Boothby breaks school record, Dean ties record as Men's Track and Field opens 2024-25 season at Findlay Oiler Opener

Boothby breaks school record, Dean ties record as Men's Track and Field opens 2024-25 season at Findlay Oiler Opener
December 6, 2024

FINDLAY — Sophomore C.J. Boothby (Milford/Clermont Northeastern) broke his own school record in the 60-meter dash and senior Jordan Dean (Cleveland/Villa Angela-Saint Joseph) tied his school record in the 200, leading the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team in its 2024-25 season opener on Friday night at the Findlay Oiler Opener.

The Basics

  • Record: Ohio Northern (9-2 Overall).
  • Venue: Malcolm Athletic Center - Findlay, Ohio.

Meet Results

  • The meet consisted of 13 events, including six field events, six running events and the 4x400 relay.
  • Ohio Northern finished third of 12 teams with 55.5 points.
  • Findlay won the team title with 153.5 points, Windsor (Ont.) was second with 96.5 points,  Hillsdale (Mich.) was fourth with 52 points and Otterbein was fifth with 33 points.

Top ONU Performers 

  • Boothby set the record in the 60 dash in the prelims, finishing in 6.78 seconds, .15 of a second faster than his previous record of 6.93 set last year
  • He won the race with a 6.80 seconds clocking in the finals.
  • Dean tied his own school record in the 200, winning the race in :22.02.
  • Dean was also second in the 60 dash in 6.88, which is his PR and was also faster than the previous record.
  • Junior Zach O'Neill (Holland/Maumee Valley Country Day) was seventh in the 60 in :07.16 and was ninth in the 200 in :23.33.
  • Senior Tyrese Barker (Columbus/Bishop Hartley) won the 60 hurdles in 8.57 seconds and was fifth in the 200 in :22.99.
  • Senior Landon Remmert (Marion/River Valley) was fifth in the 60 in 9.10 seconds and sophomore Carter Byers (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) was seventh in :09.34.
  • Junior Solomon Lumb (Cincinnati/Sycamore) was sixth in the 200 in 22.99 seconds.
  • Junior Nathan Carnevale (Beavercreek/Carroll) was sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 12.67 meters.
  • Senior Cooper Koch (Waynesville) had a personal best effort on his first throw of the season to finish ninth in the weight throw at 15.37 meters.
  • Junior Connor Robbins (Marion/River Valley) was 10th in the shot put with a toss of 13.80 meters.

Notables

  • The meet consisted of 12 teams from NCAA Division I, II and III teams along with Canadian school Windor (Ont.)
  • Barker and Lumb each posted PRs in the 200 with their 22.99 efforts.
  • Robbins' toss of 13.80 in the shot is his personal best.
  • Head Coach Jason Maus is in his 16th year at Ohio Northern and is 660-160 in men's indoor track and field for a winning percentage of .805.

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