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Official update by Kori Stoffregen, Depauw University
Great Lakes Region Men
"Case Leapfrogs Heidelberg,
Manchester Knocks B-W from Top 10"
1. Calvin
First race is Sept. 20 when they host the Knight Invitational.
2. Ohio Northern
The #9 ranked men’s team finished third at the Hanover Invitational on Sept. 6 to #4 ranked Wisconsin-Stevens Point and NCAA Division II Bellarmine, who finished first and second in the team standings, respectively.
Ohio Northern finished with 88 points in the meet, 48 points behind first place and 10 points behind second place.
Top 7 Ohio Northern Finishers at Hanover Invitational:
7. Jimmy O’Brien, 26:33
9. Paul Lewis, 26:36
24. Eric Porter, 27:07
29. Thomas Adam, 27:15
30. Alan Bowsher, 27:15
38. Brent Hiser, 27:33
43. Nick Edmonds, 27:42
1-5 Gap – 42 sec.
1-7 Gap – 1 min., 9 sec.
Next meet: Sept. 20 at Knight Invitational
3. Case Western
#24 ranked Case Western debuted on Aug. 30 with a win at the eight-team Bill Sudeck Classic. They had four runners finish in the top ten and won the Sudeck Classic for the first time since 2003. Case finished ahead of second place #14 ranked Allegheny by 14 pts.
Top 7 Case Western Finishers at Bill Sudeck Classic:
1. Dominic Smith, 26:25
3. Austin Schmidt, 26:51
7. Reza Mohammadpour, 27:10
9. Ryan Gjoraas, 27:21
11. Mike Vaughn, 27:27
14. Michael Werneiwski, 27:42
16. Mike Petro, 27:46
1-5 Gap – 56 sec.
1-7 Gap – 1 min., 21 sec.
Next Meet: Sept. 20 at Knight Invitational
4. Heidelberg
On Aug. 30 the #16 ranked Heidelberg men competed against Tiffin University at home and placed five runners in the top 10.
Top 7 Heidelberg Finishes at Tiffin/Heidelberg Invitational:
2. Devin Butcher, 26:04
5. Jarrod Sailing, 26:46
7. Scott Lasch, 27:02
8. Keith Mrak, 27:07
9. Jake Lemon, 27:08
14. Beau Thompson, 27:58
16. John Gogle, 28:11
1-5 Gap – 1 min., 4 sec.
1-7 Gap – 2 min., 7 sec.
Next Meet: Sept. 13 at Broughton Cross Country Meet in Marietta, OH
5. Mount Union
#31 Mount Union traveled to Akron, Ohio on Sept. 6 to compete at the Tommy Evans Invitational. Four runners placed in the top 10 in the four mile race to lead the Mount Union College men to a first place team finish over Buffalo, Akron, Youngstown State, and John Carroll.
Top 7 Mount Union Finishers: 4 Mile
1. Dan Whisler, 21:00
7. Bryce Basista, 21:14
8. Ty Griffin, 21:17
10. Dustin Ford, 21:21
13. Scott Wolfe, 21:34
14. Matt Dieterich, 21:36
24. Harrison Markel, 22:29
1-5 Gap – 34 sec.
1-7 Gap – 1 min., 29 sec.
Next Meet: Sept. 13 at Penn State Behrend
6. Otterbein
Otterbein held their Alumni Meet on Aug. 29.
Their first meet of the season will occur at Marietta on Sept. 13.
7. Hope
Hope College debuted at the Vanderbilt Invitational on Aug. 30 with a team victory over second place Cornerstone by 22 pts.
Top 7 Hope Finishers at Vanderbilt Invitational:
1. Matt Wiersum, 26:27
2. Rob Bailey, 26:38
5. Seth Weener, 26:46
6. Paul VanderVelde, 26:51
10. Zachary King, 27:22
11. Nathan Love, 27:28
12. Kevin Hagan, 27:31
1-5 Gap – 55 sec.
1-7 Gap – 1 min., 4 sec.
Next Meet: Sept. 13 at GLCA Championships in Oberlin, Ohio
8. Kenyon
Kenyon men finished fourth place at the Queen City Invitational 5k Sept. 6 against several larger schools. Division I University of Cincinnati and Xavier finished first and second, respectively, while Northern Kentucky University, ranked 20th in Division II, finished third.
Top 7 Kenyon Finishers at Queen City Invitational: 5k
10. Jim Boston, 15:55
18. Matt Davis, 16:11
26. Matt Riley, 16:29
27. Kaleb Keyserling, 16:30
37. Pat Meyers, 16:43
39. Clint Kugler, 16:53
41. Clint Houser, 16:57
1-5 Gap – 48 sec.
