Men's Track & Field opens 2021 season with second place finish at Otterbein Early Season Showcase
By Tim Glon
ADA — Senior Sam Krabacher (Hamilton/Badin) and junior Andrew Buderer (Oak Harbor) each won events to lead the Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team to a second place finish at the season-opening Otterbein Early Season Showcase meet on Sunday at the Clements Center.
The Polar Bears (3-1 overall) were second with 132 points. John Carroll won the meet with 145 points, Otterbein was third with 88, Wilmington was fourth with 74 and Capital was fifth with 54.
Krabacher won the 1,000-meter run in a career-best 2:35.98 and Buderer won the pole vault by clearing 4.56 meters.
Junior Nate Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela-Saint Joseph) was second in he 200-meter dash in :22.94 and was third in the 60-meter dash in :07.19.
Sophomore Selorm Adehe (Grove City/Central Crossing) was second in the 60-meter hurdles in :09.05.
Freshman Keegan Digby (Bowling Green/Otsego) was second in the shot put with a heave of 14.32 meters and was second in the weight throw with a distance of 16.40 meters.
Freshman Gabe Hensley (Lebanon) was third in the long jump with a leap of of 6.01 meters.
Sophomore Billy Driemeyer (House Springs, Mo./Lindbergh) finished third in the 1-mile run in 4:31.65.
Freshman Trey Myers (Dayton/Chaminade-Julienne) was third in the 800 in 2:03.27.
Sophomore Brandon Berry (Wickliffe) was third in the 200 in :24.00.
Freshman Braden Schaser (Fostoria/Lakota) was third in the 3,000-meter run in 9:20.08
The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday when they host John Carroll and Baldwin Wallace in the annual Joe Banks Invitational.