Buckeye Spotlight: May 31
5/31/2023 3:29:15 PM | General
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Week in and week out, Buckeye student-athletes raise the standard of excellence set at Ohio State, whether that be in competition, in the classroom, or in the community. ‘Buckeye Spotlight’ recognizes student-athletes who had noteworthy accomplishments both in contests and beyond the box score.
Throughout the 50th anniversary of Title IX, Ohio State Athletics continues to celebrate exceptional female student-athletes and women’s teams throughout history, highlighting a new moment or person every week. This week, NCAA track and field national champion Adelaide Aquilla is featured.
Here are this week’s Buckeye Spotlight student-athletes:
Yanique Dayle | Women’s Track and Field | Gr. | St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
- Yanique Dayle continued to lead the Buckeye women this past week at the NCAA East Prelim Round competition, qualifying for the NCAA Championships in all four of her events and breaking a program record along the way.
- Dayle broke the program record in the 100m by running a wind-legal 11.05 in the quarterfinals to finish third. She also ran an 11.05 to finish third in the first round, though that time was wind-aided.
- Dayle also qualified individually in the 200m, finishing third in the quarterfinals (22.58) after finishing fifth in the first round (22.59).
- Dayle ran a leg on both qualifying relays – the 4x100m relay (43.17 to match season-best and finish second overall) and the 4x400m relay (3:31.73 to finish fourth overall).
- The Buckeye women are among the programs sending the most entries to the NCAA Championships with 12.
That's a program record and a ? to the NCAA semifinals for @DayleYanique in the 100m (11.05) Congratulations!!#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/gtloA5xeLR
— Ohio State T&F/XC (@OhioStateTFXC) May 27, 2023
Hayden Tobias | Men’s Track and Field | Jr. | Fishers, Ind.
- Hayden Tobias was the first Buckeye to punch their ticket to the NCAA Championships this past week at the NCAA East Prelim Round.
- Tobias finished fourth in the shot put with a best throw of 19.61m / 64’4?, his third-best showing of 2023 as he now holds the six-best shot put meets for the Buckeye men this season.
?@HaydenTobias75 is the first Buckeye to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships!!
Hayden's best throw (19.61m / 64'4") had him fourth in the men's shot put! #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/2stZ5dGB5l
— Ohio State T&F/XC (@OhioStateTFXC) May 24, 2023
Tess Thompson | Rowing | Sr. | Naperville, Ill.
- Tess Thompson was the recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award at last weekend’s 2023 NCAA Championships. The award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average among competitors at the championship.
- Thompson graduated this spring with degrees in sport industry and human development and family sciences and earned a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
- A member of the First Varsity Eight boat, Thompson helped the Buckeyes to a No. 13 finish in the boat class at the national championship regatta.
Neal Shipley | Men’s Golf | Grad. | Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Had a great NCAA Tournament, leading the team to a 15th place finish with his 29th place finish individually
- He carded rounds of 70-68-67 (-5) and was in the Top 5 through three rounds
- His finish to the third round propelled the Buckeyes into a playoff for the final spot in the final round and he then made a 40-foot birdie putt in the playoff to send the Buckeyes through to the final round
- Finished the year with a 72.72 scoring average and career-highs of eight rounds in the 60s and 19 rounds at par or better
