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By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada Alligator swim team dove into the first home meet of its 2018 summer campaign with a boys and girls dual meet vs. West Ohio Aquatic League foe Bluffton on  a warm Thursday evening.

The Gator boys lost a close battle to the Sardines by a 208-190 score. Meanwhile, the Ada girls were beaten by a 317-122 count. Bluffton thus won the combined meet team score,  525-312.

The Ada boys and girls each fell to 1-1 in dual meets this summer with the losses.

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Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) will join Hoka's New Jersey New York Track Club, a premier elite track club based in New York to begin his professional running career.

 

Molinaro, the 2018 Indoor 800-meter run National Champion, met with Hoka in early June and agreed to train with the club in New York.

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ONU juniors Andrew Fox (Solon) and Mitch Groves (Fishers, Ind./Chatard) each earned Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-West Region honors for their efforts during ONU's historic 2018 campaign.

 

The duo became the first two athletes in the programs history to earn All-Region honors for Ohio Northern.

Both Groves and Fox were also named First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference this season, also becoming the first two athletes in program history to earn First Team All-OC status.

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ONU junior  third basemen Luke Klinehoffer (Zanesville/John Glenn) has been named Second Team All-Mideast Region by D3Baseball.com for the 2018 season.

The junior standout earned his first career All-Region honor by D3Baseball.com. He was also named Third Team All-Mideast Region by ABCA/Rawlings.

Klinehoffer became ONU's single-season hits record holder on his way to gaining his first career D3Baseball.com All-Region honor.

Great way to open the season

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By Cort Reynolds
VAN WERT - The Ada Alligator swim team kicked off its summer campaign with a boys and girls dual meet victory at Van Wert Monday night.

The Gator boys defeated VW 180-129, while the Ada girls defeated the Marlins by a 166-122 count.

The Alligators are slated to host Bluffton Thursday, June 14 at the Ada pool at 6 p.m.

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ONU senior Kirsten Lightel (Tallmadge) capped her career in style as she was named an Honorable Mention All-American by Fastpitch News, earning her first career All-American honor in her 4-year career.

Lightel is now a four-time All-Region honoree, a four-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference award winner and an All-American.

She is ONU's all-time career leader with 512 strikeouts and a 1.45 ERA and her 66 victories tied the ONU career mark.

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