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Roth leads Women's Cross Country to second place finish at 20-team Roanoke (Va.) South Region Showdown

Roth leads Women's Cross Country to second place finish at 20-team Roanoke (Va.) South Region Showdown
Live Results
October 18, 2025

SALEM, Va. — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team was second of 20 teams at the Roanoke (Va.) South Region Showdown Invitational on a Saturday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Record: Ohio Northern (46-6 Overall).
  • Race Info: The event was a 6,000-meter race held at the Green Hill Park Cross Country Course.

Race Results

  • Ohio Northern finished 2nd out of 20 collegiate teams with 65 points.
  • NCAA Division I for East Tennessee State won the team title with 31 points, Ohio Northern was second with 65 points, #14 Washington & Lee (Va.) was third with 84 points and Southern Virginia was fourth with 99 points.

Top ONU Performers

  • Senior Samantha Roth (Brunswick) led ONU across the finish line, placing 5th overall of 200 runners in 22.04.
  • Roth's time ties her for sixth on ONU's all-time list for 6,000 meters.
  • Senior Natalie Armbruster (Cincinnati/Mount Notre Dame) was 17th in 22.48.
  • Junior AnnaSophia Gower (Perrysburg) was 19th in 22.56.
  • Senior Dani Widmark (Zanesfield/Ben Logan) was 23rd in 23.25.
  • Freshman Allison Woodruff (Arlington/Riverdale) was 25th in 23.33.

Notables

  • Roth had a career best of 22.04, taking off 15 seconds of her previous best of 22.19.
  • Armbruster had a career best of 22.48, shaving 6 seconds off of her previous best of 22.54.
  • Widmark ties her previous best.
  • Ohio Northern beats two nationally ranked teams, Washington & Lee and No. 2 (NAIA) Milligan (Tenn.)
  • 17th-year head coach Jason Maus is now 1,443-532 as head coach of the ONU women's cross country program and is the winningest coach in program history.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 1, at the OAC Championships at .