Women's Cross Country finishes 2nd of 5 at season-opening Bluffton Invitational
By Tim Glon
BLUFFTON — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished second out of five teams at the season-opening Bluffton Invitational Friday night.
The Polar Bears (3-1) finished with 47 points. Huntington (Ind.) won the meet with 42 points and Heidelberg was third with 48 points.
Junior Rebekah McCutchen led Ohio Northern across the finish line, placing sixth out of 68 runners in 20:12 over the 5,000-meter course.
Junior Kara Sosinski was eighth in 20:27, junior Margaret Sorg was ninth in 20:29, senior Raechel Moore was 11th in 20:42 and senior Julie Puvogel finished 13th in 20:45.
Huntington's Christine Sparks won the race in 19:02.
Ohio Northern will return to action Friday, Sept. 5 at the Taylor (Ind.) Invitational.
Team Standings
1. Huntington (Ind.) 42, 2. Ohio Northern 47, 3. Heidelberg 48, 4. Bluffton 140, 5. Lourdes CC 189.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Christine Sparks (Hunt) 19:02, 2. Dani Blum (Berg) 19:26, 3. Rachelk House (Berg) 19:41, 4. Gretchen Spahr (Hunt) 20:03, 5. Hayley Cochran (Berg) 20:09.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
6. Rebekah McCuthen 20:12, 8. Kara Sosinski 20:27, 9. Margaret Sorg 20:29, 11. Raechel Moore 20:42, 13. Julie Puvogel 20:45, 14. Emily Richards 20:47, 15. Kirsten Harder 20:48, 16. Samantha Hoffman 20:48, 18. Alexis Kandel 20:55, 19. Catie Huber 20:58, 27. Valerie Bixler 21:13, 31. Morgan Rouch 21:44, 33. Nikki Huber 21:52, 38. Megan Joseph 22:22, 42. Deanna Calder 22:40, 43. Emily Myers 22:41, 49. Paige Giessler 23:10, 50. Danielle Sutter 23:16, 52. Elizabeth Martin 24:13, 54. Jessica Plaugher, 57. Renee Kraft 24:59, 59. Megan Cox 25:21.
