About Us

Buckeye Cross Country-About Us

We are a first and foremost a TEAM. A group of talented, disciplined (mostly ) young people with a love of running. We attend Buckeye Middle & High Schools in the northwest corner of Medina, County, Ohio. While many of us like to play video games, we are more proud of our accomplishments in practice and at races, none of us are content being couch potatoes. We are about giving your best effort every time, win or lose.

We are coached by Jon Brenenstuhl, who we greatly admire. Jon’s coaching philosophy is “Show Up....Continue to Improve....Have Fun”. Our coach, and assistant coaches, Duane, Lisa, Joe and Brent teach us about running, about nutrition, and about finding something you are passionate about. Our coaches teach us to overcome adversity, challenge us to set goals, and how to give everything we have to accomplish them.

We are supported by friends, siblings, and parents. The team and our supporters are like one large extended family, as evidenced by the cookouts we have at races, the team spaghetti dinners during the season, the movie nights, et cetera. During the off season, many team members and their families stay in contact, some even traveling to events together. We are making friendships and memories that will last far beyond our cross country seasons. We will be “Runners for Life”.

We have many fund raisers to assist with “Pay to Participate” fees, including car washes, raffles, and restaurant nights out. If you work the fundraisers, you should be able to earn enough to offset this fee. We feel no one should be left off the team for financial reasons.

If you think you have what it takes to run with us, we want to see you come out and try! Email us for the date and time of the next practice. You will never know what you are capable of until you try!