Sophomore Emily Richards wins OAC Individual crown, leads Women's Cross Country to a 4th place finish at the OAC Championships

October 31, 2015

By: Ashley Birchmeier

BEREA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished fourth of 10 teams at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships held at Baldwin Wallace on Saturday afternoon on the Wallace Lake Course.

The Polar Bears (72-29 overall) finished with 78 points.

Sophomore Emily Richards won the OAC Individual title, winning the race out of 136 runners in 21:56.7 over the 6,000-meter course.

The sophomore earned First Team All-OAC honors for her efforts.

"As a team we ran really well," ONU head coach Jason Maus said. "I'm proud of our effort. Emily's race was amazing, I am so happy for her. We had many runners step up today."

Also claiming All-OAC honors were freshman Ashlie Baumann in 9th in 22:56.8 and junior Genevieve Marchese in 18th in 23:14.8.

Also finishing in the top 25 runners was senior Margaret Sorg finishing 19th in 23:18.0.

Ohio Northern will take next weekend off in preparation for the NCAA Div. III Regional Championships Nov. 14 at Rose Hulman, located in Terre Haute, Ind.

Team Results

1. Otterbein 40, 2. John Carroll 53, 3. Mount Union 66, 4. Ohio Northern 78, 5. Heidelberg 162, 6. Baldwin Wallace 180, 7. Capital 204, 8. Muskingum 218, 9. Marietta 240, 10. Wilmington 292.

Top 5 Results

1. Emily Richards (ONU) 21:56.7, 2. Claire Lamb (OTT) 21:58.3, 3. Becky Rohwer 22:19.5, 4. Kelly Brennan (BW) 22:28.9, 5. Victoria Konkle (OTT) 22:43.7.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

1. Emily Richards 21:56.7, 9. Ashlie Baumann 22:56.8, 18. Genevieve Marchese 23:14.8, 19. Margaret Sorg 23:18.0, 33. Rebekah McCutchen 23:47.2, 38. Alexis Kandel 24:07.7, 46. Kara Sosinski 24:25.1, 51. Danielle Sutter 24:32.6, 59. Janelle Posthuma 24:46.9, 61. Colleen Grainger 24:50.3, 74. Avery Ewing 25:22.7, 75. Morgan Rouch 25:23.1, 83. Jocelyn Reinhart 25:42.4, 86. Angie Sullivan 25:50.9, 90. Kristina Myers 25:56.6, 101. Paige Giessler 26:32.3, 102. Megan Joseph 26:33.6, 103. Elizabeth Martin 26:34.1, 104. Michaela Fox 26:40.1, 115. Taryn Rupp 27:33.9, 117. Elizabeth Steele 27:43.0, 118. Enya Kent 27:44.6, 134. Renee Kraft 30:08.0.