After more than a month away from competition, the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team returned to action in emphatic fashion Friday night inside the ONU Sports Center. The Polar Bears won the Larry Cole Friday Night Invite, scoring 140 points.
Sophomore Nate Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela Saint Joseph) led Northern. He paced the field in the 60-meter dash, boasting a time of 7.08, while adding a fifth-place finish in the 200-meter dash, clocking in at 23.48.
Ohio Northern University students will give new meaning to the term ice-breaker with the annual Polar Plunge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the pond inside of fraternity circle, located just south of the King Horn Sports Center. The annual event is sponsored by Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and raises money for the Alzheimer’s Association. Individuals pay $5 each to jump into the lake or to sponsor a friend. This is the 11th annual plunge, which raises between $1,000 and $2,000 each year. This photo is from last year's event.
Ada Diamonds Baseball/Softball registration takes place on three evenings this week.
Dates are from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (Jan. 28-29-30) in the Dicke College of Business Administration room 140 on the ONU campus.
Six team opportunities are available ranging from T-ball to slow-pitch softball, fast-pitch softball, Pee-Wee baseball, Little League baseball and Pony League baseball.
An attachment below spells out age groups and registration fees. For further details email: [email protected]
Evelyn Kroft, resident of Vancrest, is smiling because she just cried, "Bingo!" And, she's posing with a very lovely throw blanket that she chose from the prize cart. The Icon stopped into Vancrest during last week's intense Bingo event. The next photo in this series shows Evelyn decided which prize to pick.
The Ohio Northern football team will open its 2020 schedule with three consecutive home games, beginning with a non-conference battle with Denison on Saturday, Sept. 5, under 17th-year head coach Dean Paul.
The Polar Bears will also host Muskingum and Wilmington on Sept. 12 and 19, respectively.
ONU will take to the road on Sept. 26 at Otterbein and at Marietta on Oct. 3.
Northern will then return home to face John Carroll on Oct. 17 as part of Homecoming Weekend and will play at Capital on Oct. 24.
