School

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THE HISTORY OF...

The Western Buckeye League Championship

In the year 1969 the Western Buckeye League held its first League Meet. The meet was for boys only and was called the W.B.L. Invitational. It was not a W.B.L. Championship Competition. Beginning in 1970 the League began hosting an Official W.B.L. Championship Meet, again for boys only. In 1983 the league added a girls race, although it was not Championship Competition. The first Official W.B.L. Championship Meet for the ladies was held in 1985. From 1970 to 1975 the W.B.L. Champion was determined solely by the Championship Meet. From 1976 to 1988 the League combined a Dual Meet record with the Championship Meet results to come up with the league champ, thus Co-Champs a couple of times. In 1989 the league went back to the Championship Meet for determining the W.B.L. Champion, which is the present format. Defiance leads the league in boys' championships with 16 solo titles and 1 co-title. Van Wert has the most girls' titles with 7. W.B.L. Cross-Country Champions!
BOYS
1969 Ottawa-Glandorf (unofficial)
1970 Celina
1971 Celina
1972 Coldwater
1973 Defiance
1974 Elida
1975 Elida
1976 Defiance
1977 Defiance
1978 Defiance
1979 Defiance
1980 Defiance / Elida
1981 Van Wert
1982 Van Wert
1983 Celina
1984 Celina
1985 Ottawa-Glandorf / Van Wert
1986 Defiance
1987 Defiance
1988 Van Wert
1989 Defiance
1990 Defiance
1991 Defiance
1992 Defiance
1993 Van Wert
1994 St. Marys
1995 Wapakoneta
1996 Van Wert
1997 Van Wert
1998 Van Wert
1999 Defiance
2000 Defiance
2001 Defiance
2002 Defiance
2003 Van Wert
2004 Defiance
2005 Van Wert
2006 Shawnee
2007 Celina
2008 Defiance
2009 Defiance

GIRLS
1983 Shawnee (unofficial)
1984 Shawnee (unofficial)
1985 Shawnee
1986 Shawnee
1987 Celina
1988 Celina
1989 Celina
1990 Celina
1991 Celina
1992 St Marys
1993 Defiance
1994 Van Wert
1995 Van Wert
1996 Van Wert
1997 Wapakoneta
1998 Defiance
1999 Defiance
2000 Celina
2001 Van Wert
2002 Van Wert
2003 Van Wert
2004 Van Wert
2005 Defiance
2006 Defiance
2007 Defiance
2008 Defiance
2009 Van Wert

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