Men’s Cross Country: Buckeyes Take Tennessee Invitational – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/14/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio State men’s cross country team won its second-consecutive meet to open the season with a victory in the Tennessee Invitational in Maryville, Tenn., Friday.
The Buckeyes swept the Top 3 spots for the second week in a row. Junior Jeff See won the 8-kilometer race with a time of 25:20.24. Sophomore Chad Balyo took second with a time of 25:27.10. Senior co-captain John Ealy rounded out the Top 3 just edging out Andrew Press of Tennessee, as Ealy finished in a time of 25:30.04.
“I thought we raced real well,” Robert Gary, head coach, said. “We trained extremely hard on the hills at our training camp in North Carolina, so I am very pleased with the times. It rained the entire day and the course is not easy. ”We will continue to work on running as a group during hard sessions and races and look the have a fifth man step up. The Dellinger Invitational in 2 weeks will be a real test on the National level”.
With the win the Buckeyes are now undefeated in September the past two seasons combined, winning a total of five team titles. The last time the Buckeyes failed to win a September meet was the Roy Griak Invitational Sept. 24, 2005.
The Buckeyes will take a week off and then head to the Bill Dellinger Invitational Sept. 29 in Eugene, Ore. The meet will be held at the Springfield Country Club, with a scheduled start time of 12:15 p.m. EDT.
Tennessee Invitational
Sept. 14, 2007
Maryville, Tenn.
Ohio State results
Pl Runner Time
1 See, Jeff 25:20.34
2 Balyo, Chad 25:27.10
3 Ealy, John 25:30.04
5 Bailey, Alex 25:57.59
9 Arnio, Andy 26:32.05
10 Olinger, Christopher 26:36.12
13 Candella, Taylor 26:57.56
