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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Avon's Dan Smith, a junior, was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week, while running cross country at Ohio Northern.


Smith led the Polar Bears to a fourth-place finish at the Calvin College Knight Invite. ONU outran 11 other teams, including OAC rival Baldwin Wallace.

In the 8,000-meter race, the junior placed 14th in a quick 26:16. Smith narrowly beat out senior Jacob Schoelien, whose 26:17 time was good for 16th place.

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Perkins’ Shane Huntley joined teammates Jacob Weyrauch, Alan Bowsher, Joe Amstutz, Ben McPheron and Garrett Brown on the Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference for their seasons running cross country and excellence in the classroom at Ohio Northern.

Huntley was a four-time All-OAC performer this season with three of the performances coming during the Indoor Championships.

He was third in the 500-meter run and contributed to a pair of relay teams. Huntley helped the 4x200-meter relay team win the OAC Title and helped the 4x400-meter relay team to a third-place finish.

Huntley again helped the 4x400-meter relay team claim third place at the OAC Outdoor Championships.

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