Senior Gabrielle Metzner sets school record in 60-meter hurdles to lead Women's Indoor Track & Field at All-Ohio Championships

By Aaron Tuck

ADA – The Ohio Northern women's track and field team earned 44 points as they placed fifth in the All-Ohio DIII Track & Field Championships at Otterbein University's Rike Center in Westerville on Saturday.

Ohio Northern improves to 38-5 overall.

Senior Gabrielle Metzner finished third in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.08 setting a new school record and breaking her previous record of 9.14 set last year.

She was also a member of the 4x400 meter relay team, which earned fourth place in 4:11.23.

Sophomore Meagan Ellinger, junior Brittany Lee, and junior Michelle Mosler competed alongside Metzner on the 4x400 meter relay team.

Junior Julie Amos placed second in the high jump with a jump of 5'2.25".

Sophomore Rebecca Carman finished second in the long jump with a leap of 17'11.25" moving into second all-time in ONU history breaking the previous record of 17'8.75'' set by Aubrie Stechschulte in 2009.

Junior Rebekah McCutchen placed fifth in the mile in 5:20.73.

The Polar Bears will return to action on February 21 at the Last Call meet at Capital.

Team Scores

1. Mount Union 127.5, 2. Ohio Wesleyan 111, 3. Otterbein 79, 4. Baldwin Wallace 68.5, 5. Ohio Northern 44, 6. Wittenberg 41, 7. Dennison 36, 8. Case Western 33, 9. Heidelberg 30, 10. Oberlin 24, 11. Wooster 22, 12. Wilmington (Ohio) 21, 13. Kenyon 17, 14. John Carroll 14, 15. Marietta 12, 16. Bluffton 10, 17. Capital 6, 18. Defiance 4, 19. Muskingum 2.