Track and Field Showcases Talent at Pacesetter Invitational – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/20/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
April 20, 2003
Results
Columbus, Ohio – Following two-consecutive home events, the Ohio State track and field teams posted outstanding efforts at the 2003 Pacesetter Invitational Saturday on the campus of Indiana State University in Terre, Haute, Ind. The Buckeyes, competing in the event for the first time in two seasons, captured first place on the women’s side, while the men recorded a second place standing as OSU junior Dan Taylor eclipsed an Ohio State program record in a throw event for the fourth-straight week with a 209-6 first place performance in the men’s hammer. The winning effort in the hammer was one of three, as Taylor swept the weight events for the second-consecutive week.
Taylor’s 30-point day helped pace the men, who fell just seven points shy of first place Indiana State. The Buckeye women topped the Pacesetter field with 184 team points, besting the host Sycamores by nearly 30 points.
Fueling the women were dominating performances from both the throwers and hurdlers as the OSU women swept first through third place in both the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles, while the throwers also scored a sweep of the weight events. A trio of Buckeyes posted NCAA Regional qualifying times in the 100m hurdles as senior Molly Logan equaled her season-best 13.39 to claim first, while juniors Brandi Hogan (13.73) and Dalanda Jackson (13.76) fell just behind to take second and third. OSU duplicated that effort in the 400m hurdles as senior Nicholette Chambers chimed in with a career-best 1:00.95 to win the event with Logan (1:01.36) and Jackson (1:02.22) once again taking the second and third slots. Chambers and Logan posted qualifiers in the 400m hurdles.
All four sprinter/hurdlers combined for a first place 47.17 in the women’s 4×100-meter relay to post another 10 team points for OSU.
The OSU women throwers claimed first place performances in each of the hammer, discus and shot put events as freshman Amarachi Ukabam took titles in both the shot put (49-10) and discus (170-10) for the second time this season. Both marks are career-bests and regional qualifiers as Ukabam climbed the descending order charts for the fifth-consecutive week. Adding a first place effort in the hammer throw was sophomore Keturah Lofton who bested the field with a regional qualifier of 188-7. Also scoring points and qualifying for the Buckeyes in the throw events were Alexis McCall, fourth in the shot put with a 48.5-75, Erin Carter, 47-6.26 in the shot put, Shelaine Larson, third in the hammer with a career-best 185-10, and junior Katy Houser, who scored a 171-0 in the hammer.
Other contributors on the women’s side included sophomore jumpers Rosalind Goodwin and Shayla Moore, who went 1-2 in the triple jump as Moore posted a season-best 42-5.50 to climb the qualifier charts, while Goodwin took first in the long jump with a career-best 19-3.50 and was topped in the triple jump by only Moore as she leapt 40-8.75.
On the men’s side, Taylor took first in all three of the weight events as he qualified in each with a 56-7.50 in the shot put and a 182-1 in the discus to compliment his record-setting effort in the hammer. Others scoring points in the throw events for the men were senior Rusty Azbel (180-3) and John Norman (182-9), who scored qualifying marks in the hammer. Posting a qualifier for the first time in his career was sophomore Bryan Duby, who marked a personal record with a toss of 189-6 to claim second behind Taylor in the hammer.
OSU senior sprinter Joel Brown joined Taylor as a 30-point contributor as he won both the 200-meter dash and the 110-meter hurdles and was one-fourth of a 10-point effort in the 4×100-meter hurdles. Brown’s 21.07 in the 200m is a season-best, while his 14.01 in the 110m hurdles joins his 200m mark as regional qualifiers. Sophomores John Morris and Greg Norman also added team points as Morris won the 400-meter dash with a 48.27 and Norman claimed second in the 100-meter dash with a 10.64. Brown, Morris and Norman connected with junior Nosa Ehimwenman to post a 41.11 in the 4×100-meter relay.
Ehimwenman became the third 30-point scorer with additional first place efforts in the long jump (23-10) and the triple jump (50-4.50). Ehimwenman’s mark in the triple jump is a regional qualifier.
Complete results may be viewed at www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com or at http://web.indstate.edu/athletic/track/04-19-03.html.
*NOTE: Wind readings are missing and will be added when they become available.
The Buckeyes remain on the road for next week’s events as a split squad will head to either the Penn Relays Thursday through Saturday, while the others will compete in the Baldwin Wallace Invitational Saturday only.
Men – Team Rankings 1) Indiana State 189 2) Ohio State 182 3) Ball State 131.50 4) Eastern Illinois 90 5) Western Illinois 79.50 6) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 19 7) Valparaiso 14 8) SIU-Carbondale 11
Women – Team Rankings 1) Ohio State 184 2) Indiana State 154.50 3) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 101 4) SIU-Carbondale 83 5) Western Illinois 75.50 6) Dayton 68 7) Eastern Illinois 35 8) Valparaiso 8
