Men's Cross Country remains undefeated on season, wins 7-team Taylor (Ind.) Invitational

September 5, 2014

By Tim Glon

UPLAND, Ind. — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team remained undefeated on the young 2014 season by winning the 7-team Taylor (Ind.) Invitational Friday night at the TU Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (10-0 overall) won for the second time in as many races this fall.

ONU finished with 23 points, No. 23-ranked (NAIA) Taylor was second with 63 points and No. 22 (NAIA) Indiana Tech was third with 85 points.

Northern had five runners finish in the top seven individually, led by senior Nathan Rosenbaum.

Rosenbaum won the 118-man race, covering the 8,000-meter course in 26:38.

Sophomore Cully Gordon was fourth in 27:15, sophomore Aaren Hemmelgarn was fifth in 27:16, junior William Huddleston was sixth in 27:26 and sophomore Kase Schalois was seventh in 27:29.

The Polar Bears will return to action Sept. 13 at the Calvin (Mich.) Invitational.

Team Standings

1. Ohio Northern 23, 2. #23 Taylor (Ind.) 63, 3. #22 Indiana Tech 85, 4. Marian (Ind.) 108, 5. Trine (Ind.) 144, 6. Bethel (Ind.), 7. Siena Heights (Mich.) 179.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Nathan Rosenbaum (ONU) 26:38, 2. Samuel Parlette (SH) 26:53, 3. Brenden Zoltek (IT) 27:04, 4. Cully Gordon (ONU) 27:15, 5. Aaren Hemmelgarn (ONU) 27:16.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

1. Nathan Rosenbaum 26:38, 4. Cully Gordon 27:15, 5. Aaren Hemmelgarn 27:16, 6. William Huddleston 27:26, 7. Kase Schalois 27:29, 17. Eric Wymer 27:54, 18. Kyle Wagner 27:59, 21. Andrew Harden 28:00, 28. Bobby Borger 28:19, 38. Andrew Kurtz 28:59, 41. Matthew Ernstes 29:06, 43. Samuel Boyd 29:11, 53. Jonathan Wherry 29:40, 54. Cameron Rusnak 29:42, 55. Dan Sowa 29:42, 58. Ian Trau 29:49, 60. Ian McKee 29:58, 61. Adam Berry 29:59, 65. Ryan Valentine 30:13, 68. Eric Collins 30:24, 74. Tyler Kennedy 30:49, 78. Matt Molinaro 31:06, 80. Michael Potter 31:10, 81. Evan Murtha 31:11, 83. Michael Murray 31:17, 94. Nathan Barchalk 32:10, 104. Logan Perry 33:10, 105. Alec Lunney 33:12, 106. Dustin Lumadue 33:21, 116. Greg Krasnoschlik 35:21.