Cross Country Set for All-Ohio Championships on Saturday

Saturday, September 28

Cedarville, Ohio

1 p.m.

Xavier University

All-Ohio Championships

Cross Country Set for All-Ohio Championships on Saturday

09.27.19 | Cross Country

Watch Live Live Results Participating Teams

The meet is being hosted by Cedarville University at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier cross country continues its 2019 season at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday, Sept. 28. The meet is being hosted by Cedarville University at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course.

ALL-OHIO CHAMPIONSHIPS

Date: Saturday, Sept. 28 | 1 p.m.
Location: Cedarville, Ohio | Elvin R. King Cross Country Course
Race Distances: Women's 6K, Men's 8K
Live Results: bit.ly/2mG3tZN
Live Video: bit.ly/2d6R78n

MEET SCHEDULE
1 p.m. - Men's 8K Race
1:45 p.m. - Women's 6K Race

PARTICIPATING TEAMS
Akron, Ashland, Baldwin-Wallace, Bluffton, Bryant and Stratton, Capital, Case Western, Cedarville, Central State, Cincinnati Christian, Cleveland State (W), Cuyahoga CC (W), Dayton, Denison, Findlay, Franciscan (Ohio), Heidelberg, John Carroll, Kent State, Kenyon, Lake Erie, Lorain County CC, Malone, Marietta, Mount Union, Mount Vernon Nazarene, Muskingum, Oberlin, Ohio, Ohio Christian, Ohio Dominican, Ohio Northern, Ohio Wesleyan, Otterbein, Rio Grande (M), Shawnee State, Tiffin, Urbana, Ursuline (W), Walsh, Wilberforce, Wilmington, Wittenberg, Wooster, Wright State, Xavier

XAVIER MEN
Tullus Dean, Noah Douthit, Connor Meehan, Matt Mekaelian, Jake Prestileo, Gabe Warren

XAVIER WOMEN
Parker Hopkins, Sydney Kapral, Bernadette Prichard, Emily Sienna, Sydny Warner

LAST TIME OUT

• The Musketeers most recently competed at the Commodore Classic in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, Sept. 14. The Xavier women placed ninth, while the men took 13th.

• Anna Kostarellis placed fifth in the 6K race in a personal-best time of 21:11.40. Brady Harless paced the men in 62nd, posting a time of 25:56.50 in the 8K race.

NOTABLES

• Xavier is competing in the All-Ohio Championships for the first time since Sept. 29, 2017. The Xavier men placed seventh in the Collegiate Division I race, while the women placed ninth in the Collegiate Division I race.

• Anna Kostarellis was ranked 37th nationally in the 2019 FloXC Top-255 Individual rankings as announced on Sept. 24.

• The Xavier women opened the season by winning the Queen City Invitational on Aug. 31, the program's third Queen City Title in program history. The Xavier men placed fifth at the meet.

• Anna Kostarellis won the women's individual title, posting a school-record time of 17:07.80 in the 5K race. Jenna Clayworth (4th - 18:00.30) and Jennifer Prial (9th - 18:07.70) both recorded top-10 finishes.

• Anna Kostarellis was named the BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week on Sept. 4 for her performance at the Queen City Invitational. She is the first Xavier runner to earn the honors since 2015.

USTFCCA REGIONAL RANKINGS

• Xavier women's cross country was ranked 11th in the most recent USTFCCCA Regional Poll. The Musketeers were also ranked 11th last week.

• The Musketeers were ranked five times in the regional poll last season.

QUOTING COACH ORNER

"We're looking forward to the All-Ohio because Cedarville has a great cross country course and it's a good opportunity for our athletes to run against some of their high school rivals. I'm not racing any of our top seven on the men's or women's side so this will also serve as an opportunity for those outside of the top seven to prove they deserve a spot moving forward into some of the bigger meets at the end of the season. I also think it's important for us to have representation at this meet when it's held in the Eastern part of the state because Ohio is one of the last states that still hold a college meet where every school is invited, regardless of the division."

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action at the Louisville Classic on Saturday, Oct. 5.