Senior Mackenzie Hoffman won two individual events and a relay to lead the Ohio Northern women's swimming & diving team to a 135-102 victory over Division II foe Notre Dame (Ohio) Friday evening at Mellon Pool.
With the win, the Polar Bears improve to 7-5 on the season, while the Falcons fall to 3-4.
Hoffman won the 200 freestyle in 2:04.11 and the 500 freestyle in 5:33.30.
She also teamed with juniors Jennifer Hartsel and Lindsey Rayhill and freshman Lindsey Inkrott to win the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:54.82.
Rayhill touched first in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.61.
Junior Mathew Johnson won two events to help the Ohio Northern men's indoor track & field team to a third place finish at the OAC Split Meet hosted by Mount Union.
No. 11 Mount Union won the meet with 279 points, John Carroll was second with 168.5 points, the Polar Bears were third with 132 points, No. 10 Baldwin Wallace was fourth with 83 points and Heidelberg finished fifth with 53.5 points.
In the DMR, the Polar Bear tandem of junior Evan McKee, sophomore James Rader, sophomore Dan Steigerwald and Johnson finished first in 10:30.25.
Johnson also was victorious in the 1,000 run with a time of 2:38.59.
The Ohio Northern women's track & field team finished second of five teams at the OAC Indoor Split Meet on Friday evening at Mount Union.
No. 10 Mount Union won the event with 264.5 points, Northern was second with 138 points, followed by Baldwin Wallace, John Carroll and Heidelberg.
The tandem of seniors Alison Steinbrunner and Lydia Weaver and sophomores Catie Huber and Shayla Siefker notched a first place finish in the DMR in 12:22.27.
In the 1,000 run, the Polar Bears had the top four finishers.
Ada's Zac Dysert quarterbacked the North squad in Saturday's North-South Senior Bowl football game in Mobile, Ala. (Photo by David Mercer USA Today Sports)
Wasn't it just a few football seasons ago that Zac Dysert was tossing the ball in a purple Ada HS bulldog uniform on War Memorial Field?
On Jan. 26, the Ada standout quarterbacked the North squad at the North-South Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
Although the North team lost, Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com took note of Dysert's pocket presence, saying tht he works better in chaos rather than on simple drop back plays.
