Top Ten Freshman 5000 Meter Times
Dee Snellenberger 16:09
Mike Dorto 16:35
Larry Johnson 16:59
Josh Conrad 17:00
Chris Williamson 17:01
Josh Schleappi 17:09
Anthony Lattavo 17:18
Gabe Shilling 17:25
Ben Sternberg 17:32
Andrew Wade 17:32
Top Ten Sophomore 5000 Meter Times
Dee Snellenberger 16:07
Mike Dorto 16:12
Josh Conrad 16:20
Brylan Holland 16:24
Josh Schleappi 16:25
Chris Williamson 16:33
Anthony Lattavo 16:33
Eric Toalston 16:34
Gabe Henning 16:36
James Gibson 16:42
Top Ten Junior 5000 Meter Times
Dee Snellenberger 16:03
Gabe Henning 16:04
Brylan Holland 16:05
Gabe Shilling 16:08
Chris Williamson 16:08
Nicholas Dysle 16:12
Josh Schleappi 16:16
Mike Dorto 16:19
Scott Wyler 16:24
Anthony Lattavo 16:25
Top Ten Senior 5000 Meter Times
Dee Snellenberger 15:44
Nicholas Dysle 15:52
Gabe Shilling 15:53
Gabe Henning 15:55
James Gibson 15:56
Scott Wyler 16:02
Mike Dorto 16:05
Josh Conrad 16:06
Joe Gorrell 16:06
Chris Williamson 16:12
East Canton Boys Cross Country Team History
The program was started by Coach Lee Sternberg in the autumn of 1973. Coach Sternberg has been the only head coach of the East Canton High School Boys. The Program has complied an amazing record. These team have won 24 League/Conference Titles; 2 overall Stark County Titles; 27 District Championships; 11 Regional Titles; 3 State Runner-up finished and 4 State Championship Titles.
Individually, four runners have finished as State Runner-up. Mike Dorto was second in both 1985 and 1987. Nicholas Dysle was 2nd in 2006; Gabe Henning was 2nd in 2008 and Demetrius Snellenberger finished 2nd in 2018 and again in 2019. In 2019, Demetrius set the current school record of 15:44 for 5000 meters, during the State meet at National Trail Raceway. There have been numerous other "All-Ohio" Cross Country athletes and many more State qualifiers for the Hornet Pac-Men. Many others have been named "All League/ Conference and "All Stark County" for their efforts on the many courses throughout the State of Ohio.
Through the years, the program has been associated with 4 conferences. From 1976-1988 East Canton was part of the Senate League; 1989 to 2004 the team competed in the Principal's Athletic Conference (P.A.C. 7). In 2005 the "Pac-Men" joined the Portage Trail Conference (P.T.C.) and was there until 2012. This year 2021, is the 9th year that East Canton has competed in the Inter-Valley Conference (I.V.C.) East Canton won their 1st I.V.C. Championship in 2015 and again in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
2020 State Cross Country Champions!
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2020 State Champions!
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2021 State Champions!
State Meet Results
1982-2021
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1982-11th 1984-6th 1985-3rd 1986-4th 1987-2nd 1988-2nd 1991-4th |
1992-9th 1993-8th 1995-4th 1996-3rd 1997-7th 1998-1st 1999-9th |
2005-10th 2006-2nd 2008-5th 2017-1st 2018-3rd 2019-3rd 2020-1st 2021-1st |
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Conference Championships & Finishes
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1st Place Finishes Senate League- 1983, '84, '86, '87, '88 PAC- 1989, '90, '91, '92, '93, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, '03, '04 IVC- 2015, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20. '21 |
2nd Place Finishes Senate League- 1977, '78, PAC- 2000, '02 PTC- 2005, '06, '07, '08, '09 IVC- 2014 |
3rd Place Finishes Senate League- 1979, '81, 82 PAC- 1994, '01 IVC- 2013 |
4th Place Finishes Senate League- 1976 PTC- 2010, '11, '12 |
* There were no league meets in 1980 or 1985.
Senate League Principle Athletic Conference Portage Trail Conference Inter Valley Conference
1976-4th 1989-1st 2005-2nd 2013-3rd
1977-2nd 1990-1st 2006-2nd 2014-2nd
1978-2nd 1991-1st 2007-2nd 2015-1st
1979-3rd 1992-1st 2008-2nd 2016-1st
1980-no meet 1993-1st 2009-2nd 2017-1st
1981-3rd 1994-3d 2010-4th 2018-1st
1982-3rd 1995-1st 2011-4th 2019-1st
1983-1st 1996-1st 2012-4th 2020-1st
1984-1st 1997-1st 2021-1st
1985-no meet 1998-1st
1986-1st 1999-1st
1987-1st 2000-2nd
1988-1st 2001-3rd
2002-2nd
2003-1st
2004-1st
1998 State Champions
2017 State Champions
2020 State Champions
Demetrius Snellenberger School Record Holder
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School Record Holder 15:44
All Time 5000 meter times
Demetrius Snellenberger 15:44
Nicholas Dysle 15:52
Gabe Shilling 15:53
Gabe Henning 15:55
James Gibson 15:56
Scott Wyler 16:02
Brylan Holland 16:05
Mike Dorto 16:05
Josh Conrad 16:06
Josh Schleappi 16:16
All Time 5000 meter times cont.
Mark Varian 16:23
Braxton Ohman 16:24
Anthony Lattavo 16:25
Bob White 16:27
Nick Aukerman 16:29
Mike Aukerman 16:29
Ben Carroll 16:29
Chad Carroll 16:31
Eric Toalston 16:34
Brian Clayton 16:36
All Time 5000 meter times cont.
Chad Long 16:39
Ben Sternberg 16:39
Matt Orwick 16:41
Anthony Rukavina 16:42
Mason Cain 16:43
Larry Johnson 16:43
Alex Yarian 16:45
Kyeem Newell-Owens 16:46
Dan Aquino 16:46
Tony Cappillo 16:46
All Time 5000 meter times cont.
Robbie Buxton 16:50
Jason Wade 16:51
Denny Snyder 16:52
Jeremy Cline 16:53
Braxton Ohman 16:55
Andrew Wade 16:56
Tom McCauley 1656
Colt Hemphill 16:57
Rich Bowers 16:58
Frank Fernandez 16:58