Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (27-6 Overall) at NCAA Division III Championships
Thursday-Saturday, May 25-27, 2023 - Polisseni Track and Field Complex, Rochester, N.Y.
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Championships Preview: Ohio Northern will compete in two individual and two relay events in this week's 2023 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Rochester, N.Y. … For each individual event, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition, and for each relay event, the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted … In individual events, sophomore Jordan Dean will compete in the 400-meter dash, and junior Keegan Digby will compete in the shot put … Dean is the No. 6 seed in the 400 after posting a school-record time of :46.85 at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships on May 4 … The 400-meter dash prelims are scheduled for Friday at 5:30 p.m., and the finals are set for Saturday at 2:10 p.m. … Digby is the No. 3 seed in the shot put after posting a school-record mark of 17.46 meters at the Ashland Alumni Open on April 28 … The shot put is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. … Digby is the school record-holder in both the indoor and outdoor shot put and is an All-American in each event … During the 2023 indoor season, he placed fourth nationally with a throw of 16.98 meters, and he was seventh at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a mark of 16.38 meters … The 4x100 relay team of Dean and seniors Vini Souza, Hunter Kesler and Ollie Jacobs is the No. 7 seed after posting a school-record time of :40.72 at the Mount Union Last Chance Meet on May 18 … The 4x100 prelims are scheduled for Thursday at 5 p.m., and the finals are set for Saturday at 12:55 p.m. … The 4x400 relay team of Dean, Kesler, junior Trey Myers and sophomore Ross Schlatter is the No. 13 seed after posting a school-record time of 3:12.86 at the Harrison Dillard Twilight Meet on May 11 … The 4x400 prelims are scheduled for Thursday at 8:35 p.m., and the finals are set for Saturday at 4:50 p.m. … The Polar Bears are ranked No. 3 in the Great Lakes Region, and No. 28 nationally, in this week's USTFCCCA Rating Index.
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 535-148-2 overall record outdoors for a .783 winning percentage.
