Women's Cross Country wraps up season with 17th place finish at NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Championships

November 16, 2013

By: Caleb Scott

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished 17th out of 33 teams with 474 points at the NCAA DIII Great Lakes Regional Championships on Saturday morning at Calvin College.

The Polar Bears post their 23rd consecutive winning season with a final record of 62-56.

No. 5-ranked Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 54 points, No. 13 Oberlin finished second with 104 points, and No. 18 Hope (Mich.) finished third with 105 points.

Junior Samantha Hoffman led the Polar Bears across the finish line with a 79th place finish out of 244 runners in a career-low 23:36.2.

Junior Catie Huber posted a top 100 finish for the Polar Bears, finishing 89th in a career-low 23:55.4.

Senior Erin Radigan was 104th in 24:12.0, senior Laura Avino finished 111th in a career-best 24:20.8, and junior Brittany Lang finished 112th in a career-low 24:21.0.

Calvin's Cassandra Vince won the race in 21:27.

Team Scores

1. #5 Calvin (Mich.) 54, 2. #13 Oberlin 104, 3. #18 Hope (Mich.) 105, 4. #31 Ohio Wesleyan 161, 5. Mount Union 174, 6. #25 Case Western Reserve 185, 7. DePauw (Ind.) 197, 8. Denison 223, 9. John Carroll 232, 10. Kenyon 242, 11. Otterbein 307, 12. Alma (Mich.) 346, 13. Heidelberg 364, 14. St. Mary's (Ind.) 419, 15. Manchester (Ind.) 454, 16. Hanover (Ind.) 470, 17. Ohio Northern 474, 18. Albion (Mich.) 507, 19. Wooster 514, 20. Franklin (Ind.) 583, 21. Muskingum 644, 22. Baldwin Wallace 648, 23. Adrian (Mich.) 704, 24. Anderson (Ind.) 719, 25. Wittenberg 751, 26. Earlham (Ind.) 763, 27. Bluffton 764, 28. Trine (Ind.) 801, 29. Defiance 818, 30. Kalamazoo (Mich.) 879, 31. Spalding (Ky.) 936, 32. Olivet (Mich.) 954, 33. Transylvania (Ky.) 1062, t34. Wilmington (no team score), t34. Hiram (no team score), t34. Marietta (no team score), t34. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) (no team score), t34. Mount St. Joseph (no team score), t34. Capital (no team score)

Top Five Finishers

1. Cassandra Vince (Calvin) 21:27.8, 2. Emma Lehmann (Oberlin) 21:41.9, 3. Ryann-Rebecca Montgomery (Rose-Hulman) 21:44.0, 4. Nicole Michmerhuizen (Calvin) 21:44.9, 5. Lindsay Neal (Oberlin) 21:47.9.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

72. Samantha Hoffman 23:36.2, 89. Catie Huber 23:55.4, 104. Erin Radigan 24:12.0, 111. Laura Avino 24:20.8, 112. Brittany Lang 24:21.0, 141. Julie Puvogel 25:04.7, 158. Genevieve Marchese 25:29.3