GENEVA — Sophomore Maddy Reed(Lucasville/Piketon) earned All-America honors in the women's pole vault to lead a strong performance for the Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team on the first day of the 2017 NCAA Div. III Outdoor National Championships at the SPIRE Institute.
The pole vault was moved indoors due to rain, where Reed would PR twice to take third place.
The sophomore cleared a career-best height of 4.10 meters and posted the seventh best vault in Div. III history in the event, while breaking a school-record.
GENEVA — Senior Kase Schalois (Van Wert) was the lone competitor for the Ohio Northern men's track and field team on day one of the men's side of the 2017 NCAA Div. III National Championships at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio on Thursday afternoon.
The senior competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, where he finished fourth place overall in 9:20.53 and advanced to Saturday's final in the event.
The Ada Lions Club elected officers on Wednesday evening during a dinner meeting at the Center on Central.
From left are Bernie Mackey, president; Paul Fletcher, vp; Jason Hoschak, vp; Bob Simmons, vp; Jerry Dearth, treasurer; Rob Kanzig, secretary; Ronnie Cheney, lion tamer.
The club voted to continue selling mulch past Memorial Day since most Saturdays in May have been rainy. To order mulch call 419-634-5626.
"One berry, two berry, pick me a Blueberry!" So begins Jamberry by Bruce Degen. Summer is the perfect time to enjoy blueberries and the Ada Music Boosters are ready to provide them.
The Boosters are holding a blueberry sale to benefit the 2017-18 school year music programs.
You will be purchasing 10 pounds of ultra-fresh, hand-picked New Jersey blueberries.The blueberries are delicious and they freeze well. These blueberries are grown by Stoney Creek Blueberries in Hammonton, N.J.
The Ada Police Department, in conjunction with the Ada Community Re-Store's summer lunch program, will conduct the S.A.F.E.R. Academy for youth in June at the Ada War Memorial Park.
The Academy takes place at the park from Monday through Friday, June 19-23 from 10 a.m. to noon. The Academy is held prior to the ReStore Lunch Program.
Ada Police Department and the K-9 team, BCI Crime Scene Unit, Ada/Liberty Fire and EMS, the Lima/Allen County Bomb Squad, will make presentations.
Seniors Lucas Shumate and Kase Schalois and junior Matt Molinaro are set to compete in the 2017 NCAA Div. III National Championships this weekend in Geneva, Ohio.
Shumate makes his second appearance at the national meet during the 2017 season. The senior competed at the indoor meet in the weight throw for the Polar Bears. Shumate will represent Northern in the hammer throw. The senior qualified for the event with a toss of 184' 8" at the Dr. Keeler Invitational and currently ranks 19th nationally in the event. He will compete in the prelims of the event at 1:30 pm on Saturday May, 27.
The Ohio Northern women's golf team saw three members earn Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in 2017.
Seniors Jennifer Hipskind (Fort Wayne, Ind./Dwenger) and Ariana Tomasula (Rocky River/Lutheran West) and sophomore Caitlin Silva (Hilliard/Bradley) all earned the honor.
Hipskind, a pharmacy major, earned her third career Academic All-OAC honor.
The senior ranks sixth on the team, averaging 92.8 strokes per round.
Hipskind is also a Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar.
Tomasula, an accounting major, was named Academic All-OAC for the second time in her career.
