Women's Cross Country finishes 14th at DIII Pre-National Cross Country Meet

September 27, 2014

By Caleb Scott

MASON -- The Ohio Northern women's Cross Country team finished 14th Saturday morning as they competed at the Division III Pre-National Cross Country Meet in Mason, Ohio, hosted by Wilmington College.

The Polar Bears (35-26 overall) finished with 339 points on the day.

No. 7-ranked Geneseo State (N.Y.) finished first in the team standings with 34 points, Mount Union finished second with 155 points, No. 17 NYU finished third with 160 points, Denison finished fourth with 206 points and Centre (Ky.) rounded out the top five with 207 team points.

Senior Samantha Hoffman led the ONU scoring with a 30th place finish out of 321 runners. She finished the race in 22:09.07.

Senior Raechel Moore was 67th in 22:50, junior Kara Sosinski was 92nd in 23:14 and senior Catie Huber was 99th in 23:19.

Geneseo St. took the top two individual finishes on the day.

The Polar Bears will return to action October 3 as they travel to Cedarville to compete in the All-Ohio Championships at 2 pm.

Team Results

1. #7 Geneseo St. (N.Y.) 34, 2. Mount Union 155, 3. #17 New York U. 160, 4. Denison 206, 5. Centre (Ky.) 207, 6. Ohio Wesleyan 223, 7. Bridgewater (Va.) 238, 8. DePauw (Ind.) 260, 9. Loras (Iowa) 263, 10. Hanover (Ind.) 306, 11. Eastern Mennonite (Pa.) 319, 12. Waynesburg (Pa.) 328, 13. Manchester (Ind.) 329, 14. Ohio Northern 339, 15. Heidelberg 391, 16. Kenyon 433, 17. Muskingum 462, 18. Franklin (Ind.) 465, 19. Texas-Tyler 481, 20. Edgewood (Mo.) 541, 21. Wittenberg 592, 22. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 599, 23. Defiance 616, 24. Thomas More (Ky.) 651, 25. Bluffton 720, 26. Mount St. Joseph 750, 27. Transylvania (Ky.) 838.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Cassie Goodman (Geneseo St.) 20:54.55, 2. Alyssa Knott (Geneseo St.) 21:11.22, 3. Maggie Saenz-Ruiz (Loras) 21:13.63, 4. Sophie Goobic 21:13.74, 5. Kaylee Kubisiak (Bridgewater, Va.) 21:15.79

Ohio Northern Individual Results

30. Samantha Hoffman 22:09.07, 67. Raechel Moore 22:50.48, 92. Kara Sosinski 23:14.81, 99. Catie Huber 23:19.88, 103. Margaret Sorg 23:26.57, 118. Kirsten Harder 23:41.92, 122. Rebekah McCutchen 23:43.97, 142. Alexis Kandel 24:06.19, 143. Emily Richards 24:06.70, 145. Morgan Rouch 24:09.48, 153. Genevieve Marchese 24:18.20, 163. Julie Puvogel 24:26.31, 235. Megan Joseph 25:52.51, 247. Paige Giessler 26:03.43, 248. Emily Myers 26:03.92, 249. Danielle Sutter 26:04.21, 285. Elizabeth Martin 27:43.97, 291. Renee Kraft 28:03.94, 307. Jessica Plaugher 29:35.39, 319. Megan Cox 32:02.11.