Lady Jackets Take to the Track at Ohio Northern

ADA, Ohio – A day after DC's Kali George won the pentathlon at Cedarville, the Purple and Gold women's track and field team competed at the Ohio Northern Invitational on Saturday, February 2, 2013. Senior Katie Heitkamp led the way for the Jackets with a third-place finish in the pole vault.

Heitkamp cleared a height of 3.05 meters in the event. It was the best jump for the senior on the 2013 season and was just short of her indoor record.

Fellow senior Kate Borer also performed well at the invite. The Fayette, Ohio, native took part in the triple jump and recorded a 9.48 meter mark. The jump put her fourth at the competition and gave the senior a new season-best distance.

In the throwing events, junior Nikki Young placed sixth in both the shot put (9.42 meters) and weight throw (11.43 meters). Her toss in the weight throw was a career-best distance and puts her eighth on the all-time list.

The Ohio Athletic Conference led the way at the invitational, as ONU grabbed the top spot at the home meet with 165 points. In second was Otterbein with 123, followed by John Carroll at 103.5. Defiance finished in eighth-place with 34 points.

The Yellow Jacket track and field squad will return to Defiance for its third home meet of the indoor season on Friday, February 8. Action at the competition will kick off at 4 p.m.