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Men's Team Results	Women's Team Results
Men's Individual Results	Women's Individual Results

 

The Malone College men's cross country team, ranked #1 in the NAIA, captured the team title among a 39-team field at the Ohio Intercollegiate Championships in Delaware, Ohio last Friday while the women's team, ranked #5 in the NAIA, finished seventh among its 44-team field.  In addition, Ryan Kienzle (Sr., GlenOak H.S.) paced the Pioneer men's team, which finished 1-2-4-12-13, by winning the individual title in a time of 25:13 while Malone head coach Jack Hazen was named the Men's All-Ohio Coach of the Year.  Also, Hazen received the Marv Frye Award, named in honor of the longtime and retired Ohio Wesleyan University coach who was instrumental in organizing the All-Ohio event from the very beginning.  The award is given by the Ohio Collegiate Cross Country Coaches Association for meritorious service.  For the men, the victory marked their first overall All-Ohio victory since 1992, when the team captured the last of four consecutive overall championships.  Only Miami University has had more consecutive All-Ohio victories (5 straight from 1965-69) than Malone.

 

In the men's race, Malone dominated the event by tallying just 32 points to easily outdistance runner-up University of Cincinnati, which had 90 points.  Ohio University was a distant third at 179 points, Ohio Northern University was fourth at 203 and The Ohio State University rounded out the top five at 213.  Other notable teams defeated by Malone included Akron, Kent State, Dayton and Youngstown State.

 

Following Kienzle's outstanding first-place finish was the second-place overall finish of Nik Schweikert (Jr., Beavercreek H.S.) who posted a time of 25:20.  Next for Malone was freshman Aaron Melhorn (Fairless H.S.) who placed fourth overall in a time of 25:57.  Melhorn was named the Freshman of the Year at the meet for his top time by a freshman athlete.

 

Others who scored for the team were Chris Sinick (So., Field H.S.) who finished in 12th at 26:32 and Paul Robinson (So., Field H.S.) who was 13th in 26:34.  Also competing for Malone were James Zeuch (Fr., Galion H.S.) who finished 14th (26:36) and Evan Gaynor (So., Delta H.S.) who placed 78th (27:59).

 

For the women, Malone chalked up 188 points for their seventh-place finish as Miami University won the women's overall title with 75 points.  Ohio University was a close second with 80 points while Akron was third (100), Cincinnati took fourth (103) and Cedarville University placed fifth (121).  The Malone women defeated the likes of Ohio State, Dayton, Kent State, Bowling Green State and Youngstown State.

 

Leading the way for the Pioneer women was Rebekah Genter (Jr., Crestview H.S.) who finished 12th overall in a time of 19:12.  Kalie Hauenstein (So., Ashland H.S.) was next for the squad as she finished 24th (19:29).  Others who scored for Malone included Katie Bagley (Jr., Van Wert H.S.) in 26th (19:33), Alanna Seamon (Fr., St. Clairsville H.S.) in 50th (20:12) and Kristin Downing (Fr., Lake H.S.) in 76th (20:48).  Gabrielle Wuensch (Fr., New London H.S.) also finished for the varsity in 170th (22:36).

 

Both teams also had athletes competing in their respective open races at the All-Ohio meet.  For the men's team, Mike Coates (Sr., Sandy Valley H.S.) led the way with a fifth-place finish in 26:32.  Others who competed in the open race for the Malone men were Justin Baum (Sr., Kenston H.S.) in 11th (27:00), Dan McCracken (So., Anna H.S.) in 22nd (27:48), Kyle Randolph (Fr., Galion H.S.) in 29th (27:55), Keith Burns (Jr., Minerva H.S.) in 89th (29:57), Brad Sinick (Sr., Field H.S.) in 112th (30:33), Jon Easterling (Jr., Ashtabula H.S.) in 113th (30:34), Bryan Eckenfels (Fr., Northwestern H.S.) in 129th (31:03), Ian Miller (Sr., Marcus, TX) in 175th (32:28) and Joe Siebert (Jr., Sandy Valley H.S.) in 185th (32:56).

 

In the women's open race, Sarah Hines (So., Northmor H.S.) finished in 25th (21:27) while Danielle Wuensch (Fr., New London H.S.) was 60th (22:42).

This week, the Malone teams are idle and will next compete at the Southeastern Classic in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, October 20th.