Andrew Buderer, Sam Krabacher win titles to lead Men's Track and Field to a third-place finish at the OAC Indoor Championships
By Andrew Loewe
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WESTERVILLE — Senior Sam Krabacher (Hamilton/Badin) and junior Andrew Buderer (Oak Harbor) won titles to lead Ohio Northern to a third-place finish in the Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday at the Clements Center at Otterbein.
ONU finished third of 10 teams with 102 points. No. 8-ranked Mount Union won the team title with 217.5 points, No. 9 John Carroll was second with 185 points and Otterbein was fourth with 92.5 points.
With the third-place finish the Polar Bears end their indoor season with a 26-5 record.
The top three finishers in each of the 19 events earned All-Conference honors and the top eight in each event scored team points.
Buderer won the pole vault for the second consecutive indoor season with a vault of 4.66 meters.
Krabacher won the 800 in 1:56.16 to earn All-OAC accolades for the third consecutive indoor season in the event.
Junior Nate Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela-Saint Joseph) earned All-Conference honors in three events, including a record-setting performance in the 60.
In the 60, he broke Josh Colbert's school record by .01 of a second with a :07.94 clocking to finish third. He also had a second-place finish in the 200 in 22.19 and was part of ONU's 4x400 relay team that finished third. He is now a 6-time All-Conference award winner.
Sophomore Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) finished in second in the 3000 in 8:35.75 to become an All-OAC honoree for the first time in his young career.
Junior Luke Shellhaas (Greenville/Versailles) was named All-Conference in the pole vault with a third-place finish with a vault of 4.56 meters.
Sophomore Hunter Kesler (Oakwood/Paulding) finished third in the 400 in 51.05 seconds to become an All-OAC award-winner.
The 4x400 relay team of Dean, Krabacher, freshman David Gross (Prospect/Pleasant Local), and Kesler finished third in 3:30.83 earning All-OAC honors.
The Polar Bears will start their outdoor season March 20 at Marietta.