The College of Wooster teams finished just about in the middle of their respective NCAA Div. III fields at Friday’s All-Ohio Intercollegiate Cross Country Championships, held at the Methodist Theological School and Delaware Golf Club in Delaware, Ohio, as the Fighting Scot women finished in 12th-place of 19 and the men were 13th out of 20.

The annual meet brings together runners of all collegiate classifications (NCAA Div. I, II, and III, and NAIA) from across the Buckeye State. Wooster’s women’s squad finished 27th overall among a group of 41, while Cedarville University tripped up the University of Cincinnati for the team championship, and taking the men’s competition was Malone University, also edging Cincinnati, with the Scots 30th of 42. Garnering the top honor in Div. III for both the men’s and women’s events was Case Western Reserve University.

Individually, Sarah Appleton paced Wooster as the freshman was the 32nd-fastest Div. III contestant to cross the finish line and 118th overall, covering the 5K course in 20:38.5. Only about 14 seconds behind was sophomore teammate Suzanne Capehart in 20:52.8, good for a 44th-place showing in Div. III.

Running in a tight pack for the Scots were senior Becca Thomas, freshman Meredith Shaul, and senior Emily Elderbrock, who ranked 70th (21:36.4), 72nd (21:42.3), and 73rd (21:45.1) in Div. III, respectively.

The men’s 8K race saw Wooster junior Terry Workman place among the top-100 total runners. He completed the course 87th overall, and 29th in Div. III, with a time of 27:28.4. Just outside the top-50 in Div. III was senior Mark DeWine, who took 55th (28:14.6), while junior Rick Workman turned in a 68th-place performance (28:50.1).

Also scoring team points for the Scots were senior Bryan Loy and freshman Jack Anderson, contributing 94th- (29:45.4) and 98th-place (29:56.3) efforts among their Div. III peers, respectively.

Wooster will be back in action next weekend at Oberlin College’s Inter-Regional Rumble.