Fong’s Pole Vault Win Highlights Day One at Louisville

Friday, January 26

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PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational

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Fong’s Pole Vault Win Highlights Day One at Louisville

1/26/2024 6:14:00 PM | General, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

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The Buckeyes competed in the first day of the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational on Friday.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State track & field team competed in the first day of the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational in Louisville, Ky. on Friday.

Sophie Fong won the women's pole vault unseeded competition by clearing 3.83m / 12'6.75" on her first attempt.

200m seeded: The Buckeye women had four in the top-10, led by Leah Bertrand as the runner-up (23.73). Columba Effiong (fifth – 24.05), Nya Bussey (eighth – 24.49) and Chanler Robinson (10th – 24.54) were also in the top-10. Braxton Brann (21.22) and Mason Louis (21.23) led the Buckeye men by finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.
Pole vault unseeded: Behind Fong's win, Morgan Fijalkowski was the runner up (3.83m / 12'6.75" and AnneMarie Moses tied for sixth (3.68m / 12'0.75").
Weight throw: The Buckeye men had three finish in the top-six with Tanner Watson leading the way in third (19.50m / 63'11.75"), Carlos Aviles fifth (19.03m / 62'5.25") and Hayden Tobias sixth (18.38m / 60'3.75"). Lacey Stringer led the women with a third-place finish (17.59m / 57'8.5").
3000m: The Buckeye women had three of the top-six times. Andrea Kuhn led the way in third (9:24.64), less than a second off her personal-best time. Daniella Santos finished fourth (9:29.83) and Akemi Von Scherr was sixth (9:44.98). Sean Carney led the OSU men in sixth overall (8:15.03).
800m: Ohio State's women had three of the eight-fastest times. Aniya Mosley was the runner-up (2:05.02), while Carina Napoleon was sixth (2:10.63) and Gia Napoleon was eighth (2:10.99). Alex Kenish was the runner-up for the men (1:50.90).
High jump elite: Amaya Ugarte finished third overall, clearing 1.82m / 5'11.5" on her third attempt. She was the only NCAA-affiliated athlete to clear 1.82m.
Long jump elite: Kayla Watson was fourth (5.93m / 19'5.5") in the women's competition, while DJ Fillmore was fifth (7.32m / 24'0.25") in the men's competition.
Pole vault seeded: Abbey Kuhn tied for fifth by clearing 3.88m / 12'8.75" on her first attempt.
Long jump: Zamesha Myle finished sixth overall (5.62m / 18'5.25").
400m unseeded: Noah Carmichael was the men's runner-up (48.60).
200m unseeded: Both Buckeye women finished in the top-five with Janela Spencer third (24.78) and Sydney Bryant fifth (24.81).
60m qualifying prelims: Nick Biega was the runner-up (6.93) to move onto tomorrow's prelims.

UP NEXT

Ohio State wraps up competition at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational on Saturday, beginning with the men's shot put, men's unseeded pole vault and men's heptathlon 60m hurdles at 10 a.m. ET.

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