The Ohio Northern women's track and field team jumped one spot to No. 15 in the third weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings.
This marks the highest that the Polar Bears (30-6 overall) have ever ranked nationally.
Northern returns to the track Saturday as they travel to Westerville to compete in the All-Ohio Championships.
ADA - The visiting Fostoria girls basketball team rode a 19-0 spurt midway through a close contest to a 72-61 non-conference win over Ada Tuesday evening.
The purple and gold fell to 7-12, while the visitors improved to 6-12 with the defeat.
Ada senior Haley Wyss tallied a career-high 26 points, but the big Lady Red run bridging the middle periods spelled the difference. Fostoria outscored Ada 22-11 in the third period, including 13-0 at the outset.
The ONU wrestling team got a pair of pins and won four weight classes by forfeit in a 47-3 dual meet victory at Muskingum on Tuesday night at the Steele Center.
The Polar Bears improve to 11-3 overall and are 4-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Muskies fall to 3-9, 0-5.
The Polar Bears return to varsity action next Tuesday when they wrap up their regular season with an OAC dual with Heidelberg on Senior Night at the ONU Sports Center.
Freshman Nate Barcaskey (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week for the week of Jan. 29-Feb.4.
Barcaskey went 2-0 on the week in two OAC duals and finished sixth overall at the John Summa Invitational at Baldwin Wallace in the heavyweight division.
In ONU's (10-3 overall, 3-1 OAC) dual against Otterbein, Barcaskey pinned his OC counterpart in 2:47 to lead the Polar Bears in a 30-9 victory.
The freshman would pick up a 5-2 decision in the heavy weight to cap off the night as Northern took on No. 9-ranked Baldwin Wallace.
Junior Emily Richards(Delaware/Hayes) earned her third consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4.
Richards helped the Polar Bears (30-6 overall) to a first place finish at the annual ONU Joe Banks Invitational on Saturdayafternoon.
The junior posted another record-setting day, as she broke her own 800-meter run school record for the second consecutive week and ran the sixth fastest time in Div. III history in the event.
Richards finished second overall in the event in 2:08.83 behind 2016 Div. II 800-meter run National Champion Carsyn Koch in what proved to be an exciting finish.
