McVey, McNutt post top-10 finishes to lead Men's Cross Country at Pre-Regional meet

By Tim Glon

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — Senior All-American Ian McVey (Stow/Munroe Falls) and senior John McNutt (Ashtabula/Lakeside) posted top-10 finishes to lead the Ohio Northern men's cross country team at the Blue River Park Pre-Regional meet on Saturday at the Blue River Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (19-12 overall) finished second of six teams with 59 points.

Trine (Ind.) won the team title with 22 points, Earlham (Ind.) was third with 93, Manchester (Ind.) was fourth with 112, Wabash (Ind.) was fifth with 113 and Bluffton was sixth with 150.

McVey won the race by an impressive 48 seconds, finishing the 8,000-meter course in 26:28.

McNutt was ninth of 86 runners in 28:12.

Freshman Caden Sauerbrey (Dresden/Tri-Valley)was 15th in 28:31, junior Jordan Green (Wooster) was 18th in 28:54, senior Spencer Schulze (St. Henry) was 20th in 29:02 and sophomore Sam Krabacher (Hamilton/Badin) was 22nd in 29:24.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Sept. 29 at the All-Ohio Championships at Akron.

Team Standings

1. Trine (Ind.) 22, 2. Ohio Northern 59, 3. Earlham (Ind.) 93, 4. Manchester (Ind.) 112, 5. Wabash (Ind.) 113, 6. Bluffton 150.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Ian McVey (Ohio Northern) 27:40, 2. Jack Beakas (Trine) 27:16, 3. Derek Miller (Trine), 4. Jonathan Phillips (Trine) 27:41, 5. Nicholas Zak (Trine) 27:48.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

1. Ian McVey 26:28, 9. John McNutt 28:12, 15. Caden Sauerbrey 28:31, 18. Jordan Green 28:54, 20. Spencer Schulze 29:02, 22. Sam Krabacher 29:24, 24. Alex Loeper 29:26, 27. Patrick Baker 29:33, 29. Kyle Neff 29:52, 37. Travis Sutter 30:30, 38. Dawson Paul 30:33, 39. Alessandro Tramontano 30:34, 40. Andrew Shelton 30:42, 42. Bryan Peck 30:43, 45. Riley Lamison 30:52, 46. Jackson Brandstaetter 30:54, 50. Dylan McKean 31:32, 51. Griffin Skaff 31:38, 58. Braydon Hoying 32:25