POWELL, Ohio – The Ohio Wesleyan University men's cross country team kicked off Ohio Wesleyan Alumni & Family Weekend on Friday evening, hosting their annual OWU Invitational at Liberty Park. The Bishops finished ninth in the 12-team field with 247 points.
Ohio Northern (31) finished first, followed by Otterbein (73), Heidelberg (95), Baldwin Wallace (99), and Oberlin (126) in the top five.
Jacob Blubaugh,
Tyler Stricker, and
Perry Jackson were OWU's top three finishers. Blubaugh ran a 26:54.8 placing 35th and scoring 31 points. Stricker came in 64th running a 27:33.8 to score 45 points. Jackson placed 75th running 27:46.7 to score 51 points.
Lucas Weaver and
Caleb Martin were the final two scorers for OWU. Weaver ran a 28:16.0 for 95th place and scored 57 points. Martin came in 104th with a 28:26.9 to score 63 points.
Eli Creed and
Haden Kirkham were the displacers for the Red and Black. Creed ran a 28:58.0 for 125th place. Kirkham strided a 29:23.9 for 144th.
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Ohio Wesleyan will compete again in two weeks at the Connecticut College Invitational on Saturday, October 17 at 10 a.m.
