WAYNESFIELD - The Ada track and field team kicked off its 2017 campaign by competing at the Joe Rider Horn Tiger Relays in Waynesfield this past Saturday.
The Bulldog girls and boys teams each took sixth at the eight-team event.
Colonel Crawford won the boys title with 99 points, narrowly edging host Waynesfield-Goshen (97) and Wapakoneta (95). The Bulldog boys tallied 57 points to nip Allen East (56) for sixth.
Wapakoneta captured the girls crown with 102 points, followed by Colonel Crawford with 97. The Lady Bulldogs scored 58.5 points to finish just behind fifth-place AE (60).
ADA — Senior Rebecca Carman (Bellefontaine) and sophomore Maddy Reed (Lucasville/Piketon) each posted second place finishes to lead the Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field teams at the Cedarville Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improve to 22-3 on the season.
Northern finished fourth in the team standings with 61 points.
In the pole vault, Reed posted a second place finish with a leap of 11' 10.00".
Junior Kelly Wollenslegal and freshman Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) both tied for sixth in the pole vault with a vault of 10' 4.25".
Junior Matt Molinaro won the 800-meter run in a Div. I-dominated field to lead the Ohio Northern men's track and field team on the final day of the Raleigh Relays.
Molinaro won the race in 1:49.30 and claimed the event to lead ONU.
The junior currently owns the fastest time in the country in the event by nearly three seconds.
Senior Lucas Shumate (Wapakoneta/Spencerville) also competed for ONU in the javelin.
The senior posted a ninth place finish with a throw of 47.47 meters.
ADA — Ohio Northern junior Emily Richards(Delaware/Hayes) has been named the Women's Outdoor Ohio Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Mar. 19-25.
Richards turned in another record setting performance as she competed in the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C.
On the first day of the invitational, Richards broke the school record, ran the fastest time nationally among Div. III athletes, and ran the tenth fastest time in Div. III history in the 1,500-meter run in 4:23.21.
Richards finished sixth overall in the Div. I-dominated field.
The calendar lists home pages for all varsity spring sports. Another way to access the calendar is to place your curser over the word "Calendar" on the black scroll bar at the top of the home page.
The "sports" calendar will appear in a drop down choice.
The softball field has been spruced up this year with windscreens recently installed at the playing field in War Memorial Park. Here, the Ada team gets some practice in on Saturday before Monday's first game. The improvements were paid for by the Athletic Boosters and private donations. Troy Erickson is AHS softball coach. Lindsay Simmons and Addy Bame are assistant coaches.
