Ohio State Sweeps 800m in Outdoor Opener

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Ohio State Sweeps 800m in Outdoor Opener

3/15/2024 9:25:00 PM | General, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

The Buckeyes began the outdoor season at USF on Friday, where they earned a trio of top-five program times.

RESULTS

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State track & field team began the outdoor season on Friday at the USF Alumni Invitational.

Aniya Mosley earned the first Buckeye win of the outdoor season in the 800m (2:04.53) as she now ranks third in program history. Alex Kenish completed the Buckeyes' sweep of the 800m (1:50.52).

TRACK EVENTS

800m: On the men's side, all four Buckeyes finished in the top-10 – Kenish's win, Jaxson Eckert finished seventh (1:53.83), Cooper Citro was eighth (1:55.03) and Ivan Slyepkan was ninth (1:55.60). Behind Mosley's win, Carina Napoleon also had a top-10 time (2:08.90), finishing ninth.
400m hurdles: Chanler Robinson was the runner-up (57.89) in the women's competition.
200m: Fatouma Conde finished sixth (23.90) among 74 athletes who finished the race. Out of the 51 men, Mason Louis was fourth (20.87) and Marcus Brown was fifth (20.96).

FIELD EVENTS

Pole vault: Ohio State had three of the top-four finishers on the women's side. Abbey Kuhn was the runner-up, clearing 4.10m / 13'5.25" on her first attempt. Morgan Fijalkowski and Sophie Fong finished third and fourth, respectively, each clearing 4.00m / 13'1.5" and tying for fourth in program history. On the men's side, Daniel Edwards finished eighth, clearing 4.85m / 15'11" on his first attempt.
Shot put: Carlos Aviles (18.14m / 59'6.25") and Adam Riedinger (16.89m / 55'5") both qualified for the men's finals, finishing third and seventh, respectively. Lacey Stringer was fifth on the women's side (16.15m / 53'0") to lead Ohio State.
Hammer throw: Stringer led the Buckeye women and finished as the runner-up with a best throw of 60.72m / 199'2". The Buckeye men had two qualify for the finals as Anthony Wilks finished eighth (54.43m / 178'7") and Evan Johnson finished ninth (54.41m / 178'6").
Long jump: Kayla Watson led the OSU women by finishing sixth overall (5.99m / 19'8"). Brian Kellon was the lone Buckeye on the men's side (6.85m / 22'5.75").

UP NEXT
The Buckeyes wrap up competition in Tampa on Saturday, beginning with the men's high jump, women's triple jump and men's discus at 11 a.m.

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