London Captures Title in the 400m Hurdles
3/18/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field
March 18, 2017
Tempe, Ariz. – Christine London opened her senior season with a win in the 400m hurdles on Friday evening at the Baldy Castillo Invitational. London outran 11 other hurdles at the Joe Selleh Track with a time of 59.93 to secure gold. The title for London was the second of her career.
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Sarah Kanney, who was competing in her first career outdoor race as a collegiate athlete, clocked a personal-best 2,000m steeplechase time of 6:47.94 to place second. In the field events, four Buckeyes came away with podium finishes; Olivia Small (triple jump/11.65m/38-2.50) and Cole Gorski (pole vault/5.20m/17-0.50) both recorded silver placings with personal bests, while Sade Olatoye (hammer throw/60.68m/199-0.75) and DaJuan Seward (triple jump/14.58m/47-10.00) finished third in their events.
In the 200m dash, Champ Page placed fifth with a personal record time of 21.05 for the men and Karrington Winters finished ninth with a readout of 24.19. Both men’s and women’s 200m dash fields had more than 50 athletes.
Max Seipel registered a personal best in the hammer throw in the first event of the day. Seipel tossed the hammer a personal best 58.83m (193-00) to finish in eighth place.Â
Personal Bests
Thirteen other Buckeyes collected personal bests on the first day of competition. The times and marks are listed below:
Alexis Dowdy – Hammer Throw – 48.55m (159-3.25)
Kate Deaton – Hammer Throw – 55.69m (182-8.50)
James Clark – 200m Dash – 22.14
Asa Burke – 200m Dash – 21.58
DaJuan Seward – 200m Dash – 22.49
Beatrice Hannan – 200m Dash – 24.21
Tamani Wilson – 200m Dash – 24.86
Allison Mayfield-Brown – 200m Dash – 25.13
Olivia Small – 200m Dash – 27.10
Alexus Pyles – 200m Dash – 26.04
Brent Carroll – 400m Hurdles – 55.04
Terry Johnson – 400m Hurdles – 56.78
Luke Landis – 1,500m Run – 3:56.05
Day Two Information
Fans will be able to watch the second day of action as it will be streamed for free on pac-12.com from 5 to 8:15 p.m. ET. The stream will mainly feature the track events, but it will cut into field events when possible. Follow us on Twitter @OhioState_TFXC for live updates throughout the meet.