1-7 Gap – 1 min., 2 sec.
Next Meet: Sept. 20 at Midwest Open
9. DePauw
The DePauw men competed at the 47th Wabash Hokum Karem on Sep. 6. They tied for second place in the team standings with Wabash College scoring 30 points in the 3 x 1 mile paired relay event. Indiana Tech won the team title with 9 points.
Top 3 DePauw Scoring Pairs at Wabash Hokum Karem:
5. Zack Weinberg/Nate Ellis, 29:01
14. Pete Richard/Joe Evans, 29:43
15. Jonathan Cripe/Nick Pucillo, 29:49
Next Meet: Sept. 19 at Indiana Intercollegiates in Bloomington, Indiana
10. Manchester
Manchester College traveled to the Hanover Invitational Sept. 6 and tied for fourth place with Huntington University in a field of 13 teams with 124 points. They finished 36 points behind third place team #9 ranked Ohio Northern.
Top 7 Manchester Finishers at Hanover Invitational:
15. Andy Williams, 26:49
28. Braden Nelson, 27:14
31. Alec Womboldt, 27:15
32. Kyle Pletcher, 27:18
36. James Kearney, 27:31
81. Cole Jackson, 29:00
87. Josh Miller, 29:17
1-5 Gap – 42 sec.
1-7 Gap – 2 min., 28 sec.
Next Meet: Sept. 19 at Indiana Intercollegiates in Bloomington, Indiana
others:
Baldwin-Wallace, Wabash
9 comments:
This weekend's Knight Invite at Calvin should be an exciting one. Case and Northern should be a preview of the battle for the second automatic bid at Regionals. These are certainly the three best teams in the region squaring off all at once on Saturday. It's a shame Heidelberg chose to go to a joke meet in Marietta.
heidelberg will be more better prepared for OAC's, by running the conference course and therefore will be a heavy favorite over ONU going into OAC's, because if you do not run at Marietta's course you are in for a big surprise. Good move by Heidelberg in my opinion even though the competition might not be that great its valuable experience to run a course just as challenging as All- Ohio
berg "heavy favorites" over onu because they see the course? i think not. i think it's much better for an athlete's confidence to go run a blazing time at calvin which is essentially a grass track then to go out to a slow course in marietta. also shouldn't the ultiamte be regionals and nationals at this point for teams like berg and onu? conference is important but it should be far from first priority for these programs now but then that's the problem with the oac. often conferenec is the main focus and nationals is just seen as a bonus whereas other schools across the nation look to affect the national stage, not just within their own state.
I see the mention of 3 teams here:
ONU
CWRU
Heidlberg
Based on Mount Union's win at Akron over 3 D1 teams, I would leapfrog Mount Union over Case & Heidlberg.
OAC'S are important and should come 1st. Take pride in winning your conference and gain confidence heading into regionals and nationals.
"heidelberg will be more better prepared for OAC's" - In order to be the most bestest, you need to have run the course before, this really helped me at nationals in '06.
"and therefore will be a heavy favorite over ONU going into OAC's" - At this point in the season I think it is safe to pick heavy favorites for the conference meet, as long as we aren't basing such claims on vague things such as "a big surprise".
What, are there steeple barriers on this course, or how exactly will heidelberg have such an advantage? Wouldn't Marietta be the favorite based on this logic? I am staying tuned for the "big surprise", but if I hear there is a clown jumping out of a birthday cake, I am hunting you down anonymous.
And the All-Ohio golf course is not that challenging, now Wilmington's course under 8 inches of water, that is a man's challenge.
What is a challenge is how wittenberg's course is not only hilly, but you always go the wrong way, this year it was long, last year it was short
To anonymous #2, if the programs you mention need to advance to the point where the ultimate focus is nationals, I would hope they are also to the point where they don't need to build their confidence by racing on grass tracks. That's junior high tactics right there. (I'm not saying that's why ONU is running there - I'm merely discounting your logic). Plus this early on, when races are almost just part of training for many programs, a hilly course might fit better into the training philosophy.
Does racing a course beforehand give a team an advantage? I don't know, but it's definitely not going to put you at a disadvantage. Unless the clown that jumps out of the birthday cake takes out a couple runners.
And considering Heidelberg ran at Hanover just two years ago and is also racing at Otterbein (GL Regional course), I think they are giving the bigger meets some focus preparation as well.
Finally, naming "more better heavy favorites" based on schedules that the coaches announce in August doesn't even deserve a rebuttal.
DePauw, Machester and Wabash should all be put above Kenyon. Case looks really good.
http://www.northcoast.org/pdffiles/08-09/xcpoll08.pdf
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