February 26 – Oberlin College student-athletes Joanna Johnson, Marie Barnett, Nicky Ouellet and Conor Doss were named to the USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Team yesterday afternoon.
-- Joanna
Johnson, a first-year runner for
Head Coach Ray Appenheimer's Oberlin
women's cross country team, competed
at the NCAA Championships this
morning. Johnson placed 89th in
the Division III Championship race
at St. Olaf College (Minn.).
-- Oberlin's
harriers trekked to Calvin College
(Mich.) this morning to compete in
the Great Lakes NCAA Regional Championships.
The Yeowomen finished in fifth place
out of 36 teams, while the Yeomen
placed 19th out of 38 teams.
November 8 -- The dedication and commitment Joanna Johnson ’11 put into her daily training as a member of the Oberlin College women’s cross country team paid off in a big way when she won the individual title at the 2007 North Coast Athletic Conference championships. “When I crossed the line I could hardly believe it,” Johnson said. “I never expected to win a race this year, but it felt wonderful to do so.” Johnson hopes to build on her success and lead the Yeowomen to the NCAA championships.
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Joanna
Johnson (Fr.) sprints to a first-place
finish today at Kenyon |
Photo
by Zach Pretzer |
-- Led by
first-year Joanna Johnson's first-place
finish and North Coast Athletic Conference
Title, the Oberlin women's cross country
team placed second at today's NCAC
Championships in Gambier, Ohio. The
Yeowomen finished just one point behind
winner Allegheny. The Yeomen placed
sixth out of 10 teams with 152 points.
It didn't take long for Johnson
to pull away from the pack and establish
a strong lead. The first-year ran a gutsy
and impressive race to win by 11 seconds
and become the NCAC's Runner and Newcomer
of the Year. Also having strong runs for
Oberlin were senior Marie Barnett (23:30,
10th place), junior Nicky Ouellet (23:34,
11th place), senior Alison Doniger (23:43,
13th place), and first-year Erica Grohol
(24:19, 24th place). Johnson, Barnett,
Ouellet, and Doniger each received All-NCAC
accolades.
The Yeomen were paced today
by junior Conor Doss, who paced 20th to
earn All-NCAC recognition (27:00). Classmate
Everett Schlawin finished closely behind
Doss with a 21st-place finish of 27:02.
First-year Albert Davila placed 33rd with
a time of 27:21, junior Ryan King clocked
in at 27:27 for 35th place, and junior
Collin Anderson rounded out Oberlin's top
five with a 43rd-place finish of 27:51.
-- Head Coach
Ray Appenheimer's men's and women's cross
country teams voyaged to Calvin College
(Mich.) today to run in the Great lakes
Pre-Regionals. Both teams ran well, with
the Yeowomen placing fourth out of 12
teams and the Yeomen finishing 10th out
of 13 squads.
-- This past weekend was extremely successful for Oberlin's fall sports teams as three student-athletes were named Player of the Week by the North Coast Athletic Conference. Senior Chase Palmer (football), Lauren Malinowski (field hockey), and Joanna Johnson (cross country) each received the league's top honor for their efforts in recent competitions.
