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Ohio State Overview
- Yanique transferred to Ohio State from New Mexico Junior College.
- 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American First Team (4x100m relay, 4x400m relay) and Second Team (100m, 200m)
- 2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American First Team (4x100m relay), Second Team (4x400m relay), Honorable Mention (100m)
- 2023 Big Ten Outdoor Champion (200m, 4x100m relay (broke meet record), 4x400m relay)
- 2022 Big Ten Outdoor Champion (4x100m relay)
- Outdoor All-Big Ten First Team (2022, 2023)
- Indoor All-Big Ten Second Team (2022)
- Ran a leg on the 4x100m relay that set the program record three times during the 2022 outdoor season and once during the 2023 season in the NCAA semifinals (42.68)
- Ran a leg on the 4x400m relay that set the outdoor program record (3:28.07) at the 2022 Penn Relays
- Ranks second in program history in the outdoor 200m after running a 22.64 in the second round of the 2022 NCAA regionals
- Ranked fourth in program history in the 100m after running two wind-legal 11.24 races during the 2022 season, moved up to tie for third and then break the program record (11.05) in the 2023 NCAA quarterfinals
- Is tied for fifth in program history in the 60m after running a 7.29 in the first round of the 2023 Big Ten Indoor Championships
Indoor
- Ran a leg on the winning 4x400m relay (3:34.84) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Finished third in the 60m (7.30) at the Big Ten Championships after moving into the top-five in program history in the event in the prelims
- Finished sixth in the 200m (23.54) at the Big Ten Championships with an indoor personal-best
- Also in the 60m, finished third at the Clemson Invitational (7.34), fourth at the Arkansas Qualifiers (7.41) and competed at the Texas Tech Open (7.38) and Michigan Invitational (7.55)
- Competed in the 200m at the Clemson Invitational (23.73) and Texas Tech Open (24.04)
- Big Ten Female Track Athlete of the Week: April 26
- Big Ten 200m Champion (22.87), finished third in the 100m (11.19) after running a then-PR 11.17 to move up to tie for third in program history at the time
- Ran a leg on the winning 4x100m relay squad that broke the meet record (43.17) at the Big Ten Championships
- Ran a leg on the winning 4x400m relay (3:29.25) at the Big Ten Championships, the relay squad also broke the program record twice during the regular season
- Broke the 100m program record at the NCAA quarterfinals (11.05) after running the same time (though wind-aided) in the first round, finishing third each time
- Ran a leg on the 4x400m relay squad that finished third (3:26.72) and the 4x100m relay squad that finished fifth (42.85) at the NCAA Championships
- Finished fifth in the 200m at the NCAA East First Round (22.59) and third in the quarterfinals (22.58) with both times being wind-aided
- In the NCAA semifinals, finished 13th in both the 100m (11.19) and 200m (22.79) with her fastest wind-legal 200m time of the season
- Had the four-fastest OSU women’s times of the season in the 200m and the two-fastest 100m times
- Won the 100m twice – at the Bulls Invite (11.28) and at the Jesse Owens Classic (11.37)
- Finished fifth at the Lloyd Wills Invite (11.43) and 10th at the Texas Relays (11.29) in the 100m
Indoor
- Finished second as a team at the Big Ten indoor championships
- At Big Ten Championships, finished fourth in the 200m (23.71) and fifth in the 60m (7.37)
- Was the runner-up in the 60m (7.49) at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invite
- Had two top-10 finishes in the 200m – finishing seventh (24.08) at the South Carolina Challenge and ninth (24.18) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Finished fifth in the 300m (39.04) at the Big Ten Midwest Invite
- Finished 12th as a team at NCAA outdoor championships
- Finished 17th in the NCAA semifinals of the 100m (11.24) and made the second round of regionals in the 200m (22.64)
- Won the Big Ten outdoor championships as a team, setting a meet record with 185.5 points scored (breaking the previous record of 179 set in 1994)
- Finished second in the 200m (22.80) and third in the 100m (11.25) at the Big Ten championships
- Won the 200m at the Jesse Owens Classic (23.43)
- Had seven top-eight finishes in the 100m, including a runner-up finish (11.45) at the USC Open
Notable Notes
• Yanique helped New Mexico J.C. win the 2020 indoor national championship after finishing second in 2019.
• She won the J.C. national championship in the 60-meter dash in 7:38.
• Also helped New Mexico J.C. win the 2019 outdoor national championship.
