Women’s T&F: 2008 Jesse Owens Classic Day Two – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
COLUMBUS, Ohio Day two of the 2008 Jesse Owens Classic saw a great deal of top-tier action inside Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Saturday.
In the women’s 4×100-meter relay Penn State took first with a time of 45.78 while Michigan came in second with a time of 46.02. Then in the men’s portion, Indiana took first with a regional qualifying time of 40.54 followed by Michigan second (40.68), Eastern Michigan third (40.96) and Ohio State fourth (40.97).
The Ohio State women’s 4×400 meter relay team took home first place with a regional qualifying mark of 3:38.70. On the men’s side Ohio State followed suit with a strong performance, winning the event in a time of 3:11.52.
In the women’s 400-meter dash, Shana Cox from Penn State took first with an Olympic B time of 52.45. Ohio State’s Jenna Griffin was third with a time of 53.75. Griffin’s time is third in the Big Ten and is ranked among the Top 25 in the nation. It’s also her season-best time and an NCAA Regional Qualifier. Also competing for the Buckeyes was Ashley Caldwell (56.97), Emily Thompson (1:02.12) and Kesha Brooks (1:02.34).
In the men’s 400m, Michigan swept the top three spots, led by Stan Waithe’s RQ time of 46.61. Matt Comer (47.71) and Stephen Robinson (47.79) finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
In the men’s 200m dash, Anthony Cole set season-best with a time of 21.04. Adam Harris of Michigan took first with a time of 20.9034, edging Jose Acevedo of Kentucky 20.9059. On the women’s side Shana Cox of Penn State took first with a time of 23.36, edging Virginia Johnson of Nike by .40 of a second.
In the women’s 100m hurdles outstanding freshman Letecia Wright finished third with a time of 13.40 a season best, the fourth-best time in Big Ten this year and the top time by a freshman in the conference. Michigan’s Tiffany Ofili won the event with a time of 12.83. Bever-Leigh Holloway was 17th for the Buckeyes with a time of 14.09 followed by Alana Gray (14.39) in 21st place.
In the men’s 110m hurdles, Andre English and Jeff Porter, both competing unattached, finished first and second, respectively, with times of 13.85 and 13.95. Jonathan Francois was ninth for the Buckeyes in a time of 14.56.
Kristin Bolterstein of Miami (Ohio) finished first in the high jump with an RQ leap of 5 feet, 10.5 inches.
The men’s 100m dash was battle to the line, but Eastern Michigan’s Clint Allen (10.28) edged Harris of Michigan (10.43) and Ohio State’s Cole (10.51). Amandhi Rhett (unattached) won the women’s 100m dash with a time of 11.43. Ohio State’s Griffin finished fifth with a season-best time of 11.72.
In the men’s long jump Kiwan Lawson of Indiana placed first with a jump of 26 feet, 6.5 inches. He was closely contested by Cadeau Kelley of Akron who leaped 26 feet, 2.25 inches. Ohio State’s Rob Wade jumped 19 feet, 2.5 inches.
Fawn Dorr of Penn State and Amber Hay of Michigan dominated the women’s 400m hurdles with times of 58.77 and 58.78, respectively. The next closest time was 1:00.12 by Megan Duncan of Penn State. Ohio State’s Chandra Krempel was 15th with a time of 1:05.81.
Dan Harmsen of Michigan claimed the 400m hurdle title with a time of 50.98 the fastest time in the Big Ten this year.
In the women’s 800m run, Indiana’s Molly Beckwith held off a Ty-Nica Davis (Indiana Elite) for the win. Beckwith ran 2:06.46 and Davis 2:06.76. Ashley Jones of Ohio State finished ninth with a season-best time of 2:11.99. In the men’s 800m former Buckeye All-American Rob Myers took first in a time of 1:49.13. Freshman Dan White of Ohio State was third with a time of 1:49.71.
AG Kruger won the men’s hammer throw with a toss of 244 feet, 6 inches. Dave Ebersole finished 12th with a throw of 197 feet, 1 inch.
A meet record was established in the men’s high jump as Grant Lindsey of Kentucky leaped an impressive 7 feet, 3.25 inches. Ohio State freshman Ryan Blake was fifth with a jump of 6 feet, 9 inches.
Some events ran late and results were not available at the time of this release. Full results will be posted at http://www.deltatiming.com/events/2008/jesseowens.
