No. 25 Women’s Cross Country finishes 4th at All-Ohio Collegiate Championships

By: Jared Brown

CEDARVILLE — The No. 25-ranked Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished fourth out of 21 teams at the All-Ohio Collegiate Championships on Saturday.

No. 18 Oberlin finished first with 57 points while No. 14 Case Western was second with 89 points. Kenyon, ONU and Denison rounded out the top five.

The Polar Bears finished 4th in the event with a total of 141 points.

Northern had the two of the top five finishers on the day.

Senior Alison Steinbrunner finished in first place with a time of 17:53.47 seconds while senior Lydia Weaver collected a third place finish with a time of 18:27.74.

Freshmen Aya Tomozawa and senior Casey Adamcik finished 41st and 46th, respectively, out of 146 runners.

Steinbrunner also received the award as the 2011 Women's Runner of the Year.

The Polar Bears will be in action again on Saturday, October 13, when they travel to the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational at 8:30 am (CDT).

Team Standings

1. #18 Oberlin 57, 2. #14 Case Western 89, 3. Kenyon 111, 4. No. 25 Ohio Northern 151, 5. Denison 173, 6. Mount Union 183, 7. Ohio Wesleyan 186, 8. John Carroll 191, 9. Franciscan 253, 10. Baldwin Wallace 285, 11. Wooster 299, 11. Otterbein 299, 13. Wilmington 302, 14. Wittenberg 406, 15. Heidelberg 421, 16. Muskingum 468, 17. Capital 479, 18. Marietta 497, 19. Bluffton 516, 20. Hiram 614, 21. Defiance 623                                                

Top 5 Individuals

1. Alison Steinbrunner (ONU) 17:53.47, 2. Emma Lehmann (Oberlin) 18:26.86, 3. Lydia Weaver (ONU) 18:27.74, 4. Jenna Willett (Kenyon) 18:29.15, 5. Lindsay Neal (Oberlin) 18:31.24

Ohio Northern Individual Results

1. Alison Steinbrunner 17:53.47, 3. Lydia Weaver 18:27.74, 41. Aya Tomozawa 19:44.38, 46. Casey Adamcik 19:50.40, 53. Erin Radigan 19:54.94, 64. Julie Puvogel 20:15.52, 79. Brooke Larsen 20:35.42