Four earn All-Conference honors as Men's Cross Country finishes second of 10 at OAC Championships

Four earn All-Conference honors as Men's Cross Country finishes second of 10 at OAC Championships
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October 28, 2023

FINDLAY — Four members of the Ohio Northern men's cross country team earned All-Conference accolades with top-20 finishes, helping ONU to a second-place finish at the 10-team Ohio Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday morning at Hillcrest Golf Club. The second-place showing was the Polar Bears' best since winning the conference title in 2017.

The Basics

  • Record: Ohio Northern (63-11)
  • Race Info: The event was an 8K race held at the Hillcrest Golf Club in Findlay.
  • The top 10 individual finishers earned First Team All-OAC honors, and the next 10 finishers earned Second Team All-Conference kudos.

Race Results

  • ONU tied for second of 10 teams with 73 points.
  • Northern and Mount Union each scored 73 points, but ONU won the tiebreaker with the better finish by its sixth man.
  • John Carroll won the team title with 25 points.
  • Otterbein (126 points) and Wilmington (143 points) rounded out the top five.
  • Wilmington's Simon Heys won the individual title in 24:15.

Top ONU Performers

  • Junior Ryan Massie (Beavercreek) led the Polar Bears across the finish line and earned First Team All-OAC honors with a time of 24:58 to finish seventh of 159 runners.
  • Junior Trey Masterson (Tiffin/Hopewell Loudon) was 10th in 25:18, earning First Team All-Conference honors.
  • Sophomore Jacob Clouse (Alvada/New Riegel) was 15th in 25:24. He earned Second Team All-OAC accolades.
  • Senior Jared Swartz (Columbia Station/Columbia) was also an All-OAC performer, finishing 18th in 25:27.
  • Senior Ian Ackenhausen (Xenia/Legacy Christian Academy) was 24th in 25:41.
  • Senior Aaron Guzman (Lebanon) was 32nd in 25:55.
  • Junior Corey Rinehart (Galena/Olentangy Berlin) was 43rd in 26:18.

Notables

  • Swartz and Ackenhausen both posted career-best times.
  • The Polar Bears improved from their fifth-place finish at the 2022 OACs when they had two All-Conference finishers.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears return to action at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals at Silver Creek Metro Park in Akron on Nov. 11.