Two school records fall, another tied as Men's Indoor Track and Field finishes second at Wittenberg Invite

Two school records fall, another tied as Men's Indoor Track and Field finishes second at Wittenberg Invite
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February 17, 2024

SPRINGFIELD — Senior Trey Myers (Dayton/Chaminade-Julienne) and junior Jordan Dean (Cleveland/Villa St Angela) each broke school records and freshman C.J. Boothby (Milford/Clermont Northeastern) tied a school record, leading the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team to a second-place finish at the Wittenberg Meet on Saturday. 

The Basics

  • Record: Ohio Northern (45-11 Overall)
  • Venue: Steemer Fieldhouse - Springfield, Ohio

Meet Results

  • The Polar Bears finished second with 64.5 points in the 11-team meet.
  • Cedarville was first with 73 points, Ohio Dominican was third with 36 points, and Centre (Ky.) was fourth with 26 points.

Top ONU Performers

  • Myers won the 500m in 1:04.97, besting the previous school record by .58.
  • Dean broke the school record in the 200, finishing in :22.02. He was also third in the 60 in a personal-best :06.98 and now ranks sixth all-time in ONU history in the event.
  • Boothby was 2nd in the 60m dash, tieing the current school record of :06.94, and also finished 7th in the 200m, posting the 7th fastest time all-time at ONU in :22.50.
  • Senior Keegan Digby (Bowling Green/Otsego) won the shot put with a toss of 16.98 meters and was second in the weight throw at 18.01 meters. Digby's weight throw is a personal best by almost a foot.
  • Senior Tommy Vetrovsky (Sagamore Hills/Nordonia) was third in the weight throw with a toss of 17.16 meters.
  • Junior Isaac Schoen finished third in the 1000 meters with a time of 2:40.20.
  • In the 500, freshman Grant Conn (Medina/Buckeye Senior), sophomore Ben Zimmerer (Liberty Township/Lakota West) and senior David Gross (Prospect/Pleasant Local) all posted personal bests to finish 3-4-5, respectively.
  • Conn was third in 1:08.43, Zimmerer was fourth in 1:08.83 and Gross was fifth in 1:09.11.
  • Senior Brandon Wise (Goshen, Ind./Concord) was fourth in the pole vault, clearing 4.10 meters.
  • Junior Trey Masterson (Tiffin/Hopewell-Loudon) was fourth in the mile in 4:15.41, which moves him to sixth all-time at ONU in the event.
  • Senior Hunter Kesler (Oakwood/Paulding) ran indoor personal bests in both the 200m and 400m dashes of 22.16 and 50.28, respectively, to finish fifth in both events.

Notables

  • The meet consisted of 18 events, 10 individual running events, six field events and two running relays.
  • Myers broke the previous record of 1:05.55 set in 2009 by Joe Amstutz.
  • Dean broke the record of :22.07, set in 2022 by his older brother, Nate.
  • Nate Dean also had his record in the 60 tied by Boothby.
  • Head Coach Jason Maus is now 651-155 at ONU for men's indoor track and field with a winning percentage of .808.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears return to action Feb. 23-24, when they compete in the OAC Indoor Championships at Muskingum.