Ohio State’s Track Team Competes at Millrose Games, Indiana and Kent State – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/5/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Feb. 5, 2000
COLUMBUS,Ohio – %^$Ohio State was well represented at the Millrose Games, Indiana Invitational and Kent State’s Golden Flash Open with many members placing first and improving their personal best times.%^$
%^$ Ohio State men’s 4×400-meter relay team placed first at the Millrose Games and Ian Connor earned a NCAA provisional qualifying time (8:05.31) in the 3,000 meter run.The Buckeyes’ 4×400-meter relay team placed first at Friday’s 93rd annual Millrose Games held at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y. The team earned the overall fastest time of 3:19.86 and was composed of Courtney Cornwall, Thomas Dickson, Joel Brown, and anchor, Andrew Pierce. The Buckeyes competed against Seton Hall, St. John’s, and Southern Connecticut.%^$
%^$The relay team was honored by their invitation to the Millrose Games, which is the oldest invitational track meet in the United States and often regarded as the world’s greatest indoor track meet.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes’ field events athletes and distance runners traveled to Bloomington, Ind. for today’s Indiana Invitational. The meet gave the Buckeyes many levels of competition as over 10 schools and numerous individuals competed.%^$
%^$The women’s strongest event was the mile, as Mandy Osmond (5:00) placed first, and teammates Karyn Kelly (5:12.95) and Alexis Schulist (5:13.27) finished eighth and ninth. All three improved their seasonal best times. Rachel Zukowski set a new school record in the pole vault with a mark of 11’1-3/4? and she placed fourth in the event. Tami Smith finished fourth in the high jump clearing a height of 5’6?.%^$
%^$The men also performed well in the mile with David Gonzalez finishing first with a time of 4:13.49 and J.J. O’Rielly (4:22.81) and Josh Folger (4:27.06) placed seventh and ninth. Other top performers included Andrew Saurer (53’05”), who placed third in the weight throw, and Corey Johnson, who placed third in the pole vault clearing a height of 15’5?.%^$
%^$Ian Connor and Rob Myers traveled to Kent State and performed exceptionally at the Golden Flash Open. Connor placed first in the 3,000-meter run with a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 8:05.31. Myers placed second in the one-mile run with a season best time of 4:07.31.%^$
%^$The members of the track team who did not compete this weekend remained in Columbus to train.%^$
%^$Next week the Buckeyes travel to Indianapolis, Ind. for the Butler Invitational on Friday, Feb. 11 and Saturday, Feb. 12.%^$
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%^$Millrose Games Results
%^$Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay%^$1. Ohio State 3:19.86%^$2. Seaton Hall 3:23.19%^$3. Southern Connecticut 3:38.57%^$4. St. John’s 3:28.69
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%^$Indiana Invitational Results
%^$Women’s Team Results%^$1. Indiana University 183%^$2. Middle Tennessee 72%^$3. University of Cincinnati 64%^$10. Ohio State 27.50%^$
