Men's Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (28-7 Overall) at Baldwin Wallace OAC Tune-Up
Friday, April 30, 2021, Noon/4 p.m. - Finnie Stadium, Berea, Ohio
Friday's Meet: The Ohio Northern men's track and field team will wrap up its 2021 outdoor regular season on Friday at the OAC Tune-Up meet at Baldwin Wallace's Finnie Stadium ... Field events will start at Noon and running events at 4 pm ... All 10 OAC schools are expected to compete at the meet ... The top 8 places will score points in the team standings (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1) ... The Polar Bears are coming off a victory at the 6-team ONU Mike Becraft Invitational on Saturday at Kerscher Stadium ... Freshman Trey Myers and sophomore Branden Kadlubowski took first place and runner-up in the 400 in :51.48 and :52.07, respectively ... Junior Andrew Buderer on the pole vault by clearing 4.73 meters, which ranks him 15th nationally in the event ... Senior Alex Sube finished second in the hammer throw with a toss of 51.32 meters and was third in the javelin with a heave of 44.19 meters ... On the national level, the NCAA accounced field sizes of 17 individuals and 14 relay teams for the 2021 NCAA Championships May 27-29 at Greensboro, N.C. ... Two Polar Bears are currently listed in the top-17 in their respective events ... Junior Nate Dean currently ranks 10th in the 200 with a season-best time of :21.63 and Buderer is 15th in the Pole Vault (4.73 meters) ... Five more Polar Bears are within striking range of qualifying in other events ... Senior Sam Krabacher is 32nd in the 1500 (3:55.63) ... Senior Owen Lloyd is 24th in the 110 hurdles (:14.94) ... Senior Colin McCullough is 35th in the 400 hurdles (:55.39) ... Junior Luke Shellhaas is 34th in the pole vault (4.56m) ... Freshman Keegan Digby is 38th in the shot put (14.89m).
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 12th season as the head men's track and field coach at ONU … He has a 480-137-2 overall record outdoors, a winning percentage of .777.