March 24

Track (men)- Ohio Northern junior Jimmy O’Brien (Pemberville/Eastwood) placed third in the 400-meter dash in the a time of 48.75 at the Rhodes Open last week.

 Other Nominees: Josh Mickle (MAR)…Eric Neuhart (MUSK)…Chase Schneider (OTT)…Julius Higginbotham (HEID)

Field (men)- Muskingum freshman Demetrius Bailey (Buffalo, NY/Olean) won the triple jump (12.97) and placed second in the long jump (5.93) to help lead the team to a second place finish at the Muskingum Invite last week.

Other Nominees: Jacob Fox (ONU)…Justin Floyd (MAR)…

March 29

Track (men)- Ohio Northern senior Ryan Robertson (Pickerington/Central) placed first in the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.90 and in the 200-meter dash with a mark of 22.21 at the OAC Split Meet hosted by Wilmington last week.  The team finished first of five teams.

 Other Nominees: Marty Assmann (CAP)…Jared French (OTT)…Wes Hendricks (HEID)…JD Walters (MUSK)

Field (men)- Muskingum freshman Demetrius Bailey (Buffalo, NY/Olean) won the triple jump ( 44-07.00)  and the high jump (6-02.00) at the OAC Split Meet hosted by Marietta last week. The team finished second of five teams.  

Other Nominees: Adam Ohlemacher (HEID)…Joe Gutter (ONU)…Steve Price (B-W)

April 7

Track (men)- Ohio Northern junior Jimmy O’Brien (Pemberville/Eastwood shattered his previous ONU record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:47.97 in the 1,500-meter run at the Sam Howell Memorial last week. O’Brien’s time was better than two seconds below the automatic standard (3:50.60) and broke his previous record by just over five seconds (3:53.06).

 Other Nominees: Jered Mitchem (MAR)…JD Walters (MUSK)

Field (men)- Ohio Northern senior Ryan Robertson (Pickerington/Central) provisional qualified for the NCAA Championships in the long jump. Robertson’s mark in the long jump was 22-11.75 and was good enough for third in the 40-man field of predominantly DI athletes.

Other Nominees: Demetrius Bailey (MUSK)…Kevin McPeek (JCU)…Jayson Roth (MAR)…Julius Higginbotham (HEID)

Track- Ohio Northern junior Jimmy O’Brien (Pemberville/Eastwood) took first in the 800-meter run at the All-Ohio Championships with an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:50.87. That time was a remarkable five seconds faster than any other competitor in the field. He then ran the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that turned in a season-best time of 3:21.75 for a second place finish.

 Other Nominees: JD Walters (MUSK)…Wes Hendricks (HEID)

Field- Ohio Northern senior Ryan Robertson (Pickerington/Central) turned in four top-five finishes including a win in the long jump with an season-best and NCAA provisional mark of 23-1.75. NCAA provisional mark

Other Nominees: Demetrius Bailey (MUSK)…Julius Higginbotham (HEID)

Track (men)- Ohio Northern senior Ryan Robertson (Pickerington/Central) turned in perhaps his most dominating performance of the season, winning four events at the Kenyon Invitational. Robertson won the 100-meter dash in (11.13), the 200 dash (22.35), and was a member of the winning the 4x100 relay team (42.08). He also won the long jump (22-1 ¾).

 Other Nominees: Marque Jones, WILM…JD Walters, MUSK…Jimmy O’Brien, ONU…Matthew Hickman, MAR.

Field (men)- Baldwin-Wallace sophomore Steve Price (North Olmsted) turned in two individual titles in the long jump (22’1 ¾ ) and the Javelin (172’11”) at the Sparky Adams Invitational.  Price also placed third in the triple jump (42’7).  For his efforts he was named the Sparky Adams Most Valuable Performer.

Other Nominees: Demetrius Bailey (MUSK)…Julius Higginbotham (HEID)…Kevin McPeek, JCU…Seth Beckner, MAR