2007-2008 Ohio State Women's Track and Cross Country

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Women's T&F: Ohio State Opens Competition at the Texas Relays - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Ohio State Opens Competition at the Texas Relays
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 04/03/2008

Texas Relays Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team opened the 2008 outdoor season Thursday in Austin, Texas on the campus of the University of Texas in the 81st Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

Senior Veronica Jatsek took fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of 196 feet, 2 inches, the toss is an NCAA regional qualifying mark and seventh-best in Ohio State history. Jatsek is looking to add back-to-back All-American honors in the hammer throw to go with her back-to-back All-American honor in the weight throw, that she earned during the indoor season. Senior Ashley Riehm took 12th in the event with a toss of 171 feet.

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Women's T&F: Ohio State Concludes Action at the Texas Relays - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Ohio State Concludes Action at the Texas Relays
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 04/06/2008

Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team closed the 81st annual Texas Relays in Austin, Texas on Saturday.

Freshman Letecia Wright took 34th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.43 and was followed by junior Bever-Leigh Holloway, who finished 37th in a time of 14.64.

Ohio State posted a ninth-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay one of the toughest fields in the country. The team posted a time of 46.24 in event and finished third in their heat. In the 4x400-meter relay took 11th and was the top Big Ten team in the event with a time of 3:46.89. In the 4x200-meter relay the Buckeyes grabbed ninth with a time of 1:37.25.

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Women's T&F: Ohio State Opens Action at All-Ohio Championships - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Ohio State Opens Action at All-Ohio Championships
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 04/18/2008

First day All-Ohio Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team opened competition at the All-Ohio Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio on the campus of the University of Cincinnati on Friday.

First day action was dominated by Veronica Jatsek, who finished second in the hammer throw with a toss of 201 feet, 7 seven inches. The toss is a season-best for Jatsek, who was an All-American in the hammer throw a season ago. Jatsek looks to claim the third All-American honor of her career during the outdoor season.

Action resumes tomorrow inside Gettler Stadium at 9:15 a.m.

Women's T&F: Ohio State Completes Action at All-Ohio; Mt. Sac Relays - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Ohio State Completes Action at All-Ohio; Mt. Sac Relays
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 04/19/2008

All-Ohio Championships Complete Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team finished competition at the All-Ohio Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday in eighth place with 36 points on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Other members also competed out west at the Mt. Sac Relays.

Chandra Krempel led the way for the Buckeyes with a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash in a time of 55.80. Ashley Jones took fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:13. 85.

In field events Veronica Jatsek took third in the shot put with a toss of 50 feet, 2.75 inches. Jatsek also finished second in the hammer throw on Friday.

In the heptathlon Alana Gray took fourth with a total of 4,754 points.

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Women's T&F: Buckeyes Open Action at the Drake Relays - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Buckeyes Open Action at the Drake Relays
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Release: 04/25/2008

Drake Relays

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team competed in action in the 99th annual Drake Relays on Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.

The 4x100-meter relay team qualified for the final on Saturday in the event with a time of 45.78, the time was sixth-best in the preliminary round. In the 100-meter hurdles Letecia Wright took 12th with a time of 14.02, but just missed qualifying for the finals on Saturday. Her time was the best by a freshman at the Drake Relays in the event. In the 100-meter dash Jenna Griffin took ninth, falling just short of the finals Saturday with time of 11.88.

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Women's T&F: Jatsek Scores Big in Hammer Throw in Final Day of Drake Relays - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Jatsek Scores Big in Hammer Throw in Final Day of Drake Relays
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 04/26/2008

Drake Relays

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team completed action in the 99th annual Drake Relays on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.

Senior Veronica Jatsek hit a season and Big Ten-best toss in the hammer throw en route to a third-place finish. Jatsek was the top competitor from the Big Ten with a toss of 203 feet 8 inches. The 4x100-meter relay team of Bever-Leigh Holloway, Ayrizanna Favours, Letecia Wright and Jenna Griffin was disqualified in the finals.

