The Ohio Northern men's track and field team will look to continue to be a force in the Ohio Athletic Conference and challenge for an OAC title in 2018 under the guidance of ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.
Northern enters the 2018 campaign ranked No. 22 nationally in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Div. III Preseason Power Rankings.
ONU was named the runner-up at both the indoor and outdoor OAC Championships and will look to continue to challenge for an OAC title.
Maus and his staff welcome back 19 letter winners in 2018.
"We have a lot of experience coming back and like where we are at early on," said head coach Jason Maus. "Our goals are still the same as they have always been. We want to compete for an OAC title."
Schedule
Northern will open its 2018 campaign on Friday, Jan. 19 as its travels to Berea to compete in the OAC North Split Meet at Baldwin Wallace University
After the OAC Split meet, the Polar Bears will compete at both the Findlay Classic & Elite Throws meet and the Midwest Track & Field Open, hosted at the SPIRE Institute on Jan. 26-27.
Northern will host its first home meet on Feb. 3, as it hosts the annual Joe Banks Invitational at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.
ONU will compete in the All-Ohio Championships on Feb. 10 in Westerville, before traveling to Gambier to compete in the Kenyon Classic on Feb. 17.
After traveling to Bexley to take part in the OAC Championships on Feb. 23-24, Northern will host the Polar Bear Last Chance Invitational on Mar. 3-4 at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse.
The NCAA III Indoor National Championships are slated for Mar. 9-10 in Birmingham, Alabama at the CrossPlex complex.
Northern will open the outdoor season on Mar. 24 as it competes in the Polar Bear Invitational, hosted by Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ixnd.
After competing in the Otterbein April Fools Invitational on Mar. 30, ONU will travel to Upland, Ind. to take part in the George Glass Invitational on Apr. 7.
After traveling to Delaware to compete in the All-Ohio Championships on Apr. 14, Northern will host back-to-back meets, including the annual Polar Bear Invitational on Apr. 21 and the Outdoor OAC Championships on Apr. 27-28.
The Polar Bears will also compete in the North Central (Ill.) Keeler Invitational on May 10-11 and the North Central (Ill.) Gregory Invitational on May 16-17.
The NCAA III Outdoor National Championships will take place in LaCrosse, Wis. on May 24-26.
