Ohio Northern's 200 medley relay team of seniors Drew Keriazes and Marc Anderson and juniors Jordan Breitigam and Christian Garlock finished 11th in the prelims and advanced to the consolation finals on the first day of the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships Wednesday afternoon at the Conroe Natatorium.
The group finished third in their heat and were 11th of 23 teams in 1:31.70.
The top eight in each event earn All-America honors with finishers 9-16 earning Honorable Mention All-America kudos, meaning the Polar Bears will just have to complete the race to earn Honorable Mention honors.
The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track & field team was picked to finish second in the OAC outdoor track & field preseason poll in voting conducted by the league's head coaches.
The Polar Bears received 50 points.
Mount Union was tabbed to finish first with 59 points and seven first place votes, Northern was second with 50 points and John Carroll was third with 49 points and the other two first place votes.
Mount Union won this season's OAC Indoor Track & Field Championship.
ONU finished fifth in last season's OAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
The Ohio Northern men's outdoor track & field team was chosen to finish third in the OAC Outdoor Track & Field poll, in voting conducted by the head coaches of the OAC.
The Polar Bears earned 47 points and also received a first place vote.
Mount Union was chosen to finish first, receiving 63 votes and seven first place votes, John Carroll was second with 53 points and a first place vote and ONU was third.
Mount Union won the OAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, with Northern finishing fifth.
The Ohio Northern women's basketball team finished the season ranked No. 9 in the USA Today Sports Division III Coaches poll and No. 10 in the final D3hoops.com poll.
In the USA Today Sports poll, ONU received 125 votes.
National champion DePauw (Ind.) finished the season ranked No. 1 with 200 points, Amherst (Mass.) was second with 178 and national runner-up Wisconsin-Whitewater was third with 174 points.
In the D3hoops.com poll, Northern received 352 points.
DePauw (Ind.) was first with 625, Wisconsin-Whitewater was second with 593 and Hope (Mich.) was third with 552 points.
Sophomore Brittany Miller won two matches to lead the Ohio Northern women's tennis team to a 6-3 win over Division II Walsh on Tuesday evening at the ONU Sports Center.
With the win, the Polar Bears are now 12-3 on the season. The Cavaliers fall to 4-17 overall.
Miller teamed with sophomore Kristin Cellentani for an 8-4 victory at No. 2 doubles.
Miller also scored the match clinching win by a 6-1, 6-4 score at No. 5 singles.
"I took the court with the match tied at 3-3," Miller said. "I didn't think about the score at all. I just stuck to my game and didn't get too fancy with anything."
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team picked up a pair of 9-0 victories over Wittenberg and Wilmington on Saturday at Westwood Tennis & Fitness Club.
The Polar Bears are now 11-3 on the season and 1-0 in OAC play. Wittenberg falls to 3-5 and Wilmington is now 0-1, 0-1.
Against Wittenberg, Northern dropped only four games on its way to sweeping all three doubles courts.
Sophomore Brittany Miller and junior Carly Olmstead won 8-0 at No. 2 doubles.
Sophomore Kristin Cellentani and freshman Taryn Stromback won 8-1 at No. 3 doubles and freshman Rachael Miller and junior Michelle Tuma won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles.
