BOWLING GREEN - Ada freshman swimmer Klava Katayama qualified for the state meet by finishing second in the 100 freestyle race at the Div. II Bowling Green district meet held Friday evening. She will now swim at the Div. II state meet Feb. 23-24 in Canton.
Katayama finished sixth in the 50 freestyle race as well, two spots away from state qualification in that event. She posted personal-best times in both freestyle events.
Several other Bulldogs competed in the BG Div. II district meet as well, but none qualified for Canton. Senior Andrew Ross posted the best Ada boys finish, coming in ninth in the 100 backstroke.
The No. 5-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team completed its first ever undefeated regular season in school history as it celebrated Senior Day with a 82-43 victory over Marietta on Saturday afternoon.
The Polar Bears improve to 25-0 overall and finish first in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings with an 18-0 record, while the Pioneers fall to 15-10, 9-9.
ONU recognized seniors Britt Lauck (Lima/Shawnee), Angela Tesny (Medina) and Amauria Campbell (Cincinnati/Summit Country Day) prior to the contest.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team will open its 2017 season Sept. 1-2 at the Geneva (Pa.) Tournament under 19th-year head coach Brent Ridenour.
The Polar Bears will then return home to host Wittenberg on Sept. 6 at Kerscher Stadium.
ONU will host the annual ONU Invitational Sept. 8-9, Ohio Wesleyan on Sept. 13, Rose-Hulman (Ind.) on Sept. 23 and Anderson (Ind.) on Sept. 26 in non-conference action.
The Ohio Athletic Conference portion of the schedule kicks off on Sept. 30 when Ohio Northern travels to Mount Union.
The Polar Bears will also play host to Capital, Heidelberg, Wilmington and Marietta in OAC action.
The No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team is set to compete at the Mount Union Raider Tune Up Meet hosted by Mount Union in Alliance on Saturday .
The meet is comprised of nine schools .Field events and track events are set to begin at noon. Northern made its debut in the fourth weekly USTFCCCA top-25 power rankings, coming in at No. 24 .
Senior Lucas Shumate and sophomore Ian McVey both posted first place finishes to lead the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team at the All-Ohio Championships.
ONU Junior Sydney Veon (Riverside, Ill./Brookfield) and sophomore Kierra Watson (Brownsburg, Ind.) earned All-Conference honors to lead the Ohio Northern women on the first day of the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.
Veon was second in the 50 free in :24.38 and Watson was second in the 200 I.M. in 2:13.16.
ONU also earned All-OAC accolades in the 200 free relay, as Veon, senior Stacie Melody (Dublin/Jerome), junior Molly Wheeler(Sylvania/Northview) and senior Stephanie Brookens (Louisville) were second in 1:39.00.
ONU Senior Logan Pfeifer(Bucyrus/Colonel Crawford) earned All-Conference honors in the 50 free to lead the Ohio Northern men on the first day of the 2017 Ohio Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday at the University of Akron's Ocasek Natatorium.
Pfeifer was second in the event in :21.08.
The top three finishers in each individual event and the top two relay teams earn All-Conference honors.
The Polar Bears are gunning for their 13th consecutive OAC Championships crown under 13th-year head coach Peggy Ewald and are in second place out of seven teams through five of the 20 events.
