Tickets// THE STARTING LINE
Following time off from its last races, the University of Cincinnati cross country teams are set to toe the line once again this week as the Bearcats will return to Cedarville, Ohio, for the 2017 All-Ohio Intercollegiate Championships Friday afternoon at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course on the Cedarville campus. The annual meet, in its 63rd year on the men's side and 37th for the women, will feature runners from 53 different institutions from around the Buckeye State with the first race starting at 2 p.m.
// FOLLOW US
For up to the minute updates, follow UC Track & Field/Cross Country (@GoBearcatsTFXC) on Twitter, Facebook (GoBearcatsTFXC) and Instagram (GoBearcatsTFXC).
// SCHEDULE
The All-Ohio meet will feature four races on the day. The men's championship 8,000m run leads things off at 2 p.m. and will be followed by the women's championship 6,000m run at 2:45 p.m. The final two races will see a men's open 8,000m run start at 3:30 p.m. with the women's open 6,000m run starting at 4:15 p.m. Each team is permitted to enter up to nine runners in the championship races with all other team members racing in the open competition. The Bearcats will have entrants in both men's races while the women will only enter the championship race.
// SCORING
While all competitors will race at the same time, the results will be broken into three sections: NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II/NAIA and NCAA Division III with a champion crowned in each category, as well as an overall champion.
// RESULTS
FinishTiming.com will be providing results of each race throughout the competition. Cedarville University also will have be offering a live web stream of the event weather permitting. To view the stream, visit Portal.StretchInternet.com/Cedarville.
// IN THE MEET: ALL-OHIO
The All-Ohio will feature runners representing 53 schools from throughout the state. In the NCAA Division I section, Cincinnati will be joined by competitors from Akron, Cleveland State (women), Dayton, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, Toledo, Wright State and Xavier. Bowling Green, Ohio State and Youngstown State are not scheduled to compete this year.
// IN THE RANKINGS
According to the latest USTFCCCA rankings released this week, eight ranked teams will be represented throughout the competitions. None of the competing DI schools are ranked this week while three each from DII and DIII hold rankings and two in NAIA. In DII, Cedarville (10) and Walsh (19) are both ranked on the women's side while the Walsh men (25) are also ranked. In DIII, three women's teams are ranked, including Oberlin (23), Kenyon (26) and Otterbein (33). Shawnee State holds both NAIA rankings as the women are #6 and the men #17.
// HISTORY: ALL-OHIO - MEN
The UC men have captured six team and three individual crowns at the All-Ohio meet in past years. As a team, the men won the Division I title in 1995, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2012 while adding the overall team crown in 1995, 2001, 2011 and 2012. Individually, two Bearcats have won three individual titles, including Chris Reis, who was a back-to-back champion in 2000 and 2001, and Eric Finan, the 2011 winner.
// HISTORY: ALL-OHIO - WOMEN
The UC women have won the All-Ohio team title once while adding two individual wins. As a team, the Bearcats won the Division I title in 2008. Individually, Ruth Limo was victorious at the 2004 meet before Lilian Jelimo won the title in 2008.
// LET'S REVIEW: McNICHOLS - WOMEN
The UC women competed at the John McNichols Invitational two weeks ago (Sept. 9) and placed fourth out of five teams in the meet hosted by Indiana State at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind., the same course that will host the 2017 NCAA Great Lakes Region meet. Hannah Markel was the top finisher for the Bearcats as she placed 22nd overall in the 5,000m race. Meg Westerheide (24th) and Madison Dunlap (28th) added Top 30 finishes while freshman Sam Mikula (32nd) and Tessa Ward (36th) rounded out the Top 5 scorers for the Bearcats.
PREVIOUSLY NOTED
// MADZIA TOP 30
On Wednesday (September 6), the NCAA released the names on its Woman of the Year Top 30 list and former Bearcats standout Juliana Madzia was listed. Madzia was one of 543 women across all three NCAA divisions that was nominated this year (229 from Division I) for the prestigious award that has been given annually since 1991. The award is built upon recognizing female student-athletes that demonstrate its four core tenants: athletics, academics, service and leadership. Madzia, one of two from the American Athletic Conference that has advanced this far, was not selected as one of the three finalist from each of the three divisions. The 2017 recipient will be announced at a dinner October 22 in Indianapolis.
// RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE
Looking back at last year's American Athletic Conference Championships, three Bearcats placed in the Top 15 of their respective races and were named to the all-conference team. Of those three individuals, only senior Dan Huben returns in 2017 after placing 13th last year.
// MOVED ON
The Bearcats also have lost two of their all-conference honorees from last year as both Juliana Madzia and Toby Loveridge earned their degrees during the 2016-17 academic year.
// REVIEW: 2016 MEN
The men finished just outside of the trophy places at the conference meeting, finishing third overall at the meet held in Cincinnati. Both Toby Loveridge (7th) and Dan Huben (13th) earned all-conference honors with their finishes. The men also improved in the regional standings as they placed 17th overall with Huben leading the way in 58th, a huge improvement from the 2015 meet.
// REVIEW: 2016 WOMEN
The women had a great year as they placed sixth at the American Athletic Conference Championships, the best finish for the UC women since a sixth-place showing at the 2006 Conference USA event. Juliana Madzia was the top finisher for the women in five races and earned all-conference by finishing 13th at the AAC meet.
// HELLO! MY NAME IS...
The Bearcats will have seven new runners on the roster this year, including four men and three women. For the ladies, the newcomers include Sydney Hess (Curtice, Ohio), Sam Mikula (Columbus) and Katrina Patterson (Clarence, N.Y.). On the men's side, the newcomers include true freshmen Ryan Guenthner (Louisville) and Matt Stump (Medina, Ohio), junior Steven Zombory (Chardon) and senior Branden Nosker (Troy, Ohio). Zombory was a member of the UC Running Club the past two years while Nosker raced for Mississippi State.
// UP NEXT
Following one week off from competition, the Bearcats will return to the starting line in Louisville, Ky., as they will race in the NCAA Pre-National Meet, hosted by Louisville. The meet, which will be run on the same course as the NCAA Cross Country Championships in November, will be held Saturday, October 14. The meet also will serve as the final tune-up for the Bearcats before they travel to Philadelphia, Pa., on October 28 for the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships.
Following time off from its last races, the University of Cincinnati cross country teams are set to toe the line once again this week as the Bearcats will return to Cedarville, Ohio, for the 2017 All-Ohio Intercollegiate Championships Friday afternoon at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course on the Cedarville campus. The annual meet, in its 63rd year on the men's side and 37th for the women, will feature runners from 53 different institutions from around the Buckeye State with the first race starting at 2 p.m.
// FOLLOW US
For up to the minute updates, follow UC Track & Field/Cross Country (@GoBearcatsTFXC) on Twitter, Facebook (GoBearcatsTFXC) and Instagram (GoBearcatsTFXC).
// SCHEDULE
The All-Ohio meet will feature four races on the day. The men's championship 8,000m run leads things off at 2 p.m. and will be followed by the women's championship 6,000m run at 2:45 p.m. The final two races will see a men's open 8,000m run start at 3:30 p.m. with the women's open 6,000m run starting at 4:15 p.m. Each team is permitted to enter up to nine runners in the championship races with all other team members racing in the open competition. The Bearcats will have entrants in both men's races while the women will only enter the championship race.
// SCORING
While all competitors will race at the same time, the results will be broken into three sections: NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II/NAIA and NCAA Division III with a champion crowned in each category, as well as an overall champion.
// RESULTS
FinishTiming.com will be providing results of each race throughout the competition. Cedarville University also will have be offering a live web stream of the event weather permitting. To view the stream, visit Portal.StretchInternet.com/Cedarville.
// IN THE MEET: ALL-OHIO
The All-Ohio will feature runners representing 53 schools from throughout the state. In the NCAA Division I section, Cincinnati will be joined by competitors from Akron, Cleveland State (women), Dayton, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, Toledo, Wright State and Xavier. Bowling Green, Ohio State and Youngstown State are not scheduled to compete this year.
