Ian McVey takes individual crown, leads Men's Cross Country to second place finish at season-opening Bluffton 6k
By Scott Beaton
BLUFFTON — Senior All-American Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) cruised to an individual victory to lead the Ohio Northern men's cross country team to a second place finish to open the 2018 season at the Bluffton 6k Friday evening at the Bluffton Nature Reserve.
McVey completed the course in 18:52.99, winning the race by more than 23 seconds.
The Polar Bears (3-1) had seven out of the first 15 finishers to score 38 points, placing second. Findlay won the meet with 25 points while Ohio Christian took third with 70 points.
Sophomore Travis Sutter (Fort Recovery) finished second for ONU and fifth overall in 19:59.79.
Junior Jordan Green (Wooster) was close behind with a 20:02.93 time to take eighth and senior Spencer Schulze (St. Henry) took 11th in 20:09.92.
Northern then had a tight pack, separated by 1.88 seconds, to round out the top-7.
Sophomore Sam Krabacher (Hamilton/Badin), freshman Caden Sauerbrey (Dresden/Tri-Valley), and senior John McNutt (Ashtabula/Lakeside) finished in 20:16.26, 20:17.54, and 20:18.14, respectively in places 13-15.
ONU also had more than 20 alumni compete in the event unattached.
The Polar Bears will take to the course again on Sept. 8 at the Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational.
Team Standings
1. Findlay 25, 2. Ohio Northern 38, 3. Ohio Christian 70, 4. Indiana Kokomo 112, 5. Bluffton 126
Top 5 Individuals
1. Ian McVey 18:52.99 (Ohio Northern), 2. Jonathan Allen 19:16.49 (Findlay), 3. Ty Gleason 19:53.18 (Findlay), 4. Michael Taylor 19:54.53 (Findlay), 5. Travis Sutter 19:59.79 (Ohio Northern)
Ohio Northern Individual Results
1. Ian McVey 18:52.99, 5. Travis Sutter 19:59.79, 8. Jordan Green 20:02.93, 11. Spencer Schulze 20:09.92, 13. Sam Krabacher 20:16.26, 14. Caden Sauerbrey 20:17.54, 15. John McNutt 20:18.14, 16. Patrick Baker 20:30.13, 18. Alexander Loeper 20:43.68, 19. Dylan McKean 21:11.77, 21. Dylan Newport 21:20.49, 23. Andrew Shelton 21:23.95, 24. Kyle Neff 21:24.93, 25. Dawson Paul 21:26.80, 26. Griffin Skaff 21:27.89, 29. Alessandro Tramontano 21:34.72, 30. Jack Borden 21:37.41, 32. Bryan Peck 21:39.49, 34. Jackson Brandstaetter 21:40.79, 36. Nicholas DeVore 21:55.48, 40. Riley Lamison 22:19.48, 45. Nathan Southwell 22:42.43, 46. Braydon Hoying 22:50.37, 48. Dylan Kelly 23:11.94
