Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) hosts Mike Becraft Invitational
Friday-Saturday, April 22-23, 2022, 3 p.m./11 a.m. - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
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Meet Preview: The Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team is hosting the second annual Mike Becraft Invitational at Kerscher Stadium on Friday and Saturday … Joining ONU at the meet are Adrian (Mich.), Albion (Mich.), Anderson (Ind.), Bluffton, Findlay, Heidelberg, Manchester (Ind.), Tiffin, Defiance and Concordia (Mich.) … Friday features the hammer throw and javelin throw events beginning at 3 p.m. … On Saturday, field events begin at 11 a.m., and running events begin at 11:30 a.m. … The meet is being team scored in 10-8-6-4-2-1 format for the top six finishers in each event … The Polar Bears are coming off split-squad meets at the Bucknell (Pa.) Classic and the All-Ohio Championships … Select athletes competed Friday and Saturday in the Bucknell (Pa.) Classic with seniors Andrew Buderer and Luke Shellhaas leading the way on the first day by placing fourth and fifth, respectively, in the pole vault … Buderer cleared a height of 4.50 meters, and Shellhaas posted a height of 4.35 meters … In the Saturday portion, sophomore Ian Ackenhausen and junior Brooks Blakeley placed second and third, respectively, in the mile run with times of 4:25.48 and 4:26.04 … Sophomore Keegan Digby placed 11th in the shot put with a distance of 15.70 meters, which ranks second-best in program history … In the 400, freshman Jordan Dean placed 14th with a time of :49.41, which ranks ninth-fastest in program history … Sophomore Trey Myers finished 25th in the 800 with a time of 1:53.64, which ranks seventh-best in program history … ONU's 4x400 relay team of Dean, Myers, junior Hunter Kesler and senior Sam Krabacher placed third with a time of 3:20.10 … At Saturday's All-Ohio Championships at Ohio Wesleyan, the Polar Bears scored 80 points to place third in the team standings … Fifth-year senior Jack Lehr won the javelin throw with a mark of 48.39 meters … Lehr also placed fourth in the shot put, fifth in the discus and 10th in the hammer throw … Senior Nate Dean won the 100 meters with a time of :10.82 … ONU's 4x100 relay team of Dean, freshman Ozzie Miller, junior Selorm Adehe and freshman Jacob Kreger placed first with a time of :42.68 … Miller placed second in the 100 meters with a time of :10.92 … Sophomore Tommy Vetrovsky placed third in the hammer throw with a mark of 49.77 meters, which ranks seventh-best in program history … Junior Nick Tangeman placed third in the high jump with a mark of 1.78 meters.
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.