Cross Country Competes At The Lewis Crossover

OVERVIEW – LEWIS CROSSOVER

LOCATION: Lewis Cross Country Course – Romeoville, Ill.

RECAP: Northwood men's and women's cross country traveled to Romeoville, Ill., for the Lewis Crossover on Saturday (October 12)

INSIDE THE MEN'S RACE (8,000 METERS)

• Northwood men's cross country took 25^th out of 36 teams competing at the event with 692 points.
• 13 of the nation's top-30 ranked teams competed at the event, with No. 3 Colorado School of Mines taking the top spot with 62 points. No. 11 Western Washington placed second with 123 points, followed by No. 18 Colorado Christian, earning third with 194.
• Preston Earl (25:05.8) and Jacob Wartenberg (25:30.4) led the Timberwolves, taking 74^th and 125^th out of the 387 athletes competing. Wartenberg's record race jumps him into 16^th place in the Northwood top-25 performers list for the 8K.
• Northwood's top-five racers totaled a 2:08.11 race with an average time of 25:38 for a 52-second spread.

NORTHWOOD RESULTS:

• Earl: 74^th – 25:05.8
• Wartenberg: 125^th – 25:30.4 – PR – 16^th in NU history
• Lucas Oberle: 145^th – 25:39.1
• Baraka Sila: 197^th – 25:57.9
• Sam Smith: 200^th – 25:58.5
• Caleb Palmreuter: 239^th – 26:22.5
• Keegan Masters: 252^nd – 26:29.4
• Nolan Nixon: 264^th -26:39.3
• Elliot Carey: 308^th – 27:20.7
• Joshua Simpson: 337^th – 30:44.0

INSIDE THE WOMEN'S RACE (6,000 METERS)

• Northwood women's cross country placed fourth overall with 106 points in the women's 6000m open. The women took fourth out of 13 teams competing in the event.
• Rachael Sierakowski led the Timberwolves, placing seventh overall (23:49.60) out of the 100 racers.
• Northwood's top-five runners totaled a 2:04.24 race with an average time of 24:52 for a 2:04 spread.

 NORTHWOOD RESULTS:

• Rachael Sierakowski: 7^th – 23:54.3
• Katherine Haupt: 16^th – 24:38.5
• Ariel Warner: 18^th – 24:41.8
• Landry Koski: 28^th – 25:11.3
• Kaylee Aultman: 51^st – 25:58.5
• Alyssa Dorn: 56^th – 26:08.7
• Riley Hacker: 58^th – 26:12.4
• Erica Klee: 65^th – 26:21.1
• Kaylee Locke: 68^th – 26:28.9
• Hattie Veenkant: 97^th – 29:41.2

UP NEXT

• Northwood men's and women's cross country teams gear up for the G-MAC Championships on October 26 at Hayden Park in Hillsdale, Mich.