Complete results are posted on Drake Relays - News - GoDrakeBulldogs.com - Official Web site of Drake University Athletics.

Up next the Buckeyes will host their first meet of the season as they come to Columbus for the 23rd running of the Jesse Owens Track Classic.

 

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The Jesse Owens Classic College/Open heat sheets have been posted on deltatiming.com. This meet has two sessions: High school in the morning/early afternoon and college/open in the afternoon/evening.

 

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Women's T&F: 2008 Jesse Owens Classic Day Two - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: 2008 Jesse Owens Classic Day Two
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Release: 05/03/2008

Photo Album

2008 Jesse Owens Classic

College Results

High School Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Day two of the 2008 Jesse Owens Classic saw a great deal of top-tier action inside Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Saturday.

In the women's 4x100-meter relay Penn State took first with a time of 45.78 while Michigan came in second with a time of 46.02. Then in the men's portion, Indiana took first with a regional qualifying time of 40.54 followed by Michigan second (40.68), Eastern Michigan third (40.96) and Ohio State fourth (40.97).

The Ohio State women's 4x400 meter relay team took home first place with a regional qualifying mark of 3:38.70. On the men's side Ohio State followed suit with a strong performance, winning the event in a time of 3:11.52.

In the women's 400-meter dash, Shana Cox from Penn State took first with an Olympic B time of 52.45. Ohio State's Jenna Griffin was third with a time of 53.75. Griffin's time is third in the Big Ten and is ranked among the Top 25 in the nation. It's also her season-best time and an NCAA Regional Qualifier. Also competing for the Buckeyes was Ashley Caldwell (56.97), Emily Thompson (1:02.12) and Kesha Brooks (1:02.34).

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Bowden ready to vault into conference championship



Megan Savage

Issue date: 5/8/08 Section: Sports


When Ashley Bowden started pole vaulting in high school, she was the only girl on a team of boys. Now as a member of the Ohio State women's track and field team, she still pole vaults and is still the only female.

"I just work with the boys," said Bowden, a sophomore. "Working with them really pushes me and it makes me work a lot harder."

She finished 15th out of about 30 Saturday at the Jesse Owens Classic, the first home meet of the season. Athletes from more than 35 colleges and 25 high schools competed for two days, including Bowden's former high school rivals from her home state of Michigan.

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Women's T&F: Buckeyes Finish Fifth at the Big Ten Championships - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Buckeyes Finish Fifth at the Big Ten Championships
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Release: 05/18/2008

Meet Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field closed action at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships Sunday in fifth place with 74 points. The fifth-place finish is a five place improvement from 2007. The Buckeyes were led on the final day by senior Jenna Griffin, a candidate for athlete of the championships.

The 4x100-meter relay team of Bever-Leigh Holloway, Ayrizanna Favours, Letecia Wright and Jenna Griffin claimed the Big Ten title with the second-best time in Ohio State history with a mark of 44.63. This ends a big week end for the team that set the school record on Saturday with a season-best time of 44.51.

Griffin and Favours made their presence felt in the 200-meter dash final. Griffin took second in a regional qualifying time of 23.50 with her win the 100-meters and role on the Buckeye relay teams makes her a strong candidate for track athlete of the championships. Favours took third with a time of 23.63.

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Women's T&F: Seven Buckeyes Named All-Big Ten; Five on First Team - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Seven Buckeyes Named All-Big Ten; Five on First Team
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 05/21/2008

Big Ten Release (PDF)

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team collected postseason awards following the 2008 Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Champaign Ill., last weekend. Five Buckeyes took home first-team honors and two were named to the second team.

"The women who were named first- and second-team all-conference really worked hard individually and together to earn this distinction," head coach Karen Dennis said. "Obviously we are proud to have so many represented. Seniors Veronica Jatsek, Jenna Griffin and Chandra Krempel worked hard to bring this team back to respectability. Their leadership motivated, encouraged and challenged younger team members to the importance of working hard to compete at the highest level. Coaches teach, but it's not worth a point if you don't have player coaches among your squad."

