NU’s McElroy uses 2025 season as motivation for spot in this year’s state CC competition
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November 9, 2026
North Union senior Kailin McElroy is pictured competing during the 2026 Fairbanks cross country invitational. McElroy will run in the girls Division III state race today in Columbus. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)

NU’s McElroy uses 2025 season as motivation for spot in this year’s state CC competition

By Bob Putman 

Coming so close to something a person strives to achieve but not reach can be disheartening but also motivating.

As a junior, North Union’s Kailin McElroy missed by just a few places of reaching the Ohio High School Athletic Association state cross country meet in 2025.

She finished 35th overall in ...

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