Ryan Robertson

May 17, 2008

By Gary Petit

NAPERVILLE, ILL. — For the second straight week, Ohio Northern senior Ryan Robertson walked away with the long jump title, this time at the Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central (Ill.).

This week however, Robertson jumped a season-best 23-2.75 to take the crown and improve his seeding in next week's NCAA Championships.

Junior Justin Linzy finished sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.07 and sophomore Jacob Weyrauch placed fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 15-0.75.

On the women's side, junior Dani Noe improved her NCAA provisional time in the 400-meter hurdles for the second consecutive week. The Woodville-native crossed the line in a career-best time of 1:03.07 to finish third in the event.

Sophomore Janelle Jansen also turned in a season-best performance in the pole vault. She cleared 10-7 to finish ninth in the event. Jansen also placed 13th in both the long jump and the triple jump with marks of 15-9.5 and 33-1, respectively.

Meagan Brennan

May 16, 2008

By Gary Petit

WAVERLY, IOWA — Ohio Northern senior Meagan Brennan fired a four-over par 76 in the final round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championships at the Centennial Golf Club in Waverly, Iowa.

The senior from Mason, Ohio, started her round on the tenth hole and after a pair of bogies on the 12th and 13th hole’s, Brennan carded her first birdie of the championships on the par-5 14th. She would finish her opening nine with a 3-over 39.

On the front nine, similar to day one, Brennan parred the first seven holes before recording her only blemish on the home nine at the eighth. She carded a 1-over 37 on the front for a final round 37-39—76.

“Megan hit the ball very well today,” said ONU head coach Stacey Hairston. “This was how she hit the ball all year and she had a good round. She made a nice 12-foot putt for par on the last hole so that was a nice way to end her career.”

Brennen's round of 76 was tied for the eighth-lowest round of the day and ties her round of 76 at the 2006 OAC Championships for the third-lowest round in school history.

After starting the day tied for 75th, Brennan finished the championship tied for 46th after rounds of 79-85-87-76—327.

Methodist's Susan Martin took medalist honors by three shots after a round of 73 in the final round.