Jenna Griffin, who won the Big Ten Medal of Honor Wednesday evening, earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as one of the standouts of the championships, claiming the fourth and fifth Big Ten titles of her career over the weekend. Griffin won the Big Ten title with a career best in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.46. With that mark Griffin now holds three of the Top 6 times all-time at Ohio State in the 100-meter dash. Griffin recaptured the title she originally won in 2005 as a sophomore. She has two other Big Ten titles in the 60-meter dash. The mark ranks her 12th in the Mideast Region. Griffin is the first Buckeye to win multiple titles in one championship since Rosalind Goodwin did so in 2005 (long jump and triple jump) - For the championships Griffin, either individually or as part of a relay team, scored 36 points for the Buckeyes.

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Women's T&F: Buckeyes Head to Arkansas for NCAA Regional Championships - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's T&F: Buckeyes Head to Arkansas for NCAA Regional Championships
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Release: 05/29/2008

NCAA Regional Host Site

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team will head to the 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., on the campus of the University of Arkansas May 30-31.

2008 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Days: Friday, May 30, 11:00 p.m. to 8:50 p.m.; Saturday, May 31, 11:00 a.m. to 8:20 p.m. All times are Central Standard
Venue: John McDonnell Field
Meet Information: University of Arkansas Athletics

BUCKEYES COLLECT POST-SEASON HONORS
Five Buckeyes took home first-team honors and two were named to the second team last week.

"The women who were named first- and second-team all-conference really worked hard individually and together to earn this distinction," head coach Karen Dennis said. "Obviously we are proud to have so many represented. Seniors Veronica Jatsek, Jenna Griffin and Chandra Krempel worked hard to bring this team back to respectability. Their leadership motivated, encouraged and challenged younger team members to the importance of working hard to compete at the highest level. Coaches teach, but it?s not worth a point if you don?t have player coaches among your squad."

Jenna Griffin earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as one of the standouts of the championships, claiming the fourth and fifth Big Ten titles of her career over the weekend. Griffin won the Big Ten title with a career best in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.46. With that mark Griffin now holds three of the Top 6 times all-time at Ohio State in the 100-meter dash. Griffin recaptured the title she originally won in 2005 as a sophomore. She has two other Big Ten titles in the 60-meter dash. The mark ranks her 12th in the Mideast Region. Griffin is the first Buckeye to win multiple titles in one championship since Rosalind Goodwin did so in 2005 (long jump and triple jump) - For the championships Griffin, either individually or as part of a relay team, scored 36 points for the Buckeyes.

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Live results of all four regionals:

East (Hosted by Florida State): Meet Results
Mideast (Hosted by Arkansas): NCAA Mideast Regional Results -- Flash Results, Inc.
Midwest (Hosted by Nebraska) : 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional Live Results
West (Hosted by Cal State Northridge): Meet Results

 

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Women's T&F: Buckeyes Set Two School Records on Final Day of NCAA Regionals - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Congrats on the great showing women! They performed much better than I anticipated... qualified 5 athletes in 3 events to the national championships (4 more athletes and 2 more events than the men).

Women's T&F: Buckeyes Set Two School Records on Final Day of NCAA Regionals
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Release: 05/31/2008

Meet Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team completed competition at the 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark., on the campus of the University of Arkansas. Ohio State finished in 10th place with 22 points.

Jenna Griffin inked her name in the Ohio State record book for the second-consecutive meet, finishing second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.00. The time is another school record for Griffin, who already holds school records in the indoor 400-meter dash, the sprint medley relay, the outdoor 4x100-meter relay (set at the 2008 Big Ten Championships two weeks ago) and the indoor 4x400-meter relay. The second-place finish will advances Griffin to the NCAA championships June 11-14 in Des Moines, Iowa. The time also is the fifth best in the country.

