Track & Field
Drake Willenborg
Mount Union
Junior
South Lyon, Mich. / South Lyon
Willenborg broke the school record in the discus by over 5 and a half feet at the John Homon Open. Willenborg put up the nation leading throw with a toss of 180-feet in the discus breaking the previous record by Sean Denard in 2012 with a distance of 174-feet 3-inches. Willenborg also finished third in the hammer throw with a throw of 180-feet 11-inches.
Jordan Dean
Ohio Northern
Junior
Cleveland, Ohio / Villa Angela Saint Joseph
Dean broke his own outdoor school record and won the 400-meter dash in :46.84 to lead the Polar Bears at the Bucknell Classic.
Izzy Burman
Ohio Northern
Junior
Benton Ridge, Ohio / Liberty Benton
Burman broke the outdoor shot put school record and placed 8th among 41 throwers with a toss of 12.99 meters at the Bucknell Classic.
Hope Murphy
Baldwin Wallace
Senior
Mogadore, Ohio / Mogadore
Murphy placed eighth among 148 runners in the 800-meter with a time of 2:10.30 and finished 19th among 87 competitors in the 1,500-meter run in 4:29.06 at the Bucknell Classic. Her 800-meter time places her third in the nation, and her 1,500-meter time ranks her fourth in the nation.
Tennis
Peyton Specht
Ohio Northern
Junior
Munster, Ind. / Munster
Tied 4-4, Specht won the match-clinching contest 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 at #2 singles as ONU defeated at John Carroll 5-4. Specht also won 8-3 at #2 doubles.
Megan Reese
Mount Union
Senior
Massillon, Ohio / Jackson
Reese led Raiders’ past Capital and Westminster with a perfect 4-0 record at No. 1 singles and doubles last week.
Lacrosse
Karissa Sponseller
Mount Union
Junior
Defense
North Canton, Ohio / Hoover
Sponseller picked up two ground balls and caused two turnovers in Mount Union’s 20-16 win over Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday. The Purple Raiders held BW to six second half goals.
Mallory Wiles
Marietta
Sophomore
Attack
Columbus, Ohio / Worthington Kilbourne
Wiles scored 11 goals on 14 shots and had two assists for thirteen points against Muskingum on Wednesday. Wiles broke the program record for both goals and points in a match.
Jon Gaglio
John Carroll
Senior
Goalkeeper
Webster, NY/ Rochester McQuaid Jesuit
Gaglio held Otterbein to just two goals while making nine saves on Wednesday. He then held Capital to just three goals while making 10 saves.
Noah Dodgion
Baldwin Wallace
Freshman
Attack
Hilliard, Ohio / Hilliard Davidson
Dodgion led the BW offense in victories over Mount Union and Muskingum with an eight goals and two assists. He also racked up seven ground balls and caused three turnovers.
Softball
Cara Taylor
Muskingum
Sophomore
Outfield
Waterford, Ohio / Waterford
Taylor helped lead the Muskies to a 6-2 record last week, going 15-for-28 (.536) with seven runs, five RBIs, and five stolen bases.
Ashley Lenser
Ohio Northern
Junior
Pitcher
Brookville, Ohio / Brookville
Lenser went 4-0 on the week with 18 strikeouts in 24 innings and only allowing 19 hits and four earned runs.
Baseball
Noah Truax
Ohio Northern
Senior
Pitcher
Lewis Center, Ohio / Bishop Watterson
Turax threw eight shutout innings, allowing only four hits while striking out eight, to improve to 2-2 on the season against John Carroll on Saturday.
Zack Mazza
Mount Union
Senior
Outfield
Flint, Mich. / Powers Catholic
Mazza batted .429 with 12 RBIs, four home runs (including a grand slam) and a slugging percentage of 1.048. In the outfield he was perfect on 13 putouts, including a diving catch against Capital.
Golf
Jocelyn Troyer
Mount Union
Senior
Sugarcreek, Ohio / Garaway
Troyer shot a 78 to take home medalist honors and lead the Raiders to their second straight first place team finish at the John Carroll Spring Invitational over the weekend.
Keegan Billingham
Capital
Freshman
Gahanna, Ohio / Gahanna Lincoln
Billingham earned medalist honors at the Pioneer Classic, carding a two-round total of 140, to lead the Comets to the team title. On Monday, Billingham shot a team low score of 77, shooting nine hole scores of 39 and 38, at the Otterbein Tax Bracket Bonanza.
