Mar. 7, 2008

By Alyssa Ahlers

WESTERVILLE — Freshman Aubrie Stechschulte broke another school record to lead the ONU womens track and field team to third place after the first day of the OAC Championships.

Vaulting 10-09.5, Stechschulte scored third place in pole vault, earning All-OAC honors and breaking her previous record of 10-08 set Feb. 1, 2008 by herself. This is her third record-breaker this season, alone.

The womens distance medlay placed third overall, with a season best time of 12:44.94, 13 seconds faster than their previous best time. These All-OAC members included freshman Amy Davis, sophomore Kayla Barga, freshman Amanda Binkey, and sophomore Rachel Smith.

Junior Regina Bresson clocked in at 11:02.01 to earn her season best in the 3,000-meter run, which placed her fifth.

In the pole vault, freshman Jessica Naderer tied her season best of 10-05.5 to finish fifth place.

Sophomore Janelle Jansen placed seventh in both the pole vault and long jump with a vault of 10-01.5 and jump of 16-04.25.

In the preliminaries for the 55-meter dash, junior Abby Schulte qualified seventh, clocking in at 7.57.

The Polar Bears are in third place with 24 points, only trailing Capital with 28 points and Baldwin-Wallace with 25 points.

Due to the inclement weather, the start has been pushed back on Saturday to accomadate team travel. The field events are scheduled to begin at 3 pm with the first running final to start at 6:45 pm.