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Gabrielle Metzner named OAC women's runner of the week

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, April 22, 2013

By Zaji Lieberman

Sophomore Gabrielle Metzner has been named OAC women's runner of the week.

At the Kenyon Invitational on Saturday, Metzner notched two top-three finishes to lead the Polar Bears to a fifth place finish.

Metzner finished second in the 200-meter dash, posting a time off 27.90 seconds.

She also notched a third place finish in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.63 seconds.

Ohio Northern will return to action on Friday and Saturday, when it competes at the OAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Mount Union.

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ONU captures two gold, one bronze award in National Robotic Challenge

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, April 22, 2013

Teams from Ohio Northern University’s Department of Technological Studies garnered two gold awards and one bronze during the National Robotics Challenge at the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Marion, Ohio, from April 11-13. 

The first gold award was captured by an ONU team that designed, fabricated, programmed and fully documented a robotic work-cell that utilized a raw materials parts feeder, conveyor, CNC turning center, KUKA robot, and Allen Bradley PLC to autonomously control and manufacture finished chess pieces.

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Women's tennis runs OAC regular season win streak to 25 matches with 7-2 victory at Baldwin Wallace

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, April 22, 2013

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern women's tennis team ran its Ohio Athletic Conference regular season winning streak to 25 matches and moved closer to its third consecutive OAC Regular Season title with a 7-2 victory at Baldwin Wallace on Saturday.

The Polar Bears improve to 21-4 overall and are 7-0 in OAC action, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 8-9, 4-2.

ONU would clinch at least a share of their third consecutive OAC crown and the No. 1 seed in the 2013 OAC Tournament with a victory in either of its two final matches, either at Capital on Tuesday or at home with Muskingum on Saturday, April 27.

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Sheridan's 2-run home run helps softball split OAC double header at Baldwin Wallace

Posted by Reema Bazzy on Monday, April 22, 2013

By Tim Glon

Sophomore Kelly Sheridan drilled a 2-run home run to lead Ohio Northern to an Ohio Athletic Conference softball double header split at Baldwin Wallace Sunday afternoon at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds Field.

The Polar Bears (9-11 overall, 8-6 OAC) won the opener 11-6 and the Yellow Jackets (19-15, 4-8) won the nightcap 9-0.

Sheridan's 2-run home run in the top of the first staked ONU to a quick 2-0 lead in Game 1.

BW grabbed a 3-2 lead with single runs in the second, third and fourth innings, but Northern answered with a 4-run fifth frame.

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Icon seeking May-June events for Community Highlights

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 22, 2013

The Ada Icon is accepting information about events taking place in the Ada community from May 1 to June 30.

The information will be used in the May-June Ada Community Highlights calendar. The calendar is distributed free via e-mail to any interested person, organization or business and is available as a pdf to be printed and distributed free in area businesses. The calendar will be available in early May.

The deadline to submit information is 5 p.m., Friday, April 26.

To submit information about an event please provide:

• Name of event
• Event dates and times
• Event location

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Hardin County 4-H Dairy Club meets

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 22, 2013

Submitted by George Bauer

On April 21 The Hardin County Dairy Club, held its third 4-H meeting, where we had our officer election.

For president, Jacob Parker was elected. Joy Boone as Vice President.Treasurer is Jessica Boone. Health and safety and Recreation officers were distributed among many members Croft Bauer, Clint Kitchen and many other clover buds and early 4-H members. Finally, yours truly George Bauer as your secretary and news reporter. 

One of our members, Clint Kitchen, demonstrated how to prepare and show a dairy cow, with our eldest member Joey Bauer as the cow! Giving key pointers on how to do well in Dairy Showmanship.

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