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.

Six Ohio Northern male athletes earned At-Large Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors as voted upon by conference's ten faculty representatives.

Seniors Chase Cummings (Tulsa, Okla./Liberty-Benton), Wes Immler (Lorain/Amherst Steele) and juniors Ryan Paul (West Milton/Milton-Union) and Kyle Webb (Wapakoneta) earned First Team honors while junior David Penny (Union/Milton-Union) and Brett Kuhn (Tiffin/Columbian) garnered Honorable Mention honors.

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.

Ohio Northern junior Jimmy O’Brien (Pemberville/Eastwood) has been named the United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association Great Lakes Region Outdoor Male Runner of the Year. ONU assistant coach Jason Maus has been named the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year.

O’Brien has now swept the region award each of the past two seasons as he was named the male indoor and outdoor Great Lakes Region Runner of the Year in both 2007 and 2008.