Women’s 4x400m Relay Breaks Program Record at Tom Jones Memorial Invite
4/15/2023 10:31:18 PM | Men's Track & Field
FLORIDA RESULTS | OHIO RESULTS
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State track and field team wrapped up this weekend’s meets at Florida and Ohio on Saturday.
The Buckeye women had four top-five times at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, including a new program record in the 4x400m relay (3:26.57) as Jaydan Wood, Alyssa Marsh, Yanique Dayle and Bryannia Murphy beat their previous record by more than a second. Murphy ran a personal-best time of 51.54 in the 400m, just 0.01 second off the program record, finishing seventh. Also in the 400m, Marsh’s PR of 51.77 was good for 10th place and third on the program’s all-time leaders list. In the women’s 100m, Leah Bertrand’s personal-best time of 11.20 ranks third in program history.
Nathaniel Tamminga earned his first win of the season, finishing in 3:52.83 in the 1500m at the Cherry Blossom Invitational. Columba Effiong captured her first collegiate win in the 100m (11.74) and then won the 200m (23.84) as well. Gia Napoleon won the 800m (2:08.64), while Alex Kenish won the 800m for his second win of the season (1:49.47).
TOM JONES MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL
- 4x100m relay: The Buckeye women posted their fastest time of the season (43.27) to finish as the runner-up squad, run by Dayle, Nya Bussey, Marsh and Bertrand. Adrian Curry, Zidane Brown, Armani Modeste and Trey Gardette finished in 40.16 on the men’s side.
- Shot put: Lacey Stringer finished as the runner-up among the women’s competition with a best throw of 15.94m / 52’3.75”. On the men’s side, Josh Miller was eighth (16.96m / 55’7.75”).
- Discus (invite): Carlos Aviles finished fourth with a best throw of 57.12m / 187’5” on the men’s side, while Faith Bender finished fourth on the women’s side with a best throw of 55.57m / 182’3”.
- Triple jump: Jaimie Robinson led the Ohio State women with a best mark of 13.12m / 43’0.5” to finish fourth. On the men’s side, Clarence Foote-Talley finished ninth (15.23m / 49’11.75”).
- 400m: Following Murphy and Marsh, Wood finished in 52.22, just 0.01 behind her PR. On the men’s side, Zidane had a personal-best time of 46.28.
- Pole vault: Abbey Kuhn led the Buckeye women by clearing 3.91m / 12’10” to finish tied for eighth overall.
- 4x400m relay: The Buckeye men finished ninth (3:05.84) as Zidane Brown, Armani Modeste, Evan Matthews and Kashawn Baptiste ran the relay.
- Discus (collegiate only): Evan Johnson (46.48m / 152’6”) and Adam Riedinger (42.90m / 140’9”) competed on the men’s side.
- 110m hurdles: Oscar Smith led the OSU men by finishing in 13.91 in the preliminary rounds, good for second in his heat.
- 100m: Dayle was 16th out of 63 finishers with a time of 11.31, following Bertrand’s strong showing. Curry led the Buckeye men with a wind-aided 10.54.
CHERRY BLOSSOM INVITATIONAL
- 800m: All three Ohio State women finished in the top-five as Carina Napoleon was third (2:11.18) and Amelia Figler was fifth (2:15.32) to follow Gia Napoleon’s win. On the men’s side, Xavier Jemison followed Kenish’s win with a sixth-place finish (1:55.24).
- 1500m: The Ohio State women had three finish in the top-10 with Allie Guagenti leading the was in sixth place (4:49.23), Ana Karmol finishing eighth (4:52.63) and Audrey DeSantis finishing in ninth (4:54.06). Behind Tamminga’s win, Jack Good ran a personal-best time of 3:53.30 as the runner-up and Alex Dediu finished seventh (4:04.87).
- 100m: Following Effiong’s win, Fatouma Conde finished third (12.00).
- 3000m: The Buckeye women had two finish in the top-five as Chloe Dawson was the runner-up (10:19.17) and Sydney Paul finished fifth (10:35.80). All three Buckeye men were in the top-eight as Colby Adams was the runner-up (8:33.81), Zach Shultz finished seventh (8:51.47) and Keegan Freyhof finished eighth (9:00.06).
THOUGHTS ON THE MEETS
Director Rosalind Joseph: “As we hit mid-season outdoors, I see our student-athletes getting more consistent about putting together competitive races/marks not only in the conference, but in the nation. I think it’s great to come to a competitive meet like [the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational] and really represent the brand all around. This should give us some confidence going into conference prep.”
Sara Mason Vergote: “We accomplished what we needed to today. I was especially pleased with our mid-distance group. Alex Kenish and Gia Napoleon had solid races and with the help of the rest of the team, set everyone up to do big things next week at home.”
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Ohio State hosts its annual Jesse Owens Invite on Friday and Saturday at Jesse Owens Stadium.
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