Burman, Schweller win titles to lead Women's Indoor Track and Field on first day of OAC Indoor Championships

Burman, Schweller win titles to lead Women's Indoor Track and Field on first day of OAC Indoor Championships
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February 23, 2024

NEW CONCORD — Juniors Izzy Burman (Benton Ridge/Liberty Benton) and Claire Schweller (Paulding) each won conference championships, leading the Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team on Day 1 of the 2024 Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday.

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The Basics

  • Record: Ohio Northern (52-5 Overall)
  • Venue: Bullock Health and Wellness Complex - New Concord, Ohio

Meet Results

  • The Polar Bears are second of 10 teams with 68 points after 7 of 19 events.
  • Mount Union is first with 74 points, John Carroll is third with 54 points and Baldwin Wallace is fourth with 27 points.

Top ONU Performers

  • Burman won the weight throw by a whopping 5-feet, 6-inches with a school record toss of 17.44 meters (57' 2").
  • Schweller won the pole vault by clearing 3.67 meters.
  • In all, 9 different Polar Bears earned All-Conference accolades with a top-3 finish on Friday.
  • Junior Chloe Gibson (Ostrander/Buckeye Valley) earned All-Conference accolades in the long jump with a second place finish of 5.43 meters.
  • The Polar Bears placed four runners in the top-7 of the 5,000, led by All-OAC performances by sophomore Kennedy Rader (Mason) and junior Ashley Hockstok (Westerville/Central).
  • Rader finished second in 18:09.23, Hockstok was third in 18:15.25, sophomore Samantha Roth (Brunswick) was fourth in 18:15.77 and senior Megan Vapenik (Strongsville) was seventh in 18:57.76.
  • The distance medley relay team of junior Abby Matthews (Lithopolis/Bloom Carroll), freshman Leah Heitkamp (Burkettsville/Saint Henry), sophomore Kaitlin Prusnek (Findlay) and freshman AnnaSophia Gower (Perrysburg) earned All-Conference honors with a third place finish in 12:38.12.
  • Three other Polar Bears also placed in the top-7 in the pole vault. Sophomore Ellie Ford (Upper Arlington) was fourth at 3.47 meters, junior Jaclyn Boardman (Franklin, Ind./Franklin Community) was sixth at 3.27 meters and senior Olivia Ogg (Hebron/Lakewood) was seventh at 3.17 meters.
  • Junior Hannah Friend (Luckey/Eastwood) was seventh in the weight throw with a throw of 14.14 meters.
  • Freshman Lily Wolfe (Mansfield/Lexington) was eighth in the 500-meter dash in 1:21.41.
  • Junior Olyvia Ashbrook (Johnstown/Northridge) and senior Rosie Schroeder (Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) qualified for Saturday's finals of the 60-meter hurdles. Ashbrook was second overall with a :09.32 effort and Schroeder was seventh in :09.73 in the prelims.
  • Freshman Paige Simpson (Merrillville, Ind.) and junior Kendra Krichbaum (Ashland) qualified for Saturday's 60-meter dash finals. Simpson was fifth in the prelims in :07.95 and Krichbaum was fifth in :08.00.

Notables

  • The meet consisted of 19 events - 10 individual running events, six field events and three running relays.
  • The top three finishers in each event ean All-Conference honors.
  • Burman broke her own school record in the weight throw by one inch.
  • She also defended her 2023 OAC title in the event, throwing 15.92 meters last year.
  • Schweller won her first OAC title in the pole vault after finishing third indoors and sixth outdoors last year.
  • This is Gibson's first All-OAC performance in the indoor long jump after finishing seventh a year ago. She is now a 4-time All-OAC honoree in her career.
  • Hockstok's 18:15.25 was a career-best effort for her in the 5000.
  • Head Coach Jason Maus is now 567-173 at Ohio Northern with a winning percantage of .766.

Up Next

  • The Championships will conclude on Saturday with field events beginning at 10 am and running events at 2:30 pm.