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Claire Lamb All-Ohio
Claire Lamb crosses the line to win her second-straight Division III All-Ohio title.

Women's Cross Country Written by Adam Prescott (photo by Scott Huck)

Women's XC Repeats as All-Ohio Champions


D3 Results
Overall Results

CEDARVILLE, Ohio – The Otterbein University women's cross country team repeated as Division III All-Ohio champions Friday afternoon, outlasting second-place Oberlin College to finish atop the field of 17 schools. Cedarville University once again served as the host.

The Cardinals, sitting sixth in the most recent regional rankings, crossed four runners in the top 15, held off Oberlin by 15 points and ultimately came in eighth out of 43 teams across all divisions. Otterbein claimed its first-ever All-Ohio crown last year.

Sophomore Claire Lamb repeated as the Division III individual champion, covering the 6K course in 21:43.4 to best the entire D3 field. She held off Ohio Wesleyan's Sarah Fowler by almost six seconds as the duo finished a minute ahead of everyone else. Lamb also come in third overall, finishing only behind runners from Miami (Ohio) and Dayton.

"I felt pretty strong and had confidence going into the race," Lamb said afterwards. "It was nice to bouce back individually after a tough race during the recent home meet. I am also so proud of the team for going out together, staying in a strong pack and defending our team title."

Classmates Heather Sandvik (23:00.6) and Katy Foltz (23:06.9) also turned in top-10 performances, with Sandvik earning fifth and Foltz sixth amongst Division III. The duo was also within the top-50 finishers in all divisions.

Senior Alex Winter recorded a 14th-place result in a time of 23:17.7 while sophomore Kira Judd rounded out the Cardinal five in 25th after completing the distance in 23:44.

Senior Cassady Shultz (24:17.6) and freshman Allison Rogiers (24:39.2) also had solid days, easily breaking the 25-minute mark to come in 38th and 54th, respectively.

Otterbein will be back in action the weekend of October 15,, traveling to compete at the Inter-Regional Border Battle, hosted by Rowan University, in Glassboro, N.J.
 
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Players Mentioned

Katy Foltz

Katy Foltz

5' 4"
Sophomore
Kira Judd

Kira Judd

5' 3"
Sophomore
Claire Lamb

Claire Lamb

5' 8"
Sophomore
Cassady Shultz

Cassady Shultz

5' 0"
Senior
Alex Winter

Alex Winter

5' 1"
Senior
Heather Sandvik

Heather Sandvik

Sophomore
Allison Rogiers

Allison Rogiers

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Katy Foltz

Katy Foltz

5' 4"
Sophomore
Kira Judd

Kira Judd

5' 3"
Sophomore
Claire Lamb

Claire Lamb

5' 8"
Sophomore
Cassady Shultz

Cassady Shultz

5' 0"
Senior
Alex Winter

Alex Winter

5' 1"
Senior
Heather Sandvik

Heather Sandvik

Sophomore
Allison Rogiers

Allison Rogiers

Freshman