The Ohio Northern men's cross country team posted an impressive fourth place finish at the Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational Saturday morning at the Calvin Cross Country Course.
The Polar Bears (26-3 overall) were fourth out of 20 teams with 118 points.
No. 23 Calvin (Mich.) won the team title with 55 points. No. 5 (NAIA) St. Francis (Ill.) was second with 80 points and No. 4 (NAIA) Aquinas (Mich.) was third with 110 points.
Northern defeated No. 22 (NAIA) Indiana Tech, who finished sixth with 224 points.
Senior Nathan Rosenbaum finished ninth out of 291 runners in 25:51 over the 8,000-meter course.
Ohio Northern University will introduce the “Brother 2 Brother” initiative to the campus with a kickoff event in the Dicke Forum on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m.
Part of the national Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) program, the Ohio Northern University’s Brother 2 Brother initiative seeks to assist young men, especially young men of color, with retention and graduation within educational environments.
Extension Rainfall Report for August 2014 By Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension Educator
During the month of August, Extension volunteer rainfall reporters received an average of 3.73 inches of rain. The most rain for this month, 5.59 inches, fell in McDonald Township, as measured by Jerry Stout. The least rain reported during the month, 2.10 inches, was reported in Goshen Township by Brien Bros. Farm. During the same month last year, an average of 1.94 inches of rain fell. The rainfall recorded in August over the past ten years averaged 4.16 inches.
Ohio Northern University will dedicate its newly renovated track and field and soccer complex as “Kerscher Stadium” prior to the ONU men’s soccer game against Case Western University on Saturday, Sept. 20, at approximately 6:45 p.m.
If the game called Twister is your thing, you'd better plan on visiting the Ada Public Library on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 3:30 p.m. All ages welcome. This could be interesting.