Track & Field

By Tim Glon

ADA — Heavy snow has forced the postponement of two basketball games and the cancellation of a track meet for the Ohio Northern varsity athletics teams on Saturday.

The Men's Basketball game at home with Mount Union, slated for 3 pm, has been postponed and has been rescheduled for Sunday at 1 pm at the ONU Sports Center.

The Women's Basketball game at Mount Union, also slated for 3 pm, has been postponed and has been rescheduled for Sunday at 1 pm.

Alan Bowsher

By Tim Glon

| Results |

BEREA — Senior Alan Bowsher won the 5,000-meter run and the Ohio Northern men's indoor track & field team won the 4x400, 4x800 and Distance Medley Relays to win the Ohio Athletic Conference Relays meet Saturday at Ursprung Gymnasium at Baldwin-Wallace.

The Polar Bears finished with 104 points and improve to 13-1 on the season.

Otterbein was econd with 98.5 points, Marietta was third with 95 points and Baldwin-Wallace was fourth with 89.5 points.

Dan Smith

By Steven Wright

ADA — Sophomore Dan Smith (Avon) has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the week of January 18-24, making this the second consecutive week he has won the award.

Smith earned the award for his record-breaking performance at the Northwest Ohio Invitational hosted by Findlay on Friday evening.

In the 3,000-meter run, Smith came in first place and set a new Ohio Northern record with a time of 8:46.80. He, along with teammate Alan Bowsher (8:48.30), ran faster than the previous school record of 8:49.84.