Men's Cross Country opens season with perfect effort at Bluffton Invitational
By Tim Glon
BLUFFTON — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team opened its 2014 schedule by sweeping the Bluffton Invitational Friday night.
The Polar Bears (4-0) had runners finish in the top six spots to post a perfect team score of 15.
Sophomore Cully Gordon won the 82-man race in a new course record 19:25 for the 6,000-meter course.
Sophomore Aaren Hemmelgarn was second in 19:33, senior Nathan Rosenbaum was third in 19:37, sophomore Kase Schalois was fourth in 19:38, junior William Huddleston was fifth in 19:50 and junior Eric Wymer was sixth in 19:51.
Ohio Northern will return to action Friday, Sept. 5 at the Taylor (Ind.) Invitational.
Team Standings
1. Ohio Northern 15, 2. Heidelberg 69, 3. Huntington (Ind.) 91, 4. Bluffton 124, 5. Lourdes CC 166.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Cully Gordon (ONU) 19:25, 2. Aaren Hemmelgarn (ONU) 19:33, 3. Nathan Rosenbaum (ONU) 19:37, 4. Kase Schalois (ONU) 19:38, 5. William Huddleston (ONU) 19:50.
Ohio Northern Individuals
1. Cully Gordon 19:25, 2. Aaren Hemmelgarn 19:33, 3. Nathan Rosenbaum 19:37, 4. Kase Schalois 19:38, 5. William Huddleston 19:50, 6. Eric Wymer 19:51, 9. Bobby Borger 19:58, 10. Andrew Harden 20:01, 15. Kyle Wagner 20:22, 16. Tom Gerberich 20:27, 17. Ryan Valentine 20:28, 18. Samuel Boyd 20:33, 21. Andrew Kurtz 20:37, 24. Matthew Ernstes 20:46, 25. Tyler Kennedy 20:49, 29. Eric Collins 20:52, 31. Jonathan Wherry 20:53, 36. Cameron Rusnak 21:05, 38. Adam Berry 21:11, 40. Dan Sowa 21:13, 41. Ian Trau 21:19, 42. Joeseph Muscarella 21:21, 44. Ian McKee 21:24, 45. Matt Molinaro 21:25, 48. Michael Murray 21:39, 52. Michael Potter 21:54, 54. Evan Murtha 22:14, 57. Logan Perry 22:18, 65. Nathan Barchalk 22:47, 68,l Dustin Lumadue 22:58, 73. Alec Lunney 24:08, 74. Greg Krasnoschlik 24:18.
