Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (20-4 Overall) at OAC Championships
Thursday-Friday, May 4-5, 2023 - Kehres Stadium, Alliance, Ohio
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Meet Preview: Ohio Northern continues its 2023 outdoor season at the two-day Ohio Athletic Conference Championships meet on Thursday and Friday at Mount Union … On Thursday, field events begin at 11 a.m. and running events begin at 3:10 p.m. … On Friday, field events begin at 11 a.m. and running events begin at 3 p.m. … The top three finishers in each event earn All-OAC status … Junior Keegan Digby is the reigning OAC champion in the shot put, and junior Trey Myers is the reigning OAC champion in the 800 meters … Senior Hunter Kesler earned All-OAC honors in the 200 meters last season as did ONU's 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams … Northern is ranked No. 3 behind Mount Union and John Carroll in the Great Lakes Region in this week's USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Rating Index … ONU is coming off competing in the non-team-scored Ashland Alumni Open on Friday and Saturday … Digby broke his own school record in the shot put for the fourth time this season, placing second in the elite section of the event with a throw of 17.46 meters … The previous school record was 17.04 meters … Digby added a sixth-place finish in the hammer throw and was subsequently named the OAC Field Athlete of the Week … Sophomore Tyrese Barker placed third in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of :14.87, which ranks second all-time at ONU … Senior Vini Souza placed second in the 100 meters with a time of :10.76, which ranks seventh all-time at ONU … Senior Ollie Jacobs was fourth in the 200 meters with a time of :21.86, which ranks eighth all-time at ONU … Northern currently owns five 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 (17.46 meters) … Sophomore Jordan Dean is tied for ninth in the 400 with a school-record time of :47.38 … The team of Dean, Souza, Kesler and senior Ollie Jacobs is tied for 11th in the 4x100 relay with a time of :41.05 … The team of Jacobs, Souza, Dean and Myers ranks 13th in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:15.63 … Myers ranks 21st in the 800 with a time of 1:51.67.
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.
