All-American Ian McVey wins his fourth race of the year, leads Men's Cross Country to fourth place finish at Wilmington Jenna Strong Invitational
By Tim Glon
WILMINGTON— Senior All-American Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) won his fourth race of the season, leading the Ohio Northern men's cross country team to a fourth place finish at the Wilmington Jenna Strong Invitational on Friday afternoon at the Wilmington Cross Country Course.
The Polar Bears (63-18 overall) finished with 131 points to place fourth of 34 teams.
ONU fell only to Miami (Ohio), Shawnee State and Northern Kentucky, who finished 1-2-3 with 58, 86 and 113 points, respectively.
Northern was first of the 11 NCAA Division III schools.
McVey was actually the second runner across the finish line, but won the race among collegiate competitors in 24:40.
Current Marietta assitant coach Makorobondo Salukombo won the race running unattached in 24:24.
Senior Spencer Schulze (St. Henry) was 27th of 369 runners in 26:00 and freshman Caden Sauerbrey (Dresden/Tri-Valley) was 31st in 26:09.
Sophomore Travis Sutter (Fort Recovery) was 50th in 26:29 and sophomore Jordan Green (Wooster) was 54th in 26:34 to round out ONU's top five.
Miami (Ohio) won the team title with 58 points, Shawnee State was second with 86, Northern Kentucky was third with 113 and Wooster was fifth with 200 points.
"This was a good ay for our men's team," ONU head coach Jason Maus said. "We beat 30 teams and were very good against some strong schools. ."
The Polar Bears will take a week off before returning to action Oct. 27 with the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Mount Union.
Team Standings
1. Miami (Ohio) 58, 2. Shawnee State 86, 3. Northern Kentucky 113, 4. Ohio Northern 131, 5. Wooster 200, 6. Cedarville 229, 7. Ashland 246, 8. Hanover (Ind.) 261, 9. Wilmington 277, 10. Mount Vernon Nazarene 282, 11. Ohio Christian 387, 12. Ohio State Running Club 392, 13. Huntington (Ind.) 436, 14. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 3453, 15. Franklin (Ind.) 468, 16. Indiana East 482, 17. Cincinnati Christian 482, 18. Cincinnati Running Club 506, 19. Central State 536, 20. Ohio Valley 537, 21. Rio Grande 557, 22. Spalding (Ky.) 594, 23. Anderson (Ind.) 600, 24. Ohio Dominican 677, 25. Indiana-Kokomo 698, 26. Transylvania (Ky.) 703, 27. Georgetown (Ky.) 707, 28. Mount Saint Joseph 820, 29. Muskingum 834, 30. Wilmington JV 874, 31. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) JV 891, 32. Columbus State CC 897, 33. Capital 898, 34. Lourdes 990, 35. IUPUC XC Club 1136, 36. Urbana 1138.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Makorobondo Salukombo (Unattached) 24:24, 2. Ian McVey (Ohio Northern) 24:40, 3. alec Sandusky (N.Kentucky) 24:48, 4. Seth Farmer (Shawnee State) 24:57, 5. Raymond Korir (Central State) 25:07.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
2. Ian McVey 24:40, 27. Spencer Schulze 26:00, 31. Caden Sauerbrey 26:09, 50. Travis Sutter 26:29, 54. Jordan Green 26:34, 61. Patrick Baker 26:39, 69. Sam Krabacher 26:48, 76. Alex Loeper 26:58, 78. Griffin Skaff 27:00, 84. Dylan McKean 27:05, 88. John McNutt 27:07, 117. Andrew Shelton 27:29, 129. Dawson Paul 27:37, 135. Dylan Newport 27:42, 150. Kyle Neff 27:59, 154, Riley Lamison 28:05, 183. Alessandro Tramontano 28:31, 192. Jack Borden 28:40, 193. Bryan Peck 28:40, 197. Jackson Brandstaetter 28:46, 227. Braydon Hoying 29:27, 247. Nathan Southwell 29:48
