The Ohio Northern men's cross country team raced to a 16th-place finish out of 42 teams at the Louisville Classic on Saturday afternoon at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park.
In the Silver Race (Pre-Nationals), the Polar Bears (35-19 overall) scored 508 points and posted a total time of 2:12:41.40 and an average time of 26:32:28 on the 8,000-meter course.
Junior Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) led the seven-man ONU contingent across the finish line, placing 49th overall out of 341 runners with a time of 25:37.9.
Junior Breydan Hann (Wooster) was the next Polar Bear to finish, placing 91st overall with a time of 26:21.4.
Sophomore Ian Ackenhausen (Xenia/Legace Christian Academy) was 111th in 26:38.5, senior Dylan McKean (Warren/Champion) was 114th in 26:42.0, sophomore Kyle Roth (Rockford/Parkway) was 165th in 27:21.6, freshman Trey Masterson (Tiffin/Hopewell Loudon) was 183rd in 27:39.8 and sophomore Braden Schaser (Fostoria/Lakota) was 210th in 28:08.2.
Wilmington's Simon Heys won the individual title, finishing in a time of 24:11.4.
