Cameron Bujaucius of the John Carroll women's cross country team was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year as announced today by the league office.

The Ohio Athletic Conference has honored 32 John Carroll University fall student-athletes as 2018 Academic All-OAC recipients.

The Ohio Athletic Conference has honored 32 John Carroll University fall student-athletes as 2018 Academic All-OAC recipients.

John Carroll wrapped up its 2018 campaign with a pair of strong individual performances at the NCAA Division III Championships Saturday afternoon in Wisconsin.

At the very beginning of the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, John Carroll University was a fixture. From 1974-1978, the Blue Streaks qualified a men's team three times and had individuals make the field when the team did not.

Junior Kyle Monahan and freshman Cameron Bujaucius will give John Carroll University one representative in each race as both have qualified for the 2018 NCAA Division III men's and women's cross country championships.

Freshman Cameron Bujaucius made her debut at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Championships a strong one, as she placed 15th overall Saturday afternoon in the meet held at at Blue River Park in Shelbyville, Indiana.

John Carroll was thought to be in a rebuilding year and not much of a threat to challenge for a conference title in 2018.

For the last three years, John Carroll has been the runner-up at the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Championships.

Those were veteran teams.

John Carroll had four runners in the top 50 to earn a fourth place showing against a loaded field Saturday at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble, hosted by Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.