Men's Cross Country opens 2025 season with victory at Bluffton Beaver Dam Invite
August 29, 2025
BLUFFTON — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team opened its 2025 season by winning the Bluffton Beaver Dam Invite on Friday evening.
The Basics
- Record: Ohio Northern (2-0 Overall).
- Race Info: The event was a 6,000-meter race held at the Bluffton Nature Preserve course.
- ONU placed 1st out of 3 teams with 28 points.
Race Results
- The Polar Bears 1st out of 3 teams with 28 points.
- Heidelberg was second with 74 points and Bluffton was third with 118.
- A team of ONU Alumni finished with 31 points.
- ONU alum and All-American Ian McVey won the race in 15:44.
Top ONU Performers
- Senior Jacob Clouse (Alvada) led the Polar Bears across the finish line in 15:46, finishing second of 82 runners.
- Junior Ryan Montross (Perrysburg) finished 4th in 15:51.
- Junior Oliver Hendricks (Vandalia/Butler) was sixth in 15:54.
- Freshman Carson Brown (Botkins) was ninth in 16:06.
- Freshman Jacob Wireman (Lima/Bath) was 11th in 16:13.
Notables
- This marks the third consecutive season that ONU has opened its campaign at Bluffton.
- The Polar Bears have now won back-to-back Bluffton Invite meets after finishing third in 2022.
- 17th-year head coach Jason Maus is now 1,613-426 as head coach of the ONU men's cross country program and is the winningest coach in program history.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action on Sept. 13 at the Otterbein Invitational.
