Senior Tia Harris leads Women's Outdoor Track & Field in dominating Senior Day victory at A.J. Cody Invitational
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team celebrated Senior Day by dominating the A.J. Cody Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears (54-8 overall) won the meet with 186 points. Heidelberg was second with 119 points, Manchester (Ind.) was third with 47 points and Bluffton was fourth with 32 points.
Senior Tia Harris (Newton Falls) won the hammer throw (44.64 meters), the discus (35.13 meters) and the shot put (12.56 meters) to lead Ohio Northern
Senior Mallory Weininger (Upper Sandusky) won the high jump by clearing 1.60 meters and senior Taylor Fisher (Wapakoneta) won the 400-meter dash in 1:03.62.
Senior All-American Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) won the pole vault by clearing 3.56 meters.
Two sophomores, Megan Wright (Eaton/Twin Valley South) and Chyanne Retcher (Ney/Fairview) won events.
Wright won the 1500 in 5:09.18 and Retcher won the 800 in 2:33.84.
Four freshmen also won events for the Polar Bears.
Kimberly Kramer (Green) won the 100 hurdles in :16.27, Mackenzie Detmer (Liberty Center) won the triple jump with an distance of 9.89 meters, Emily Norden (Carey) won the 200 dash in :26.57 and Kayla Silva (Westerville/South) tied for first in the long jump with a leap of 4.51 meters.
The 4x400 relay team of Retcher, senior Michaela Fox (Bellevue), Wright and senior Avery Ewing (Kokomo, Ind./Eastern) won unopposed in 4:44.46.
On Friday, Ewing placed fifth in the mile in 5:13.65 at the Columbus Cup race at Otterbein.
The Polar Bears will return to action April 26-27 at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships meet at Otterbein.