%^$Men’s Team Results%^$1. Indiana University 113.50%^$2. Ball State University 98%^$3. Eastern Illinois 93.50%^$8. Ohio State 39%^$
%^$Women’s Weight Throw%^$1. Jennifer Brown, Indiana 62’03?%^$2. Bethany Hart, UConn 59’02?%^$3. Waduah Nurui-Isiam, UConn 58’10-3/4?%^$11. Katy Craig, Ohio State 49’10-1/4?%^$
%^$Women’s Shot Put%^$1. Jennifer Brown, Indiana 52’02-1/4?%^$2. Tawnjai Ames, S. Illinois 45’09?%^$3. Lutricia Purham, SE Missouri 44’02-3/4?%^$6. Erin Carter, Ohio State 44’02-3/4?%^$14. Katy Craig, Ohio State 39’07-1/4?%^$20. Nicholette Chambers, Ohio State 36’05-3/4?%^$
%^$Women’s Long Jump%^$1. Tandra Foster, Indiana 19’01-1/4?%^$2. Jameka Collins, Mid Tenn St. 18’07?%^$3. Kim Freeman, Mid Tenn State 17’08-1/4?%^$9. Nicholette Chambers, Ohio State 17’02?%^$
%^$Women’s High Jump%^$1. Meredith George, Alabama Birmingham 5’07-3/4?%^$2. Celeste Cofield, Cincinnati 5’06?%^$3. Erin Bush, Cincinnati 5’06?%^$4. Tami Smith, Ohio State 5’06?%^$7. Cathy Carlin, Ohio State 5’04-1/2?%^$15. Nicholette Chambers, Ohio State 4’11-3/4?%^$
%^$Women’s Pole Vault%^$1. Tyra Holt, Unattached 12’03-1/2?%^$2. Angela Gregory, Indiana 11’07-3/4?%^$3. Cori Leod, Indiana 11’01-3/4?%^$4. Rachel Zukowski, Ohio State 11’01-3/4?%^$
%^$Women’s One-Mile%^$1. Mandy Osmond, Ohio State 5:00.00%^$2. Kim Grabarz, UConn 5:00.50%^$3. Allyson Hammond, Indiana 5:05.01%^$8. Karyn Kelly, Ohio State 5:12.95%^$9. Alexis Schulist, Ohio State 5:13.27%^$
%^$Men’s Weight Throw%^$1. Travis Buntin, Ball State 54’08?%^$2. Ben Jackson, Indiana 54’07-1/4?%^$3. Andrew Saurer, Ohio State 53’05?%^$10. Jon Norman, Ohio State 47’11-3/4?%^$
%^$Men’s Shot Put%^$1. Brian Miller, Unattached 61’02-1/4?%^$2. Mike Minton, Indiana 57’02?%^$3. Ben Jackson, Indiana 53’04-1/4?%^$7. Aaron Bilovecky, Ohio State 47’11?%^$17. BeJay Sias, Ohio State 43’06-1/2?%^$
%^$Men’s High Jump%^$1. Adam Shunk, Ball State 6’11-1/2?%^$2. Jon Lange, Indiana 6’11-1/2?%^$3. Gavin Ambrose, SE Missouri State 6’09-3/4?%^$11. Jeff Cerveny, Ohio State 6’06-3/4?%^$
%^$Men’s Long Jump%^$1. Andrew Owusu, Unattached 24’09-1/4?%^$2. Rob Jordan, Mid Tenn St. 24’04-1/4?%^$3. Corey Eloms, Ball State 23’04-1/2?%^$10. Jeff Cerveny, Ohio State 21’02-1/2?%^$
%^$Men’s Pole Vault%^$1. Ian Curry, Indiana 15’11?%^$2. Jim Fox, SE Missouri State 15’11?%^$3. Corey Johnson, Ohio State 15’05%^$
%^$Men’s One-Mile Run%^$1. David Gonzalez, Ohio State 4:13.49%^$2. Matthew McClelland, S. Illinois 4:14.52%^$3. Christopher Owens, Southern Illinois 4:17.04%^$7. J.J. O’Rielly, Ohio State 4:22.81%^$9. Josh Folger, Ohio State 4:27.06%^$
%^$Men’s 3,000-Meter Run%^$1. Jason Bialka, Eastern Illinois 8:14.17%^$2. Tom Chorney, NIKE 8:14.19%^$3. Matthew McClelland, S. Illinois 8:24.98%^$14. Derrick Butler, Ohio State 8:51%^$
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Men’s 5,000-Meter Run
%^$1. Eric Meins, Indiana 14:44.33%^$2. Damon Nicholas, Eastern Illinois 14:49.38%^$3. Pat Keller, Ohio State 14:56.63%^$16. John White, Ohio State 15:43.83
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%^$Golden Flash Open Results
%^$Men’s One-Mile%^$2. Rob Myers, Ohio State 4:07.31%^$
%^$Men’s 3,000-Meter Run%^$1. Ian Connor, Ohio State 8:05.31*%^$*NCAA Provisional Qualifying Time 8:12.00
