Men’s Indoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (25-1 Overall) – OAC Championships at Mount Union
Friday, February 25, 2022, 12 p.m. - Peterson Field House, Alliance, Ohio
Saturday, February 26, 2022, 10 a.m. - Peterson Field House, Alliance, Ohio
Meet Preview: The Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team will compete in the two-day Ohio Athletic Conference Championships meet at Mount Union's Peterson Field House on Friday and Saturday … On Friday, field events begin at noon, and track events begin at 4 p.m. … On Saturday, field events begin at 10 a.m., and track events begin at 2:30 p.m. … The top three individuals in each of the 19 events, including relays, will earn All-Conference recognition … The OAC has two teams in the latest USTFCCCA Division III poll in No. 8 John Carroll and No. 10 Mount Union … The Polar Bears placed third in the 2021 OAC Championships at Otterbein, finishing behind No. 8 Mount Union and No. 9 John Carroll … Seniors Sam Krabacher and Andrew Buderer are the defending conference champions in the 800 meters and pole vault, respectively … Krabacher is a three-time indoor All-OAC performer in the 800, and Buderer is the two-time defending champion in the pole vault … Senior Nate Dean, a six-time All-OAC award winner, was All-Conference in the 60 and 200 meters last season and was part of ONU's 4x400 relay team that earned All-OAC honors … Dean holds program records in the 60 meters (:06.94) and 200 meters (:22.07) … Other All-OAC performers from a season ago include senior Luke Shellhaas in the pole vault and junior Hunter Kesler in the 400 meters … Sophomore Keegan Digby enters the meet leading the OAC with his top mark in the shot put of 15.64 meters … Kesler (:22.32) enters the weekend ranked second in the OAC in the 200 meters, and freshman Jordan Dean and Nate Dean (:22.35) are tied for third in the event … Jordan Dean (:49.70) ranks third in the OAC in the 400 meters … ONU's 4x200 relay team of Nate Dean and juniors Vini Souza, Ollie Jacobs and Brandon Berry ranks second in the conference with a top time of 1:32.81 … ONU's 4x400 relay team of Nate Dean, Jordan Dean, Kesler and Krabacher ranks second in the OAC with a top time of 3:20.68 … Buderer ranks third in the conference in the pole vault (4.45 meters) … Northern is coming off last Saturday's Wittenberg Invitational, which was not team scored … Digby led the way for ONU, winning the shot put with a new personal-best mark of 15.64 meters, which ranks second all-time at ONU … Nate Dean finished second in the 200 meters, breaking his own school record with a time of :22.07 … Freshman Ozzie Miller added a second-place finish in the 60 meters with a time of :07.09 … The Polar Bears currently have six top-50 marks within all of NCAA Division III … The 4x400 relay team ranks 14th with a best time of 3:20.68 … Jordan Dean ranks 21st in the 400 meters (:49.70) … Digby ranks 16th in the shot put (15.64 meters) … In the 200 meters, Kesler (:22.32) ranks 31st and Nate Dean and Jordan Dean are tied for 35th with a time of :22.35.
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 13th season as the head coach at ONU … He owns a 479-164-1 overall record, a .745 winning percentage.
