Scot runners hit stride in Oberlin


This past weekend at the Inter-Regional Rumble, the Scotsí cross country teams placed respectably, with the menís squad earning 21st of the 28 schools, and the womenís team in 16th of the 25.

Yet again, leading the way for the Scotsí men was Terry Workman í10, whose 57th place finish on the 8k course (26:21) was the highest individual placing of either of the Wooster teams.† His brother and co-captain, Rik Workman í10, finished in 79th place at a pace just 19 seconds slower.† Kevin DeGroot í13, Micah Caunter í12 and Jeff Lyman í10 rounded out the Scotsí scorers with 132nd, 146th and 165th place finishes.

On the womenís side, the female harriers were once again led by Sarah Appleton í12 and Colleen OíNeil í13, who placed 65th (23:30) and 68th (23:32) in the field of† 220.† Chelsea Fisher í11 finished in 81st place, with Erin Plews-Ogan í13 (103rd) and Suzanne Capehart í11 (117th) filling out the rest of the Scotsí scorers.

New York University won the menís event with a score of 53 points, a tenth of Woosterís total score of 579.† Allegheny College was barely edged out of first with 56 points.† John Hopkins University won the womenís meet with 62 points, almost half of second place team Case Western Reserve University.

The Scots will be back in action at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships on October 31.† The event will take place in Delaware, Ohio on the Ohio Wesleyan University campus.