Both Ohio cross country teams improved on last year's Mid-American Conference Championship finishes. The women went from tenth to fourth place. The men improved from fourth to third place.
Carime Reinhart led the Ohio women, who were picked eighth in the preseason poll.
Reinhart's time of 17:49 was a career best by eight seconds. She finished fourth overall. I was very
very pleased with my performance she said. I felt pretty good. Andrea Maas was the second Ohio runner across the line, finishing 13th overall.
Rachel Beakas and - he said. They all looked strong and relaxed at the mile mark.
Ohio beat conference foe Miami in the team standings by ten points.
We all ran together and had a great day
Reinhart said. Our goal was to beat Miami and we hadn't been able to do that all season.
Akron won the women's team title with 41 points, followed by Toledo and Ball State.
The Ohio men, who were picked to finish fifth in the preseason poll, had three runners in the top 20. -
000 meter mark and then I started cramping up
he said. I ran through it and was pleased with my performance.
Schiele was 17th across the line in 25:36. Close behind was -
he said.
Eastern Michigan, ranked 30th nationally, won the men's title, with Miami finishing second.
Finishing third in the MAC is nothing to be angry about
Schiele said.
17
Archives
