No. 19 Women's Cross Country finishes 8th of 15 at Williams (Mass.) Classic

No. 19 Women's Cross Country finishes 8th of 15 at Williams (Mass.) Classic
Results
September 22, 2012

By Tim Glon

WILLIAMS, Mass. — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished eighth of 15 teams at the Williams (Mass.) Purple Valley Classic on Saturday.

The Polar Bears (26-11) finished with 199 points and defeated NCAA Division I Fordham by 55 points.

The top eight teams in the meet were all nationally ranked, with three teams ranked in the top eight.

No. 7-ranked Williams (Mass.) won the meet with 78 points, No. 1 MIT was second with 83, No. 3 Middlebury (Vt.) was third with 87 points, No. 35 Oberlin was fourth with 121 points and No. 18 Tufts (Mass.) was fifth with 137 points.

Senior Alison Steinbrunner and Lydia Weaver each posted top-6 finishes out of 215 runners to lead Ohio Northern.

Steinbrunner finished third in 22:12 on the 6,000-meter course, tying her own school record set last year at the NCAA III Championships.

Weaver was sixth in 22:39.

Freshman Aya Tomozawa was 64th in 24:13, senior Casey Adamcik was 84th in 24:27 and junior Brooke Larsen in 24:34 for ONU.

Addie Tousley of Middlebury won the individual title in 21:50.

The Polar Bears will return to action next Saturday at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville.

Team Standings

1. #7 Williams (Mass.) 78, 2. #1 MIT 83, 3. #3 Middlebury (Vt.) 87, 4. #35 Oberlin 121, 5. #18 Tufts (Mass.) 137, 6. #11 Amherst (Mass.) 156, 7. #27 New York U. 160, 8. #19 Ohio Northern 199, 9. Fordham 254, 10. Colby (Mass.) 265, 11. Hamilton (N.Y.) 308, 12. Oneonta State (N.Y.) 340, 13. Wellesley (Conn.) 371, 14. Utica (N.Y.) 380, 15. Springfield (Mass.) 482.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Addie Tousley (Middlebury) 21:50, 2. Keri Lambert (Amherst) 21:55, 3. Alison Steinbrunner (ONU) 22:12, 4. Sarah Quinn (MIT) 22:30, 5. Katie Rominger (Middlebury) 22:35.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

3. Alison Steinbrunner 22:12, 6. Lydia Weaver 22:39, 64. Aya Tomozawa 24:13, 84. Casey Adamcik 24:27, 90. Brooke Larsen 24:34, 109. Erin Radigan 24:56, 120. Julie Puvogel 25:07, 122. Catie Huber 25:08, 126. Sarah Turley 25:13, 161. Katie Klopp 26:18