Track & Field Preview: Ohio Northern Men's Track & Filed to compete at Centre (Ky.) Invitational

Saturday, April, 2, 2016 - Danville, Ky.

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Preview: The Ohio Northern men's track and field team will look to have continued success Saturday afternoon at the Centre (Ky.)Invitational ... Last week the Polar Bears claimed a second place finish at the Cedarville Invitational claiming seven first place finishes in the meet ... Senior Christian Rupe led the way claiming first place finishes in the 100-meter run (11.05), 200-meter run (22.11) and teamed up with junior Denorris Turner, senior Jojuan Fisher, and sophomore Brandon Emert to win the 4x100 (42.61) ... Senior Eric Wymer also garnered a first place finish in the 5,000-meter (15:17.52), while sophomore Brandon Ike won the pole vault (13 feet 7.75 inches) ...Sophomore Matt Molinaro also had a strong performance at the Raleigh Relays, finishing fifth in the 800-meter run with an NCAA national qualifying and personal best time of 1:50.95 ... Northern will look to be led this weekend by junior Cully Gordon, Molinaro, junior Kase Schalois, junior Lucas Shumate, junior Zane Augustine and sophomore Alexander Sibila.

ONU head coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 7th season at ONU with a 242-78-2 record, a winning percentage of .757.