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Rosenbaum finishes as runner-up, leads Men's Cross Country to 6th place finish at All-Ohio Championships

Rosenbaum finishes as runner-up, leads Men's Cross Country to 6th place finish at All-Ohio Championships
Results
October 3, 2014

By Tim Glon

| All-Ohio Championships Site |

CEDARVILLE — Senior Nathan Rosenbaum finished runner-up individually to lead Ohio Northern at the All-Ohio Men's Cross Country Championships Friday afternoon at the King Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (65-14 overall) finished sixth of 21 teams with 122 points.

Rosenbaum finished second of 284 NCAA Division III runners in 25:30 over the muddy 8,000-meter course.

The race featured 569 runners from NCAA Divisions I, II and III and NAIA and Community College schools in Ohio.

Sophomore Kase Schalois was 17th in 26:21, sophomore Andrew Harden finished 22nd in 26:24, freshman Bobby Borger was 41st in 26:54, senior Ryan Valentine was 44th in 27:01, senior Tom Gerberich was 45th in 27:03 and junior Eric Wymer was 46th in 27:06 for ONU.

Oberlin's Geno Arthur won the individual crown in 24:59.

John Carroll won the team title with 95 points, No. 34-ranked Mount Union was second with 99 points, Oberlin was third with 103 points and Case Western Reserve was fourth with 104 points.

The race was tight among the top six teams, which were seperated by just 27 points. The total times of the top seven finishers for each of the top six teams ranged from 26:14 for Oberlin to 26:27 to Ohio Wesleyan, a span of only 13 seconds.

The Polar Bears will take next weekend off and will return to action Oct. 18 at the Oberlin Rumble.

Team Standings

1. John Carroll 95, #34 Mount union 99, 3. Oberlin 103, 4. Case Western Reserve 104, 5. Ohio Wesleyan 119, 6. Ohio Northern 122, 7. Wooster 205, 8. Otterbein 224, 9. Heidelberg 262, 10. Denison 267, 11. Wittenberg 334, 12. Baldwin Wallace 343, 13. Wilmington 385, 14. Bluffton 405, 15. Muskingum 406, 16. Kenyon 449, 17. Defiance 478, 18. Capital 523, 19. Marietta 537, 20. Ohio Christian 650, 21. Hiram 661.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Geno Arthur (Oberlin) 24:59, 2. Nathan Rosenbaum (ONU) 25:30, 3. John Sotos (OWU) 25:41, 4. Alex Wilson (MtU) 25:48, 5. Zachary Geiger (OWU) 25:53.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

2. Nathan Rosenbaum 25:30, 17. Kase Schalois 26:21, 22. Andrew Harden 26:24, 41. Bobby Borger 26:54, 44. Ryan Valentine 27:01, 45. Tom Gerberich 27:03, 46. Eric Wymer 27:06, 49. Matthew Ernstes 27:14, 52. William Huddleston 27:17, 69. Andrew Kurtz 27:40, 70. Ian Trau 27:41, 73. Eric Collins 27:44, 81. Matt Molinaro 27:54, 88. Tyler Kennedy 27:57, 102. Adam Berry 28:13, 103. Cameron Rusnak 28:13, 104. Samuel Boyd 28:14, 113. Ian McKee 28:20, 119. Michael Potter 28:27, 132. Dan Sowa 28:40, 165. Michael Murray 29:15, 191. Evan Murtha 29:52, 201. Joseph Muscarella 30:01, 202. Jonathan Wherry 30:02, 213. Logan Perry 30:32, 220. Nathan Barchalk 30:50, 254. Dustin Lumadue 32:52, 262. Alec Lunney 33:06, 265. Greg Krasnoschlik 33:28.