No. 16 Women's Cross Country finishes 5th of 22 teams at Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational

No. 16 Women's Cross Country finishes 5th of 22 teams at Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational
Results
September 8, 2012

By Tim Glon

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Senior All-American Alison Steinbrunner broke her own school record and won the individual title, leading the No. 16-ranked Ohio Northern women's cross country team to a fifth place finish at the 22-team Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational Saturday morning.

The Polar Bears (19-4) finished with 145 points. No. 1-ranked Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 34 points, No. 3 (NCAA Division II) Grand Valley State (Mich.) was second with 64 points and No. 27 Case Western Reserve was third with 121 points.

Steinbrunner finished first out of 313 runners in a school 5,000-meter record 17:42, breaking her own record of 17:50 by eight seconds.

Senior Lydia Weaver finished fifth in 18:07, moving her up to No. 2 on ONU's all-time career list.

Senior Casey Adamcik was 49th in 19:15, freshman Aya Tomozawa was 53rd in 19:21 and junior Brooke Larsen was 71st in 19:34 for Ohio Northern.

The Polar Bears return to action Sept. 22 at the Williams (Mass.) Classic.

Team Standings

1. #10 Calvin (Mich.) 34, 2. #3 (DII) Grand Valley State (Mich.) 64, 3. #27 Case Western Reserve 121, 4. Aquinas (Mich.( 131, 5. #16 Ohio Northern 145, 6. Cornerstone (Mich.) 161, 7. Allegheny (Pa.) 200, 8. Alma (Mich.) 220, 9. DePauw (Ind.) 257, 10. Tiffin 299, 11. Indiana Wesleyan 337, 12. #33 Baldwin Wallace 338, 13. Spring Arbor (Mich.) 346, 14. Adrian (Mich.) 360, 15. Bethel (Ind.) 371, 16. Trine (Ind.) 445, 17. Saint Mary's (Ind.) 465, 18. Wittenberg 529, 19. Davenport (Mich.) 568, 20. Thiel (Pa.) 608, 21. Kalamazoo (Mich.) 665, 22. Olivet (Mich.) 732.

Top 5 Individual Results

1. Alison Steinbrunner (ONU) 17:42, 2. Alyssa Penning (Cal) 17:57, 3. Nicole Michmerhuizen (Cal) 18:02, 4. Alison Work (Unattached) 18:06, 5. Lydia Weaver (ONU) 18:07.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

1. Alison Steinbrunner 17:42, 5. Lydia Weaver 18:07, 49. Casey Adamcik 19:15, 53. Aya Tomozawa 19:21, 71. Brooke Larsen 19:34, 78. Julie Puvogel 19:41, 80. Catie Huber 19:41, 89. Erin Radigan 19:50, 99. Sarah Turley 19:59, 101. Katie Klopp 20:00, 113. Margaret Sorg 20:09, 117. Kara Sosinski 20:12, 125. Kendra Lee 20:21, 139. Laura Avino 20:31, 143. Brittany Lang 20:34, 177. Sarah Thompson 20:56, 178. Samantha Hoffman 20:56, 182. Brittany Stanek 20:58, 215. Emily Myers 21:41, 218. Raechel Moore 21:47, 227. Gabi Patarini 22:03, 233. Kayti Kintner 22:18, 236. Rebekah McCutchen 22:21, 244. Caitlin Ratliff 22:42, 253. Moriah Rouch 22:55, 263. Katie Horton 23:27.