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Women's Cross Country finishes 9th of 20 teams at All-Ohio Championships

Women's Cross Country finishes 9th of 20 teams at All-Ohio Championships
Results
October 3, 2014

By Tim Glon

| All-Ohio Championships Site |

CEDARVILLE — Ohio Northern finished ninth of 20 teams at the All-Ohio Women's Cross Country Championships Friday afternoon at the King Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (46-34 overall) finished with 255 points in the Division III race and were fifth out of the 10 Ohio Athletic Conference teams.

Senior Samantha Hoffman led ONU across the finish line for the third consecutive week with a 37th place finish out of 256 runners in 24:01 over the sloppy 6,000-meter course.

The race featured 503 runners from NCAA Divisions I, II and III and NAIA and Community College schools in Ohio.

Senior Raechel Moore was 44th in 24:12, freshman Kirsten Harder was 56th in 24:29, junior Kara Sosinski was 58th in 24:30, sophomore Morgan Rouch was 78th in 24:58 and senior Catie Huber was 88th in 25:06 for ONU.

Oberlin's Emma Lehmann won the race in 21:41.

No. 17-ranked Mount Union won the team title with 63 points, No. 5 Oberlin was second with 70, Ohio Wesleyan was third with 105 and No. 25 Case Western Reserve was fourth with 106.

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

Team Standings

1. #17 Mount Union 63, 2. #5 Oberlin 70, 3. Ohio Wesleyan 105, #25. Case Western Reserve 106, 5. Otterbein 120, 6. Denison 135, 7. John Carroll 172, 8. Heidelberg 215, 9. Ohio Northern 255, 10. Wooster 285, 11. Kenyon 319, 12. Muskingum 342, 13. Wilmington 409, 14. Defiance 432, 15. Baldwin Wallace 463, 16. Wittenberg 471, 17. Capital 498, 18. Bluffton 506, 19. Marietta 557, 20. Hiram 642.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Emma Lehmann (Oberlin) 21:41, 2. Lindsay Neal (Oberlin) 22:03, 3. Brooke Mathie (MtU) 22:42, 4. Abigail Boss (Den) 22:48, 5. Catie Campbell (MtU) 22:54.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

37. Samantha Hoffman 24:01, 44. Raechel Moore 24:12, 56. Kirsten Harder 24:29, 58. Kara Sosinski 24:30, 78. Morgan Rouch 24:58, 88. Catie Huber 25:06, 95. Alexis Kandel 25:13, 96. Margaret Sorg 25:14, 105. Emily Richards 25:26, 133. Rebekah McCutchen 26:01, 140. Genevieve Marchese 26:14, 154. Nikki Huber 26:38, 157. Paige Giessler 26:42, 164, Emily Myers 26:56, 175. Megan Joseph 27:08, 189. Danielle Sutter 27:31, 206. Elizabeth Martin 28:02, 233. Renee Kraft 29:45, 253. Megan Cox 33:05.