SSU bowling, XC, swimming in action on road this weekend

The bowling, cross country and swimming programs will all be in action over the course of the weekend for Shawnee State as the women's and men's cross country programs will be in action at the JennaStrong Fall Classic Friday evening while the women's and men's bowling programs will compete in the Ohio Bowling Conference's Event No. 2 on Saturday and the women's and men's swimming programs will participate at the Union Commonwealth Tri-Meet alongside Union Commonwealth and NCAA Division III Centre (Ky.) on Saturday as well.

Friday, Oct. 18 -- SSU women's and men's cross country (JV) at JennaStrong Fall Classic

The women's and men's cross country programs at Shawnee State will send its junior varsity squads to compete at the JennaStrong Fall Classic Friday afternoon in late additions to the schedule that will see the women compete at 4:30 p.m. and the men at 5:15 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Shawnee State will look to continue building off of a month that has already seen the Bears set 15 personal bests. Natalie Brammer, Garrett Carver and Luke Butler were among three of those 15 runners to set personal best times earlier this month -- with all three doing so at the Ohio Wesleyan Invitational.

Live stats will be provided at https://finishtiming.trackscoreboard.com/meets/574723/events/1925, while live video will be available at https://boxcast.tv/view/jennastrong-fall-classic-mens-race-qrzenwitm3yfcl8s92ra?_gl=1*137rp78*_gcl_au*MTk2MjI4Mzg0Ni4xNzI1NTY4NTU3*_ga*MTAwMDMwMTg5Mi4xNzE3Njk2NzIw*_ga_PXBBF7HVWQ*MTcyOTAxODMxNi45MS4xLjE3MjkwMTg0MjUuMC4wLjA..

Saturday, Oct. 19 -- SSU women's and men's bowling at Ohio Bowling Conference Event No. 2

Coming off of seventh place finishes for both programs at the season-opening Ohio Bowling Conference Event No. 1, the women's and men's bowling programs will look to improve on their respective finishes Saturday when the Bears head back to Columbus and the Columbus Bowling Palace Saturday to participate in the OBC's Event No. 2.

Hannah Rearick, Olyvia Bittner and Morgan Higgins led the way for the Shawnee State women with ninth, 14th and 17th place finishes while Sam Clay finished 13th to lead the Shawnee State men at the OBC's first event.

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Saturday, Oct. 19 -- SSU women's and men's swimming at Union Commonwealth (Ky.) Tri-Meet

Following a Dr. Dillery Fall Frenzy Meet where the women's and men's swimming programs at Shawnee State combined to score 607.5 points together, the SSU women's and men's swimming programs will turn their attention to the Union Commonwealth Tri-Meet -- where the Bears will take on host Union Commonwealth as well as Centre (Ky.)

Abigail Bosler, who set a NAIA Provisional time with a 1:09.47 in the 100 yard breaststroke, led the Bears at the Dr. Dillery Fall Frenzy. Both units have a combined total of 26 swimmers between them that will be suiting up for the Shawnee State swimming programs for the 2024-25 campaign.