2008-2009 Ohio State Women's Track and Cross Country

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2008 Cross Country Schedule

Date. Meet.................................. Location
09/05 Purdue Invitational.................. West Lafayette, IN
09/06 Handover Invitational................ Handover, IN
09/13 Falcon Invitational.................. Bowling Green, OH
09/27 Stanford Invitational................ Stanford, CA
10/10 All-Ohio Cross Country Championships.. Delaware, OH
10/18 Pre-NCAA Invitational................. Terre Haute, IN
11/02 Big 10 Championships.................. Ann Arbor, MI
11/15 NCAA Regional Championships........... Lafayette, IN
11/24 NCAA Championships.................... Indiana State at Terre Haute, IN



2008-09 Indoor Schedule

Date(s).... Meet................................. Location
01/09-10... Kentucky Invitational............... Lexington, KY
01/17...... Big Ten-SEC Challenge............... Bloomington, IN
01/30-31... Akron Invitational.................. Akron, OH
02/06-07... New Balance Invitational............ New York, NY
02/28-03/01 Big Ten Championships............... Minneapolis, MN
03/06-07... Last Chance Meet.................... TBA
03/13-14... NCAA Championships.................. College Station, TX



2009 Outdoor Schedule

Date(s).... Meet...................................... Location
03/28-29... Arizona State Invitational................ Phoenix, AZ
04/03-04... Auburn Tiger Track Classic................ Auburn, AL
04/03-04... Pepsi Classic............................. Eugene, OR
04/17-18... Sea Ray Relays............................ Knoxville, TN
04/23-25... Drake Relays or Penn Relays............... TBA
05/01-02... Jesse Owens Track Classic................. Columbus, OH
05/15-17... Big Ten Outdoor Championships............. Columbus, OH
05/29-30... NCAA Regional Championships............... Louisville, KY
06/10-13... NCAA Championships........................ Fayetteville, AK
06/19-21... USATF Junior Track & Field Championships.. TBA
06/26-28... USATF Track & Field Championships......... Eugene, OR

 

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Women's XC: Birmingham Places in Top 10 at Great American Legends Race - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's XC: Birmingham Places in Top 10 at Great American Legends Race
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 09/05/2008

Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State women's cross country team opened the 2008 season with a fifth-place finish at Purdue's Great American Legends 5K race Friday in West Lafayette, Ind. Other schools competing in the event were Ball State, Butler, Central Michigan, Miami (Ohio), Northwestern, Purdue and Taylor.

Leading Ohio State was sophomore Ellen Birmingham who placed ninth in a time of 19:19. Sarah Klinvex and Sarah Lowe rounded out the Top 30 for the Buckeyes with 26th and 28th-place finishes, respectively.

And even though it may not be the results assistant coach Chris Neal had hoped for, he is optimistic about the future of the program.

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Women's XC: Buckeyes Finish Fifth at Mel Brodt Invitational - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's XC: Buckeyes Finish Fifth at Mel Brodt Invitational
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Release: 09/13/2008

Complete Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State women's cross country team finished fifth Saturday at the Mel Brodt Invitational on the campus of Bowling Green State University. Cincinnati took first place and were led by Lilian Jelimo's first-place finish in a time of 17:39.16.

Sophomore Ellen Birmingham led the way once again for the Buckeyes, finishing 18th in a time of 19:15.48 in the 5K race. Sarah Lowe and Emily Thompson were next, finishing 21st and 22nd, respectively. Rounding out the top finishers for Ohio State were Sara Klinvex (28th, 19:51.03) and Ashley Chirco (29th, 19:53.42).

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Women's XC: Foster Leads Buckeyes at Stanford Invitational - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's XC: Foster Leads Buckeyes at Stanford Invitational
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Release: 09/28/2008

Complete Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sophomore Sarah Foster, running in her first meet of the 2008 season, led the Buckeyes Saturday at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

Foster placed 37th overall out of more than 275 runners in a time of 22:30 in the 6K event. Ellen Birmingham placed 106th in a time of 23:28 followed closely by Emily Thompson who was 110th in a time of 23:32.

Stanford placed first overall with a team score of 43. The Buckeyes were 20th out of the 33 teams.

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Women's XC: Buckeyes Show Marked Improvement at All-Ohio Championships - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's XC: Buckeyes Show Marked Improvement at All-Ohio Championships
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Release: 10/10/2008

Meet Results

Foster finishes seventh among Division-I runners; check back Saturday morning for photos from Friday's meet

DELAWARE, Ohio -- The Ohio State women's cross country team continues to improve week after week under head coach Karen Dennis and new distance coach Chris Neal as the Buckeyes turned in several strong finishes Friday on a hilly, 5K course at the All-Ohio Cross Country Championships in Delaware, Ohio.

