Men’s Cross Country: Ohio Northern (3-0 Overall) at Wittenberg Invitational
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, 10:40 a.m. – Clark County Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ohio
Saturday's Meet: The Ohio Northern men's cross country team travels to Springfield on Saturday to compete in the Wittenberg Invitational at the Clark County Fairgrounds … The men's 8k race begins at 10:40 a.m. … Other schools competing at the meet include Baldwin Wallace, Berea (Ky.), Denison, Manchester (Ind.), Marietta, Ohio Dominican, Wilberforce, Wittenberg and Wooster … Northern is currently ranked No. 9 in the Great Lakes Region ... The Polar Bears are coming off their season-opening Polar Bear Invitational meet on the ONU Campus Course where they finished first of four teams, scoring 31 points to 37 for second-place Trine (Ind.), 88 for third-place Heidelberg and 125 for fourth place Bluffton … Junior Kyle Roth was the first Polar Bear across the finish line, placing third of 89 runners overall with a time of 19:29 on the 6,000-meter course … Roth was one of five Polar Bears to finish in the top 10 … Sophomore Trey Masterson was fifth in 19:34, senior Breydan Hann was sixth in 19:35, junior Ian Ackenhausen was seventh in 19:37, and sophomore Corey Reinhart was 10th in 19:51.
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 14th year as head coach of the ONU men's and women's cross country teams and is the winningest coach in school history for both programs … Over 13 seasons at ONU, he has guided the men's team to a 1,271-334 record, a winning percentage of .792, and four OAC titles and the women's team to a 1,070-449 record, a winning percentage of .704, and three OAC championships.