Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (16-3 Overall) at Mount Union Last Chance and Augustana (Ill.) Midwest Twilight

Thursday, May 19, 2022, 12 p.m. - Mount Union Stadium, Alliance, Ohio

Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1 p.m. (CDT) - Knowlton Outdoor Athletic Complex, Rock Island, Ill.

| Mount Union Meet Schedule (.pdf) | Mount Union Meet Heat Sheets (.pdf) | Augustana (Ill.) Meet Schedule (.pdf) |

Meet Previews: The Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team is closing out its 2022 season at the Mount Union Last Chance meet and the Augustana (Ill.) Midwest Twilight meet on Thursday … At the Mount Union meet, field events begin at noon, and running events begin at 5 p.m. … Northern's 4x400 and 4x100 relay teams are competing at the Augustana (Ill.) meet … Running events begin at 2:30 p.m. (CDT) … These meets are the final opportunity for ONU athletes to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships, which are scheduled for May 26-28 in Geneva, Ohio … The top 20 individuals and top 16 relay teams qualify for the NCAA Championships … Only one team per relay event per school is eligible to qualify for nationals … Sophomore Keegan Digby currently ranks ninth in the country in the shot put with a distance of 16.34 meters, which is an ONU record … Freshman Jordan Dean ranks 35th in the 400 meters with a time of :48.45 … Fifth-year senior Travis Sutter ranks 48th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:23.20 … Senior Andrew Buderer ranks 52nd in the pole vault with a height of 4.61 meters … The team of Jordan Dean, sophomores David Gross and Trey Myers and junior Hunter Kesler ranks 29th in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:16.04 … The team of senior Nate Dean, juniors Brandon Berry and Vini Souza and freshman Ozzie Miller ranks 47th in the 4x100 relay with a time of :41.76 … Under the qualification rules, the 4x400 team ranks 21st, and the 4x100 team ranks 34th … The Polar Bears are coming off split-squad competitions at the St. Francis (Ill.) Fighting Chance Invite and Baldwin Wallace's Harrison Dillard Twilight meet last Thursday and Friday … Kesler, Myers, Gross and Jordan Dean posted their season-best time of 3:16.04 in the 4x400 relay to place fourth in the event at the St. Francis Invite … Buderer added a second-place finish in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.40 meters … At the Harrison Dillard Twilight, senior Caden Sauerbrey led the way with a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time of 15:02.68 … Berry, Souza, Miller and Nate Dean placed fourth in the 4x100 relay with their season-best time of :41.76 … Junior Nick Tangeman was sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.65 meters … Nate Dean was seventh in the 200 meters with a season-best time of :21.84 … Senior Luke Shellhaas was seventh in the pole vault with a height of 4.42 meters … Freshman Landon Remmert finished eighth in the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best time of :57.05 … Sophomore Gabe Hensley placed eighth in the long jump with a mark of 6.46 meters … Fifth-year senior Jack Lehr was 10th in the shot put with a season-best mark of 14.10 meters … Freshman Isaac Schoen was 10th in the 400 meters with a time of :53.12.

Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 13th season as the head men's track and field coach at ONU … He owns a 508-142-2 overall record outdoors, a winning percentage of .781.