Avon graduate Dan Smith earned All-Region honors with a 21st place finish, leading Ohio Northern at the 2011 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Men’s Cross Country Regional Championships at Oberlin on Saturday.

The Polar Bears finished 10th out of 35 teams with 280 points and end their season with a 103-33 record.

Smith finished the 8,000-meter course in 25:43, earning him All-Region honors with a top-35 finish in the 243-man field.

No. 4-ranked Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 38 points, No. 22 Wabash (Ind.) was second with 100 points, No.35 Manchester (Ind.) was third with 197 points and Ohio Wesleyan was fourth with 201 points.

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