Jatsek Named Big Ten Track and Field Male Athlete of the Week – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/24/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Jan. 24, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lenny Jatsek, a sophomore thrower on the Ohio State men’s track and field team, was named Athlete of the Week in an announcement made by the Big Ten Tuesday. Saturday at the Indiana Invitational, Jatsek won the men’s weight throw event and placed fourth in the shot put.
With his winning weight mark of 65 feet, 9 ½ inches Saturday, Jatsek provisionally qualified for the 2006 NCAA Indoor Championships and posted the league’s second-best mark in the event this season. Jatsek’s weight figure also moved him into the Top 5 in Ohio State’s all-time indoor performance list in the weight. Later Saturday, Jatsek added a fourth-place score in the shot put with a toss of 51-11.
Jatsek’s weekly honor contributes to Ohio State’s impressive run of Big Ten weekly honorees in the throws events. During the last three indoor seasons and last two outdoor campaigns, Buckeye men’s and women’s throwers have combined to win 14 conference athlete of the week awards.
Both the Ohio State men’s and women’s track and field teams open their home schedule at 11:15 a.m. Saturday with the Ohio State Invitational in French Fieldhouse.