Griffin was not finished setting records as she and the team of Chandra Krempel, Ashley Caldwell and Ayrizanna Favours set a new school record in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:32.26. The time earned the Buckeyes a second-place finish and a trip to the NCAA championships as well. The entire team also earns second-team All-Region honors for their performance. The team is the same that holds the indoor school record in the event. The time by the Buckeyes also is the sixth-best time in the country this season.

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NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships - Women's Accepted List:
http://web1.ncaa.org/track/eventFiles/d1woutF.txt

The women picked up two at-large bids... congrats ladies!

Ohio State Accepted Athletes
Jenna Griffin - 400 Meter Dash (auto bid, ranked 6th)
Ayrizanna Favours - 400 Meter Dash (at-large bid, ranked 24th)
Letecia Wright - 100 Meter Hurdles (at-large bid, ranked 20th)
4x400 Meter Relay - Chandra Krempel, Ashley Caldwell, Jenna Griffin, Ayrizanna Favours - (auto bid, ranked 6th)
Veronica Jatsek - Hammer Throw (auto bid, ranked 14th)

 

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Women's T&F: Griffin Earns ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honors - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Congrats Jenna!

Women's T&F: Griffin Earns ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honors
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Release: 06/05/2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Senior Jenna Griffin added another honor to her 2008 resume Thursday. The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ESPN The Magazine named her to its 2008 Academic All-District IV Team. She now moves on to the national ballot and will look to win back-to-back Academic All-America honors.

Currently in graduate school, Griffin spouts an impressive 3.96 grade-point-average in Marketing and Strategic Communications. She is a 2007 Academic All-American, a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, an OSU Scholar-Athlete and graduated Summa Cum Laude June 2007.

This is the third-consecutive season that Griffin has been named academic all-district. Griffin earned individual all-regional honors with her second-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the Mideast Regional Championships in a school-record time of 52.00. The academic award is far from the first honor Griffin has earned as she has five Big Ten championships (two this season), the 2008 Big Ten Medal of Honor and earned All-America honors during the 2007 indoor season in the 400-meter dash. She already holds school records in the indoor 400-meter dash, the sprint medley relay, the outdoor 4x100-meter relay (set at the 2008 Big Ten Championships), the outdoor 4x400-meter relay (set at the NCAA Mideast Regional championships) and the indoor 4x400-meter relay.

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Wednesday's results (pdf): http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/pdf1/131443.pdf?ATCLID=1479919&SPSID=98475&SPID=12119&DB_OEM_ID=15700

400m Dash - Jenna Griffin finished 10th and Ayrizanna Favours finished 15th in the first round and both qualified for the semi-finals on Friday.
Hammer - Veronica Jatsek finished 6th in the preliminary round, qualifying her for the finals on Friday.

The women's 4x400m Relay will run their qualifying race today. There are four preliminary heats... the heat winners plus the next four fastest times (total of 8 relay teams) qualify for the finals on Saturday.

Letecia Wright will also run her qualifying race in the 100m Hurdles today. There are four preliminary heats... the top 3 from each heat plus next best 4 (total of 16 athletes) qualify for the semi-finals on Friday.

 

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Thursday's results (pdf): http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/pdf4/131571.pdf?ATCLID=1480284&SPSID=98475&SPID=12119&DB_OEM_ID=15700

100m Hurdles - Letecia Wright finished 18th... the top 16 qualified for the semi-finals. Congrats to Letecia for qualifying for the national meet her freshman year!

4x400m Relay - Won their heat to qualify for the finals on Saturday. They have the 7th fastest time entering the finals. Congrats ladies!

Today's Ohio State participants:
Veronica Jatsek will compete in the finals of the hammer throw. 12 athletes qualified for today... all 12 will get 3 throws then the top 9 will advance to the finals where each competitor will get another 3 throws... top 8 will place for team points (as in all events).

Jenna Griffin and Ayrizanna Favours will run in the semi-finals of the 400m Dash today. The top 2 in each semi-final plus the next 4 fastest times qualify for the final on Saturday. Both Jenna and Ayrizanna will compete in the first sem-final.