Six Ohio State Track and Field Athletes Qualify for National Competition – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
March 11, 2003
Columbus, Ohio – Six Buckeyes earned qualifying marks for the 2003 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held March 14 and 15 at the University of Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Indoor Track Facility. Ohio State junior thrower Dan Taylor (Middlefield, Ohio) led an OSU throw team that qualified three individuals as he earned a berth in both the weight throw and the shot put competitions. Shot putter Krista Keir (Westerville, Ohio) earned her second trip to nationals, while sophomore Keturah Lofton (Zanesville, Ohio) advanced to participate in the weight throw.
Ohio State also qualified three in the running events as seniors Joel Brown (Baltimore, Md.), 60-meter hurdles, and Rob Myers (Rushville, Ohio), one-mile run, each placed among the Top 5 in the nation in their respective events. Hurdler Molly Logan (Darby, Pa.) will also contend in the 60-meter hurdles.
Taylor qualified as the top performer in the nation in the weight throw event with a Big Ten record setting mark of 22.35 meters. He also holds the nation’s third-best effort in the shot put at 20.52m, set at the Ohio State Invitational.
Kier earned her berth with a 16.85m throw at the Sykes/Sabock Challenge Feb. 15, while Lofton posted her mark a week earlier at the Rod McCravy Invitational with a 19.55m performance in the weight throw.
Brown and Logan have combined for numerous sweeps in the 60-meter hurdles this season, including the Scarlet and Gray Invite Feb. 22, where both captured first place in the 55-meter hurdles as their times converted to automatic qualifiers in the 60-meter event. Brown posted a 7.18 (7.69 conversion), while Logan registered a 7.68 (8.21 conversion) as each set Ohio State records in the 55-meter event at the Scarlet and Gray.
Myers, who set a school record in both the 1,000-meter and one-mile runs this indoor season, will compete in the mile as he scored the second best figure in the nation with a 3:58.64 at the Rod McCravy Invitational Feb. 7. The 2003 NCAA Indoor NCAA Championships will be held March 14 and 15 at the University of Arkansas.
