Ohio State Track and Field Competes in Disney World Invitational – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
March 25, 2006
Results
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s and women’s track and field teams opened the 2006 outdoor season this weekend in the Walt Disney Wide World of Sports Invitational at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Thursday, Junior Melanie Price highlighted the day with a winning time in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. Saturday, OSU throwers Lenny Jatsek and Janine Zylinski swept the men’s and women’s shot put and Jessica Stringer won the high jump.
Jatsek, an indoor All-American, extended past 57 feet, 9 inches to record his first win of the outdoor season. Zylinski finished off the OSU shot put sweep with a winning mark of 48-3 1/2. Ohio State throwers also captured the runner-up spots in the shot as Patrick Whalen and Veronica Jatsek heaved 57-1 1/2 and 48-0, respectively. All four OSU throwers posted NCAA Mideast Regional qualifying marks Saturday.
On the track Friday and Saturday, women’s sprinter Jenna Harris posted a regional-qualifying mark of 23.70 to take second in the 200 meters Saturday after she was fifth in the 100-meter dash in 11.75 Friday. Ayrizanna Favours finished behind Harris in the 200m, clocking a 24.38. She also was second in the 400m Friday in 54.82. For the men, Tony Cole clocked a sixth-place time of 10.63 in the men’s 100m and had a 10th-place mark of 21.79 in the 200m.
In the jumps, indoor All-American and two-time Big Ten champ Jessica Stringer won the women’s high jump Saturday, clearing a regional-qualifier of 5-9. Veronica Vance was third in the women’s triple jump Saturday, leaping 39-9 1/2. In the long jump Friday, Vance and Colleen Farrell were sixth and seventh. Vance turned in a leap of 18-10 and Farrell reached 18-8 1/2. Farrell also was fifth in the high jump at 5-7.
Thursday, Price, Ohio State’s record holder in the steeple, crossed the finish line in 11:08.35. Fellow distance runner Laura Piper, a sophomore, also turned in a third-placing showing in the women’s 1,500-meter run.
Also Thursday, Jatsek finished fifth in the hammer throw at a distance of 179-3 1/4. He placed behind teammate David Ebersole, who posted a third-place finish at 182-4 1/2. Ashley Riehm also was third in the women’s hammer Thursday at 164-1 1/4.
The Buckeyes continue competition Saturday at the Disney Invite. Meet information can be accessed at http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.com/dwws/en_US/trackfield/events/detail?name=TrackField2006InvitationalEventInfoEventDetailPage.
The Buckeyes remain on the road next week, competing at the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas.
Women – University – Team Rankings – 25 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) Univeristy of South Caroli 154 2) Georgia Tech 135.50 3) Ohio State University 92.83 4) University of Central Flo 90.33 5) University of Maryland 67 6) Princeton University 65 7) Florida Atlantic Universit 53 8) Univerity of Florida 44.33 9) St. Augustine’s College 39 10) G.W. Express 32 11) Nova Southeastern Universi 28 12) Warner Southern College 16 13) Florida Memorial Universit 12 14) Central State University 8 14) Grinnell College 8 16) Webber International Univ 3
Men – University – Team Rankings – 26 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) University of Tennessee 147.50 2) St. Augustine’s College 115.50 3) Univeristy of South Caroli 99 4) Georgia Tech 89 5) Jackson State University 71 6) University of Alabama 60 7) Ohio State University 39 8) Warner Southern College 37.50 9) University of Maryland 28 10) Webber International Univ 23 11) G.W. Express 22 11) Florida Memorial Universi 22 13) Nova Southeastern Universi 18 14) University of Central Flo 17 15) Nike 10 16) Univerity of Florida 8 17) Florida Internation Univer 3.50 18) Central State University 1
