ADA - Ryan New has been named head coach for both the Cross Country and Track & Field programs at Ohio Northern.

New comes to Northern after spending the past three years as an assistant coach at Centre (Ky.) and running for the program from 2001-2004.

The 2004 graduate earned his dual degree in classical studies and history from Centre.

New was a sprinter for the Colonels, competing in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes as well as the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays.

Ohio Northern junior Jimmy O'Brien completed an outstanding season with fouth place finishes in both the 800-meter and 1,500-meter runs Saturday afternoon at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the campus of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

O'Brien becomes the first male ONU athlete to earn All-American honors in two events at the same meet. He is also the first Polar Bear to earn All-American honors in the 1,500-meter run.

It was feast or famine for the members of the Ohio Northern track & field competing on Day 1 of the 2008 NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships on the campus of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Junior Jimmy O'Brien won his heat of the 1,500-meter run while junior Dani Noe was disqualified in her heat of the 400-meter hurdles and senior Ryan Robertson fouled on all three of his attempts in the long jump.