Senior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) and junior Ashlie Baumann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson) were named All-Great Lakes Region after posting top-35 finishes to lead the Ohio Northern women's cross country team to a ninth place finish at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regional meet on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears finished ninth of 35 teams with 292 points, improving their record to 94-37 overall.
Junior Pete He (Mason) and sophomore Nolan Huey (Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge) posted three first place finishes each to lead the Ohio Northern mens swimming and diving team to a 172-89 dual meet victory over Wilmington on Friday evening.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-0 with the victory, while the Quakers fall to 0-1.
Huey claimed first place in the 200-meter free and 100 back in 2:05.20 and 1:01.28, respectively, before teaming up with juniors Justin Chapman (Springboro) and Thomas Golba (Dayton/Alter) and freshman Zach Ayres (Chillicothe) to win the 200 freestyle relay in 1:41.09.
In its first dual meet of the season, the Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team posted a convincing 203-59 victory over Wilmington on Friday evening at the Wilmington Natatorium.
The Polar Bears improve to 1-0 on the season, while Wilmington falls to 0-1.
Northern finished first in all 14 events during the meet.
The Polar Bears opened the evening with a first place finish in the 200-meter medley relay as the team of junior Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.), senior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield), sophomore Lauren Halle (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton), and freshman Abby Leatherwood (Loveland/Milford) won the event in 2:09.37.
Ohio Northern seniors J.J. Fortner (Maumee/Anthony Wayne), Chris Garbig(Wilder, Ky./Highlands) and Mac Thompkins (Fairview, Pa.) were named First Team Academic All-District in men's soccer for 2017 by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
All three men will now advance to the Academic All-America ballot, which will be announced on Dec. 5.
The Polar Bears finished the 2017 season with a 12-6-2 record and tied for third in the OAC with a 5-3-1 league record under 20th-year head coach Brent Ridenour.
Four Hardin County high school track and field athletes have been invited to participate on the USA track and field national team by Down Under Sports.
They will participate in a maximum of five events during a three-day meet in Australia in July 2018. Each qualified to participate because of their age and outstanding performances during the 2017 track and field season. They will join 296 other track and field athletes from across the nation in the Down Under Games.
The Ohio Northern football team celebrated Senior Day with an impressive 42-25 victory over Baldwin Wallace on a cold Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
The Polar Bears (7-3 overall, 6-3) finish in a three-way tie for second in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 6-3 record and clinches an upper division finish in the league for the 21st time in the past 22 seasons.
