The Ohio Northern Women's Track and Field team wrapped up the regular season in the Mount Union Last Chance Meet Wednesday afternoon at Mount Union Stadium.
Four Polar Bears participated in the meet, attempting to improve their season-best times and qualify for the NCAA III Championships may 27-29 at Greensboro, N.C.
Junior Kayla Silva (Westerville/South) won the 100 in 12.25 seconds.
Senior Stella DeWitt (Weston/Cardinal Stritch) was runner-up in the long jump with a best of 5.31 meters and took fifth in the triple jump at 10.59 meters.
Check out the video posted on the Ohio Northern University Art and Design Facebook. It's a quick review of the 2020-21 school year. Click here to watch.
Six members of the Ohio Northern men's tennis team were named All-Ohio Athletic Conference for 2021 in voting conducted by the league's seven head coaches.
Senior Vinh Thai (Galloway/St. Charles) and junior Andrew Cochran (Wooster) were named First Team All-Conference.
Junior Zach Beaschler (Ada) and sophomore Matt Garcia (Downers Grove, Ill/South) were named Second Team All-OAC and freshmen Kavya Desai (Bloomfield Hills, Mich) and Isaac Spar (Ada) received Honorable Mention All-League honors.
The next McGuffey Memories meeting is at 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 24, according to Marianna Watts. The meeting is at the McGuffey Freewill Baptist Church and the main topic is the Memorial Day float. The meeting is open to the public.
Ada girls' track team members, Courtney Sumner and Olivia Green finished as the top two placers in the Northwest Conference track meet long jump event last weekend in Columbus Grove.
Sumner won the event and Green was second. (Photo from Ada Bulldogs Facebook)
Brenna Hissong, Ada High School senior, is the 2021 Hardin County’s Franklin B. Walter All-Scholastic Awards winner. Brenna plans on enrolling in the Ohio Northern University pharmacy program upon graduating from high school.
The awards program, named in honor of Ohio’s 31st State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Franklin B. Walter, was established in 1989 by Ohio Educational Services Center Association, to promote and recognize outstanding student leaders for their academic achievement and service to their schools and communities.
