Ohio State Track and Field Men and Women Win Tri-Meet with Indiana and Purdue – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Jan. 24, 2004
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State track and field team placed first in both the men’s and women’s competitions in its first and only tri-meet of the season against Big Ten rivals Purdue and Indiana, Saturday at French Field House. The Buckeyes men totaled 114 team points, with Indiana taking second with 97 points and Purdue following with 76. Ohio State’s 123 team points won the women’s end as the Buckeyes bested the 112-point effort by Indiana and 80 points accumulated by Purdue.
The Ohio State throws squad fueled the Buckeyes to the first-place finish as OSU claimed top marks in each of the shot put and weight throw competitions on both the men’s and women’s side. Reigning Big Ten athlete of the year Dan Taylor (Sr., Middlefield, Ohio) posted his fifth and sixth first-place scores of the season as he topped the field in the shot put with a throw of 65-0.75 and tossed a 73-9.50 in the weight. Taylor set the American collegiate all-time mark in the weight earlier this season at the Buckeye Invitational Jan. 10 with a throw of 76-2.25.
Amarachi Ukabam (So.,Creve Couer, Mo.) also helped the Buckeyes sweep the throw events as she posted a first-place effort in the weight throw with a season-best 65-10.50 and a provisional qualifying measure of 52-8.25 to win the shot put. The effort in the weight serves as the second-straight week Ukabam has recorded a NCAA automatic qualifier. Ohio State claimed second place in both the shot put and weight as Keturah Lofton (Jr., Zanesville, Ohio) provisionally qualified in the weight with a 64-3 effort, while Alexis McCall (Jr., Elyria, Ohio) took runner-up in the shot put with a 48-6. Ohio State also scored first in several other field events as junior Rosalind Goodwin (Louisville, Ken.) posted seven team points in the long jump with a winning mark of 19-11 and added another seven with a provisional qualifier in the triple jump with a leap of 42-2.75. Fellow junior Shayla Moore (Jessup, Md.) followed Goodwin in the triple jump in second with a 41-3.75. Senior Nosa Ehimwenman (Homewood, Ill.) completed the sweep in the long jump and triple jump for OSU with a 23-6.25 to take first in the men’s long jump and a 44-8.25 leap to top the field in the triple jump. Both Ehimwenman and Goodwin set season-highs for Ohio State in the long jump, while Goodwin also set a season-best in the triple jump for OSU.
The Buckeyes also scored points in the high jump as senior Billy Mills (Fairlawn, Ohio) recorded his second first-place mark of the season with a leap of 6-7 for the top spot in the event. Completing the field events Saturday was Seth MacCarter (Jr., Chillicothe, Ohio) who cleared 5.00 meters to tale first place in the pole vault.
Senior Lyndsi Gay (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) turned in a season-best 5:04.29 to score seven first-place points for Ohio State in the women’s one-mile run, while sophomore Joe Gourley (Uniontown, Ohio) clocked a first-place 1:21.53 in the 600-meter run. Junior Dan Glaz (Palos, Hills, Ill.) finished the Ohio State scoring in the distance events with a first-place time of 8:25.38 in the 3,000-meter run.
The sprints featured contributions from senior Brandi Hogan (Pittsburgh, Penn.), who placed first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.65 and second in the 200 meters with a 25.56, and Freshman Jenna Harris (Somerset, N.J.), who clocked a 7.52 to win the women’s 60-meter dash. Harris also clocked a 24.90 to win the 200 meters. The men received points from John Morris (Jr., Camden, N.J.) in the 400-meter dash as the junior finished the event in 49.26 to claim first. Ohio State also scored in the women’s 400m as junior Pannsy Henry (Columbus, Ohio) finished with a strong kick to claim second with a time of 59.02.
The Ohio State women’s 4×400-meter relay squad added the final seven-point effort with a winning time of 3:52.11.
Complete results can be viewed at this link http://www.deltatiming.com/events/2004/osu3way/index.htm.
The Buckeyes remain at home next week as they play host to the 2004 Ohio State Invitational. The event is set to begin at 11 a.m.
