Track and Field Concludes First Day of Big Ten Indoor Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Feb. 25, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s team is in sixth place with 17 points and then men’s team is tied for seventh with 16 points after the opening day of the 2006 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships. The women’s championships are being held in Madison, Wis., and the men’s are taking place in Iowa City, Iowa.
The Buckeye men’s distance medley relay finished first with an OSU record time of 9:47.78. Ohio State surpassed its previous record of 9:51.05. The time also provisionally qualified the team for the NCAA Indoor championships. The women’s team also set a school record in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:47.99 to finish sixth in the event. The time broke the former record of 11:58.70.
On the track for the women, junior Jenna Harris (Somerset, N.J.), the defending Big Ten champion in the 60-meter dash, and freshman Ayrizanna Favours (Columbus, Ohio) advanced to the Sunday final in both the 60-meter and 200-meter meter dashes. Harris won her 60-meter heat in the semifinals with a time of 7.51 and came in second in her heat in the preliminary 200-meters with a time of 24.53. Favours won her heat in the 200-meters with a time of 24.44 and finished fourth in her heat in the 60-meters with a mark of 7.62.
In the field events, freshman Janine Zylinski (Elburn, Ill.) took second place in the shot put with a provisional qualifying throw of 52-1 1/4. Veronica Jatsek (Cleveland, Ohio) took fourth place in the event with a season-best toss of 51-1/2. Also scoring points for the Buckeyes in the shot put was senior Keturah Lofton (Zanesville, Ohio) with a mark of 46-7 1/4 to place eighth.
For the men, defending Big Ten 60-meter dash champion Tony Cole (Columbia, Md.) took second in his heat and third in his semifinal heat with a time of 6.82 in the event to qualify for the final Sunday. He will be joined by senior Todd Dutch (Turnersville, N.J.), who finished just behind Cole in the semifinal heat with a time of 6.84. Dutch also will be in the final of the 200-meter dash Sunday after posting a time of 21.81 and winning the heat.
Senior Joe Gourley (Uniontown, Ohio) took third in his heat of the 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.27 to qualify for the Sunday final. Fellow senior Brian Olinger (Fresno, Ohio) took sixth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:06.98. In the field events, the Buckeyes received points from sophomore Lenny Jatsek (Walton Hills, Ohio) who finished eighth with a throw of 55-3 3/4.
The Buckeyes will conclude both the men’s and women’s Big Ten Indoor championships Sunday. The women begin at 9:30 a.m. (CT) in Madison, Wis., with the men starting at 10:20 a.m. (CT) in Iowa City, Iowa. Complete results of both meets will be posted on www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com.
Women’s Team Standings – Day One 1. Minnesota 51 2. Michigan 41.5 3. Wisconsin 32.5 4. Purdue 27 5. Illinois 20 6. Ohio State 17 7. Penn State 16 8. Michigan State 11 9. Indiana 10 10. Iowa 8
Men’s Team Standings – Day One 1. Wisconsin 29 2. Indiana 27 3. Michigan State 24 3. Iowa 24 5. Minnesota 22 6. Illinois 21 7. Ohio State 16 Michigan 16 9. Purdue 15 10. Penn State 1
