By Tim Glon

Senior Samantha Hoffman led the Ohio Northern women's cross country team to a 10th place finish at the 24-team Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational Saturday morning at the Calvin Cross Country Course.

The Polar Bears (22-13 overall) finished with 281 points.

No. 7-ranked Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 27 points, No. 9 (NAIA) St. Francis (Ill.), No. 22 (NAIA) Aquinas (Mich.) was third with 124 points, No. 34 Case Western Reserve was fourth with 135 points and No. 11 (NAIA) Cornerstone (Ind.) was fifth with 170 points.

Hoffman finished 23rd out of 292 runners in 19:11 over the 5,000-meter course.

Senior Raechel Moore was 65th in 19:53, junior Rebekah McCutchen was 66th in 19:54, junior Kara Sosinski was 74th in 20:01 and freshman Alexis Kandel was 91st in 20:19 for ONU.

Calvin's Cassandra Vince won the race in 17:50.

The Polar Bears will take a week off and will return to action Sept. 27 at the Wilmington Pre-NCAA meet in Mason.

Team Standings

1. #7 Calvin (Mich.) 27, 2. #9 St. Francis (Ill.) 109, 3. #22 Aquinas (Mich.) 124, 4. #34 Case Western Reserve 135, 5. #11 (NAIA) Cornerstone (Mich.) 170, 6. DePauw (Ind.) 171, 7. Heidelberg 256, 8. Indiana Tech 257, 9. Alma (Mich.) 266, 10. Ohio Northern 281, 11. St. Mary's (Ind.) 316, 12. Madonna (Mich.) 376, 13. Baldwin Wallace 410, 14. Adrian (Mich.) 420, 15. Spring Arbor (Mich.) 477, 16. Lake Forest (Ill.) 478, 17. Defiance 491, 18. Davenport (Mich.) 530, 19. Michigan-Dearborn 555, 20. Bethel (Ind.) 573, 21. Kalamazoo (Mich.) 631, 22. St. Mary-of-the-Woods (Mich.) 687, 23. Grand Bible CC (Mich.) 706, 24. Grace Bible (Mich.) 714.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Cassandra Vince (Calvin) 17:50, 2. Jodi Hiekstra (Unattached) 18:04, 3. Lauren Strohbehn (Calvin) 18:10, 4. Sarah Danner (Calvin) 18:13, 5. Julie Oosterhouse (Cornerstone) 18:24.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

23. Samantha Hoffman 19:11, 65. Raechel Moore 19:53, 66. Rebekah McCutchen 19:54, 74. Kara Sosinski 20:01, 91. Alexis Kandel 20:19, 102. Margaret Sorg 20:26, 106. Julie Puvogel 20:30, 116. Emily Richards 20:41, 128. Morgan Rouch 20:53, 129. Nikki Huber 20:56, 165. Deanna Calder 21:28, 169. Megan Joseph 21:30, 183. Emily Myers 21:59, 199. Paige Giessler22:17, 218. Danielle Sutter 22:35, 231. Elizabeth Martin 22:55, 232. Jessica Plaugher 22:55, 260. Renee Kraft 24:33, 276.Megan Cox 25:45.