Gower earns All-Region honors, leads Ohio Northern women's cross country team to 10th place finish at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regionals

Gower earns All-Region honors, leads Ohio Northern women's cross country team to 10th place finish at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regionals
November 16, 2024

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished 10th out of 39 teams at the Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships on Saturday morning.

The Basics

  • Record: Ohio Northern (129-36 Overall)
  • Race Info: The event was a 6,000-meter race held at the Blue River Cross Country Course.
  • ONU placed 10th out of 39 collegiate varsity teams with 259 points.

Race Results

  • Ohio Northern finished 10th of 39 with 259 points.
  • No. 22-ranked Depauw won the team title with 91 points, No. 20 Calvin placed 2nd with 94 points, No. 30 Trine finished 3rd with 109 points and Wittenberg finished fourth with 165 points.

Top ONU Performers

  • Sophomore AnnaSophia Gower (Perrysburg) led ONU across the finish line, placing 32 overall in the 270-woman field in 22:54 earning her All-Region Honors.
  • Junior Kennedy Rader (Mason) was 38th overall, finishing in 23:03 .
  • Junior Samantha Roth (Brunswick) was 48th in 23:19.
  • Senior Abby Matthews (Lithopolis/Bloom Carroll) finished 56th in 23:31.
  • Senior Ashley Hockstock (Westerville) was 90th in 24:06.
  • Junior Natalie Armbruster (Cinncinati/Mount Notre Dame) was 96th in 24:09.12.
  • Junior Dani Widmark (Zanesfield/Benjamin Logan) was 97th in 2409.15.

Notables

  • Ohio Northern has finished in the top ten in the Regionals in each of the last 7 years. 
  • All-Regional honors go to the top 35 finishers
  • This is Gower's second season earning All-Region honors.
  • All seven of Northern's runners finished within the top 100.
  • The top team finishers in each of the 10 NCAA Regional Championship races across the country earn automatic bids to the NCAA III Championships Nov. 23 at Terre Haute, Ind.
  • There are 22 at-large bids to be handed out Sunday afternoon.
  • Individually, the top 7 runners in each region not on a qualifying team will also receive bids to compete. 
  • 16th-year head coach Jason Maus is now 1401-531 as head coach of the ONU women's cross country program and is the winningest coach in program history.

Up Next

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