ADA — Junior Emily Richards (Delaware/Hayes) shattered the 1,000-meter run record by seven seconds as she led the Ohio Northern women's track & field team to a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference North Split Meet at the ONU Sports Center.
Richards won the event in 2:52.42, which broke the previous ONU school record and ONU Sports Center facility record.
Senior Allie Gast (Grandville, Mich.) was victorious in the 60-meter hurdles, winning in :9.26 seconds.
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's track and field team opened the 2017 indoor season with a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference North Split Meet Saturday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
Sophomore Ian McVey (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) posted two first place finishes and led the Polar Bears as he finished first in the 1-mile run in 4:23.34 and took first place in the 1,000-meter run in 2:36.67.
Senior Lucas Shumate (Wapakoneta/Spencerville) posted a first place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 55' 9.25".
In the 500-meter run, junior Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle) took first place in 1:06.34.
The Ohio Northern men's basketball team ran its winning streak to five games and stayed in first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with an 86-75 victory over Mount Union at the ONU Sports Center on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears (10-7, 8-2) had five players score in double figures, led by senior Devon Allen (Lima/Senior) with a game-high 23 points.
Junior Nate Burger (Dayton/Alter) scored 14 points, sophomore Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds and senior Konnor Baker (Ada) and junior Joey DiOrio (Columbus/Watterson) chipped in 11 points each for ONU.
The No. 9-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team stayed undefeated on the season with a 73-60 victory at Mount Union at The MAAC on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears extend their program-best start to a season to 17-0 overall and are 10-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, while the Purple Raiders fall to 9-8, 4-6.
RIDGEWAY - Host Ridgemont rode strong offensive rebounding and a big third period run to break open a close game and defeat Hardin County rival Ada 65-55 in a girls basketball battle Monday night.
The Lady Bulldogs fell to 6-9 overall with the defeat. Meanwhile, the board-banging Lady Golden Gophers improved to 13-5 by out-rebounding Ada 44-27 to post the win.
"We got killed on the glass," said Bulldog head coach Bill Taflinger. "That was the difference in the game, basically."
