Men's Cross Country places 21st in 40-team field at Louisville Classic
By Scott Beaton
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team raced to a 21st-place finish out of 40 teams in the Louisville Classic on Saturday at Sawyer Park.
"This was a nice bounce back race for us," 11th-year head coach Jason Maus said. "We competed really well on a good course."
ONU, which moved to 44-25 overall, tallied 668 points. North Central (Ill.) won the race with 85 points while John Hopkins (Md.) was second with 116 points.
Junior Travis Sutter (Fort Recovery) finished in a career-best 25:54.9, crossing 87th of 276 racers to lead the Polar Bears.
Sophomore Patrick Baker (Massillon/Jackson) raced to 111th in a career-best 26:13.8 while junior Jordan Green (Wooster) was 142nd in 26:35.4.
Closing out the ONU scorers were freshman Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) and junior Dylan McKean (Warren/Champion), finishing 161st in a career-best 26:50.5 and 170th in a career-best 26:57.0, respectively.
Northern's displacers were junior Alessandro Tramontano (Cleveland/Mayfield) and senior Kyle Neff (Sagamore Hills/Walsh Jesuit). Tramontano was 196th in 27:25.2 and Neff was 211th in 27:42.2.
Ohio Northern returns to the course on Oct. 19 at the Oberlin Rumble.
Team Standings
1. North Central (Ill.) 85, 2. John Hopkins (Md.) 116, 3. Otterbein 127, 4. MIT (Mass.) 144, 5. RPI (N.Y.) 194, 6. John Carroll 194, 7. Wis.-La Crosse 201, 8. Berea 220, 9. Emory (Ga.) 237, 10. Case Western 272, 11. UC Santa Cruz (Calif.) 294, 12. Trine (Ind.) 325, 13. Mount Union 360, 14. Connecticut College 388, 15. Washington and Lee (Va.) 417, 16. Lynchburg (Va.) 423, 17. DePauw (Ind.) 426, 18. Colorado College 448, 19. Rhodes 523, 20. Centre (Ky.) 629, 21. Ohio Northern 668, 22. Baldwin Wallace 703, 23. Earlham (Ind.) 708, 24. Wabash 726, 25. Covenant (Ga.) 729, 26. Manchester (Ind.) 736, 27. Hope (Mich.) 818, 28. Oberlin 822, 29. PSU-Behrend 863, 30. Ozarks (Ark.) 880, 31. University of the South (Tenn.) 909, 32. Hanover (Ind.) 912, 33. Piedmont (Ga.) 933, 34. La Verne (Calif.) 1023, 35. Roanoke (Va.) 1028, 36. Franklin 1070, 37. Spalding (Ky.) 1075, 38. Transylvania (Ky.) 1141, 39. Maryville (Tenn.) 1188, 40. Kalamazoo (Mich.) 1217
Top 5 Individuals
1. Tyler Nault (Wis.-La Crosse) 24:19.2, 2. Toler Freyaldenhoven (Rhodes) 24:22.7, 3. Matt Osmulski (North Central) 24:24.0, 4. Chase Hampton (Otterbein) 24:30.4, 5. Alec Beutel (North Central) 24:31.5.
Ohio Northern Results
87. Travis Sutter 25:54.9, 111. Patrick Baker 26:13.8, 142. Jordan Green 26:35.4, 161. Billy Driemeyer 26:50.6, 170. Dylan McKean 26:57.0, 196. Alessandro Tramontano 27:25.2, 211. Kyle Neff 27:42.2