Men's Cross Country wins season-opening Bluffton Invitational
By Tim Glon
BLUFFTON —The Ohio Northern men's cross country team opened its 2013 campaign by winning the Bluffton Invitational on Saturday.
The Polar Bears (2-0) scored 23 points, Bluffton was second with 79 points and Heidelberg was third with 124 points. A team of ONU Alumni runners scored 82 points in the meet.
Ohio Northern was led by senior Mark Berton, who finished second of 60 runners in 19:30 for the 6,000-meter course.
Junior Nathan Rosenbaum was third in 19:40, sophomore William Huddleston was fifth in 19:55, sophomore Eric Wymer was sixth in 19:56 and junior Kyle Wagner was seventh in 20:06.
ONU alum Brent Martin won the race in 19:27.
The Polar Bears will return to action next Saturday at the Hanover (Ind.) Invtational.
Team Scores
1. Ohio Northern 23, 2. Bluffton 79, ONU Alumni 82 , 3. Heidelberg 124
Top 5 Finishers
1. Brent Martin (ONUA) 19:27, 2. Mark Berton (ONU) 19:30, 3. Nathan Rosenbaum (ONU) 19:40, 4. Josh Edens (Bluf) 19:52, 5. William Huddleston (ONU) 19:55.
ONU Individual Results
2. Mark Berton 19:30, 3. Nathan Rosenbaum 19:40, 5. William Huddleston 19:55, 6. Eric Wymer 19:56, 7. Kyle Wagner 20:06, 8. Cully Gordon 20:10, 11. Mathew Johnson 20:16, 12. Jeff Denny 20:18, 13. Aaren Hemmelgarn 20:21, 14. Kase Schalois 20:27, 15. Dan Steigerwald 20:27, 17. Evan McKee 20:40, 18. Tom Gerberich 20:44, 19. Dan Sowa 20:44, 23. Andrew Harden 20:57, 25. Adam Berry 21:12, 26. Ian McKee 21:13, 28. Andrew Kurtz 21:21, 35. Ian Trau 21:35, 36. Matt Ernstes 21:39, 42. Tyler Feitshans 21:56, 44. Eric Collins 22:13, 45. Joseph Muscarella 22:18, 50. Evan Murtha 23:04, 51. Jonathan Wherry 23:05, 52. Cameron Rusnak 23:16, 55. Nathan Barchalk 23:22, 56. Greg Krasnoschlik 24:50.
