Women's Cross Country finishes 4th of 11 at Hanover (ind.) Invitational
By Tim Glon
HANOVER (Ind.) — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished fourth out of 11 teams at the Hanover Invitational Saturday morning.
The Polar Bears (9-3 overall) finished with 113 points. Otterbein won the team title with 35 points, Wisconsin-Stevens Point was second with 41 points and Hanover (Ind.) was third with 106 points.
Sophomore Kara Sosinski led ONU across the finish line, placing 20th out of 110 runners in 20:42 for the 5,000-meter course.
Senior Erin Radigan was 22nd in 20:44, junior Samantha Hoffman was 23rd in 20:47, senior Brooke Larsen was 26th in 20:51 and senior Brittany Lang was 27th in 20:53.
Otterbein's Julissa Poullet won the individual title in 19:15.
The Polar Bears will return to action Sept. 14 at the Vanderbilt Classic in Nashville.
Team Scores
1. Otterbein 35, 2. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 41, 3. Hanover (Ind.) 106, 4. Ohio Northern 113, 5. Franklin (Ind.) 131, 6. Principia (Ill.) 146, 7. Wilmington 191, 8. Saint Mary of the Wooods (Ind.), 223, 9. Thomas More (Ky.) 262, 10. Indiana-Purdue-Calumet No Team Score, t10. Mount Saint Joseph No Team Score.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Julia Poullet (Ott) 19:15, 2. Bekah Reese (Unattached) 19:37, 3. Hillary Cain (Franklin) 19:40, 4. Kelsey Laska (WSP) 19:40, 5. Julia Colling (WSP) 19:41.
Ohio Northern Invdividual Results
20. Kara Sosinski 20:42, 22. Erin Radigan 20:45, 23. Samantha Hoffman 20:47, 26. Brooke Larsen 20:51, 27. Brittany Lang 20:53, 28. Genevieve Marchese 20:55, 29. Julie Puvogel 20:57, 30. Catie Huber 21:04, 32. Margaret Sorg 21:08, 34. Laura Avino 21:18, 35. Aya Tomozawa 21:18, 38. Raechel Moore 21:32, 41. Katie Klopp 21:35, 42. Kayti Kintner 21:41, 44. Morgan Rouch 21:43, 55. Renee Kraft 22:42, 56. Rebekah McCutchen 22:45, 59. Kelsey Hess 22:55, 65. Caitlin Ratliff 23:09, 66. Emily Myers 23:19, 68. Katherine Cochrane 23:25, 73. Elizabeth Martin 23:51, 76. Gabi Patarini 24:05, 98. Paige Giessler 27:15.