Women's Cross Country: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) at Bluffton 5k
Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, 6 pm, Bluffton Nature Preserve, Bluffton, Ohio
ONU Race Notes: Ohio Northern will open its 2015 season at the Bluffton 5k race at the Bluffton Nature Preserve in Bluffton, Ohio ... The women will run a 5k race at 6 pm with the men following with a 6k race at 6:45 pm ... Bluffton, Ohio Christian, Tiffin and Lourdes, as well as a team of ONU Alumni, are expected to compete in both races ... The Polar Bears return six letterwinners, including three seniors, from last year's squad that went 90-72 and finished fifth at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships ... Northern had a deep team a year ago with seven different women posting a top-7 finish and Maus hopes that depth and experience leads to big things in 2015 ... Three time letterwinner senior Kara Sosinski leads the list of returning letterwinners this season. She had eight top-7 finishes for Northern in 2014 ... Also returning for ONU is senior Rebekah McCutchen, who posted top-7 finishes in five races in 2014 ... Senior Margaret Sorg and junior Genevieve Marchese also return after solid 2014 campaigns ... Junior Morgan Rouch returns after a solid 2014 campaign, where she lettered and recorded three top seven finishes ... The Polar Bears also return sophomores Emily Richards and Alexis Kandel after lettering in their freshman seasons and recording three and five top-7 finishes, respectively.
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 7th season as head coach with a 543-229
record, a winning percentage of .703.