No. 25 Women's Cross Country finishes second at All-Ohio Championships

CEDARVILLE — The No. 25-ranked Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished second of 22 NCAA Division III teams Friday afternoon at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville's King Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (39-5) finished with 80 points. No. 31 Oberlin won the team title with 64 points, John Carroll was third with 124 points and No. 27 Case Western Reserve was fourth with 150 points.

Junior All-American Alison Steinbrunner led Ohio Northern with a second place finish out of 150 runners in 18:28 over the 5,000-meter course.

Senior Kelly Casanova was 15th in 19:10, senior Ashley Baumer was 16th in 19:11, junior Lydia Weaver was 23rd in 19:14 and freshman Shayla Siefker was 24th in 19:16.

Case Western Reserve's Natalia Cabrera won the individual race in 18:26.

The Polar Bears will return to action Oct. 15 at Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Team Standings

1. #31 Oberlin 64, 2. #25 Ohio Northern 80, 3. John Carroll 124, 4. #27 Case Western Reserve 150, 5. Mount Union 156, 6. Wilmington 207, 7. Ohio Wesleyan 223, 8. Otterbein 231, 9. Baldwin-Wallace 233, 10. Wooster 252, 11. Wittenberg 255, 12. Kenyon 284, 13. Denison 300, 14. Franciscan 358, 15. Heidelberg 461, 16. Marietta 481, 17. Capital 499, 18. Defiance 506, 19. Bluffton 560, 20. Muskingum 577, 21. Mt St Joseph 642, 22. Hiram 699.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Natalia Cabrera (CWR) 18:26, 2. Alison Steinbrinner (ONU) 18:28, 3. Molly Martorella (Oberlin) 18:43, 4. Jenna Willett (Ken) 18:47, 5. Nicole Krajewski (Fran) 18:51.

Ohio Northern Top 7 Individuals

2. Alison Steibrunner 18:28, 15. Kelly Casanova 19:10, 16. Ashley Baumer 19:11, 23. Lydia Weaver 19:14, 24. Shayla Siefker 19:16, 47. Mallory Boom 19:54, 50. Amanda Binkey 20:02.