Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (27-6 Overall) at Baldwin Wallace Dillard Twilight

Thursday-Friday, May 11-12, 2023 - George Finnie Stadium & Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea, Ohio

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Meet Preview: Ohio Northern continues its 2023 outdoor season competing at the two-day Harrison Dillard Twilight at Baldwin Wallace on Thursday and Friday as the Polar Bears continue to attempt to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships, which are scheduled for May 25-27 in Rochester, N.Y. … On Thursday, events begin at 11 a.m. and include the javelin and discus … On Friday, field events begin at 1 p.m. and running events begin at 4 p.m. … Northern is ranked No. 3 behind Mount Union and John Carroll in the Great Lakes Region in this week's USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Rating Index and is ranked No. 23 nationally … The Polar Bears are coming off a third-place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships … Junior Trey Myers won the OAC championship in the 800 meters with a time of 1:52.26 … Junior Keegan Digby was the conference champ in the shot put with a mark of 16.84 meters … That marked the second straight conference titles in those events for both Myers and Digby … Northern added five more All-OAC finishes … Sophomore Jordan Dean was second in the 400 meters with a school-record time of :46.85 … Myers, freshmen Ben Zimmerer and Zach O'Neill and sophomore Ross Schlatter finished second in the 4x400 relay in 3:18.98 … Sophomore Tyrese Barker was second in the 110-meter hurdles in :14.97 … Dean and seniors Vini Souza, Hunter Kesler and Ollie Jacobs finished third in the 4x100 relay in a school-record time of :40.88 … Kesler was third in the 200 with a time of :21.56, which ranks third all-time at ONU … Northern currently owns five marks that rank in the top 30 nationally in Division III in their respective events … The top 22 individuals in each event and top 16 school relay teams will qualify for the 2023 NCAA Division III Championships … Digby ranks third in the shot put (17.46 meters) … Dean ranks third in the 400 (:46.85) … The team of Dean, Souza, Kesler and Jacobs is sixth in the 4x100 relay with a time of :40.88 … The team of Jacobs, Souza, Dean and Myers ranks 14th in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:15.63 … Myers ranks 30th in the 800 with a time of 1:51.67.

Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 14th season as the head coach at ONU … He owns a 599-145 overall record indoors for an .805 winning percentage and a 535-148-2 overall record outdoors for a .783 winning percentage.