Story by David Wahl III
NEW CONCORD, Ohio - Milena Wahl garnered Second Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) honors and was the top Fightin' Quaker to finish as the Wilmington College women's cross country team placed ninth at the OAC Women's Cross Country Championships hosted at Muskingum University on Saturday.
The junior from Lebanon, Ohio, finished the six-kilometer course in 24:26.4 to finish 20th in a field of 113 runners. Macy McAdams of the host Fighting Muskies won the individual title with a time of 22:29.6. As a team, Wilmington finished with 256 points, seven ahead of Capital University and five behind Marietta College. John Carroll University won the team OAC title with 36 points.
The senior trio of AJ Houseman, Julia Bystrom and Jordan Snarr ran their final race together as the Quakers close out the regular season. Houseman and Bystrom finished side by side as the two claimed top-100 finishes for the team. Snarr battled through the hilly course and finished in a time of 38:39 in what may have been her last collegiate race.
"We knew the course was going to be one of the hardest we have ever raced," commented Head Cross Country Coach Ron Combs. "I thought the team ran well and left everything out on the course today."
The Quakers will take a week off to prepare for the Great Lake Regional Championships in Holland, Michigan, on November 12th.
