YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Northern Kentucky University Norse track & field completed the Horizon League Indoor Championships on Sunday, as three Northern Kentucky runners claimed individual titles, while records were smashed and the Norse men posted a program-best finish as a team. 

Olivia Kennedy claimed the first Horizon League title on the day, repeating as 800m champion and besting her record-breaking time from a year-prior. Cameron Bitterman then narrowly secured a 200m title, winning by less than a tenth of a second, while Natnael Weldemichael capped the day for the Norse with a 3000m championship after winning the 5K race on Saturday evening. Weldemichael went on to be named Outstanding Running Performer of the meet, becoming NKU's first-ever winner of the award at the indoor meet on either the men's or women's side.

As a team, the Norse men recorded a program-best 5th-place finish with a program-best 51 total points at the meet. The Northern Kentucky women finished in 5th as well, scoring 68 total points.

NOTABLES (MEN)
- Natnael Weldemichael claimed his second conference title of the meet, as he cruised to a victory in the 3000m run, winning by over three seconds and finishing in 8:14.77. 
- Colton O'Hara finished in fourth place in the 3000m run, as he clocked a time of 8:19.25. It marked a new personal best for the senior. 
- Bash Hedger ran a 7.01 in the 60m final, posting the fastest freshman time at the meet and recording a fourth-place finish. 
- Josh Brockman finished fourth in the heptathlon, scoring 4469 total points. He had his best finish in the final event on Sunday, finishing second in the 1000m run with a time of 2:49.93.
- Osayi Ogbebor finished eighth in the high jump, clearing 1.92m on his first go. The freshman also competed in the 60m hurdles final, where he earned points with an eighth-place finish, clocking in at 8.63.
- Camden Pawlick finished seventh in the shot put, recording a best throw of 14.18m, which he did on his final attempt. It marked a new personal best for Pawlick, whose previous best was 13.36m. 

NOTABLES (WOMEN)
- Cameron Bitterman took the title in the 200m run, running a 24.35, just less than a tenth ahead of second place. Her time of 24.35 just edged her personal best of 24.37. Bitterman also posted a third-place finish in the 400m final, as she ran a 55.50 in the race. That time also marked a personal best and was just two tenths of a second shy of a new NKU record. 
- Olivia Kennedy claimed her second consecutive indoor conference title in the 800m run, as she finished in 2:10.88, over a second and a half ahead of second place. She bested her championship record of 2:12.04, which she set last year. 
- Meredith Goff finished third in a pair of events, first in the 60m dash, where she ran a 7.60, and then in the 200m run, where she finished at 24.61. Her 60m time was just one-hundredth of a second shy of tying her own school record. 
- NKU's 4x400 relay squad of Sierra Kendall, Olivia Kennedy, Joi Bradley, and Cameron Bitterman finished in second in the race, running a 3:46.42. It marked a new NKU best for the program, beating the previous time of 3:48.06.
- Maggie Foust finished in eighth in the 3000m run, finishing in 10:02.69 and posting the second-fastest freshman time. Foust set a new collegiate best with the run, beating her previous best by nearly 20 seconds. 
- Madison Neary finished eighth in the high jump, crossing 1.62m on her final attempt. It marked a new collegiate best for the senior. 
- Lacey Klare finished eighth in the 60m hurdles final, running an 8.95. 

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