Men’s Cross Country: Ohio Northern (12-0 Overall) at All-Ohio Championships and Rochester (N.Y.) Invitational

September 15, 2022

Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, 9 p.m. – Elvin R. King Cross Country Course, Cedarville, Ohio

Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, 11:45 a.m. – Genesee Valley Park, Rochester, N.Y.

Weekend Preview: The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is competing as a split squad on Friday and Saturday … Junior varsity team members will run at the All-Ohio Championships on Friday … The men's 8k begins at 9 p.m. … The race is being held under the lights for the first time in its history … The meet will be scored four different ways: overall, NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II/NAIA and NCAA Division III … ONU's varsity runners will compete at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Yellowjacket Invitational on Saturday … The men's 8k begins at 11:45 a.m. … Northern is ranked No. 8 in the Great Lakes Region … The Polar Bears have won each of their first two meets of the season and are coming off Saturday's Wittenberg Invitational … ONU placed first of 10 teams at the Wittenberg Invitational, scoring 42 points … Sophomore Trey Masterson led a group of four Polar Bears who finished in the top 10 at the 8k race … Masterson finished with a career-best time of 26:44 … Senior Breydan Hann was seventh in 26:48, junior Ian Ackenhausen was eighth in 26:49, and junior Kyle Roth was ninth in 26:53.

Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 14th year as head coach of the ONU men's and women's cross country teams and is the winningest coach in school history for both programs … Over 13 seasons at ONU, he has guided the men's team to a 1,280-334 record, a winning percentage of .793, and four OAC titles and the women's team to a 1,079-449 record, a winning percentage of .706, and three OAC championships.