Women’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (28-5 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 in the Great Lakes Region behind Mount Union and Hope (Mich.) in this week's USTFCCCA Rating Index … The Polar Bears are coming off a third-place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships … Senior Taylor Ellerbrock won the OAC title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 11:25.96, which ranks fifth all-time at ONU … Freshman Lindsay Weininger won the conference championship in the high jump with a personal-best mark of 1.61 meters … Northern added five more All-OAC finishes … Sophomore Chloe Gibson was second in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 10.97 meters, which ranks fifth all-time at ONU … Gibson joined sophomore Kendra Krichbaum, freshman Haley Cannon and senior Anna Schatzle to finish third in the 4x100 relay in :49.04 … Senior Tessa Pitcovich was second in the 10,000 meters with a time of 37:06.05 … Freshman Riley Heitkamp was second in the high jump with a personal-best mark of 1.61 meters, which tied Weininger for 10th all-time at ONU … Sophomore Hannah Friend was second in the discus with a personal-best mark of 42.48 meters, which ranks second all-time at ONU … Northern currently owns one mark that ranks in the top 30 nationally in Division III, as Pitcovich is 21st in the 10,000 with a time of 36:07.00 … The top 22 individuals in each event and top 16 school relay teams will qualify for the 2023 NCAA Division III Championships.

Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 14th season as the head coach at ONU … He owns a 510-168-1 overall record indoors for a .752 winning percentage and a 454-173-3 overall record outdoors for a .723 winning percentage.