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Kevin Goheen reports:

Mason senior Lauren Wood capped off her season with a successful run at the Nike Cross Nationals Saturday in Portland, Ore.

Wood placed 65th out of 194 runners over the 3.1-mile course in 20 minutes, 58 seconds. Sarah Baxter of California won her second consecutive Nike title in 19:17. Wood placed fifth at the Ohio Division I state meet last month to lead Mason to its first team championship.

The Nike Cross Nationals features 22 teams and 45 individuals who that have qualified through regional meets across the country.

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Kevin Goheen reports:

Mason’s Lauren Wood is headed to Portland, Ore. Saturday to compete in the Nike Cross Nationals.

The Mason girls’ team was not chosen as one of the four at-large teams after placing fourth at the Midwest regional.  The Comets also won the Division I state title this year, their first, beating second-place Centerville by 100 points.

The top two teams in each of the nine regional meets automatically qualified for the finals, plus the four at-large teams.

Senior Wood, however, will be going as an individual. The top five finishers from the regional who weren’t on qualifying teams are invited to the finals. Wood was seventh at the regional but one runner declined the invitation. Another spot opened when New Trier (Ill.) was added as an at-large team, taking with it the runner who placed sixth, one spot ahead of Wood.

The St. Xavier Bombers, which won the Division I state title on Nov. 3, received one of the four at-large bids to the national finals.

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Tags: Tags: comets, cross country, finals, lady comets, lauren wood, mason, mason high school, national finals, nike cross nationals