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- 12/08/2009
Alan BowsherBy Tim Glon
ADA — Ohio Northern senior Alan Bowsher (Cygnet/Elmwood) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year for 2009.
Bowsher ended his senior year as the OAC individual champion with a time of 25: 21.08 to lead the Polar Bears to the team title.
He placed fourth (25:55.90) out of 248 runners at the Great Lakes Regional to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
At the national meet, Bowsher finished 76th (26:35) out of 276 runners.
- 11/21/2009
Bowsher / DickmanBy Tim Glon
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CLEVELAND -- Ohio Northern seniors Alan Bowsher and Justin Dickman wrapped up their careers with solid performances at the NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championships Saturday afternoon and the Highand Hills Golf Course, hosted by Ohio Athletic Conference friend Baldwin-Wallace.
- 11/14/2009
Bowsher / DickmanBy Tim Glon
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. --Seniors Alan Bowsher and Justin Dickman finished 4th and 7th, respectively, to lead the No. 32-ranked Ohio Northern men's cross country team to a seventh place finish at the 2009 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championships Saturday afternoon at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course.
Men's Cross Country Highlights
• 11 consecutive winning seasons
• 3 consecutive NCAA III Championships appearances in 2006, 07, 08
• Back-to-back OAC Championships team titles in 2007 & 2008
• Finished 11th at 2008 NCAA III Championships
• Ranked as high as No. 9 nationally in 2008
• Ranked as high as No. 19 in 2009
• Jimmy O’Brien – 2-time All-American, 2-time OAC Men’s Runner of the Year, 2007 OAC Champion
• Mike Becraft 1977, 78 OAC Champion
• Alan Bowsher 2009 OAC Champion
• Alan Bowsher, Justin Dickman finished 1-2 at OACs in 2009
• ONU coaching staff named 2008 OAC Coaching Staff of the Year
• OAC Champions 2007, 2008
• 2008 squad finished with school-record 136-13
• 5 runners earn All-OAC, All-Great Lakes Region honors in 2008
• 26 All-OAC honorees
• School record 24:12 by Mike Becraft in 1978