Buckeyes Close Regular Season with 2007 Jesse Owens Classic – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/5/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
May 5, 2007
Results
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s track and field team played host to the 2007 Jesse Owens Classic Saturday in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The meet Saturday served as the 22nd running of the Classic and featured high school events in the morning and early afternoon before giving way to college and open action.
In the first open event of the day, Ohio State sophomore Ayrizanna Favours placed second in the 200-meter dash (24.16) and third in the 100m in a season-best time of 11.90. In the 100m, she placed behind two-time Big Ten champion Jenna Harris (11.80), who is taking a redshirt season for the Buckeyes in 2007. Favours also anchored the women’s 4×100-meter relay to victory in 47.20. Harris later finished second in the 400m in 53.25. She placed behind former U.S. Olympic medalist Monique Hennagan.
In throw events, Veronica Jatsek started the day by posting a fourth-place heave of 137 feet, 7 inches in the discus. Later, she added a season-best mark of 48-4 1/2 to win the shot put. Jatsek tacked on a runner-up finish in the hammer with a distance of 199-4 Ashley Bowden won the pole vault, clearing 11-6 1/4. She was followed by teammate Kim Willet at 11-0 1/4.
Also in the field, senior Jessica Stringer, a three-time Big Ten high jump champion, took runner-up in the event with a height of 5-7 1/4. She lost a jump off with Ohio State volunteer assistant coach Christine Spence, who also claimed victory in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Senior Veronia Vance swept the horizontal jumps, taking the long jump at a distance of 18-9 3/4 and the triple at 38-11 3/4. Fellow Buckeye Rashana Lord finished second behind Vance, reaching 38-3 1/2 in the triple.
Senior Melanie Price highlighted the distance events with a first-place time of 5:04.26.
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Ohio State competes at the 2007 Big Ten Outdoor Championships May 11-12 at Penn State.
