Women’s Outdoor Track and Field: Ohio Northern (13-3 Overall) hosts Mike Becraft Invitational
Friday-Saturday, April 21-22, 2023 - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
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Meet Preview: Ohio Northern continues its 2023 outdoor season hosting the two-day Mike Becraft Invitational on Friday and Saturday … Other teams at the meet include Adrian (Mich.), Albion (Mich.), Bluffton, Concordia (Mich.), Findlay, Heidelberg, Manchester (Ind.) and Siena Heights (Mich.) … On Friday, the men's hammer throw and women's javelin begin at 2 p.m., with the women's hammer throw and men's javelin to follow … The team is celebrating Senior Day on Saturday with a ceremony at 9 a.m. … On Saturday, field events begin at 11 a.m., and running events begin at 12 p.m. … The high jump and pole vault events will be held indoors at the ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse … Northern is ranked No. 3 in the Great Lakes Region in the latest USTFCCCA Rating Index … Northern is coming off a split-squad weekend that featured a fourth-place finish at the 13-team All-Ohio Championships and a solid showing at the Bucknell (Pa.) Bison Classic … At the All-Ohio Championships, sophomore Kendra Krichbaum ran a school-record time of :12.22 in the 100-meter dash, besting the previous mark of :12.25 … Krichbaum finished fifth in the 200 with a personal-best time of :26.15, which ranks ninth all-time at ONU … Sophomore Chloe Gibson won the long jump with a mark of 5.17 meters, and sophomore Olyvia Ashbrook won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:06.94 … At the Bucknell Bison Classic, sophomore Hannah Friend posted a personal-best mark of 41.90 meters in the discus throw, which ranks second all-time at ONU … Senior Tessa Pitcovich ran a personal-best 17:30.27 in the 5,000 meters, which ranks second all-time at ONU … Freshman Claire Schweller posted a mark of 3.65 meters in the pole vault, which is tied for sixth all-time at ONU … Northern currently owns nine marks that rank in the top 50 nationally in Division III in their respective events … Krichbaum is 39th in the 100 (:12.22) … Pitcovich is 15th in the 10,000 (36:07.00) and 46th in the 5,000 (17:30.27) … Friend is 25th in the discus (41.90 meters) … In the 10,000, sophomore Ashley Hockstok is 34th (37:00.60) and freshman Kennedy Rader is 44th (37:37.58) … In the pole vault, Schweller is 19th (3.65 meters), senior Anna Schatzle is 33rd (3.50 meters) and junior Olivia Ogg is 50th (3.43 meters).
Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 14th season as the head coach at ONU … He owns a 510-168-1 overall record indoors for a .752 winning percentage and a 439-171-3 overall record outdoors for a .719 winning percentage.
