CARMEL, Ind. -- The Oakland women's cross country team finished second while the men's finished third at the 2021 Horizon League Championships. Rachel Kempf led the way for the women, taking third-place with a time of 22:04.2 and earning her first team All-Conference honors, while Connor Goetz took eighth place (25:46) for the men and earned second team All-Conference honors. Maryam Sheena took sixth place (22:45.2) making her the top freshman in the Horizon League to earn Freshman of the Year and first team All-Conference honors.

The Oakland women tallied 58 points and fell to Milwaukee due to a tie-breaker. While Milwaukee also had 58 points, the top first though fifth place runners of each team were compared head-to-head with the Panthers totaling three of the five finishes, making them the 2021 Horizon League champions.  

Megan Nichols finished in 12th place (23:08.1) followed by Ashley Vican in 14th (23:14.8), to secure second-team All-Conference Honors. 

Colin Kane finished in 10th place with a time of 26:12.6, picking up Second-Team All-Conference Honors as well. The Oakland men totaled 90 points.

Women's Coach of the Year
Jake Reilly, Milwaukee
 
Men's Coach of the Year
Chuck Koeppen, IUPUI

Male Freshman of the Year
Mitchell Gits, IUPUI

Female Freshman of the Year
Maryam Sheena, Oakland

Men's All-League First Team 
Chase Easterling, Youngstown St.
Carlos Cabrera, UIC
Mitchell Gits, IUPUI
Alexander Ratkovich, IUPUI
Nicholas Perkins, IUPUI
Trevor Wenzel, Milwaukee
Kyle Mastin, Northern Kentucky

Women's All-League First Team
Meg Swietlik, Milwaukee
Mikayla Fox, Milwaukee
Rachel Kempf, Oakland
Morgan Cole, Youngstown St.
Abigail Halsey, Wright State
Maryam Sheena, Oakland
Teresa Mejia, UIC

Men's All-League Second Team
Connor Goetz, Oakland
Nate Kaiser, IUPUI
Colin Kane, Oakland
Drey Maton, UIC
Daniel Browne, Milwaukee
Brennan Butche, IUPUI
Eric Petersen, IUPUI

Women's All-League Second Team
Madison King, Purdue Fort Wayne
Sophia Delisio, Northern Kentucky
Hannah Sale, IUPUI
Emily Burns, Milwaukee
Megan Nichols, Oakland
Allison Sherman, Detroit Mercy
Ashley Vican, Oakland