Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (20-4 Overall) at Ashland Open
Friday-Saturday, April 28-29, 2023 - Ferguson Field, Ashland, Ohio
Meet Preview: Ohio Northern continues its 2023 outdoor season at the two-day Ashland Alumni Open on Friday and Saturday … Friday's events begin at 10 a.m. and include men's and women's hammer throw and javelin followed by women's and men's triple jump at 3 p.m. … Saturday's field events begin at 10 a.m., and running events begin at 11 a.m. … Northern is ranked No. 4 in the Great Lakes Region in this week's USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Rating Index … ONU is coming off winning its nine-team Mike Becraft Invitational home meet last Friday and Saturday, scoring 242 points … Junior Keegan Digby broke his own school record of 16.88 meters in the shot put, posting a mark of 17.04 meters en route to being named OAC Field Athlete of the Week … Junior Tommy Vetrovsky won the javelin throw with a mark of 41.14 meters … Senior Breydan Hann won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:52.46 … Junior Aaron Guzman won the 1,500 in 4:02.00 … Sophomore Tyrese Barker won the 110-meter hurdles in :15.43 … Northern currently owns eight marks that rank in the top 30 nationally in Division III in their respective events … The top 20 individuals in each event and top 16 school relay teams will qualify for the 2023 NCAA Division III Championships … Digby ranks third in the shot put (17.04 meters) … Sophomore Jordan Dean is tied for seventh in the 400 with a school-record time of :47.38 and is 29th in the 200 with a time of :21.52 … The team of Dean and seniors Vini Souza, Hunter Kesler and Ollie Jacobs is tied for ninth 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 29th 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 528-146-2 overall record outdoors for a .783 winning percentage.