2023 Year In Review A lot has happened since I’ve updated this site, rest assured, NOTA is still alive and about to embark on a new adventure, but first let me catch you up on the events of 2022. 2023 Ohio High school season was amazing! We qualified (6) athletes for the Indoor State Championships. On the mens side we […]
Tyler Arbaugh, a Van Buren High School senior and member of the Northwest Ohio Throws Academy, has verbally committed to the University of Oregon. Arbaugh will further his education and join the Track and Field program at Oregon, beginning in the fall of 2020.
Van Buren junior Tyler Arbaugh and Eastwood senior Erik Fertig recently competed in the Weight Throw at the New Balance Nationals Indoor at The Armory in New York City, coming away with impressive results. Arbaugh finished second overall in an impressive field with a distance of 73’8″. Fertig came in sixth overall with a mark of 68’9″. Complete results available […]
Several Northwest Ohio Throws Academy athletes traveled to the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio on March 2 to compete in the 2019 OATCCC Indoor Track and Field Championships with strong results. In the Division II/III Boys Weight Throw, Van Buren junior Tyler Arbaugh earned a championship with a throw of 68’10”. Eastwood senior Erik Fertig took second with a distance […]
Several Northwest Ohio Throws Academy athletes posted strong performances at the University of Findlay’s M-F Athletic High School Invite this past Sunday, February 25. You can find complete results here. Leipsic senior Grace Rigel posted a winning mark of 50’1″ in the girls weight throw for the best distance this season in Ohio. It also qualified her for the elite […]
The indoor track and field season is heating up and several Northwest Ohio Throws Academy athletes have posted strong performances. Leipsic senior Grace Rigel, who is committed to Miami, won both the girls weight throw and shot put at the Findlay High School Oiler Invite. She had distances of 40’1″ in the shot put and 46’3″ in the weight throw. Van Buren […]
Northwest Ohio Throws Academy athlete Grace Rigel has signed a National Letter of Intent to further her education and continue her track and field career at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In 2017, Rigel qualified for the Ohio State Track & Field Championships both indoors (shot put, weight throw) and outdoors (shot put). She finished 4th at the Outdoor Championships […]
Northwest Ohio Throws Academy athlete Tyler Arbaugh won the Wammer competition at Grand Valley State University on Saturday, December 16th. Arbaugh won the high school boys division of the meet. The Wammer is a shortened indoor hammer that weighs 25 pounds. Arbaugh’s best throw was a distance of 26.62 meters or 87 feet, 4 inches. Arbaugh is a sophomore at […]
A handful of Northwest Ohio Throws Acadamy athletes recently competed at the Ohio State Hammer Championships on June 5, 2016 at the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus. Several throwers performed well, including 2 state champions. On the boys side, Bowling Green junior Nick Lane led the way by finishing as the overall […]
Several Northwest Ohio Throws Academy athletes recently competed in the 14th Annual Criss & Rita Somerlot Field Event Classic on April 24th. The Sunday meet at Centerville High School allowed a rare opportunity to compete in the hammer throw at a High School meet. Nick Lane, a junior from Bowling Green High School, finished 1st in the Boys Hammer throw […]