Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (12-4 Overall) hosts Mike Becraft Invitational
Friday-Saturday, April 21-22, 2023 - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
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Meet Preview: Ohio Northern continues its 2023 outdoor season hosting the two-day Mike Becraft Invitational on Friday and Saturday … Other teams at the meet include Adrian (Mich.), Albion (Mich.), Bluffton, Concordia (Mich.), Findlay, Heidelberg, Manchester (Ind.) and Siena Heights (Mich.) … On Friday, the men's hammer throw and women's javelin begin at 2 p.m., with the women's hammer throw and men's javelin to follow … Also on Friday, sophomore Jordan Dean is competing in the 200-meter dash at the Jesse Owens Track Classic at Ohio State at 6:30 p.m. ... The team is celebrating Senior Day on Saturday with a ceremony at 9 a.m. … On Saturday, field events begin at 11 a.m., and running events begin at 12 p.m. … The high jump and pole vault events will be held indoors at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse … Northern is ranked No. 19 in this week's USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Top 25 National Rating Index and No. 4 in the Great Lakes Region … Northern is coming off a split-squad weekend that featured a fifth-place finish at the 13-team All-Ohio Championships and a trio of record-breaking performances at the Bucknell (Pa.) Bison Classic … Junior Keegan Digby broke his own record of 16.74 meters in the shot put, posting a mark of 16.88 meters … Dean broke Matt Wolfe's 1997 record of :48.00 in the 400 meters, running a time of :47.38, and he was subsequently named OAC Track Athlete of the Week … Junior Aaron Guzman ran a time of 8:43.55 in the 3,000 meters, breaking the previous school record of 8:48.78 set by James O'Brien in 2007 … Northern currently owns eight marks that rank in the top 30 nationally in Division III in their respective events … Dean ranks fourth in the 400 (:47.38) and 27th in the 200 (:21.52) … Digby ranks third in the shot put (16.88 meters) and 30th in the hammer throw (54.24 meters) … The team of Dean and seniors Vini Souza, Hunter Kesler and Ollie Jacobs ranks seventh in the 4x100 relay with a time of :41.05 … The team of Jacobs, Souza, Dean and junior Trey Myers ranks ninth in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:15.63 … Myers ranks 15th in the 800 with a time of 1:51.67, and sophomore Trey Masterson ranks 27th in the 5,000 with a time of 14:25.46.
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 520-146-2 overall record outdoors for a .780 winning percentage.
