Women's Track & Field projected to finish fifth in OAC Coaches Preseason Poll

By Blake Moore

| 2019 OAC Outdoor Track & Field Polls (.pdf) |

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's track and field program has been picked to finish fifth in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 2019 outdoor campaign in the annual OAC Coaches Preseason Poll, the league office announced Friday morning.

The Polar Bears wound up fifth in this season's poll with 52 points from the league's 10 head coaches.

Otterbein, who claimed the 2019 OAC Indoor Track and Field Championship title, topped the poll with 80 points and seven first-place votes. Mount Union garnered the remaining three first-place votes and tallied 76 points to end second. John Carroll and Baldwin Wallace were projected to finish third and fourth with 64 and 55 points, respectively.

Last season, Ohio Northern posted an impressive 48-7 overall record and claimed the 2018 OAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship crown with 166 team points.

ONU is coming off a 24-8 record in the 2019 indoor season. The team also posted a fifth-place effort with 86 points at the OAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, held inside the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse in February.

The Polar Bears will kick off their outdoor slate with a trip to the Muskingum Invitational on Saturday, March 23.  

2019 Women's Outdoor Track & Field OAC Coaches Preseason Poll

March 15, 2018