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Women's Cross Country team finishes 5th at Akron Invitational in season opener

Submitted by tglon on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 3:58pm.
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Alison Steinbrenner

By Jeff Blezien

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AKRON — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team opened its 2009 season by finishing fifth in the 5,000-mile course in the Tommy Evans Invitational at University of Akron.

The Polar Bears (0-4) finished with 88 points in the field made up entirely of NCAA Division I teams.

Akron finished first with 50 points, Youngstown State finished second with 56 points, Kent State was third with 70 points and Buffalo was fourth with 79 points.

Freshman Alison Steinbrunner finished tenth out of 57 runners in a time of 19:40.

Senior Rachel Smith and sophomore Mallory Bloom finished 15th and 18th, respectively, in times of 20:21 and 20:39.

Senior Steph Hiser finished 21st in 20:46.

Freshman Ashton Dennon, sophomore Katie DeAngelis and junior Amy Davis finished the scoring for the Polar Bears with 24th, 25th, and 26th place finishes in times of 20:48, 20:49, and 20:51.    

Both the men’s and women’s teams will be competing next Saturday, September 12, at the Bowling Green Invitational.

Women’s Team Scores
1. Akron 50, 2. Youngstown State 56, 3. Kent State 70, 4. Buffalo (N.Y.) 79, 5. Ohio Northern 88.

Individual Top 5 Finishers
1. Kim Lorentz (Akron) 18:41, 2. Audrey Maheu (Kent State) 18:57, 3. Lauren Blase (Youngstown State) 19:06, 4. Samantha Hamilton (Youngstown State) 19:07, 5. Kelly Gephart (Kent State) 19:08.

Ohio Northern Finishers
10. Alison Steinbrunner 19:40, 15. Rachel Smith 20:21, 18. Mallory Bloom 20:39, 21. Steph Hiser 20:46, 24. Ashton Dennon 20:48, 25. Katie DeAngelis 20:49, 26. Amy Davis 20:51, 27. Ashley Baumer 20:59, 38. Rebecca Silverstein 21:38, 39. Brooke Bohanan 21:42, 40. Lauren Wood 21:44, 41. Sarah Thompson 21:48, 44. Lydia Weaver 22:03, 46. Kelly Casanova 22:14, 47. Keira Corbett 22:17, 48. Casey Adamcik 22:26, 49. Sarah Turley 22:29, 50. Erica Mausser 22:51, 53. Aimee Baehrens 23:37, 54. Brittany Stanek 24:20, 55. Tabitha Moody 24:46, 56. Katie Horton 24:50, 57. Vyta Kavaliauskas 25:31.