// IN THE RANKINGS
According to the latest USTFCCCA rankings released this week, eight ranked teams will be represented throughout the competitions. None of the competing DI schools are ranked this week while three each from DII and DIII hold rankings and two in NAIA. In DII, Cedarville (10) and Walsh (19) are both ranked on the women's side while the Walsh men (25) are also ranked. In DIII, three women's teams are ranked, including Oberlin (23), Kenyon (26) and Otterbein (33). Shawnee State holds both NAIA rankings as the women are #6 and the men #17.
// HISTORY: ALL-OHIO - MEN
The UC men have captured six team and three individual crowns at the All-Ohio meet in past years. As a team, the men won the Division I title in 1995, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2012 while adding the overall team crown in 1995, 2001, 2011 and 2012. Individually, two Bearcats have won three individual titles, including Chris Reis, who was a back-to-back champion in 2000 and 2001, and Eric Finan, the 2011 winner.
// HISTORY: ALL-OHIO - WOMEN
The UC women have won the All-Ohio team title once while adding two individual wins. As a team, the Bearcats won the Division I title in 2008. Individually, Ruth Limo was victorious at the 2004 meet before Lilian Jelimo won the title in 2008.
// LET'S REVIEW: McNICHOLS - WOMEN
The UC women competed at the John McNichols Invitational two weeks ago (Sept. 9) and placed fourth out of five teams in the meet hosted by Indiana State at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind., the same course that will host the 2017 NCAA Great Lakes Region meet. Hannah Markel was the top finisher for the Bearcats as she placed 22nd overall in the 5,000m race. Meg Westerheide (24th) and Madison Dunlap (28th) added Top 30 finishes while freshman Sam Mikula (32nd) and Tessa Ward (36th) rounded out the Top 5 scorers for the Bearcats.
PREVIOUSLY NOTED
// MADZIA TOP 30
On Wednesday (September 6), the NCAA released the names on its Woman of the Year Top 30 list and former Bearcats standout Juliana Madzia was listed. Madzia was one of 543 women across all three NCAA divisions that was nominated this year (229 from Division I) for the prestigious award that has been given annually since 1991. The award is built upon recognizing female student-athletes that demonstrate its four core tenants: athletics, academics, service and leadership. Madzia, one of two from the American Athletic Conference that has advanced this far, was not selected as one of the three finalist from each of the three divisions. The 2017 recipient will be announced at a dinner October 22 in Indianapolis.
// RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE
Looking back at last year's American Athletic Conference Championships, three Bearcats placed in the Top 15 of their respective races and were named to the all-conference team. Of those three individuals, only senior Dan Huben returns in 2017 after placing 13th last year.
// MOVED ON
The Bearcats also have lost two of their all-conference honorees from last year as both Juliana Madzia and Toby Loveridge earned their degrees during the 2016-17 academic year.
// REVIEW: 2016 MEN
The men finished just outside of the trophy places at the conference meeting, finishing third overall at the meet held in Cincinnati. Both Toby Loveridge (7th) and Dan Huben (13th) earned all-conference honors with their finishes. The men also improved in the regional standings as they placed 17th overall with Huben leading the way in 58th, a huge improvement from the 2015 meet.
// REVIEW: 2016 WOMEN
The women had a great year as they placed sixth at the American Athletic Conference Championships, the best finish for the UC women since a sixth-place showing at the 2006 Conference USA event. Juliana Madzia was the top finisher for the women in five races and earned all-conference by finishing 13th at the AAC meet.
// HELLO! MY NAME IS...
The Bearcats will have seven new runners on the roster this year, including four men and three women. For the ladies, the newcomers include Sydney Hess (Curtice, Ohio), Sam Mikula (Columbus) and Katrina Patterson (Clarence, N.Y.). On the men's side, the newcomers include true freshmen Ryan Guenthner (Louisville) and Matt Stump (Medina, Ohio), junior Steven Zombory (Chardon) and senior Branden Nosker (Troy, Ohio). Zombory was a member of the UC Running Club the past two years while Nosker raced for Mississippi State.
// UP NEXT
Following one week off from competition, the Bearcats will return to the starting line in Louisville, Ky., as they will race in the NCAA Pre-National Meet, hosted by Louisville. The meet, which will be run on the same course as the NCAA Cross Country Championships in November, will be held Saturday, October 14. The meet also will serve as the final tune-up for the Bearcats before they travel to Philadelphia, Pa., on October 28 for the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships.