Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall) hosts Larry Cole Invitational

Friday, January 21, 2022, 5 p.m. - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio 

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Friday's Meet: The Ohio Northern women's indoor track and field team opens its 2022 season on Friday hosting the third annual Larry Cole Invitational at the ONU Sports Center … Joining ONU in the meet are Adrian (Mich.), Anderson (Ind.), Manchester (Ind.) and Ohio Wesleyan … Fans in attendance are required to adhere to ONU's campus-wide COVID-19 policy … Field events are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., and the track events are set to start at 6 p.m. … The Polar Bears return 15 letter winners from their 2021 team that went 22-9 and finished third in the Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Championships and posted a 34-15 record and fourth-place finish in the OACs in the outdoor portion of the schedule … This season's roster is headlined by the return of eight All-OAC performers from a year ago in seniors Taylor Ellerbrock, Tessa Pitcovich and Kayla Silva; juniors Lexi Neff and Anna Schatzle; and sophomores Sydney Goodrich, J.J. Herron and Olivia Ogg … Silva headlines that group, as she holds school records in three events and is a four-time All-OAC and five-time All-Great Lakes Region performer … Pitcovich was All-OAC as a second-place finisher in the 10,000-meter run in last year's outdoor conference meet, and she holds top-10 marks in program history in two indoor events and three outdoor events … Ellerbrock is a two-time All-OAC performer after placing second in the outdoor 4x800 meter relay and third in the indoor distance medley relay last season … Schatzle is coming off a 2021 season in which she earned All-OAC and USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region status in the outdoor pole vault, and she holds the ninth-best mark in program history in the indoor vault and seventh-best in the outdoor vault … Neff, Goodrich and Herron all joined Ellerbrock on the 4x800 meter relay team that earned All-OAC honors last season … Herron also earned All-OAC status in the distance medley relay with Ellerbrock during the indoor portion of the schedule … Ogg earned All-OAC last season after placing third in the outdoor pole vault … For a complete season preview of the Ohio Northern women's track and field team, click the link above.

Head Coach Jason Maus: Maus is in his 13th season as the head coach at ONU … He owns a 460-159-1 overall record, a .743 winning percentage.