Ohio State to Host First Home Meet in 13 Years
9/27/2019 3:10:06 PM | Men's Cross Country
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State cross country programs will host the Buckeye Preview Saturday, Sept. 28. The competition will be held at the Ohio State Golf Course located in Upper Arlington, Ohio. This is the first home meet in 13 years for the program and is set to be an accurate preview of the Big Ten Championships Nov. 3 also held at the Ohio State Golf Course. The women will enter the Buckeye Preview ranked No. 21 in the nation according the latest Coaches’ Poll.
Meet Information | Live Results
Course Description
The course starts and finishes near the driving range. It heads out 1000m before connecting with a 2000m loop that the women will run two times and the men three times.
Teams Competing
Grand Valley State
Illinois
Miami OH
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern (Women)
Penn State
Rutgers
Temple (Women)
Toledo
Vanderbilt (Women)
Ohio State Top 5 Finishers
Both men’s and women’s cross country have had an impressive start to the 2019 season. The women have taken first and second in the first two meets while the men have placed second and seventh. Below are the fastest top five times thus far in the season.
Men
Aaron Wood – 16th – 24:58.1
Paul Bete – 27th – 25:12.0
Luke Landis – 33rd – 25:23.7 1
Jake Wickert – 42nd – 25:31.3
Peter Hayden – 45th – 25:41.4
Women
Lainey Studebaker – 21:19.0
Abby Nichols – 21:18.8
Allie Guagenti – 21:48.4
Kalee Soehnlen – 21:48.4
Devon Leahy – 22:01.8
