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Ohio State Overview
- Lacey is pursuing a degree in the health sciences program.
- Ranks third in program history in the outdoor shot put (56’5.75”)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2025)
- OSU Scholar Athlete (2024, 2025)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
2024-25
Indoor
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Competed in both the shot put (16.51m/54’2”) and weight throw (17.58m/57’8.25”) at the Big Ten Championships
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Won the shot put competition (16.56m/54’4”) at the Ashland Last Chance Meet
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Had five additional top 10 finishes in the shot put this season – runner-up at the Hoosier Horsepower Classic (16.36m/53’8.25”), runner-up at the Crossroads of America Invite (17.36m/56’11.5’), third at the Rod McCravy Memorial (17.26m/56’7.5”), third at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite (16.53m/54’2.75”) and fourth at the Tiger Paw Invite (16.54m/54’3.25”)
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Had a pair of top 10 finishes in the weight throw this season – fourth at the Rod McCravy Memorial (18.96m/62’2.5”) and 10th at the Crossroads of America Invite (18.61m/61’0.75”)
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Owned the top six shot put performances and four of the top 10 weight throw performances on the team this season
Outdoor
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Competed in both the shot put (16.40m/53’9.75”) and the hammer throw (59.49m/195’2”) at the NCAA East First Round
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Finished sixth in the shot put (17.31m/56’9.5”) and also competed in the hammer throw (58.87m/193’2”) at the Big Ten Championships
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Won the shot put competition at the Jesse Owens Classic (15.45m/50’8.25”) and at the Raleigh Relays (16.78m/55’0.75”)
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Earned two additional top five shot put finishes this season – third at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Open (15.84m/51’11.75”) and fifth at the Tom Jones Memorial (15.92m/52’2.75”)
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Finished in the top eight in the weight throw five times this season – runner-up at the Jesse Owens Classic (62.40m/204’9”), runner-up at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Open (59.43m/195’), fifth at the Tom Jones Memorial (56.02m/183’9”), seventh at the USF Invite (56.49m/185’4”) and eighth at the Raleigh Relays (57.85m/189’9”)
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Accounted for the top six shot put performances and hammer throw performances of the season among the Buckeyes
2023-24
Indoor
- Competed in the weight throw (17.50m) and shot put (15.02m) at the Big Ten Championships
- Was the runner-up in the shot put (16.59m) and third in the weight throw (17.59m) at Louisville
- Finished fourth in the shot put (16.12m) and seventh in the weight throw (17.41m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Finished eighth in the shot put (15.75m) at Clemson, also competing in the weight throw (17.71m)
- Posted the four best weight throw showings and the three best shot put meets for the Buckeyes this season
- Competed in the shot put (15.97m) and hammer throw (56.76m) at the NCAA East First Round
- Finished fifth in the shot put (16.65m) and also competed in the hammer throw (56.35m) at the Big Ten Championships
- Won the shot put competition at Florida (17.21m – to rank third in program history) and the Jesse Owens Classic (16.12m)
- Had the six-best showings for the Buckeyes in the hammer throw this season and the seven-best shot put meets
- Notched top-nine finishes in all four meets of the regular season in the hammer throw – runner-up at USF (60.72m), third at Louisville (54.62m), fourth at Jesse Owens Classic (57.64m), ninth at Florida Invite (55.85m)
- Finished in the top-five in the shot put in all five regular season meets – runner-up at Louisville invite (16.04m), fourth at Raleigh Relays (15.94m), fifth at USF (16.15m)
2022-23
Indoor
- Won the shot put competition at the Music City Challenge (15.77m) and the Rod McCravy Memorial (15.13m)
- Had the four-best weight throw showings for the Buckeyes this season, including a season-best 18.09m at the Music City Challenge
- Competed in the shot put (15.04m) at the Big Ten Championships
- Was the runner-up in the weight throw (16.98m – PR at the time) at the Michigan Invitational
- Finished fourth in the shot put (15.80m) at the Indiana Relays
- Finished eighth in the weight throw (16.16m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Finished eighth in the hammer throw (57.74m) at the Big Ten Championships, also competing in the shot put (15.10m)
- Competed in the shot put (15.37m) at the NCAA East First Round
- Won the shot put (16.19m) at the Bulls Invite
- Won the hammer throw (54.41m) at the Northeast Ohio Invite
- Had five of the Buckeyes’ six-best hammer throw showings (setting a PR three times) and the two best shot put meets
- Had three additional top-eight finishes in the hammer throw in addition to her win – runner-up at the Jesse Owens Classic (57.80m – PR), runner-up at the Bulls Invite (52.87m) and seventh at the Tom Jones Invite (56.03m)
- Was the runner-up in the shot put at the Tom Jones Invite (15.94m) and finished fourth at the Jesse Owens Classic (15.18m)
Indoor
- Finished second as a team at the Big Ten Championships
- Competed in the weight throw (15.49m) and shot put (14.50m) at the Big Ten Championships
- Finished in the top-eight three times in the shot put – second at the Rod McCravy Memorial (15.84m), fourth at the South Carolina Challenge (13.42m) and eighth at the Big Ten Midwest Invite (14.50m)
- Finished in the top-10 three times in the weight throw – third at the South Carolina Challenge (15.62m), eighth at the Big Ten Midwest Invite (16.20m) and 10th at the Rod McCravy Memorial (15.96m)
- 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)
- Competed at the Big Ten Championships in both shot put (15.16m) and hammer throw (51.74m)
- Set an outdoor personal best in the shot put (15.44m) at the Penn Relays, finishing third
- Also finished third in the shot put (14.54m) at the Jesse Owens Invitational
- Totaled four top-10 finishes in the shot put and three in the hammer throw
Prior to Ohio State
• She was the 2020 Ohio state champion indoors in the shot put.
• She helped her Gahanna Lincoln H.S. team win three Ohio state indoor team championships (2017-18-20) and the 2018 state outdoor championship.
• She holds Gahanna Lincoln school records indoors in the shot (42-6 ½) and weight throw (45-1 ½).
• Her shot put toss of 43-1 ¾ outdoors is second in Lincoln history.
• She was named Academic All-Ohio.