Ohio State finished seventh overall as a team among Division-I schools, but Neal, Dennis and the Buckeyes got what they wanted out of the race: marked improvement.

"The team finally had some of the breakthroughs they were looking for," Neal said after the race. "Sarah Foster and Emily Thompson ran well together in the front pack. We still need to clean up our fifth runner and hopefully that will happen at Pre-Nationals in a week."

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Ohio State Individual Results:
7 Sarah Foster (18:36.0)
10 Emily Thompson (18:44.7)
33 Ellen Birmingham (19:36.6)
37 Sarah Lowe (19:40.2)
50 Brittany Wise (20:06.8)
53 Jordan Jennewine (20:11.5)
63 Sara Klinvex (21:14.8)

There were 45 Ohio colleges represented in the Women's race with 42 of them having 5+ runners for team scoring. I believe the only school not at the meet was Miami University. The All-Ohio meet is scored twice: Once overall regardless of division and once for each division. Most NAIA schools are included in the D-II scoring. If you are semi-interested in distance running and ever get the chance to watch this meet... do it. Ohio is one of the only states to put on a meet of this type where all schools, regardless of division and talent, run in one race. It a pretty cool race to watch.

Women's Top 10 Overall
1. Cedarville - NAIA - 74
2. Cincinnati - Div I - 96
3. Bowling Green - Div I - 128
4. Ohio - Div I - 132
5. Dayton - Div I - 152
6. Malone - NAIA - 159
7. Kent State - Div I - 204
8. Akron - Div I - 215
9. Case Western Reserve - Div III - 224
10. Ohio State - Div I - 233

Women's Div I Top 10
1. Cincinnati - 56
2. Bowling Green - 78
3. Ohio - 80
4. Dayton - 88
5. Kent State - 120
6. Akron - 126
7. Ohio State - 137
8. Toledo - 187
9. Youngstown - 268
10. Wright State - 276

Women's Div II/NAIA Top 10
1. Cedarville - 24
2. Malone - 49
3. Findlay - 74
4. Shawnee State - 100
5. Ashland - 147
6. Notre Dame - 184
7. Tiffin - 192
8. Ursuline - 224
9. Lake Erie - 272
10. Mount Vernon Nazarene - 300

Womens Div III Top 10
1. Case Western Reserve - 35
2. Kenyon - 121 (only NAIA school in this division)
3. Ohio Northern - 123
4. Oberlin - 141
5. Ohio Wesleyan - 143
6. Otterbein - 159
7. Baldwin-Wallace - 182
8. Wittenberg - 191
9. Marietta - 208
10. Denison - 239

 

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Women's XC: Ohio State Places 35th at Pre-NCAA Meet - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's XC: Ohio State Places 35th at Pre-NCAA Meet
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Release: 10/18/2008

Sarah Foster leads the Buckeyes for the third straight meet

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Buckeyes finished in 35th place at the Pre-NCAA Invitational meet in Terre Haute, Ind. behind sophomore Sarah Foster, who has now been Ohio State's top runner the past three meets.

In a 39-team field that consisted of 10 of the nation's Top 30 teams, the third-ranked Florida State Seminoles captured first place with a score of 89 points.

Foster led the Buckeyes to a 101st place finish in a time of 21:56, and Emily Thompson crossed the line second for the Buckeyes in 22:10 to finish in 132nd place. She was followed by sophomores Ellen Birmingham and Brittany Wise who finished the race in 23:08 and 23:11, respectively. Freshman Sarah Lowe rounded out the scoring for the Buckeyes in 23:22.

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2008 Big Ten Cross Country Championships
October 26, 2008


Date: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008

Location: University of Michigan Golf Course, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Race Times: Women (6,000 meters) at 10:45 a.m.; Men (8,000 meters) at 11:30 a.m. (Note: Times are Eastern Standard; remember to "fall back" on Sunday)

Participating Women's Teams: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

 

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Women's XC: Buckeyes Improve On Big Ten Finish - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Women's XC: Buckeyes Improve On Big Ten Finish
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Release: 11/02/2008

Photo Album
Individual Results
Team Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Although the Buckeyes feature one of the youngest squads in a strong Big Ten conference, they still improved on their performance at the Big Ten Championships from a year ago, placing 10th out of 11 teams.

