No. 29 Women's Cross Country finishes ninth at Brooks Invitational as Steinbrunner wins event
By: Andrew Korba
OSHKOSH (Wis.)--Senior All-American Alison Steinbrunner finished in first place out of 500 runners as the No. 29 Ohio Northern women's cross country teams finished ninth at the UW-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational Saturday afternoon.
The event featured 37 teams, eight of which were ranked.
Northern finished with 283 points.
No. 8 Calvin (Mich.) won the event with 91 points, while No. 15 Chicago finished second with 114 points. No 10 UW-Eau Claire was third with 115 points, No. 20 Hope (Mich) finished fourth with 172 points and No. 32 Illinois Wesleyan rounded out the top five with 222 points.
Steinbrunnner navigated the 6,000 meter course in 21:24.50, finishing eight seconds ahead of the second place runner.
Senior Lydia Weaver posted a solid seventh place finish in 22:01.76.
Freshman Aya Tomozawa finished in 82nd with a time of 23:42.73, while junior Brooke Larsen posted a time of 23:47.01 which was good for 92nd place.
Senior Sarah Turley posted a time of 23:59.07.
Ohio Northern will be in action again on October 27 when they travel to Wilmington for the OAC Championships at 11 am.
Team Standings
1. No. 8 Calvin (Mich.) 91, 2. No 15. Chicago (Ill.) 114, 3. No. 10 UW-Eau Claire 115, 4. No. 20 Hope (Mich.) 172, 5. No. 32 Illinois Wesleyan 222, 6. No. 6 Washington University (Mo.) 227, 7. UW-Oshkosh 277, 8. No. 34 Willimette (Ore.) 281, 9. No. 29 Ohio Northern 283, 10. John Carroll 372, 11. UW-Stevens Point 384, 12. Illinois Tech 421, 13. UW-River Falls 435, 14. Augustana (Ill.) 448, 15. St. Nortbert (Wis.) 460, 16. Alma (Mich) 464, 17. St. Scholastica (Minn.) 472, 18. North Central (Ill.) 479, 19. Monmouth (Ill.) 480, 20. Wheaton (Ill.) 488, 21. DePauw (Ind.) 549, 22. UW-Whitewater 561, 23. UW-Stout 562, 24. Bethel (Minn.) 650, 25. Adrian (Mich.) 660, 26. Carroll (Mon.) 725, 27. Elmhurst (Ill.) 746, 28. St. Mary's (Ind.) 751, 29. Lawrence (Wis.) 863, 30. Concordia Chicago (Ill.) 936, 31. UW-Superior 965, 32. Rockford (Ill.) 967, 33. Benedictine (Ill.) 1021, 34. Lake Forest (Ill.) 1060, 35. Coe (Iowa) 1072, 36. Dominican (NY) 1162, 37. Moraine Valley CC (Ill.) 1182
Top 5 Individuals
1. Alison Steinbrunner (ONU) 21:24.50, 2. Christy Cazzola (UW-Oshkosh) 21:32.24, 3. Lucy Cheadle (Washington U) 21:35.41, 4. Ashlyn Mauer (UW-Eau Claire) 21:44.38, 5. Chelsea Johnson (St. Scholastica) 21:47.00
Ohio Northern Individual Results
1. Alison Stenbrunner 21:24.50, 7. Lydia Weaver 22:01.76, 82. Aya Tomozawa 23:42.73, 92. Brooke Larsen 23:47.01, 115. Sarah Turley 23:50.07, 118. Casey Adamcik 23:59.90, 147. Samantha Hoffman 24:15.59, 177. Erin Radigan 24:32.97, 199. Julie Puvogel 24:41.98,
