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Cross Country Team Performance History
Conference Championships
  • 1971 (Little 7 Conference)
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  • 1978 (Little 7 Conference)
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  • 1985 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 1986 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 1987 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 1988 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 1990 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 1991 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 1992 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 1993 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 1994 (Little 7 Conference)
  • 2005 (Suburban Prairie)
  • 2014 (Southwest Prairie)
  • ​2021 (Southwest Prairie)
Regional Championships
  • 1985 AA
  • 1986 AA
  • 1990 AA
  • 1991 AA
  • 2021 AAA
Sectional Championships
State Qualifying Teams
  • 1976 AA - 15th Place
  • 1977 AA - 11th Place
  • 1980 AA - 13th Place
  • 1985 AA -   5th Place
  • 1986 AA - 11th Place
  • 1987 AA - 12th Place
  • 1990 AA - 18th Place
  • 1991 AA - 10th Place
  • 1994 AA -   8th Place
  • ​2021 AAA - 5th Place
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1976

First State Qualifying Team. Finished 15th Place
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1977

Follow up qualifying team. Finished 11th Place, 4 spots better than the previous year. Athletes included #5 fastest 3 miler in OHS history Tracy Cahill (14:43/ 15th place All-State).
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1980

OswegoPDT History: 1980- State qualifying team #3. Finished 13th place. The team also earned the school's 8th conference championship, 6th in a row. Amongst the members of this team was Ty Wolf, the school record holder for 3200 m at 9:04.3 as well as number 2 on the Top 10 OHS Record Board for cross country with a time of 14:32 (4th place All-State)
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1985

OswegoPDT History: 1985- The best in Oswego High School history up to this point. Our highest finish ever ending 5th in State, 1st Regional Title in Cross Country, and adding to the total with our 11th Consecutive Conference Win. This team had on it Jeff Henry, number 6 on the OHS Record board with a time of 14:51 (11th place All-State). Also he is the school record holder in the 1600m in a time of 4:12.4 earning him 1st at the State Track meet that spring.
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1986

Oswego PDT History: 1986- Back to back qualifying years. Conference Champions for the 5th consecutive year, back to back Regional Champions, only the second time in the team's history. Finished 11th in State. Members of this team just came off a track season which saw a State Champion in the 1600 with a new school record, a school record in the 800, and a new school record in the 4x800m relay. All 3 of these records still stand to this day. 
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1987

Oswego PDT History: 1987- Three years in a row!  State meet finish was 12th. Conference Champions for the 6th consecutive year. This team saw one of it's members, Ben Wolf, finish the State meet in a 14:42, finishing 9th overall. This time ties him for 3rd fastest 3 mile ever run in OHS history.
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1990

Oswego PDT History: 1990- After a few years away, we made it back finishing 18th. This year also saw a conference championship, the 16th in OHS history, and Regional title number 3. Individually, former OHS Dean and Head Basketball Coach, Kevin Schnable led the team with an individual conference win that year. 
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1991

Oswego PDT History: 1991- Finishing the season 10th in the State, this team also won the schools 17th Conference Championship, back-to-back from 1990 and was the last team in our team's history to earn a Regional title putting that total at 4. Craig Pazton led the team that year finishing All-State at 21st place in a time of 15:31.
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1994

Oswego PDT History: 1994- Finishing in 8th place at the State meet, this is the last year that Oswego High School had a team represent them at the Cross Country State Championships. Dean Shaw led the team finishing All-State in 6th place in a time of 15:17 on a Detweiller course with snow on it.
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2021

Oswego PDT History: 2021- Finishing in 5th place at the State meet, bringing the highest finish in school history by points, this is the first team in 27 years to make it back to Detweiller Park in November.  Ethan Forsell led the team finishing All-State in 17th place in a time of 14:46.99. The team capped off an impressive regular season run of 5 Invite Championships, a 3rd place trophy at the, massive, Richard Spring Invite in Peoria, a Conference Title with 7 individual All-Conference performances, and a Regional Championship, the first since 1991.