Freshman AnnaSophia Gower named OAC Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week
By Wes Mayberry
ADA — Ohio Northern freshman AnnaSophia Gower (Perrysburg) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week for the week of Sept. 4-10.
The accolade comes after she was tops among ONU runners with a fourth-place finish in the 102-woman field at the NCAC Preview Meet on Saturday.
She ran a time of 26:02.21 in the 6K race as the Polar Bears placed third of nine teams at the event.
Gower has now led ONU across the finish line in each of her first two collegiate races, posting a pair of top-five finishes.
She was fifth in the season-opening Bluffton Beaver Dam Invitational with a time of 19:07 in the 5K race.
The Polar Bears return to action on Friday at the All-Ohio Cross Country Challenge at Cedarville beginning at 6:40 p.m.