Women's Cross Country finishes 8th of 37 at the Great Lakes Division III Regional Championships

LOUISVILLE (Ky.) — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team placed 8th out of 37 Division III teams at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Championships on Saturday morning.

The Basics

• Record: Ohio Northern (83-13 Overall).
• Race Info: The event was a 6,000-meter race held at the  E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park Cross Country Course in Louisville, Ky.

Race Results

• Ohio Northern was eighth of 37 teams with 272 points.
• #8-ranked Trine (Ind.) finished 1st out of 37 teams with 58 points.
• #26 Calvin (Mich.) placed second with 91 points, #25 Hope (Mich.) placed third with 122 points and John Carroll placed fourth with 135 points.

Top ONU Performers

• Senior Natalie Armbruster (Cincinnati/Mount Notre Dame) led ONU across the finish line, placing 37th overall of 260 runners in 23.08.
• Junior AnnaSophia Gower (Perrysburg) was 51st in 23.23.
• Senior Samantha Roth (Brunswick) was 52nd in 23.23.
• Freshman Allison Woodruff (Arlington/Riverdale) was 66th in 23.39.
• Senior Dani Widmark (Zanesfield/Ben Logan) was 75th in 23.49.

Notables

• The top 35 runners earn All-Region honors.
• The Regional team champion from each of the 10 regions across the country earn automatic bids to the NCAA III Championships with the remaining 22 spots being granted to at-large teams.
• The top seven finishers in each region that are not on teams that qualify for the Championships advance to the NCAA Championships as individuals.
• Ohio Northern was ranked No. 7 in the Great Lakes Region.
• 17th-year head coach Jason Maus is now 1,480-539 as head coach of the ONU women's cross country program and is the winningest coach in program history.

Up Next

• Season complete.