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Marietta hosted #17 Heidelberg, Otterbein, Capital and Muskingum at Saturday's Carl Broughton Invitational--a preview of the 2008 OAC Championship course.
Though the 'Berg was without junior leader Scott Lasch for the weekend, freshman Jamie Martin (28:20) picked up the slack in his collegiate debut as the Student Prince's second man. Fellow freshman Keith Mrak (28:31) also finished in the top 5 for the 'Berg while junior Devin Butcher (27:45) continued his impressive start to this early season leading Heidelberg with an individual win.
The Otterbein men were lead by senior Chase Schneider (28:46) who was followed closely by a pack that included sophomore's Chris Fyock (29:00) and Matt Dixon (29:01) as well as junior Jim Castrillo (29:10) and freshman Tim Williard (29:11). While the OC finished just behind Heidelberg, the Cardinals boasted an impressive 1-5 pack of approximately 25 seconds on the day.
A much-improved Capital men's squad opened their season impressively, finishing fourth of nine teams. The Crusaders were lead by senior Bryan Deardo (29:36) who finished 16th overall.
Muskingum rounded out the conference schools represented at Marietta's home invite. They were once again lead by freshman Michael Besl (32:07).
#31 Mount Union continued to roll this weekend with a dominating victory at the Penn State-Behrend XC Invitational in Erie, PA. If you thought Otterbein's 25-second scoring pack was impressive, how about a 1-5 with less than a second of separation? That's what happened today as the first six runners to cross the finish line were Purple Raiders harriers. Three-time cross country national qualifier, senior Dustin Ford (27:14) lead the way followed by junior Bryce Basista (27:15), sophomore Tyler Griffin (27:15), Week 1 OAC Runner-of-the Week junior Dan Whistler (27:15) and senior Matt Dieterich (27:15).
The Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets who were apparently without senior Derek Hill were lead by senior Nate Bowen (27:46) at Bowling Green's Mel Brodt Invitational. B-W easily won the DIII dual meet section of the race against Oakland.
The John Carroll men's cross country team continued its upswing as it placed third of four teams at the First Annual Walsh University Ric Sayre Invitational in North Canton, Ohio. John Carroll scored 84 points to finish ahead of Ohio Dominican, which accrued 111. Freshman Jacob Smith led the way for JCU with a 13th place finish in a time of 28:29. Fellow rookie Jeff Sigmund was next in line, placing 14th in 28:34. Seniors Nick Habursky (16th, 28:39) and Dan DiRuzza (23rd, 29:28) along with junior Michael Joseph (26th, 29:56) rounded out the top five for the Blue Streaks.
#9 Ohio Northern and Wilmington were the only inactive OAC teams this weekend. Northern will head to Calvin College on the 20th for a much-anticipated three-way battle between Great Lakes heavyweights #2 Calvin and #16 Case Western Reserve while Wilmington will travel to Cedarville.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Week 3 Round Up
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At first glance some might see an easy Burg win but what I see with that Cardinal pack is a team that could definitely beat teams like Burg and Mount in a month and a half back at this course. Butcher seems to be the only consistent Burg runner this year and you can't count on freshman like Mrak and Martin in championship meets. We saw that last year at Mount with Griffin and Bowman.
Either way, Otterbein looks like a really quality team. Keep in mind this was their first meet of the year.
otterbein has a way to go before they can talk about berg Mount.
JCU did not win the invite. this is copied from their web page.
The John Carroll men's cross country team continued its upswing as it placed third of four teams at the First Annual Walsh University Ric Sayre Invitational Saturday in North Canton, Ohio.
Wooster (27) edged host Walsh (30) for the team title. John Carroll scored 84 points to finish ahead of Ohio Dominican, which accrued 111.
Freshman #Jacob Smith# led the way for John Carroll with a 13th place finish in a time of 28:29. Fellow rookie #Jeff Sigmund# was next in line, placing 14th in 28:34.
#Nick Habursky# (16th, 28:39), #Danny DiRuzza (23rd, 29:28) and Michael Joseph (26th, 29:56) rounded out the top five for the Blue Streaks.
Good call. Sorry about the error.
I followed this link from Walsh that says JCU won for some reason:
http://www.walsh.edu/crosscountry.htm
At any rate, I'm on it. Thanks again.
has anyone ever seen mrak or martin fold in big race situations? both of these guys have been top in the state and have run in the "big" meets where people fold. ive noticed that both guys step it up at championship season.....plaese correct me if i'm wrong though
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