Five Polar Bears to compete at 2019 NCAA III Indoor Track & Field Championships March 8-9 in Boston

By Tim Glon

| NCAA III Men's Championships Qualifiers | NCAA III Women's Championships Qualifiers |

ADA — Five Ohio Northern student/athletes received bids to compete in the 2019 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships March 8-9 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass.

Senior All-American Ian McVey (Stow/tow-Munroe Falls), senior Avery Ewing (Kokomo, Ind./Eastern), junior All-American Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston), junior Allison Stevens (Naperville, Ill./Central) and freshman Nate Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela Saint Joseph) will all represent the Polar Bears in the meet.

McVey will compete in the 5,000-meter run with the fifth-fastest time in the country at 14:20.45 and will compete on Friday at 7:45 pm.

He is a returning All-American in the event, finishing fifth in 2018 indoors in 14:34.21. McVey is also a two-time All-American in cross country, finishing fifth at this fall's championship in 24:37 and 10th at the 2017 meet in 24:37.

Ewing is making her second consecutive appearance at the Indoor Championships and will compete in the 800-meter dash.

Her preliminary race is Friday at 6:20 pm with the finals slated for 3:55 on Saturday. She will enter the meet as the 20th seed in the 20-women field with a season-best time of 2:14.88.

Ewing also competed as part of ONU's 4x400 relay team indoors in 2018 that finished fourth in their heat and 10th of 12 overall in a school record 3:55.67.

She was also a part of ONU's 4x400 relay team at the 2018 Outdoor Championships. Her foursome finished sixth in its heat and 10th overall in a school record 3:51.22, falling .74 of a second shy of qualifying for the finals.

Krause is a returning All-American in the pole vault and has the fourth-best qualifying mark of 3.86 meters. She will compete Friday at 5:30 pm.

She earned All-America honors the 2018 Outdoor Championships, as she cleared 3.65 meters to finish tied for eighth.

At last year's indoor championships, Krause tied for 12th clearing 3.60 meters.

Stevens is making her first appearance at the NCAA Championships event and will compete in the pole vault on Friday at 5:30 pm.

She has the 11th-best qualifying mark, clearing 3.75 meters this season.

Dean will compete in the 400-meter dash with the prelims on Friday at 6 pm and the finals on Saturday at 3:40 pm.

He enters the meet with the 18th-fastest time in the 20-man field at :48.75.