Lady Polar Bears finish ninth of 22 at All-Ohio Championships

By Tim Glon

DELAWARE — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished ninth of 22 teams at the All-Ohio Championships Friday afternoon.

Amy Davis led the Lady Polar Bears (41-27) with a 27th place finish in 20:52.

Katie Andrzejewski was 40th in 21:29, Rachel Smith was 47th in 21:36, Regina Bresson was 53rd in 21:46 and Amanda Binkey was 54th in 21:48.

The Polar Bears finished with 221 points. No. 24-ranked Case Western Reserve won the meet with 23 points, Baldwin-Wallace was second with 116 and Ohio Wesleyan was third with 124.

Ohio Northern was third among Ohio Athletic Conference schools in the meet, trailing only BW and Otterbein.

CWR finished 1-2-3, led by Esther Erb in first place in 18:29 for the 6,000-meter course.

The Polar Bears will be back in action next Saturday at the Bowling Green Invitational.

Women’s Team Results
1. Case Western Reserve 23, 2. Baldwin-Wallace 116, 3. Ohio Wesleyan 124, 4. Oberlin 141, 5. Kenyon 142, 6. Denison 145, 7. Otterbein 160, 8. Franciscan 210, 9. Ohio Northern 221, 10. Mount Unionn 277, 11. Wilmington 304, 12. John Carroll 364, 13. Wooster 385, 14. Capital 396, 15. Heidelberg 399, 16. Wittenberg 429, 17. Bluffton 499, 18. Mount Saint Joseph 514, 19. Defiance 515, 20. Muskingum 534, 21. Lake Erie 624, 22. Hiram 640.

Top Five Finishers
1. Esther Erb (CWR) 18:29, 2. Britta Kumley 19:35, 3. Andrea Fischione 19:56, 4. Joanna Johnson (Ober) 19:57, 5. Niki Reese (Ott) 20:01.

Ohio Northern Complete Results
27. Amy Davis 20:52, 40. Katie Andrzejewski 21:29, 47. Rachel Smith 21:36, 53. Regina Bresson 21:46, 54. Amanda Binkey 21:48, 59. Molly Ellerbrock 21:54, 84. Erica Rumschlag 22:57.

Ohio Northern Open Race Results
80. Steph Hiser 23:20, 86. Susan Hess 23:33, 87. Rachelle Pavelko 23:38, 88. Megan Seymour 23:41, 94. Rebecca Silverstein 23:59, 100. Sharon Snyder 24:10, 106. Aimee Baehrens 24:24, 126. Tabitha Moody 25:11, 129. Rachel Waterson 25:37, 147. Maria Tordella 26:57, 148. Erin Cantrell 27:28.