Men's Cross Country posts impressive fourth place finish at Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational
By Tim Glon
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team posted an impressive fourth place finish at the Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational Saturday morning at the Calvin Cross Country Course.
The Polar Bears (26-3 overall) were fourth out of 20 teams with 118 points.
No. 23 Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 55 points. No. 5 (NAIA) St. Francis (Ill.) was second with 80 points and No. 4 (NAIA) Aquinas (Mich.) was third with 110 points.
Northern defeated No. 22 (NAIA) Indiana Tech, who finished sixth with 224 points.
Senior Nathan Rosenbaum finished ninth out of 291 runners in 25:51 over the 8,000-meter course.
Junior William Huddleston was 20th in a career-low 26:07, sophomore Aaren Hemmelgarn was 36th in a career-best 26:25, sophomore Kase Schalois was 39th in a career-low 26:29 and sophomore Cully Gordon was 40th in 26:30.
Louis Falland of Cornerstone (Mich.) won the race in 25:06.
The Polar Bears will take a week off and will return to action Sept. 27 at the Wilmington Pre-NCAA meet in Mason.
Team Standings
1. #23 Calvin (Mich.) 55, 2. #5 St. Francis (Ill.) 80, 3. #4 Aquinas (Mich.) 110, 4. Ohio Northern 118, 5. Case Western Reserve 125, 6. #22 Indiana Tech 224, 7. Adrian (Mich.) 229, 8. DePauw (Ind.) 259, 9. Bethel (Ind.) 294, 10. Heidelberg 313, 11. Cornerstone (Mich.) 322, 12. Davenport (Mich.) 363, 13. Baldwin Wallace 389, 14. Kalamazoo (Mich.), 15. Lake Forest (Ill.), 16. Alma (Mich.) 484, 17. Madonna (Mich.) 516, 18. Defiance 551, 19. Michigan-Dearborn 564, 20. Grand Rapids CC (Mich.) 641.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Louis Falland (Cornerstone) 25:06, 2. Jonathan Gries (Unattached) 25:12, 3. David VandeBunte (Unattached) 25:22, 4. Zac Nowicki (Calvin) 25:28, 5. Stephen Glinski (Aquinas) 25:32.
Ohio Northern Individual Results
9. Nathan Rosenbaum 25:51, 20. William Huddleston 26:07, 36. Aaren Hemmelgarn 26:25, 39. Kase Schalois 26:29, 40. Cully Gordon 26:30, 41. Andrew Harden 26:30, 44. Eric Wymer 26:34, 74. Bobby Borger 27:11, 82. Tom Gerberich 27:17, 89. Ryan Valentine 27:24, 111. Matthew Ernstes 27:42, 119. Andrew Kurtz 27:49, 135. Tyler Kennedy 28:03, 141. Cameron Rusnak 28:07, 149. Matt Molinaro 28:15, 152. Michael Potter 28:17, 154. Eric Collins 28:18, 158. Kyle Wagner 28:19, 161. Dan Sowa 28:23, 173. Ian McKee 28:37, 181. Ian Trau 28:53, 183. Dan Steigerwald 28:54, 188. Adam Berry 29:02, 193. Michael Murray 29:09, 195. Jonathan Wherry 29:13, 197. Evan Murtha 29:15, 203. Joseph Muscarella 29:18, 239. Nathan Barchalk 30:36, 266. Dustin Lumadue 32:05, 273. Alec Lunney 32:35, 280. Greg Krasnoschlik 32:57.