Women's Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (6-2 Overall) at Otterbein April Fools Invitational
Saturday, March 27, 2021, Noon - Memorial Stadium, Westerville, Ohio
Saturday's Meet: The Ohio Northern women's track and field team will continue its 2021 outdoor season on Saturday at the Otterbein April Fool's Invitational Stadium ... Wilmington, Heidelberg, Capital and Otterbein are slated to join Ohio Northern with field events starting at Noon and running events at 4 pm ... The top 6 places will score points in the team standings (10-8-6-4-2-1) ... The Polar Bears opened their 2021 outdoor schedule with a third place finish at the 9-team Marietta OAC Opener last Sunday ... Seniors Kathleen Colvin and Kylie Vestal each won events to lead Ohio Northern ... Colvin led a 1-2-3-4 ONU finish in the 5,000-meter run by winning the event in 18:35.65 ... Junior Tessa Pitcovich was second in 18:51.65, junior Rue Whitmore was third in 19:10.79 and freshman Megan Vapenik was fourth in 19:32.38 ... Vestal won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11:20.65 ... Junior Taylor Ellerbrock was second in the 1,500 run in 4:56.52 ... Junior Sophia Thompson was second in the 10,000 run in 43.46.22 ... Sophomore Anna Schatzle was second in the pole vault by clearing 3.23 meters.
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 12th season as the head men's track and field coach at ONU … He has a 382-151-3 overall record outdoors, a winning percentage of .715.