Yellow Jackets run in All-Ohio Championships

CEDARVILLE, Ohio – Defiance College traveled to DII Cedarville University to participate in the All-Ohio Championships on Friday afternoon.

The meet featured 568 runners from NCAA Division 1 to NAIA schools.  284 DIII runners participated in the race.

The Yellow Jackets saw their best finish from Colin Krick (Hicksville, Ohio / Antwerp Local).  Krick finished in 256th place with a 28:05.20.  The time also put him in 95th place of all DIII runners.

Clayton Bruggeman (St. Henry, Ohio / St. Henry) finished second for the Yellow Jackets.  He crossed the line at the 28:29.91 mark which was good enough for 123rd place in DIII.

Coming in next for DC was freshman Diego Sanchez (Kissimmee, Fla. / Celebration).  Sanchez crossed the line at 29:19.49.  He finished in 166th place for DIII runners.

Jaymes Cole (Vero Beach, Fla. / Vero Beach) and Jacob Rindler (St. Henry, Ohio / St. Henry) would round out the scoring for the Yellow Jackets.  Cole and Rindler finished at 29:37.98 and 29:55.47, respectively.

Also making the trip for DC was Zach Roush (Nashville, Ind. / Brown County).  He finished right behind Rindler with a 29:56.36.

Andrew Senecal (North Baltimore, Ohio / North Baltimore) and Sebastian Rue (Defiance, Ohio / Ayersville) also ran for the Yellow Jackets.  They finished with times of 30:45.06 and 31:40.79, respectively.

DC finished 17 out of 21 DIII teams with a combined score of 478.

The Yellow Jackets will be back in action in two weeks when they travel to Wilmington, Ohio for the Wilmington Invitational.  The event is slated for a 4:30 pm start time.