Women's Outdoor Track & Field: No. 6 Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) at Indiana Wesleyan Invitational

March 22, 2018

Friday, March 23, 2018 - Indiana Wesleyan Outdoor Track, Marion, Indiana

Friday's Preview: The Polar Bears kick off the 2018 outdoor campaign on Friday afternoon as they compete in the Indiana Wesleyan Polar Bear Invitational ... The women's 4x100-meter relay will be the first event and will kick off 1 p.m. ... Field events will begin at 1 p.m. with the women's high jump ... Ohio Northern in ranked No. 6 nationally in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason power rankings ... Northern enters the meet following one of the most successful indoor campaigns in school history ... Six athletes represented Ohio Northern at the 2018 Indoor NCAA Div. III National Championships in Birmingham, Alabama as ONU finished third in the team standings, its highest ever finish at the meet ... Senior Emily Richards defended her NCAA Championship titles in both the 800-meter run and the 1-mile run, winning both races for the second consecutive season ... She was also named an All-American in the 3,000-meter run after finishing third ... Junior pole vaulter Maddy Reed finished fifth in the event to earn All-American honors, while teammate and sophomore Maggie Krause tied for 12th in her first NCAA appearance ... The team of Richards, juniors Taylor Fisher and Avery Ewing and sophomore Taylor Lavey also represented ONU in the 4x400-meter relay ... ONU was picked to win the Ohio Athletic Conference title in the preseason outdoor coaches poll.

Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 9th season at ONU with a 317-137-1 outdoor record, a winning percentage of .690.