Rosenbaum, Feitshans lead Men's Cross Country to second place finish at OAC Championships

Rosenbaum, Feitshans lead Men's Cross Country to second place finish at OAC Championships
Results
November 2, 2013

By Tim Glon

WESTERVILLE -- Junior Nathan Rosenbaum and senior Tyler Feitshans earned First Team All-Conference honors with top nine finishes to lead Ohio Northern at the 2013 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Championships on Saturday.

The Polar Bears (73-12 overall) finished second out of 10 teams with 56 points.

Mount Union won the team title with 34 points, John Carroll was third with 61 points and Otterbein was fourth with 136 points.

Rosenbaum finished third in a career-low 25:28 and Feitshans was ninth in a career-low 26:03 out of 140 runners over the 8,000-meter course.

The top nine finishers earned First Team All-Conference honors, while the finishers 10-18 earn Second Team kudos.

Senior Mark Berton and sophomore Eric Wymer earned Second Team honors as Berton finished 10th in 26:03 and Wyner was 14th in a career-best 26:12.

Freshman Cully Gordon rounded-out ONU's top five with a 20th place finish in a career-best 26:21.

Mount Union's Alex Wilson won the individual title in 25:10.

The Polar Bears will return to action Nov. 16 at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships at Grand Rapids, Mich.

Team Standings

1. Mount Union 34, 2. Ohio Northern 56, 3. John Carroll 61, 4. Otterbein 136, 5. Wilmington 150, 6. Heidelberg 165, 7. Muskingum 195, 8. Baldwin Wallace 202, 9. Marietta 249, 10. Capital 293.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Alex Wilson (MtU) 25:10, 2. Dan McGeary (MtU) 25:22, 3. Nathan Rosenbaum (ONU) 25:28, 4. Tadhg Karski (JCU) 25:44, 5. Dylan Garritano (MtU) 25:47.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

3. Nathan Rosenbaum 25:28, 9. Tyler Feitshans 26:03, 10. Mark Berton 26:04, 14. Eric Wymer 26:12, 20. Cully Gordon 26:21, 21. Evan McKee 26:29, 26. Jeff Denny 26:38, 30. Kase Schalois 26:48, 34. Aaren Hemmelgarn 26:53, 42. Mathew Johnson 27:06, 43. Andrew Harden 27:06, 49. William Huddleston 27:15, 53. Kyle Wagner 27:19, 55. Dan Sowa, 27:19, 57. Tom Gerberich 27:24, 58. Dan Steigerwald 27:27, 59. Adam Berry 27:29, 65. Ian McKee 27:35, 77. Matthew Ernstes 27:55, 82. Andrew Kurtz 28:02, 86. Cameron Rusnak 28:12, 92. Ian Trau 28:26, 98. Eric Collins 28:33, 103. Jonathan Wherry 28:45, 119. Evan Murtha 29:40, 126. Joseph Muscarella 30:01, 131. Nathan Barchalk 31:06, 139. Greg Krasnoschlik 32:36.