Buckeyes Send 23 Entries to the NCAA East First Round

NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field East First Round
Dates: Wednesday, May 28 through Saturday, May 31, 2025
Venue: Hodges Stadium: 1 UNF Dr, Jacksonville, Fla. 32224
Event: NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field East First Round | Meet Central | Live Results | Tickets
Streaming (ESPN+): May 28 – 6 p.m. | May 29 – 6 p.m. | May 30 – 5 p.m. | May 31 – 5 p.m.
Rosters: Ohio State women | Ohio State men

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Buckeyes will be well represented at the NCAA Division I East First Round, hosted by the University of North Florida, with 23 total athletes (13 women and 10 men) qualifying to compete in Jacksonville, Fla. this Wednesday, May 28 through Saturday, May 31.

The qualifying athletes include Leah Bertrand, Nick Biega, Braxton Brann, Marcus Brown, Sydnee Burr, Noah Carmichael, Katie Castelli, Fatouma Conde, Weston Day, Denzell Feagin, Morgan Fijalkowski, DJ Fillmore, Sophie Fong, Morgan Hallett, Nazzio John, Michaela McCall, Zamesha Myle, Olivia Powell, Janela Spencer, Lacey Stringer, Edidiong Udo, Amaya Ugarte and Tanner Watson.

Male events are scheduled for Wednesday and Friday, while the women will compete on Thursday and Saturday. Field events on Wednesday and Thursday each start at 10 a.m. with the hammer throws, with the men's 110 hurdles and women' 100m hurdles kicking off track events at 6 p.m. on the respective days. On Friday and Saturday, field events begin at 1 p.m. with the discus throws and track events begin at 5 p.m. with the 4x100m relays.

OUTDOOR SEASON RECAP FOR QUALIFIERS

Bertrand ranks second nationally in the women's 100m with a time of 10.94 seconds (Texas Relays) and the 40^th ranked women's 200m of 22.99 (Big Ten Outdoor Championships prelims). Conde also qualified for the women's 200m, having a season best 23.33 seconds at the Texas Relays.
Biega received a nod for the men's 200m, having a season best time of 20.77 seconds (Tom Jones Memorial).
Brann had a season best time of 13.64 seconds in the men's 110m hurdles, which ranks 51^st in the nation.
Burr (71^st, 12.80m / 42'0") and Myle (81^st, 12.75m / 41'10") each qualified for the women's triple jump.
Castelli recorded the 69^th best women's 3000m steeplechase time of 10:15.78, which occurred at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
Day's time of 28:52.56 was good for an NCAA qualification in the men's 10,000m.
John holds the 38^th ranked time of 10.14 seconds from his Texas Relays 100m win. Feagin, also a men's 100m champion (USF Invite, 10.23 seconds), was the Buckeyes' second qualifier in the event.
Fong (4.13m / 13'6.5", Jesse Owens Classic) and Fijalkowski (4.10m / 13'5.25", Tom Jones Memorial) both qualified for the women's pole vault.
Fillmore had the 51^st best men's long jump distance of the regular season – 7.68m / 25'2.50" in the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
Watson recorded the 41^st best men's discus throw of 57.57m / 188'0" at the Raleigh Relays and Hallett qualified for the women's discus throw with a mark of 50.33m / 165'1" (Tom Jones Memorial).
Udo had a season best men's 400m time of 45.19 (12^th ranked) which took place at the Tom Jones Memorial. Also at the Tom Jones Memorial, McCall had her season best women's 400m time of 52.70 seconds, which ranks 62^nd nationally.
Spencer, who ranks 14^th in the women's 100m hurdles, earned her NCAA qualification with a time of 12.99 seconds (USF Invite).
Stringer qualified for both her 21^st ranked women's shot put (17.31m / 56'9.5", Big Ten Outdoor Championships) and 42^nd ranked women's hammer throw (62.40m / 204'8", Jesse Owens Classic).
Ugarte recorded the 20^th ranked women's high jump (1.82m / 5'11.50") at the Drake Relays.
The women's 4x100m relay team of Bertrand, Olive, Conde and Spencer ranked 38^th with their Big Ten Outdoor Championships time of 43.84 seconds.
Brown, John, Biega and Feagin qualified as a 4x100m relay squad after they ran a season best time of 39.38 seconds at the second USF Invite of the season and rank 49^th in the nation in the event.
The reigning Big Ten outdoor men's 4x400m relay champions (Carmichael, Louis, Brann and Udo) qualified for the NCAA East First Round with their championship time of 3:04.08, which currently ranks 24^th in the country.

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