WILMINGTON, Ohio — The Marietta College Cross Country team ran in the JennaStrong Fall Classic hosted by Wilmington College on Friday (Oct. 16) afternoon. The Pioneer men placed 14th on the 8,000-meter race, while the women competed as individuals in the 5,000-meter race.
 
Findlay and Rio Grande tied for the men's team title with 43 points each. Shawnee State was third with 125 points, followed by Wilmington (150), Wabash (194), Pikeville (212), Hanover (224), Wittenberg (229), Midway (229), Georgetown (236), Wooster (262), Mount St. Joseph (352), Anderson (353), Marietta (409), Central State (429), Defiance (515), and Earlham (559).
 
Unattached runner, Tyler Jenkins, won the men's individual title completing the course in 25:12.0. Kevin Hernandez (Plymouth, Ohio/Willard) was Marietta's top finisher. Hernandez posted a personal best time of 27:11.5 to place 36th overall.
 
Hunter Uptain (Millersburg, Ohio/West Holmes) posted a time of 29:13.4, followed by Ryan Bertolino (Marlton, N.J./Paul VI) (30:54.7), Cooper Warren (Logan, Ohio/Logan) (34:30.7), and Hunter Wick (Seymour, Ind./Seymour) (40:14.4).
 
Georgetown (Ky.) won the women's team trophy with 64 points. Unattached runner, Shelby Nolan, was the individual champion with a time of 18:53.9.
 
Audrey Helmick (Berkeley Springs, W.Va./Berkeley Springs) and Alexis Wagers (Holmesville, Ohio) both set personal records in the meet. Helmick crossed the line in 19:51.4 placing tenth overall, while Wagers finished in 21:14.9 to place 47th. Leilani Navarro (Mineral Wells, W.Va./Wood County Christian School) posted a time of 25:08.3.
 
Up next for the Pioneers is the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship being hosted by Baldwin Wallace on Saturday, October 31st at Lorain Community College in Elyria.
 
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