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Third quarter students listed

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Here is the third quarter Ada school honor roll for the 2016-17 school year.

4TH GRADE

ALL A:  Jana Abdullatef, Jillian Allison, Ethan D’Souza, Brody Erickson, Tess Griffith, Benjamin Marshall, Aidra Preston, Karley Wagner and Rowan West

A – B:  Dalton Amos, Luke Archer, Parker Atchley, Jenna Bassitt, Adam Conner, Wyatt Ferguson, Ciaran Goodman, Ian House, Reynaldo Hurley, Logan Jolliff, Kennedy Jones, Isabella Klingler, Dylan Leimgruber, Lexi Poling, Alainie Pratt, Victoria Rausch, Abigail Thompson, Caleb Thompson, Aeris Weaver and Ken Zheng

5TH GRADE

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Members of the Ada-Liberty Township Fire Department conducted a training session dealing with anhydrous ammonia earlier this week. It is a colorless and highly irritating gas with a sharp and suffocating odor. It has several agricultural uses. (Photo from Ada-Liberty Township Fire Department Facebook)

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The College of Law will host its 23rd annual Public Interest Auction at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 31 in law building. The auction includes a range of goods and entertainment offerings.

Among items that have already been donated are golf outings, paintball tickets, gift certificates for area restaurants, gift packages, bowling and other entertainment packages, overnight hotel stays, Columbus Clippers and Cleveland Browns tickets and a Kindle Fire.

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ADA — Senior Rebecca Carman (Bellefontaine) and sophomore Maddy Reed (Lucasville/Piketon) each posted second place finishes to lead the Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field teams at the Cedarville Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears improve to 22-3 on the season.

Northern finished fourth in the team standings with 61 points.

In the pole vault, Reed posted a second place finish with a leap of 11' 10.00".

Junior Kelly Wollenslegal and freshman Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) both tied for sixth in the pole vault with a vault of 10' 4.25".

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Junior Matt Molinaro won the 800-meter run in a Div. I-dominated field to lead the Ohio Northern men's track and field team on the final day of the Raleigh Relays.

Molinaro won the race in 1:49.30 and claimed the event to lead ONU. 

The junior currently owns the fastest time in the country in the event by nearly three seconds.

Senior Lucas Shumate (Wapakoneta/Spencerville) also competed for ONU in the javelin. 

The senior posted a ninth place finish with a throw of 47.47 meters.

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Emily Richards---Women's Outdoor Track

ADA — Ohio Northern junior Emily Richards(Delaware/Hayes) has been named the Women's Outdoor Ohio Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Mar. 19-25.

Richards turned in another record setting performance as she competed in the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C.

On the first day of the invitational, Richards broke the school record, ran the fastest time nationally among Div. III athletes, and ran the tenth fastest time in Div. III history in the 1,500-meter run in 4:23.21.

Richards finished sixth overall in the Div. I-dominated field.

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