Five Buckeyes to Compete at National Meet – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
March 8, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The NCAA released accepted qualifiers for the 2006 Indoor Track and Field Championships Tuesday. Ohio State will send three student-athletes from the women’s team and two from the men’s team to compete in Fayetteville, Ark. March 10-11.
Brian Olinger, a senior All-American, will run in the men’s 5,000 meters. He currently is ranked fifth nationally in the event with a top time this season of 13:45.94. That time, which counts as an Ohio State record, was set at the Iowa State Invitational Feb. 11.
Sophomore thrower Lenny Jatsek also will represent the OSU men’s team in the weight throw. In his last two competitions, Jatsek has won the Big Ten weight title Feb. 25 and last week posted the third-longest weight mark in OSU history at 72 feet, 5 3/4 inches at Notre Dame. Jatsek’s mark rates No. 6 nationally.
The women’s team will send three competitors. Junior jumper Jessica Stringer recently won her second consecutive Big Ten high jump title Feb. 26 and heads to nationals with the No. 8 height in the country. Stringer used a leap of 5-11 3/4 to claim the league title.
In the throws, senior All-American Keturah Lofton returns for her third career trip to the national meet after redshirting last season. She has the No. 8 weight mark in the country at 69-5. Freshman Janine Zylinski will make her first appearance at nationals after qualifying with the No. 14 shot put measure in the country. Zylinski posted a career-best 53-7 3/4 at the Iowa State Classic Feb. 11.
Complete start lists for the 2006 NCAA Indoor Championships can be viewed at web1.ncaa.org
