November 12, 2011

Men's Cross Country 16th at NCAA Great Lakes Regional

Mount Union's men's cross country team finished 16th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Saturday in Oberlin, Ohio.

The Purple Raiders were dealt a serious blow early in the race when top runner sophomore Josh Clemence (Akron/Firestone) fell in the first 200 meters and did not finish the race.

Mount Union was led by junior Matt Miller (Lakewood/Lakewood) in 71st place with a time of 26:46.95 and sophomore Konner Lashley (Madison/Madison) in 73rd with a time of 26:47.51.

NCAA Great Lakes Regional - Oberlin, Ohio
Men's Race - 8k

Team Standings

1. #4 Calvin (Mich.) 38, 2. #22Wabash (Ind.) 100, 3. #35Manchester (Ind.) 197, 4. Ohio Wesleyan 201, 5. Albion (Mich.) 224, 6. Hope (Mich.) 226, 7. Case Western Reserve 237, 8. John Carroll 260, 9. Oberlin 279, 10. Ohio Northern 280, 11. DePauw (Ind.) 294, 12. Heidelberg 303, 13. Franciscan 417, 14. Anderson (Ind.) 418, 15. Wilmington 450, 16. Mount Union 452, 17. Denison 458, 18. Marietta 489, 19. Baldwin-Wallace 501, 20. Kenyon 535, 21. Muskingum 551, 22. Trine (Ind.) 559, 23. Defiancce 567, 24. Adrian (Mich.) 571, 25. Wooster 577, 26. Wittenberg 623, 27. Earlham (Ind.) 690, 28. Alma (Mich.) 693, 29. Kalamazoo (Mich.) 711, 30. Hanover (Ind.) 913, 31. Hiram 927, 32. Olivet (Mich.) 981, 33. Bluffton 1013, 34. Mount Saint Joseph 1076, 35. Trabsylvania (Ky.) 1138.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Kevin McCarthy (Wab) 24:31, 2. Makorobo Salukombo (Den) 24:44, 3. Dan Kerr (Cal) 24:17, 4. Bill Jones (Fran) 24:50, 5. Matt Vander Roest (Cal) 24:52.

Mount Union Individual Results

71. Matt Miller 26:46.95, 73. Konner Lashley 26:47.51, 92. Tim Kelly 27:05.29, 111. Andrew Nelson 27:21.27, 119. Erik Reed 27:25.09, 151. Nate Grimm 27:52.25.