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Track and field
Ohio Northern athletes earn All-Great Lakes Region recognition
ADA — Jordan Dean was named All-Great Lakes Region in three events to lead a list of nine Polar Bears earning USTFCCCA All-Region honors in men’s outdoor track and field for 2023.
The top five individuals in each event and each of the members of a top-three ranked relay team from each region earned All-Region honors.
Dean led the way for ONU as an All-Region honoree in the 400 and 1,600 relays and the 400-meter dash.
Hunter Kesler and Trey Myers each earned All-Region accolades in two events.
Dean ranks second in the Great Lakes Region and sixth nationally in the 400 with a school-record time of 46.85 seconds.
Dean, Kesler, Spencerville graduate Vini Souza and Ollie Jacobs own the third-best time in the region, and eighth nationally, in the 400 relay after running a school-record 40.72.
Dean, Kesler, Myers and Ross Schlatter rank third in the region in the 1,600 relay with a school-record time of 3:12.86. That time ranks 15th nationally when removing duplicate teams from the same school.
Myers also earned All-Region status in the 800 meters, ranking fifth regionally with a time of 1:51.43.
Keegan Digby owns the top mark in the region in the shot put at 17.46 meters, which is an ONU record and ranks third nationally. He is a reigning All-American in the event and earned All-American honors in the indoor shot put earlier this year.
Tyrese Barker ranks fifth in the region in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.87, which ranks second all-time at ONU.
Trey Masterson ranks fifth regionally in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:25.46, which ranks third all-time at ONU.
Combined with this year’s indoor season, Dean has earned four All-Region accolades to go with three each for Digby and Myers and two for Masterson in 2023.
Tessa Pitcovich was named All-Great Lakes Region in two events to lead a list of three Polar Bears earning USTFCCCA All-Region honors in women’s outdoor track and field for 2023.
The top five individuals in each event and each of the members of a top-three ranked relay team from each region earned All-Region honors.
Pitcovich ranks fifth in the Great Lakes Region in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters with respective times of 17:30.27 and 36:07.00. Those times rank second all-time at ONU, and her mark in the 10,000 meters ranks 21st nationally this season.
Pitcovich is a reigning national qualifier in the 10,000 and is a four-time All-Region honoree in 2023 after earning the accolades in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters during the indoor season.
Claire Schweller and Anna Schatzle earned All-Region status in the pole vault, ranking fourth and fifth, respectively, in the region with marks of 3.65 meters and 3.62 meters.
Schweller was also an All-Region honoree in the pole vault during the indoor season, and Schatzle is a reigning national qualifier in the outdoor pole vault.
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