John Carroll was feeling good about itself after beginning the week as the #4 ranked team in the Division III Great Lakes Region. An opportunity to perhaps get some national recognition beckoned at the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Championships Friday at Cedarville University.

That opportunity may have to wait another day, however, as the Blue Streaks wound up fifth in the All-Ohio competition.

Ohio Northern, which began the week ranked #7 in the region, stands to gain from its title this afternoon, scoring 56 points to beat higher ranked teams such as #4 John Carroll (finished 5th, 101 points), #5 Mount Union (finished 4th, 94 points)  and #3 Otterbein (finished third, 84 points). Case Western Reserve, currently ninth in the region, was the All-Ohio runner-up at 74 points.

Results:  Division III  /  All Divisions  /  Open 8K

Matt Andrews did all he could today, taking fifth in the final Division III standings (and 26th overall) with a time of 25:46.3. Although not his fastest time of the season, he managed to beat scoring runners from schools such as Akron, Ohio University and Wright State.

Ross Martin was next across for the Blue Streaks, posting a time of 26:17.4 to finish 16th. One spot behind was Jamie Dailey, who was the top freshman for John Carroll today with a 17th place showing in a time of 26:18.9.

Alex Ryan (31st, 26:44.2) and Matt Hallgarth (32nd, 26:46.3) finished the scoring.

Despite not hitting the mark Friday, the John Carroll team is still locked in on higher goals, which is to put it all together at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships that are at the end of the next month.

There was also an open 8000-meter competition. Click the above links for details on the overall standings, Division III standings and the open race.