The Polar Bears finished the indoor season with a 52-9 mark and posted an outstanding 78-4 record during the outdoor season.
Northern finished second at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships during the indoor portion of the season, before returning to claim the outdoor title.
At the indoor OAC Championships, six athletes were crowned OAC Champions in at least one event.
Seniors Kelsey Commager (Maumee), Allie Gast (Grandville, Mich.) and Rebecca Olashuk (Defiance/Tinora), junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) and sophomores Maddy Reed (Lucasville/Piketon) and Ashlie Baumann (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson) all earned OAC titles.
The Ohio Northern men's track and field team excelled and competed on a national level during the 2017 track and field seasons, under eighth-year head coach Jason Maus.
Northern concluded the indoor season with a 47-16 record, and posted a 67-16 record during the outdoor season.
The Polar Bears also claimed second place at both the indoor and outdoor Ohio Athletic Conference Championship meets.
At the indoor conference championships, six athletes claimed OAC titles to lead Northern.
The Ohio Northern men's and women's cross country teams are set to open the 2017 campaign at the Bluffton Invitational 5k under ninth-year head coach Jason Maus.
The Polar Bears will open the season on Sept. 1 at the Bluffton Invitational for the fifth consecutive season.
Northern will then travel to Grand Rapids, Mich. to compete in the annual Calvin (Mich.) Invitational on Sept. 9 before competing in the Tiffelberg Open at the Clinton Heights Golf Club on Sept. 16.
After taking a week off, the Polar Bears will return to action on Sept. 29 as they compete in the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville University.
Molly Cummings has been named an assistant coach for of track and field at ONU.
Cummings joins the Polar Bears after a 3-year stint as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Marian (Ind.) University, where she coached the hurdlers and was also responsible for the fall training of all sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers.
During her three seasons at Marian, Cummings guided Taylor Killings to two National Championship titles in the Indoor 60-meter hurdles and one National Championship title in the Outdoor 110-meter hurdles.
Ada football fans will need to wait until Sept. 8 to see the Bulldogs on the home field this year.
Ada’s first two contests are on the road. The home opener is senior night, Friday, Sept. 8, versus Lima Central Catholic.
This year’s homecoming game is against Columbus Grove on Friday, Sept. 29.
The fall varsity and JV Ada football schedules were release by Ken Jochims, high school athletic director. The schedules are attached at the bottom of this story.
