Burman breaks school record in weight throw as Women's Indoor Track and Field wins 5th annual Larry Cole Invitational

Burman breaks school record in weight throw as Women's Indoor Track and Field wins 5th annual Larry Cole Invitational
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January 19, 2024

ADA — Junior Izzy Burman (Benton Ridge/Liberty Benton) broke the school record in the weight throw to lead the Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team to a first-place finish at the fifth annual Larry Cole Invitational on Friday night.

The Basics

  • Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio
  • Record: Ohio Northern (12-3)

Meet Results

  • The Polar Bears placed first of six teams, scoring 241 points.
  • Westminster (Pa.) was second with 97 points, and Rio Grande was third with 86 points.

Top ONU Performers

  • Burman won the weight throw with a school- and meet-record mark of 16.76 meters. She also placed third in the shot put with a mark of 12.15 meters.
  • Junior Chloe Gibson (Ostrander/Buckeye Valley) won the long jump with a mark of 5.25 meters, and sophomore Lauryn Wolters (Anna) was second with a mark of 5.04 meters.
  • Junior Olyvia Ashbrook (Johnstown/Northridge) won the 60-meter hurdles in :09.63.
  • Freshman Lily Wolfe (Mansfield/Lexington) won the 400 meters in 1:04.84.
  • Freshman Ashley Baker (Derry, Pa./Derry Area) won the triple jump with a mark of 10.09 meters.
  • Senior Megan Vapenik (Strongsville) won the mile run in 5:40.25. Sophomore Dani Widmark (Zanesfield/Benjamin Logan) was second in 5:44.03, and sophomore Natalie Armbruster (Cincinnati/Mount Notre Dame) was third in 5:45.96.
  • Junior Abby Matthews (Lithopolis/Bloom Carroll) won the 1,000 in 3:11.35.
  • Freshman AnnaSophia Gower (Perrysburg) won the 3,000 in 10:35.41. Sophomore Kennedy Rader (Mason) was second in 10:38.05, and senior Olesya Mertz (Johnstown) was third in 11:02.48.
  • The team of Ashbrook, junior Katelyn Messner (Granville) and freshmen Lily Wolfe (Mansfield/Lexington) and Leah Heitkamp (Burkettsville/Saint Henry) won the 4x400 relay in 4:22.11.
  • Sophomore Claire Schweller (Paulding) finished second in two events: the pole vault with a mark of 3.66 meters and the 200 meters with a time of :28.65.
  • Sophomore Lindsay Weininger (Upper Sandusky) placed second in the high jump with a mark of 1.60 meters.
  • The 4x200 relay team of juniors Kendra Krichbaum (Ashland) and Katelyn Messner (Granville), sophomore Stacey Legg (Monroeville) and freshman Paige Simpson (Merrillville, Ind.) placed second in 1:55.91.
  • Simpson was second in the 60 meters in :08.09. Gibson was third in :08.17.
  • Junior Toria Ingalls (Tiffin/Columbian) was third in two events: the high jump with a mark of 1.54 meters and the triple jump with a mark of 9.34 meters.
  • Sophomore Kaitlin Prusnek (Findlay) finished third in the 800 with a time of 2:31.54.

Notables

  • The prior school record in the indoor weight throw was 16.28 meters, set by Rebecca Olashuk in 2017. Burman previously ranked second all-time at ONU with a mark of 15.90 meters.
  • Weininger's mark in the high jump is tied for 10th all-time at ONU.
  • Simpson's time in the 60 ranks ninth all-time at ONU, and Gibson's time is tied for 10th all-time.
  • Gower's time in the 3,000 ranks 10th all-time at ONU.
  • The Polar Bears have now won the Larry Cole Invitational in four of the five years it has been held.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears return to action on Saturday, Jan. 27, at Muskie Meet #3 at 11 a.m.