Rosenbaum runs 3rd fastest time in ONU history, leads Men's Cross Country to 7th place finish at DIII Pre-National Meet

September 27, 2014

By Caleb Scott

MASON — Senior Nathan Rosenbaum ran the third fastest time in ONU history to lead the Ohio Northern Men's Cross Country team to a 7th place finish out of 31 teams Saturday afternoon at the Division III Pre-National Meet in Mason.

Rosenbaum finished 28th of 375 runners in 24:46.34.

His time makes him the third fastest runner in ONU history, and the fastest in 34 years since Bill Young ran a 24:32 in 1980.

The Polar Bears improve their record to 50-9 on the year with the seventh place finish.

No. 1 North Central (Ill.) won the team title with 16 points, No. 27 Geneseo St. (N.Y.) was second with 91 points and No. 13 Loras was third with 103 points.

ONU placed five runners in the top 75 finishers on the day.

Sophomore Kase Schalois finished in 61st place with 25:17.30, sophomore Cully Gordon finished 67th with 25:24.17,sophomore Andrew Harden finished 69th with 25:25.43 while sophomore Aaren Hemmelgarn finished 72nd with 25:27.63.

Troy Kelleher (North Central, Ill.) won the race in 23:36.28.

Ohio Northern will return to action October 3rd as they travel to Cedarville for the All-Ohio Championships set for a 2:45 pm start.

Team Standings

1. #1 North Central (Ill.) 16, 2. #27 Geneseo St. (N.Y.) 91, 3. #13 Loras (Iowa) 103, 4. #16 New York U. 135, 5. Mount Union 155, 6. John Carroll 237, 7. Ohio Northern 242, 8. DePauw (Ind.) 335, 9. Rose Hulman (Ind.) 341, 10. #32 Bridgewater (Va.) 356, 11. Eastern Mennonite (Pa.) 365, 12. Centre (Ky.) 367, 13. Elmhurst (Ill.) 373, 14. Manchester (Ind.) 442, 15. Carthage (Wis.) 447, 16. Heidelberg 453, 17. Texas-Tyler 455, 18. #13 Wabash (Ind.) 462, 19. Ohio Wesleyan 507, 20. Denison 535, 21. Wittenberg 575, 22. Hanover (Ind.) 633, 23. Muskingum 635, 24. Franklin (Ind.) 642, 25. Kenyon 662, 26. Bluffton 677, 27. Waynesburg (Pa.) 681, 28. Defiance 847, 29. Thomas More (Ky.) 901, 30. Transylvania (Ky.) 959, 31. Mount St. Joseph 1015.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Troy Kelleher (NC) 23:36.28, 2. Travis Morrison (NC) 23:54.40, 3. Ryan Root (NC) 23:54.43, 4. Tim Vasquez (NC) 24:00.45, 5. Cohen Miles-Rath (Geneseo St.) 24:02.62.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

28. Nathan Rosenbaum 24:46.34, 61. Kase Schalois 25:17.30, 67. Cully Gordon 25:24.17, 69. Andrew Harden 25:25.43, 72. Aaren Hemmelgarn 25:27.63, 94. Bobby Borger 25:42.44, 105. Eric Wymer 25:52.09, 111. William Huddleston 25:58.91, 116. Ryan Valentine 26:03.66, 135. Matthew Ernstes 26:14.32, 146. Matt Molinaro 26:19.94, 150. Andrew Kurtz 26:22.99, 155. Adam Berry 26:29.66, 170. Eric Collins 26:38.69, 173. Tyler Kennedy 26:39.65, 189. Michael Potter 26:51.79, 197. Cameron Rusnak 26:55.27, 208. Samuel Boyd 27:05.44, 211. Ian McKee 27:07.91, 212. Ian Trau 27:10.70, 216. Dan Steigerwald 27:12.65, 222. Dan Sowa 27:16.65, 262. Jonathan Wherry 27:55.03, 280. Logan Perry 28:21.63, 282. Michael Murray 28:26.74, 283. Joseph Muscarella 28:27.83, 287. Evan Murtha 28:32.78, 306. Nathan Barchalk 29:06.11, 339. Dustin Lumadue 30:44.21, 350. Greg Krasnoschlik 31:08.04, 355. Alec Lunney 31:34.78.