Julianne Hoekzema

ALEXANDRIA, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University men captured first-place honors at the Norse Cross Country Classic at A.J. Jolly Park on Friday with a team score of 28.

Four Norse runners - Zach Koehler, Greaham Niemer, Brad Bullock and Keith Knapp - placed in the top six finishers as NKU edged Ohio Northern by one point for the team title. Koehler posted a second-place finish with a time of 27:13 in the eight-kilometer run, while Niemer completed the course in 27:21 and took third-place honors.

Bullock was fifth with a time of 27:36, and Knapp finished sixth at 27:41. NKU’s Adam Stoppelwerth posted a 12th-place finish in 28:34.

Ohio Northern’s Brad Schroeder won the individual title with a time of 26:58.

In the women’s five-kilometer run, NKU’s Julianne Hoekzema took first place with a time of 19:48 as the Norse finished second as a team. Ohio Northern placed five runners in the top seven to win the team title.

NKU’s Tracy Carskadon finished fifth with a time of 20:32, and the Norse’s Lisa Sand was 10th in a time of 21:26.

Terri Arlinghaus of NKU was 11th with a time of 21:27.

A year ago, the NKU women captured first place in the inaugural Norse Cross Country Classic. Carskadon took first-place honors with a time of 19:26 in that race. Hoekzema finished in second place in 2004 with a time of 19:36.

NKU will be back in action Sept. 24 at the Great American Invitational in Cary, N.C.

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