Cross Country

Bowsher / Dickman

By 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.

By Tim Glon

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 32 in the eighth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll.

The Polar Bears (64-11) were ranked No. 31 in the sixth and seventh weekly polls the last two weeks.

ONU was No. 20 in weeks four and five after being No. 18 in the third weekly poll and No. 19 in the second poll on Sept. 24.

ONU received 44 points in the poll after receiving 38 points each of the last two weeks.

Bowsher / Dickman

By Jeff Blezien

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WILMINGTON — Seniors Alan Bowsher and Justin Dickman finished 1-2, leading the No. 31-ranked Ohio Northern Men’s Cross Country team to a second place finish at the 2009 the Ohio Athletic Confrence Championships Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears’ record improves to 64-11 on the year.

PLACE TEAM                POINTS  PLACES OF FINISHERS              AVG. TIME SPREAD

  1 N Y U                    53    3    7   10   13   20   28   44    25:20    0:39
  2 Allegheny College        56    1    2    5   16   32   35   63    25:15    1:14
  3 Carnegie Mellon          98    6   15   18   21   38   47   81    25:37    0:49
  4 University Of St.  

Alan Bowsher

By Jeff Blezien

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OBERLIN - The No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern men’s cross country team finished seventh out of 28 teamsat the 8,000-meter course at Oberlin on Saturday.

This puts the Polar Bear record at 56-10 on the year.

Northern was led by senior Alan Bowsher who finished 11th in a time of 25:21.

Senior Brent Hiser finished in 27th in a time of 25:50.

Alan Bowsher

By Tim Glon

ADA — Ohio Northern senior Alan Bowsher (Cygnet/Bowsher) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for his efforts last weekend at the All-Ohio Championships meet.

Bowsher led the No. 19-ranked Polar Bears (35-4)  to a victory at the 20-team All-Ohio Championships at the Delaware Golf Club.

He finished second out of 145 Division III runners and was 15th of 269 runners from all divisions in 27:05. 

Alan Bowsher

By Jeff Blezein

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DELEWARE — The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern men’s cross country team won the All-Ohio Championships meet Friday afternoon.

ONU (35-4) won the team title for the second time in three years at the 8,000-meter course on the Deleware Golf Club course.

Hiser / Schoenlein

By Jeff Blezien

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —  Ohio Northern men’s cross country team took third out of 13 teams at the 8,000-meter course in the Calvin Cross Country Knight Invite Saturday.

The men (16-4) finished third behind No. 6-ranked Allegheny and No. 7-ranked Calvin (Mich.). Allegheny finished first with 48 points, while Calvin finished second with 83 and Northern finished third with 95.

Mike Scott

By Tim Glon

ADA —  Mike Scott has been named an assistant coach with the men's and women's cross country and track & field programs at Ohio Northern University.

Scott comes to ONU after a two-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Central Missouri in 2007 and 2008.

He has also served as head men's track & field coach at Southern Boone County (Mo.) HS and was an assistant coach for track & field for Rock Bridge HS in Columbia, Mo.

Alan Bowsher

By Tim Glon

ADA — Ohio Northern senior Alan Bowsher (Cygnet/Elmwood) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week.

Bowsher won the Division III race and finished seventh out of 168 runners overall to lead the ONU men at the Mel Brodt Invitational at Bowling Green State on Saturday.

The Polar Bears won the 5-team Division III meet and finished second out of 12 teams overall, defeating NCAA Division I schools Toledo, Marshall and Bowling Green.