Men's Cross Country finishes fifth at OAC Championships

Men's Cross Country finishes fifth at OAC Championships
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October 29, 2022

By Brandt Marshall

NEW CONCORD — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team finished fifth out of the 10 teams at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at the Muskingum Cross Country Course on Saturday afternoon. 

The Polar Bears (82-29 overall) scored 107 points behind team champion No. 17 John Carroll with 40 points, No. 19 Otterbein with 70 points, No. 28 Wilmington with 77 points and No. 35 Mount Union with 79 points. 

Juniors Kyle Roth (Rockford/Parkway) and Breydan Hann (Wooster) led the pack of Polar Bears finishing in 13th and 16th place of 159 runners on the 8,000-meter course with times of 26:58.0 and 27:07.3, respectively. Their finishing places earned them All-OAC honors.

Sophomore Ryan Massie (Beavercreek) ran a time of 27:28.1, and junior Jared Swartz (Columbia Station/Columbia) ran a time of 27:28.8 to finish in 25th and 26th, respectively. 

Sophomore Trey Masterson (Tiffin/Hopewell-Loudon) was 30th in 27:39.2, junior Braden Schaser (Fostoria/Lakota) was 36th in 27:52.0 and junior Aaron Guzman (Lebanon) was 39th in 27:57.9 to round out the Polar Bears' top seven finishers. 

Junior Alex Philip of John Carroll won the individual title in 25:06.2, taking home back-to-back OAC Champion honors.

The top 10 runners earned First Team All-OAC honors with runners 11-20 earning Second Team All-OAC honors.

Ohio Northern will compete next on Nov. 12 in the Great Lakes Regional at Holland, Michigan.

Team Standings

1. #17 John Carroll 40, 2. #19 Otterbein 70, 3. #28 Wilmington 77, 4. #35 Mount Union 79, 5. Ohio Northern 107, 6. Baldwin Wallace 179, 7. Heidelberg 186, 8. Capital 260, 9. Muskingum 271, 10. Marietta 299.

Individual Results (Top 20 All-OAC)

1. Alex Phillip (John Carroll) 25:06.2, 2. Jeff Joseph (Mount Union) 25:29.6, 3. Simon Heys (Wilmington) 25:49.1, 4. Cal Yackin (Otterbein) 25:58.4, 5. Vincent Giumenti (Mount Union) 26:06.2, 6. Noah Tobin (Wilmington) 26:09.4, 7. Barrett Scheatzle (John Carroll) 26:12.5, 8. George Rickett (Wilmington) 26:24.2, 9. Ethan Domitrovich (John Carroll) 26:29.1, 10. John Nice (Otterbein) 26:35.1, 11. Adam Shah (John Carroll) 26:39.4, 12. Ryan Champa (John Carroll) 26:47.5, 13. Kyle Roth (Ohio Northern) 26:58.5, 14. Bill Daily (Otterbein) 27:03.9, 15. Tommy Naiman (John Carroll) 27:04.1, 16. Breydan Hann (Ohio Northern) 27:07.3, 17. Joe Backus (John Carroll) 27:08.8, 18. Eric Reynolds (Wilmington) 27:09.8, 19. Nick Wong (Mount Union) 27:10.4, 20. Jay Figgins (Otterbein) 27:15.5.

Ohio Northern Results

13. Kyle Roth 26:58.5, 16. Breydan Hann 27:07.3, 25. Ryan Massie 27:28.1, 26. Jared Swartz 27:28.8, 30. Trey Masterson 27:39.2, 36. Braden Schaser 27:52.0, 39. Aaron Guzman 27:57.9, 41. Corey Rinehart 28:02.7, 51. Brooks Blakeley 28:22.7, 55. Isaac Schoen 28:35.7, 58. Ian Ackenhausen 28:41.1, 67. Jacob Clouse 28:56.8, 69. Alan Dravenstott 28:59.6, 71. Caden Sauerbrey 29:03.2, 74. Nicholas Kliplinger 29:19.7, 76. Adam Hellman 29:23.0, 80. Nathan Thobe 29:32.9, 86. Bo Little 29:46.0, 88. Trent Babcock 29:49.5, 90. Aaron Altstaetter 29:56.5, 94. JT Basco 30:03.3, 101. Keefer McClure 30:17.1, 103. Canyon Neundorfer 30:19.1, 105. Blake Abbott 30:38.1, 110. Donovan Brown 30:54.7, 111. Riley Beasley 31:01.0, 113. Ethan Kemp 31:12.8, 118. Skylar Dawson 31:20.2, 120. Justin Pate 31:27.9, 126. William Freeman 31:53.2, 128. Hunter Mowery 31:57.4, 130. Ross Schlatter 32:09.6, 144. Pierce Overmyer 33:28.3, 151. Kort Sutherland 34:33.2.