Category: Track And Field

Ohio State women’s track and field takes home Big Ten title

The Ohio State women did more than enough on Sunday to win the program’s eighth Big Ten track and field championship.

For the eighth time, the Ohio State women’s track and field team have taken home the Big Ten title.

It was a nip and tuck affair, with not much room for error, but the Buckeyes were able to hold onto first place on Sunday thanks in large part to the contributions of Anavia Battle, who won the 100 meters, the 200 meters, and ran a leg on the victorious 4×400-meter relay team.

Many others contributed to the final, winning score of 117, ahead of second-place Indiana (109), and third-place Minnesota (106).

All of Ohio State’s conference championships — both indoor and outdoor — have come under the direction of Karen Dennis. It’s also the second-straight Big Ten outdoor title for the women. They won in 2019, and last season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With their victories this weekend, Anavia Battle and Sade Olatoye are now tied for third all-time in individual Big Ten championships among Buckeyes with seven apiece. The only individuals in front of these two greats: Donica Merriman and Christina Manning, with nine and eight championships, respectively.

Additional notes from a release from Ohio State about the women:

  • With their victories this weekend, Anavia Battle and Sade Olatoye are now tied for third all-time in individual Big Ten championships among Buckeyes with seven apiece. The only individuals in front of these two greats: Donica Merriman and Christina Manning, with nine and eight championships, respectively.
  • Ohio State’s women’s program has now won four Big Ten outdoor championships – 2011-12-19-21 – and four indoor championships: 2011-15-19-20.
  • Nine individuals scored men’s points: Carlos Aviles, Adrian Curry, Eric Harrison, Frank Hayes, Donnie James Jr., Tyler Johnson, Nick Miller, Robby Oswald and Kainnan Ramsey.
  • Fourteen scored for the women: Adelaide Aquilla, Anavia Battle, Yanique Dayle, Addie Engel, Mary Figler Sierra Fletcher, Alyssa Marsh, Bryannia Murphy, Emma Nwofor, Divine Oladipo, Sade Olatoye, Cierra Pyles, Chanler Robinson and Sarah Stanley.

On deck next is the NCAA East Regionals in Jacksonville, Florida May 27 and 28.

 

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Texas wins Big 12 Track and Field Championships

The Texas Longhorns men’s and women’s track and field teams both won Big 12 Championships on Saturday.

Texas’ men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams won their respective Big 12 Championships on Saturday. It is the first time in six years that a school won both the men’s and women’s championships in the same year.

Here is a list of the events that both Texas teams won.

Men

Shot Put – Adrian Piperi, 68 feet 10.75 inches

1600 Meter Run – Yusuf Bizimana, 4 minutes 5.44 seconds

200 Meter Sprint – Micaiah Harris, 20.38 seconds

4 x 400 Meter Relay (Jon Maas, Micaiah Harris, Charles Brockman III, Willington Wright) – 3 minutes 7.10 seconds

Women

60 Meter Hurdles – Chanel Brissett, 7.90 seconds

60 Meter Dash – Kynnedy Flannel, 7.25 seconds

600 Yard Run – Davicia Patterson, 1 minute, 18.85 seconds

200 Meter Run – Kynnedy Flannel, 22.55 seconds

Women’s High Point Award – Kynnedy Flannel

The men’s team totaled 141 points, eight more than Texas Tech to win the men’s division. The women’s team totaled 154.5 points, 51.5 points more than second place Oklahoma state.

The NCAA indoor track and field National Championships will be from March 12-13 at the University of Arkansas.

Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals during the Berlin Olympics on this day in 1936

Former Ohio State track star Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, all in front of Adolf Hitler.

Today is a pretty special day we’d like to remind you of. One of the greatest athletes in one of the most historic athletic events of history got the first of his four gold medals in Berlin during the Olympics in 1936. His name was Jesse Owens and he did it in front of Adolf Hitler — winning the 100m dash with relative ease.

