Men's Cross Country finishes 13th of 46 teams at NCAA Division III Pre-National Meet under the lights

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team finished 13th out of 42 teams at the NCAA Division III Pre-National meet under the lights on Friday night.

The Basics

• Record: Ohio Northern (71-22 Overall)
• Race Info: The event was an 8,000-meter race held at Laverne Gibson Course.
• ONU placed 13th out of 46 collegiate varsity teams with 445 points.

Race Results

• The Polar Bears finished 13th out of 46 scoring teams.
• #5 Pomona Pitzer (Calif.) won the team title with 65 points, #3 Wisconsin-Whitewater placed 2nd with 82 points, #10 George Fox (Ore.) finished 3rd with 152 points and #12 MIT finished fourth with 172 points.

Top ONU Performers

• Senior Trey Masterson (Tiffin/Hopewell-Loudon) led the Polar Bears across the finish line in 25:58 to finish 84th out of 405 runners.
• Fifth-year senior Ian Ackenhausen (Xenia/Legacy Christian Academy) was 86th in 25:59.
• Senior Ryan Massie (Beavercreek) was 87th in 26:00.
• Fifth-year Senior Jared Swartz (Columbia Station) was 90th in 26:01.
• Junior Jacob Clouse (Alvada/New Riegel) finished 113th in 26:14.

Notables

• The contest started at 9:45 pm EDT and was held with the help of more than 50 temporary lighting standards illuminating the course., which will be the site of the NCAA III Championships.
• There were 8 ranked teams that ran at the meet. 
• 16th-year head coach Jason Maus is now 1547-409 as head coach of the ONU men's cross country program and is the winningest coach in program history.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Oct. 19 at the SUNY-Geneseo Invitational.