Women's Outdoor Track and Field team wins seven events to place second at Polar Bear Spring Invitational
By Tim Glon
WESTERVILLE — The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team won seven events to post a second place finish at the at the Polar Bear Spring Invitational on Saturday at Kerscher Stadium.
The Polar Bears (12-4 overall) were second of five teams with 168 points.
Seven different ONU athletes won four field events, two distance races and the 400 hurdles on the day.
Junior Tessa Pitcovich (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) and Rue Whitmore (Mason) were 1-2 in the 3,000-meters in 10:40.10 and 10:50.63, respectively.
Senior Kathleen Colvin (Hilliard/Bishop Ready) won the 5,000-meter run in 18:32.54 and senior Stella DeWitt (Weston/Cardinal Stritch) won the long jump with a leap of 5.60 meters.
DeWitt's jump is currently the second-best in the NCAA Division III this season.
Junior Mackenzie Detmer (Waterville/Liberty Center) won the triple jump with a distance of 9.86 meters.
Freshmen J.J. Herron (Miamisburg), Sydnee Perram (Port Clinton/Danbury) and Hope Stanley (Geneva) also won events.
Herron won the 400 hurdles in 1:08.71, Perram won the high jump by clearing 1.49 meters and Stanley won the javelin with a heave of 30.91 meters.
Mount Union won the team title with 275 points, Wilmington was third with 57 points, Heidelberg was fourth with 16 points and Muskingum was fifth with 10 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action next Saturday when they compete at the Heidelberg Invitational.