There are plenty of moments and events to be proud of when it comes to Ohio State, but Owens is on the shortlist of iconic amateur athletes that did some extraordinary things just prior to one of the most tumultuous times in world history.

I’m not sure we can truly appreciate what the Buckeye Bullet did during those Olympics. Not only did he win four gold medals — also winning the 200m, long jump, and 4x100m relay — but he did it in a rather hostile environment in front of the world and Nazi Germany.

Amazingly enough, Hitler reportedly both saluted and shook the hand of Owens, yet he never received an invite to the White House from his own country.

 

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Sade Olatoye of OSU women’s track and field a NCAA Woman of the Year nominee

Ohio State women’s track and field weight-throw NCAA champ Sade Olatoye has been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year.

Sade Olatoye of the Ohio State women’s track and field team may have been lights out in the women’s weight throw, winning the NCAA title last season, but that’s not all that she should be known for. In fact, this past week, she was nominated as one of 605 female college athletes nationwide to be nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Member schools are encouraged to honor their top graduating female college athletes each year by submitting their names for consideration for the Woman of the Year Award, and it appears as though Ohio State has decided to nominate Olatoye for her efforts on and off the field.

According to the release from OSU, Olatoye won six Big Ten championships and was a two-time Big Ten Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. She graduated this past May with her degree in health sciences and was also a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar for mainlining a grade-point average of 3.70 or better in the 2019-20 academic year. Olatoye was also a four-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.

Olatoye was also the 2019 Ohio State Female Athlete of the Year, and holds four Ohio State records: both indoor (17.88m) and outdoor (17.88m) shot put marks along with weight throw (24.46m) and hammer throw (67.49m). She also competed for the Nigerian Senior National Team and won the shot put championship at the 2019 All African Games in Rabat, Morocco. Olatoye also competed for Nigeria at the 2019 World Championships.

Outside of athletics, she is active in the African Youth League, Ohio State’s Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force, and was the council chair of the Peer Educators, among other activities.

The next step is for individual conference offices to select up to two nominees each from their pool of member school nominees. Then, the Woman of the Year selection committee, made up of representatives from the NCAA membership, will choose the Top 30 honorees –10 from each division.

Out of those 30, nine finalists will be selected (three for each division). The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics then will choose the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named this fall.

 

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Texas players react to cancellations amid Coronavirus outbreak

Several players expressed their feelings on social media regarding the Coronavirus and its impact on Texas athletics.

It feels as if the entire world is amid an unknown, fluid situation that creates a variety of emotions. Continue reading “Texas players react to cancellations amid Coronavirus outbreak”

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Locked on Longhorns Podcast: NCAA cancellations and spring football

The fun fact Friday edition of the Locked on Longhorns Podcast. Pat and Cami discuss the impact on the cancellations and spring football.

Cami and Patrick bring you another edition of the Locked on Longhorns podcast. What started as just a cancellation of the Texas-Texas Tech game spirals into the Big 12 tournament and more being cancelled. They discussed what impact that could have on the seniors who might have played their final games in burnt orange and white.

Patrick reads a heartbreaking post by one such senior in John Burt from his instagram.

Plus a statement released by Athletic Director Chris Del Conte. What could that mean for football team that was expected to begin spring practice on March 25th. All that and more on the fun fact Friday edition of the podcast.

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Texas Ranked Top Five in Men’s and Women’s Track and Field

The Texas Longhorns indoor track and field teams in appeared in the top five of the rankings for both the men’s and women’s team.

The indoor track and field is underway into week one of the season behind them. The Texas Longhorns are being well represented in the top of the national rankings produced by USTFCCCA. Both men and women’s team come in ranked at number four in the nation.

Coming up for the teams will be the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on January 31st and February 1st.

In their previous meet, junior sprinter Micaiah Harris set a new school record for the 200-meter dash in 20.53 seconds.While senior distance runner Kathryn Gillespie who set a new school record in the mile run with a time of 4:34.64, besting the previous record by five seconds.