2nd of 16 at Otterbein Invitational

Sept. 22, 2007

Junior Leah Schmelzer (Marion/Pleasant) and sophomore Sarah Shinn (Edinboro, Pa./General McLane) led Ohio Wesleyan at the Otterbein Invitational, hosted by Otterbein College on Saturday in Westerville.

DePauw won the meet with 29 points to 67 for Ohio Wesleyan. Otterbein finished third with 101 points, followed by Denison (103), Mount Union (105), Oberlin (186), Rose-Hulman (226), Heidelberg (234) and Wilmington (252). Wittenberg rounded out the top 10 with 273 points, followed by Ohio Northern (283), Capital (285), Glenville State (390), Muskingum (419), Mount Vernon Nazarene (457) and Ohio Dominican (468).

Schmelzer finished 10th among individuals, completing the 6000-meter course in 23:07, while Shinn followed in 11th place in a time of 23:10.

Sophomore Claire Everhart (Edinboro, Pa./General McLane) placed 15th in 23:24, freshman Kat Zimmerly (Edinboro, Pa./General McLane) finished in 18th place in 23:37, and junior Laura Binkley (Columbus/Bishop Watterson) finished off the Ohio Wesleyan scoring with a 32nd-place finish in 24:16.

Freshman Rachel Newman (Strongsville) finished 48th in 24:58, and junior Valerie Sloboda (Columbia, Md./Atholton) was 50th in 25:02.