Keegan Digby earns his fourth All-America honor with third place finish in shot put on final day of NCAA III Indoor Men's Track and Field Championships

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Senior Keegan Digby (Bowling Green/Otsego) earned All-American honors in the shot put for the fourth time in career, finishing third with a record-breaking heave of 17.83 meters, to lead the Ohio Northern men on the final day of the 2024 NCAA III Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday afternoon at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.

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The Basics

• Record: Ohio Northern (52-13 Overall)
• Venue: Virginia Beach Sports Center - Virginia Beach, Va.

Meet Results

• Ohio Northern scored six points in the meet.
• Ohio Northern had five athletes participate in the meet.

Top ONU Performers

• Digby broke his own school record for the fourth time this season, putting the shot 58-feet, 6-inches on his last throw of the day, which moved him up from sixth to third place.
• He threw a 16.98 on his first throw and improved to 17.01 on his third throw to advance into the finals in fifth place.
• His fifth throw was 17.13.
• Now sitting sixth entering his sixth and final throw, Digby broke his previous record of 17.29 by .54 of a meter to grab third place.

Notables

• Digby is now a four-time All-American in the shot put, having finished fourth indoors in 2023. He was also sixth outdoors in 2023 and seventh outdoors in 2022.
• Digby entered the meet seeded fifth nationally with a previous best toss of 17.29 meters this season.
• On Friday, junior All-American Jordan Dean (Cleveland/Villa Angela Saint Joseph) broke his own school record in the 400 in 48.33.
• Dean finished second of four runners in his heat and was 12th of 20 overall with a school record effort of 48.33 seconds
• He entered the meet ranked No. 8 nationally. The eight fastest times in the 400 prelims advanced to the finals.
• Previously, he finished eighth in the event at the 2023 NCAA III Outdoor Championships.
• Fifth-year senior Hunter Kesler (Paulding), junior Ross Schlatter (Curtice/Genoa), senior Trey Myers (Dayton/Chaminade-Julienne) and Dean won their heat of 4x400 relay, but were disqualified for running on the lane line.
• Kesler, Schlatter, Myers, and Dean initially finished seventh in 3:15.15 in the 4x400, which would have broken the school record by 2.23 seconds. That came a week after shaving 1.45 seconds off their time to qualify for the meet in 3:17.48.
• The 4x400 team entered the meet ranked No. 11 nationally. This was the team's first appearance at the Indoor Championships after competing at the 2023 Outdoor Championships last spring.
• Dean posted the fastest leg of any of the 48 runners in the prelims, finishing the final leg in 47.19.
• The top 20 individuals and the top 12 relays received bids to participate at the NCAA Championships.
• The top eight finishers in each event earn All-America status.
• Head Coach Jason Maus is in his 15th year at Ohio Northern and is 658-157 with men's indoor track and field for a winning percentage of .808.

Up Next

• Indoor season complete.