Men’s Cross Country: Ohio Northern (34-2 Overall) at Ohio Wesleyan Invitational and Pre-National Meet
Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, 6 p.m. – Liberty Park, Powell, Ohio
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, 11:15 a.m. – Forest Akers East Golf Course, East Lansing, Mich.
Weekend Preview: The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is competing as a split squad on Friday and Saturday … Junior varsity team members will run at the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational on Friday at Liberty Park in Powell … The men's 8k race begins at 6 p.m. … ONU's varsity runners will compete at the Pre-National Meet on Saturday at Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Mich. … The men's 8k race begins at 11:15 a.m. … The Pre-National Meet is being hosted by the Greater Lansing Sports Authority and Olivet College on the campus of Michigan State University … A total of 37 teams have registered to compete … Awards will be presented to the top two teams … Spectator admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students … The Polar Bears are ranked No. 8 in the Great Lakes Region … ONU is coming off a third-place finish of 25 teams at the Rochester (N.Y.) Invitational … Northern scored 131 points, finishing behind only New York University with 39 points and Buffalo (N.Y.) with 126 points … Junior Kyle Roth led the Polar Bears across the finish line, placing sixth of 292 runners with a personal-best time of 26:13 on the 8,000-meter course … Senior Breydan Hann was 17th in 26:32, sophomore Trey Masterson was 27th in 26:47, junior Ian Ackenhausen was 37th in 27:02 and junior Jared Swartz was 44th in 27:06 to round out ONU's top five.
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 14th year as head coach of the ONU men's and women's cross country teams and is the winningest coach in school history for both programs … Over 13 seasons at ONU, he has guided the men's team to a 1,302-336 record, a winning percentage of .795, and four OAC titles and the women's team to a 1,102-450 record, a winning percentage of .710, and three OAC championships.