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Ada Gators splash Shawnee    

Monday Ada travels to Wapak; Thursday host to Findlay

Story and photos by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The host Ada summer swim team defeated Shawnee Country Club Thursday night in the first home meet of the West Ohio Aquatic League season.

Ada beat the visitors 354-288 in the combined boys/girls team score.

The Alligator girls edged Shawnee 172-153, while the Gator boys triumphed 182-135.

Ada's Carlie Oldfield won three individual races in the girls 15-18 age bracket. She also swam a leg for three victorious relay squads.

Brock Martin receives all-district academic honors

Ohio Northern junior All-American Brock Martin (Attica/Seneca East) was named First Team Academic All-District 7 in football by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. First- and Second-Team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in early July.

Martin was named Second Team All-America as an all-purpose player in 2019. He has also earned All-Region honors and is a two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference honoree. Martin has also earned Academic All-OAC honors twice in his career.

ONU alum, Emily Richards qualifies for Olympic Trials

June 18-27 in Eugene, Oregon

Ohio Northern alumnus, 9-time NCAA Champion and 14-time All-American Emily Richards has qualified for the 2021 United States Olympic Trials, which will be held June 18-27 in Eugene, Ore.

Richards ran a 2:02.10 at the Stumptown Twilight Meet on June 3 in Portland, Ore., to qualify. The qualifying mark for this year's trials in the 800 is 2:02.50.

The top three finishers at the Olympic Trials will make the U.S. Olympic team and will compete in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo July 30-Aug. 8.

Ada Gators launch swim season at Bluffton

Monday meet results attached

The Ada Gators swim team launched its season with a meet at Bluffton on Monday.

Bluffton defeated Ada 860-295. Bluffton girls’ won 387 to 183 and Bluffton boys’ won 473 to 112.

The Gators host Shawnee on Thursday, June 10, travel to Wapakoneta on Monday, June 14, and then host Findlay on Thursday, June 17.

Complete meet results are attached below.

ONU school record

126 student athletes named academic All-OAC

A school record 126 Ohio Northern student/athletes were named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference in the 23 fall, winter and spring sports for 2020-21.

Five programs had 10 or more student/athletes receive the award, led by football with 15.

Baseball and women's soccer had 12 each, men's track/cross country had 11 and women's track/cross country had 10.

The award winners must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, maintain varsity status and have a cumulative grade-point-average of at least 3.50.

ONU's Kristy Catrine academic all-district in soccer

Junior Kristy Catrine (Springboro) was named First Team Academic All-District 7 in women's soccer by the College Sports Information Directors of America for 2020.

Catrine was named the OAC Goalkeeper of the Year, Academic All-OAC and was a Scholar Athlete by the United Soccer Coaches this season.

She allowed only one goal this season and set the ONU school record with a scoreless streak of 1,010 minutes to begin her career.

She had 31 saves, eight shutouts and a school record 0.09 GAA this season, her first as a starter.

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