Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (4-0 Overall) at Bucknell (Pa.) Bison Classic and All-Ohio Championships
Saturday-Sunday, April 15-16, 2023 - Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium, Lewisburg, Pa.
Saturday, April 15, 2023, 11 a.m. - Shelby Stadium, Delaware, Ohio
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Meet Previews: Ohio Northern continues its 2023 outdoor season with a split-squad weekend on Saturday and Sunday at the Bucknell (Pa.) Bison Classic and All-Ohio Championships … At the Bucknell Bison Classic, Saturday's field events begin at 12:30 p.m. with running events starting at 1:30 p.m., and Sunday's running events begin at 10 a.m. with field events starting at 11 a.m. … Polar Bears competing at Bucknell include seniors Vini Souza, Hunter Kesler, Ollie Jacobs, Brooks Blakeley and Brandt Marshall; juniors Trey Myers, Ian Ackenhausen, Braden Schaser, Kyle Roth, Jared Swartz, Aaron Guzman and Keegan Digby; and sophomores Jordan Dean, Ryan Massie, Corey Rinehart and Trey Masterson … Remaining team members will compete in Saturday's All-Ohio Championships hosted by Ohio Wesleyan … Field and running events begin at 11 a.m. … Northern is ranked No. 3 in the Great Lakes Region in the latest USTFCCCA poll, trailing fellow Ohio Athletic Conference members Mount Union and John Carroll … The Polar Bears are coming off winning the five-team Manchester (Ind.) Invitational on Saturday … ONU posted 15 first-place finishes at the meet, which was highlighted by Digby winning the shot put with a school-record throw of 16.74 meters, breaking his previous school-record mark of 16.38 meters … Digby, who also placed second in the hammer throw and sixth in the discus throw, was named OAC Field Athlete of the Week … Digby's mark in the shot put currently ranks second nationally in NCAA Division III … The Polar Bears hold six other marks inside the top 50 of the national rankings … The team of Souza, Dean, Kesler and Jacobs is third in the 4x100 relay (:41.05) … Dean is 16th in the 200 (:21.52) and 23rd in the 400 (:48.55) … Masterson is 14th in the 5,000 (14:25.46) … Myers is 45th in the 400 (:49.09) … Massie is 50th in the 1,500 (3:55.84).
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 14th season as the head coach at ONU … He owns a 599-145 overall record indoors for an .805 winning percentage and a 512-142-2 overall record outdoors for a .782 winning percentage.