The Ohio cross country teams' performances at the Mid-American Conference Championships could be summed up in one word: disappointment.
Runners were dejected about both team and individual results following the conference meet after the women finished last and the men eighth out of 12 teams.
Did I feel bad? Yeah
I felt like crap runner Austin Schiele said. Did I run bad? Yep I'd have to say so. Did we get killed? Yeah. But there's always tomorrow and next season starts now.
Consistently finishing in the number two spot for Ohio, Schiele finished sixth on the team and 60th overall. Drew Frum remained the Bobcats top runner, but missed his goal of finishing in the top 12 by 14 places.
Obviously other teams came here with a mission to do better than what they are actually ranked by numbers
Ohio coach Clay Calkins said. We saw that in the results... The numbers tell the tale.
On the men's side, two schools finished their entire team before Ohio's top runner crossed the line, while two other teams placed four of their five runners before Frum's finish.
Finishing second on Ohio's team, runner Craig Leon was one of Ohio's few runners that ran to expectations. But the team's lack of success is all that matters, he said.
I was really pumped up for this race
ready to go
Leon said. And I really expected us to do well. And
obviously
team-wise
I don't think we did as well as we could have at all.
For the women's team, expectations were a little lower, Calkins said. But disappointment still ran high following the finish.
Andrea Maas, who finished first every meet this season, said before the race that she hoped to finish in the top 12. But her 29th place finish ran consistent with the rest of the meet in terms of meeting expectations.
Well
I know for the women's side we definitely did not do as well as we thought we would or hoped we would
runner Andrea Maas said. I was not happy at all with my time or place. Basically
