Ohio Northern finishes second of 10 at Hanover (Ind.) Invitational

By Tim Glon

HANOVER (Ind.) — No. 23-ranked Ohio Northern won the men’s race and the ONU women finished second at the Hanover (Ind.) Invitational cross country meet Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Polar Bears (9-2) finished second of 10 teams with 89 points. Baldwin-Wallace won the meet with 43 points, Franklin (Ind.) was third with 132 and Juniata (Pa.) was fourth with 133.

Rachel Smith led ONU with a seventh place finish in 20:02.

Katie Andrzejewski was 11th in 20:11, Amy Davis was 17th in 20:30, Amanda Binkey was 26th in 20:58 and Regina Bresson was 29th in 21:04.

Emily Cochard of Hanover won the meet in 18:56.

Both Polar Bear teams will be in action next Saturday at the Otterbein Invitational at 10 a.m.

Women’s Team Results
Baldwin-Wallace 43, 2. Ohio Northern 89, 3. Franklin (Ind.) 132, 4. Juniata (Pa.) 133, 5. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) 134, 6. Hanover (Ind.) 1. 136, 7. Manchester (ind.) 145, 8. Bellarmine (Ky.) 152, 9. Marian (Ind.) 189, 10. Transylvania (Ky.) 320.

Top Five Finishers
1. Emily Cochard (Han) 18:56, 2. Lindsay Brickner (BW) 19:30, 3. Rachel Kraisch (RH) 19:36, 4. Jamie Rife (Bel) 19:37, 5. Marci White (Frank) 19:46.

Ohio Northern Complete Results
7. Rachel Smith 20:02, 11. Katie Andrzejewski 20:11, 17. Amy Davis 20:30, 26. Amanda Binkey 20:58, 29. Regina Bresson 21:04, 30. Erica Rumschlag 21:04, 32. Molly Elderbrock 21:16, 46. Megan Seymour 21:51, 50. Susan Hess 22:06, 53. Steph Hiser 22:12, 61. Rachelle Pavelko 22:40, 70. Sharon Synder 23:05, 78. Rachel Waterson 23:30, 81. Aimee Baehrens 23:43, 93. Maria Tordella 24:40, 98. Tabitha Moody 25:01, 101. Erin Cantrell 25:27.