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Cross Country Runs Wild

The women's cross country team has had an all-around "wow" season. The Cardinal team has placed in the top ten in every single meet. At Wilmington and Marietta they placed first out of eight and 22 teams, respectively. At the Ohio Athletic Conferece (OAC) championship they took an impressive second place, which gave them momentum heading into regionals. At regionals the team placed tenth, fulfilling a team goal.

All these high finishes were a team effort. However, Niki Reese finished in first place for Otterbein at every single meet. Recently, she has qualified to compete at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. for the national title. Along with teammate Abby Ludwig, she finished in the top 35 runners, which earned them both all-regional honors.

"I'm definitely excited to qualify for nationals, it's been one of my goals throughout the summer. I have all my training behind me," said Reese.

Reese also runs the 5k, the mile, the 4x8 (outdoor) and the distance medley (indoor) in the track season and plans to take her national competition experience and apply it to the upcoming season. "I can definitely take the experience from nationals and apply it to track....I'm stronger now and I can help the team more," she said.

Senior captain of the men's cross country team Jared French has run the gauntlet this season. He placed in the top five for six out of eight competitions, coming in second at the Wilmington meet. "Placing in the top five...is pretty significant. I would have liked to place in the top five in conference as well," said French.

At the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) championship he placed 33rd. After having such a successful season, this placement was suprising to French, especially coming off of the Worthington meet. "Unfortunately I got sick," he said by way of explanation of the low placement.

In the NCAA meet, French placed 17th, which he was very happy with. "I was 17th overall, which was very impressive," he said.

The team didn't make it to nationals, but there was hope that French would make it as an individual. Unfortunately, he missed the cutoff by one place. Still, his senior cross country season finished on a high note and he is looking forward to track season. He is planning on continuing his strong leadership and performances.

While practicing indoors, French ran a personal best for the mile (4:21), which bodes well for his chances of sweeping the conference and qualifying for nationals.

Jared French was named runner of the week by the OAC twice this season, once for the Wilmington classic and once for the Otterbein invitational.



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