DUBLIN — Salem eighth-grader Taven Tice completed an unbeaten cross country season.

Tice won the Division 2 boys race at the 19th annual Ohio Cross Country Middle School and Elementary State Championships on Sunday.

He topped the 139-runner field with a winning time of 11 minutes, 2.34 seconds at Dublin Jerome High School.

The Eastern Buckeye Conference featured three of the top five finishers — Richfield Revere eighth-grader John Long was second (11:23.10), Carrollton seventh-grader Henry Roudebush was third (11:27.13), Bellfontaine eighth-grader Jackson Maus was fourth (11:28.71) and Marlington eighth-grader Mason Lovejoy was fifth (11:29.91).

The meet is sponsored by Ohiocrosscountry.org.

Tice won every race he ran this season, highlighted by victories at the Salem Early Bird Invitational, Walsh Jesuit Pat Ritchie XC Invitational, Legends Meet, Columbiana County Meet and the Eastern Buckeye Conference Meet.