Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) at Marian (Ind.) Invitational
Saturday, April 2, 2022, 9 a.m. - St. Vincent Athletic Complex, Indianapolis, Ind.
Saturday's Meet: The Ohio Northern men's track and field team will open its 2022 outdoor season on Saturday at the Knight Open hosted by Marian University in Indianapolis, Ind. … The Knight Open is a two-day meet with the javelin and steeplechase events being contested on Friday … On Saturday, the field events begin at 9 a.m., and the running events start at 12:30 p.m. … The Polar Bears finished 41-9 overall and third in the Ohio Athletic Conference in the 2021 outdoor season … Northern finished 32-3 and won a pair of OAC titles in the indoor portion of its 2022 season while placing third at the OAC Championships meet at Mount Union … Sophomore Keegan Digby won the OAC championship in the shot put, and sophomores Trey Myers, Tyler St. Onge and David Gross and freshman Ross Schlatter won the conference title in the 4x400 relay … Myers was also All-Conference in the 500 meters … Seniors Nate Dean (60 meters, 4x200 relay), Sam Krabacher (800 meters) and Andrew Buderer (pole vault); juniors Hunter Kesler (200 meters, 4x200 relay) and Ollie Jacobs (4x200 relay); and freshman Jordan Dean (200 meters, 400 meters, 4x200 relay) also earned All-Conference honors … The 4x200 relay team of Jordan Dean, Nate Dean, Kesler and Jacobs set a new school-record time in the event at 1:29.07.
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 13th season as the head men's track and field coach at ONU … He owns a 492-139-2 overall record outdoors, a winning percentage of .779.