Women’s Track and Field Completes Competition at Kentucky Invitational – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/13/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Jan. 13, 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s track and field team finished the second and final day of action at the Kentucky Invitational Saturday at Nutter Field House in Lexington, Ky., with a great showing from its sprinters. The women’s team was led by a second-place finish from senior Jenna Harris in the 400-meter dash in a time of 54.13.
Junior Jessica Stringer, a three time Big Ten champion in the high jump, began her senior season with a second-place effort in the high jump with a leap of 5-8. In the 4×400-meter relay, Ohio State took third with a time of 3:43.33.
In the 60-meter hurdles, Bever-Leigh Holloway was ninth with a time of 8.80. Also in the 400m, freshman Ashley Caldwell made her Ohio State debut with an 11th-place finish in a time of 58.14. Caldwell was followed closely by senior Chandra Krempel, who finished 12th with a time of 58.20.
In distance events, the women’s team put two runners in the Top 5 of the 800-meter run. Junior Laura Piper took seventh in a time of 2:16.43 and sophomore Ashley Jones came in eighth with a time of 2:17.07.
Ohio State heads to Bloomington, Ind., to open Big Ten Conference action for a tri-meet with Indiana and Purdue Jan. 20.
