The Case Western Reserve University cross country teams were back in action on Saturday, continuing their strong fall, as the 27th-ranked men and the women each claimed team titles at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble in Oberlin, Ohio.

Senior Jacob Slater led a group of five Spartan men in the top-11, winning his second straight race, while junior Donovan Crowley was close behind him in second place. The women also finished in a tight pack atop the standings, led by a third-place finish from sophomore Halina Tompkins in her season debut.

Women's Varsity Race

• The CWRU women finished with a score of 42 points to top the field of 22 teams, placing well ahead of second-place DePauw (99 points) and third-place Denison (106).

• Tompkins paced the Spartans in her first race of the campaign, placing third out of 188 total runners with a time of 22:49.1 in the 6K race.

• Sophomore Reid Smith continued her strong fall, crossing the line in sixth place with a career-best 6K mark of 22:57.7.

• A pair of first-year runners followed for the Spartans, with Katie Straub coming in ninth with a time of 23:02.8, and Josslyn Wade following close behind in 10th place with a time of 23:03.6.

• Rounding out the Spartans' top-five was sophomore Francesca Taracila, who was 14th in a time of 23:20.3.

• Serving as displacers for CWRU were junior Becca Liaw, who was 25th with a mark of 23:46.6, and sophomore Elena Von Handorf, who was 43rd in a time of 24:10.5.

• Also competing in the varsity race for the Spartans on Saturday were junior Julia Walko (44th, 24:11.7), junior Cecilia Postma (53rd, 24:18.0), and sophomore Maya DiPasquale (56th, 24:19.7).

Men's Varsity Race

• The Spartan men dominated the field of 19 teams in the men's varsity 8K race, finishing with a team score of 23 points. DePauw was second with 137 points, followed by Baldwin Wallace in third place with 144 points.

• One year removed from a second-place finish at the meet, Slater completed the individual triumph this time around, crossing the line first out of 178 runners with a time of 25:19.3

• Crowley, who led in the early portion of the race, was 17.7 seconds behind Slater, placing second with a mark of 25:37.0.

• Junior Brendan Bradish and sophomore Kian Schneeweis placed sixth and seventh, respectively, with the former registering a mark of 26:07.7, and the latter crossing the line with a time of 26:11.4.

• Sophomore Jay Woodhouse completed the team's scoring finishers, placing 11th with a time of 26:23.3.

• Juniors Adam Esa (14th, 26:27.7) and Adam Joseph (34th, 26:56.4) were the sixth and seventh finishers for the Spartans on Saturday.

• Other CWRU finishers in the varsity race included juniors Lucas Siepser (41st, 27:04.7) and Owen Schessler (46th, 27:07.7), and sophomore Devin Montileone (94th, 27:56.7).

Women's Open Race

• Three CWRU women competed in the women's open 6K race, led by sophomore Kasey Thomas, who was seventh out of 95 runners with a time of 25:26.6.

• Sophomore Hannah Nevius was 27th with a time of 27:34.4, while senior Angie Getz placed 32nd with a time of 27:42.6.

Men's Open Race

• Sophomore Thijs Doot won the men's open 8K race, placing first out of 164 runners with a time of 27:30.2.

• Also finishing in the top-10 of the open race were sophomore Jacob Porter (3rd, 27:35.8) and first-year George Soyka (8th, 28:01.8).

• Graduate student Lorenzo Collier (16th, 28:11.9) and first-year Liem Sidhu (21st, 28:21.6) completed the team's scorers in the race.

• Also finishing the open race were sophomore Lowell Copps (31st, 28:45.3), first-year Gen Ogami (35th, 28:49.2), and sophomore Austin Schneidler (76th, 30:07.9).

• The Spartan men won the open race with a score of 45, placing ahead of the other 17 teams, including second-place Denison (101) and third-place Kenyon (119).

Spartan Notes

• Saturday's race was the first for the Spartans in nearly a month, as CWRU last competed at the All-Ohio Championship on September 18. The Spartans were slated to compete at the Paul Short Run on October 2, but the race was cancelled due to heat.

• The men entered the meet as the second-ranked team in the Great Lakes Region, while the women were ranked seventh.

• Twenty Spartans recorded season-best times, including 11 women (DiPasquale, Getz, Liaw, Smith, Straub, Taracila, Thomas, Tompkins, Von Handorf, Wade, and Walko) and nine men (Bradish, Collier, Copps, Joseph, Porter, Schessler, Schneeweis, Soyka, and Woodhouse.

• Among the runners with season-best times, six women (DiPasquale, Getz, Smith, Straub, Thomas, and Wade) and five men (Bradish, Collier, Joseph, Schneeweis, and Soyka) had career-best marks at Oberlin.

• This was the second straight meet the Spartans have swept the top spot on the team podium, with both the men and women winning the Division III title at the All-Ohio Championship in September.

• The CWRU men and women also each won the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble for the second consecutive season.

Up Next

CWRU will now turn its attention to the championship portion of its schedule, starting with the 2026 University Athletic Association Championship at the St. James Farm in Warrensville, Illinois, on Saturday, October 31.