Ohio State featured two freshmen, four sophomores and one junior Sunday and look poised to climb the Big Ten standings even more next season under the tutelage of new distance coach Chris Neal.

No. 7 Minnesota claimed their second-consecutive Big Ten crown with 63 team points at the University of Michigan Golf Course Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Well, I guess there wasn't any other way but up. Hopefully, they will get better in the next couple years but don't hold your breath.:!

 

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Well, I guess there wasn't any other way but up. Hopefully, they will get better in the next couple years but don't hold your breath.:!

Agreed... they need to lock down the very best talent in the state for that to happen but that will be tough to do with some of the MAC schools in the state having better distance programs. On top of that some of the most of highly talented women's distance runners in Ohio high school have left the state for other programs... Angela Homan 6+ years ago went on to be an All-American at Auburn, Angela Bizaarri is an All-Big10 runner for Illinois, Bridget Franek is an All-Big10 runner for Penn State... I'm sure there are plenty of others I'm missing. Ohio State has never been known for its women's distance running (at least as long as I've been following them).

With that said I applaud the women who are currently on the team. I understand how much time and dedication it takes to train to compete at the collegiate level. Here's to them getting better in the future.

 

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I apologize for posting this a little late... probably the best race of the year for the ladies pays off with a good result.

WXC: Ohio State Places 13th at NCAA Regional Championships - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

WXC: Ohio State Places 13th at NCAA Regional Championships
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 11/15/2008

Women's 6K Regional Championship Results

Ohio State awaits announcement of possible at-large bid to NCAA Championships

COLUMBUS, Ohio - In what could have been their final meet of the 2008 season, Ohio State put together a solid 6K race to end up 13th out of 34 teams at the Great Lakes Regional Championships Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.

The Buckeyes bounced back from there 10th-place finish out of 11 total teams at the Big Ten Championships and have left themselves with a chance to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships. They will find out if they qualified or not either Sunday or Monday.

The Buckeyes strong showing at the regional meet was due in part to the performance of Sarah Foster, who finished 28th in 22:01. Foste leaves herself with an outside shot at qualifying for the national meet as well.

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For anyone in interested here are the results from the D-I nationals held this past Sunday... no Buckeyes took part in the women's race.

[URL="http://www.gosycamores.com//pdf5/353635.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=15200"]Team Results[/URL] (31 teams)
1. Washington - 79
2. Oregon - 131
3. Florida State - 163
4. West Virginia - 198
5. Princeton - 220
10. Illinois - 318
11. Minnesota - 336
12. Michigan State - 336 (Minnesota wins the tiebreaker with a higher placed #6 runner)
16. Michigan - 416
21. Wisconsin - 530
24. Iowa - 538

Individual Results

Women's Recap

 

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I'm a little late getting the track updates out so I'll play catch-up.

WTRK: Buckeyes Win 2009 Opener at Mike Hout Invitational - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

WTRK: Buckeyes Win 2009 Opener at Mike Hout Invitational
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Release: 01/10/2009

Results

Ohio State dominates the field, heads to Kentucky next weekend

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team opened the 2009 season with a strong performance at the 2009 Rev. Mike Hout Invitational on the campus of Capital University in Columbus. Ohio State won with a combined team score of 269.50, defeating second-place Ohio University by 144.5 points.

Ashley Galbraith got things started with a first-place performance in the high jump, leaping 5-07.75. In the pole vault, Alexa Dorricott and Katie Reid took second and third with marks of 11-00.25 and 10-06.00, respectively.

Sweeping the top two spots in the long jump was Bridget Jacobs (18-04.50) and Kelcey McKinney (17-11.50). Maggie Mullen was the top performer in the throws with a second-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 43-07.75.

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WTRK: Buckeyes Put on Solid Showing at Kentucky Invitational - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

WTRK: Buckeyes Put on Solid Showing at Kentucky Invitational
Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Release: 01/17/2009

Full Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State women's track and field team closed out action at the 2009 Kentucky Invitational Saturday with several Top 5 finishes against some of the top teams in the country.

The Buckeyes went up against the likes of No. 4 Tennessee, No. 13 Florida, No. 16 South Carolina, No. 20 Miami, Fl., and No. 25 Louisville. Other notable schools include Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech.

In the high jump, Ashley Galbraith tied for fourth place with a leap of 1.66m (5-05.25).

Another Top 5 finish was turned in by senior Ayrizanna Favours in the 400m dash with a fifth-place showing at 55.62. Ashley Caldwell (57.08) and Shaniqua McGinnis (57.17) were 13th and 14th, respectively. Favours also took eighth in the 200m run in a time of 24.57.

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