Digby wins twice, breaks meet record in shot put to lead Men's Indoor Track and Field to victory at annual Joe Banks Invitational

Digby wins twice, breaks meet record in shot put to lead Men's Indoor Track and Field to victory at annual Joe Banks Invitational
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February 2, 2024

ADA — Senior All-American Keegan Digby (Bowling Green/Otsego) won two events, including a meet-record effort in the shot put, to lead the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team to a victory at the annual Joe Banks Invitational on Friday night.

The Basics

  • Record: Ohio Northern (31-4)
  • Venue: ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse - Ada, Ohio

Meet Results

  • The Polar Bears finished with 178 points to finish first of five teams.
  • Rose-Hulman (Ind.) was second with 140 points, Otterbein was third with 117, Rochester (Mich.) was fourth with 70 and Bluffton was fifth with 64.

Top ONU Performers

  • Digby won the shot put with a meet-record toss of 16.74 meters. Senior Tommy Vetrovsky (Sagamore Hills/Nordonia) was third with a mark of 13.89 meters.
  • Digby also led an impressive ONU effort in the weight throw as the Polar Bears scored all 39 points in the event, finishing 1-2-3-4-5-6-7.
  • Digby won with a heave of 17.17m and Vetrovsky was second at 16.53m.
  • Freshman Grant Conn (Medina/Buckeye Senior) and sophomore Ben Zimmerer (Liberty Township/Lakota West) finished 1-2 in the 500 in 1:10.70 and 1:11.91, respectively.
  • Northern finished 1-2-3 in the 1000. Senior Trey Myers (Dayton/Chaminade-Julienne) won the event in 2:35.79, senior Aaron Guzman (Lebanon) was second in 2:35.82 and senior Braden Schaser (Fostoria/Lakota) was third in 2:38.49.
  • Schaser, junior Corey Rinehart (Galena/Olentangy Berlin), junior J.T. Basco (Painesville/Harvey) and senior Kyle Roth (Rockford/Parkway) began the meet by winning the distance medley relay in 11:01.98.
  • Junior Trey Masterson (Tiffin/Hopewell-Loudon) was second in the 1-mile in 4:19.22.
  • Freshman Cameron Shively (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) was second in the pole vault, clearing 4.20 meters.
  • Junior Tyrese Barker (Columbus/Bishop Hartley) was second in the 60 hurdles in 8.42 seconds
  • Sophomore Zach O'Neill (Holland/Maumee Valley Country Day), sophomore Solomon Lumb (Cincinnati/Sycamore, freshman Martin Kreider (Clarksville/Clinton-Massie) and freshman Carter Byers (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) were second in the 4x200 relay in 1:33.01.
  • Conn, Zimmerer, junior Mitchel Vance (Bellefontaine/Benjamin Logan) and Myers finished second in the 4x400 relay in 3:34.88.

Notables

  • The meet consisted of 19 events, 10 individual running events, six field events and three running relays.
  • Digby bettered the previous meet record in the shot put of 16.60 meters set in 2012 by Tom Posterna of Defiance.
  • Northern used depth to post its victory, as the Polar Bears won just five of the 19 events.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears return to action Friday, Feb. 9, when they travel to the Grand Valley State (Mich.) Big Meet.