18th of 29 at All-Ohio Classic

Senior Wes Horton (Worthington/Thomas Worthington) led Ohio Wesleyan at the All-Ohio Classic meet, hosted by Cedarville University on Friday in Cedarville.

Rio Grande won the team title with 69 points to 108 for Cedarville.  Shawnee State finished third with 116 points, followed by Case Reserve (135), Malone (151), Otterbein (182), Tiffin (212), Ohio Northern (226) and Ashland (298).  Wooster rounded out the top 10 teams with a score of 307, followed by Kenyon (316), Franciscan (324), Wilmington (375), Mount Vernon Nazarene (391), Wright State (405), Lake Erie (437), Ohio Dominican (448), Ohio Wesleyan (475), and Capital (488).  Heidelberg completed the top 20 teams with a total of 542, followed by Marietta (564), Bluffton (602), Muskingum (650), Central State (732), Mount St. Joseph (739), and Lorain County Community College (833).  Xavier, Hocking, and Findlay did not compile team scores.

In the Division III standings, Case Reserve won the title with 52 points to 71 for Otterbein, followed by Ohio Northern (91), Kenyon (134), Wooster (143), Franciscan (155), Wilmington (187), Ohio Wesleyan (231), Capital (234), Heidelberg (273), Marietta (294), Bluffton (304), Muskingum (339), and Mount St. Joseph (395).

Tyler Jenkins of Rio Grande was the first collegiate finisher, completing the 8000-meter course in 24:33.9.  Simon Heys crossed the line first in 24:23.7.

Horton finished 60th overall in 26:35.0.

Senior Simon Leck (Toledo/St. Francis DeSales) was 137th in 27:34.5, senior Preston Pethtel (Heath) placed 188th in 28:13.0, sophomore Perry Jackson (Springfield/New Carlisle Tecumseh) finished 204th in 28:30.7, and senior Kory Kaiser (Cincinnati/West Clermont) completed the Ohio Wesleyan scoring with a 217th-place finish in 28:42.3.

Freshman Jacob Blubaugh (Columbus/Bishop Ready) was 252nd in 29:09.7 and sophomore Haden Kirkham (Granville) was 267th in 29:22.4.

Final Results