Sutter, Baker lead Men's Cross Country to 17th-place finish in 39-team Oberlin Rumble
By Scott Beaton
OBERLIN — Junior Travis Sutter (Fort Recovery) and sophomore Patrick Baker (Massillon/Jackson) led the Ohio Northern men's cross country team to 17th of 39 teams in the Oberlin Rumble Saturday, held at the Oberlin College cross country course.
Ohio Northern (66-41 overall) scored 527 points while No. 21-ranked Berea (Ky.) scored 75 points to win the race and No. 11 Otterbein scored 109 points for second place.
Sutter crossed in 25:58.2 for 68th place out of 339 finishers and Baker was close behind in a career-best 26:01.5 for 78th.
Junior Jordan Green (Wooster) was next for ONU, placing 113rd in 26:25.5.
Freshman Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) was 126th in a career-best 26:31.8 and junior Sam Krabacher (Hamilton/Badin) rounded out the Northern scorers by finishing 168th in 26:56.0.
ONU's displacers were junior Dylan McKean (Warren/Champion) and junior Alessandro Tramontano (Cleveland/Mayfield).
McKean was 181st in 27:01.5 and Tramontano was 212th in 27:22.6.
The Polar Bears return to the course on Nov. 2 for the OAC Championships in University Heights. The race is set for 11 a.m.
Team Standings
1. #21 Berea (Ky.) 75, 2. #11 Otterbein 109, 3. #29 Case Western Reserve 125, 4. #23 Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 5. #17 Bates (Mass.) 159, 6. Brockport State (BN.Y.) 265, 7. Occidental (Calif.) 273, 8. Mount Union 276, 9. #15 John Carroll 310, 10. Washington & Lee (Pa.) 326, 11. DePauw (Ind.) 346, 12. Loras (Iowa) 404, 13. #34 Trine (Ind.) 424, 14. Ohio Wesleyan 458, 15. Heidelberg 496, 16. Franciscan 515, 17. Ohio Northern 527, 18. Manchester (Ind.) 527, 19. Penn State-Behrend 529, 20. Earlham (Ind.) 543, 21. Wabash (Ind.) 554, 22. Albion (Mich.) 561, 23. Baldwin Wallace 584, 24. Ursinus 604, 25. Rhodes (Tenn.) 612, 26. Fredonia State (N.Y.) 633, 27. Wayne State (Mich.) 646, 28. Hanover (Ind.) 708, 29. Oberlin 758, 30. Saint Vincent (Pa.) 765, 31. Adrian (Mich.) 848, 32. Waynesburg (Pa.) 888, 33. Alma (Mich.) 906, 34. Nazareth (N.Y.) 912, 35. Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 925, 36. Olivet (Mich.) 933, 37. Washington & Jefferson (Va.) 1025, 38. Geneva (Pa.) 1111, 39. Kalamazoo (Mich.) 1169.
Top 5 Individuals
1. Trey Razanauskas (Case Western) 24:36.7, 2. Logan McKenzie (Berea) 24:42.7, 3. Austin Neura (Heidelberg) 24:45.6, 4. Sean Kuehn (Brockport St.) 24:47.2, 5. Liam Galligan (Franciscan) 24:49.7
Ohio Northern Results
68. Travis Sutter 25:58.2, 78. Patrick Baker 26:01.5, 113. Jordan Green 26:25.5, 126. Billy Driemeyer 26:31.8, 168. Sam Krabacher 26:56.0, 181. Dylan McKean 27:01.5, 212. Alessandro Tramontano 27:22.6, 241. Breydan Hann 27:43.5, 273. Griffin Skaff 28:26.6.