Men's Cross Country finishes 11th of 35 at Oberlin Rumble
By Tim Glon
OBERLIN — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team finished 11th of 35 teams at the Oberlin Rumble on Saturday morning at the Oberlin North Fields Course.
The Polar Bears scored 336 points and improve to 59-29 on the season.
Junior Breydan Hann (Wooster) led Ohio Northern with a 55th place finish out of 306 runners in 27:04 for the 8,000-meter course.
Sophomore Kyle Roth (Rockford/Parkway) was 61st in 27:13, senior Cadeen Sauerbrey (Uniontown/Lake) was 68th in 27:18, junior Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) was 72nd in 27:20 and senior Patrick Baker (Massillon/Jackson) was 101st in 27:45 for ONU.
No. 7-ranked John Carroll won the team title with 60 points, No. 8 Wisconsin-Whitewater was second with 67 points and No. 17 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) with 103 points.
Alex Phillip of John Carroll won the individual title in 24:59.
The polar Bears will return to action Oct. 30 with the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Wilmington.
Team Standings
1. #7 John Carroll 60, 2. #8 Wisconsin-Whitewater 67, 3. #17 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 103, 4. #19 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 130, 5. #26 Case Western Reserve 151, 6. Mount Union 174, 7. Franciscan 176, 8. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 225, 9. Brockport State (N.Y.) 314, 10. Allegheny (Pa.) 333, 11. Ohio Northern 336, 12. Denison 347, 13. Trine (Ind.) 361, 14. Trinity (Tex.) 361, 15. Oberlin 462, 16. Wabash (Ind.) 476, 17. Manchester (Ind.) 509, 18. Saint Vincent (Pa.) 540, 19. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 597, 20. Penn State-Behrend 618, 21. Fredonia (N.Y.) 643, 22. Baldwin Wallace 703, 23. Grove City (Pa.) 723, 24. Elmhurst (Ill.) 724, 25. Otterbein 757, 26. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 766, 27. Southwestern (Tex.) 807, 28. Ohio Wesleyan 821, 29. Waynesburg (Pa.) 863, 30. Olivet (Mich.) 904, 31. Albion (Mich.) 968, 32. Geneva (Pa.) 974, 33. Alma (Mich.) 977, 34. Kalamazoo (Mich.) 1061, 35. Chatham (Pa.) 1095.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Alex Phillip (John Carroll) 24:59, 2. Jeff Joseph (Mount Union) 25:07, 3. David Fassbender (Wisconsin-Whitewater) 25:13, 4. Liam Galligan (Franciscan) 25:26, 5. Jack Begley (Case Western Reserve) 25:30.
Ohio Northern Results
55. Breydan Hann 27:04, 65. Kyle Roth 27:13, 68. Caden Sauerbrey 27:18, 72. Billy Driemeyer 27:20, 101. Patrick Baker 27:45, 103. Trey Masterson 27:46, 104. Ian Ackenhausen 27:48, 128. Travis Sutter 28:08, 154. Braden Schaser 28:20, 206. Dylan McKean 29:14.
