Junior Emily Richards and sophomore Ashlie Baumann earn All-Region honors as Women's Cross Country finishes 13th at NCAA III Great Lakes Regional

Junior Emily Richards and sophomore Ashlie Baumann earn All-Region honors as Women's Cross Country finishes 13th at NCAA III Great Lakes Regional
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November 12, 2016

By Caleb Scott

ADA — Junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) and sophomore Ashlie Baumann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson) posted top-35 finishes to earn All-Great Lakes Region honors as the Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished 13th of 31 teams at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regional meet in Holland, Mich.

The Polar Bears move to 49-49 on the season.

Richards finished 19th of 232 runners in 22:27.9, while Baumann finished 34th in 22:54.9.

Also finishing in the top half of the field was senior Genevieve Marchese (Dayton/Carroll) and junior Nikki Huber (Findlay/Findlay).

Huber finished 85th in 23:57.2, while Marchese finished 91st in 24:03.2.

Freshman Kathleen Colvin (Hilliard/Bishop Ready) posted a top-7 finish for Northern as she finished 119th in 24:30.9.

Junior Danielle Sutter (Fort Recovery/Fort Recovery) and sophomore Angie Sullivan (Medina/Medina) finished 140th and 149th for the Polar Bears respectively.

Sutter finished in 24:52.0, while Sullivan finished in 25:05.4.

"Emily and Ashlie ran really well for us today," said head coach Jason Maus. "This was a really good experience for some of the younger girls on this team. Being in a field this big and competitive really gives them something to work towards. Overall, we were very pleased with the effort this team put forth today."

Team Standings

1. #17 Calvin (Mich.) 90, 2. #26 Allegheny 120, 3. Hope (Mich.) 128, 4. #34 John Carroll 167, 5. #21 Otterbein 169, 6. Oberlin 188, 7. DePauw (Ind.) 194, 8. Mount Union 281, 9. Kenyon 323, 10. Albion (Mich.) 328, 11. Case Western 333, 12. Manchester (Ind.) 341, 13. Ohio Northern 348, 14. Alma (Mich.) 375, 15. Trine (Ind.) 378, 16. Ohio Wesleyan 384, 17. Heidelberg 405, 18. St. Mary's (Ind.) 433, 19. Baldwin Wallace 504, 20. Denison 539, 21. Wooster 547, 22. Wittenberg 576, 23. Capital 628, 24. Bluffton 660, 25. Anderson (Ind.) 685, 26. Hanover (Ind.) 754, 27. Olivet (Mich.) 776, 28. Earlham (Ind.) 854, 29. Transylvania (Ky.) 859, 30. Spalding (Mich.) 933, 31. Kalamazoo (Mich.) 1020.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Erin Hermann (Hope) 21:10.9, 2. Sarah Fowler (Ohio Wesleyan) 21:29.7, 3. Jessica Shaw (Albion) 21:41.8, 4. Claire Lamb (Otterbein) 21:47.6, 5. Mariah Jordan (Manchester) 21:48.3

Ohio Northern Individual Results

19. Emily Richards 22:27.9, 34. Ashlie Baumann 22:54.9, 85. Nikki Huber 23:57.2, 91. Genevieve Marchese 24:03.2, 119. Kathleen Colvin 24:30.9, 140. Danielle Sutter 24:52.0, 149. Angie Sullivan 25:05.4