Junior Cully Gordon leads #23 ranked Men's Cross Country as they win the Rochester (N.Y.) Yellow Jackets Invitational

September 19, 2015

By Ashley Birchmeier

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern men's cross country team won the 22-team Rochester (N.Y.) Yellow Jacket Invitaitonal Saturday at Genesee Valley Park.

The Polar Bears (50-1 overall) finished with 46 points.

Oberlin finished second with 74 points, NCAA Division I Colgate of the Ivy League was third with 132 points, and Ithaca (N.Y.) fourth with 137 points.

The Polar Bears saw six members finish in the top 20, with junior Cully Gordon leading the way.

Gordon finished second of 243 runners, crossing the finish line in 26:10.

Junior Andrew Harden was 8th in 26:25, junior Aaren Hemmelgarn was 11th in 26:35, junior Kase Schalois was 12th in 26:37, senior Eric Wymer was 13th in 26:37, freshman Ian McVey was 19th in 26:49, and sophomore Matt Molinaro was 33rd in 27:13 for Ohio Northern.

Arthur Geno of Oberlin won the race in 25:46.

The Polar Bears will take next weekend off and return to action Oct. 2 at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville.

Team Standings

1. Ohio Northern 46, 2. Oberlin 74, 3. Colgate (N.Y.) 132, 4. Ithaca (N.Y.) 137, 5. Hamilton (N.Y.) 143, 6. Fredonia State (N.Y.) 145, 7. Rochester (N.Y.) 159, 8. #18 Geneseo State (N.Y.) 215, 9. Brockport State (N.Y.) 232, 10. Cortland State (N.Y.) 267, 11. RIT (N.Y.) 300, 12. Alfred 380, 13. Daemen 382, 14. Hobart 449, 15. Morrisville State (N.J.) 466, 16. Wells 528, 17. Cazenovia (N.Y.) 570, 18. Bryant & Stratton 571, 19. Elmira College (N.Y.) 577, 20. SUNY Jefferson 587, 21. Keuka (N.Y.) 609, 22. Finger Lakes CC 675.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Geno Arthur (Oberlin) 25:46, 2. Cully Gordon (ONU) 26:10, 3. Sawyer Hitchcock (Ith) 26:11, 4. Tyler Sutherland (Hob) 26:13, 5. Mitch Ryan (Cort) 26:14.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

2. Cully Gordon 26:10, 8. Andrew Harden 26:25, 11. Aaren Hemmelgarn 26:35, 12. Kase Schalois 26:37, 13. Eric Wymer 26:37, 19. Ian McVey 26:49, 33. Matt Molinaro 27:13, 34. Matthew Ernstes 27:13, 46. Bobby Borger 27:33, 47. Cameron Rusnak 27:42, 50. Jonathan Wherry 27:48.