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2010 Ohio State Men's Track and Field

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Not a bad Day 2 for the Bucks... faltered in some events but picked up some surprises in others.

Long Jump - Corbin Smith, 1st place (7.49m, 24'7")
Discus - Matt DeChant, 8th place (49.11m, 161'1")
High Jump - No placers
Decathlon - Heath Nickles, finished in 6th place after ending day 1 in 10th... had the best marks in the pole vault and javelin and finished 2nd in the 1500m. Good surprise for the Bucks.
300m Steeplechase - Adam Green, 6th (8:54.21)

Qualifiers for tomorrow's finals:
4x100 (3rd fastest)
1500m - Jeff See (won his heat)
400m - Thomas Murdaugh (fastest qualifier), Brandon Woodard (7th qualifier), Corbin Smith (last qualifier)
100m - Matthew Terrell (6th qualifier), Stephen Robinson (8th qualifier)
110m Hurdles - No qualifiers
800m - Biggest disappointment as neither Dan White or Jarred Hall qualified for the finals.
200m - Stephen Robinson (fastest qualifier), Curtis Leurenburger (8th qualifier)
400m Hurdles - Elon Simms (fastest qualifier), Aaron Roberts (5th qualifier)
The Bucks will also have their 4x400 relay and 500m runners (Jeff See, Jake Edwards, Adam Green, Chris Olinger) running tomorrow.

Team scores after Day 2 through 8 events
1) Minnesota 79
2) Indiana 36
3) Purdue, Wisconsin 35
5) Ohio State 32
6) Michigan 26
7) Michigan State 24
8) Penn State 19
9) Illinois 15
10) Iowa 11

Ohio State will have their work cut out for themselves if they want to somehow catch up to Minnesota... 2nd is a high possibility if they perform well tomorrow.
 
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Minnesota has a sizable lead, but I think tomorrow will be interesting. Minny has nothing going on in the sprints and hurdles. In the 100, 200, 400, 110H and 400H, OSU has 9 qualifiers in the finals to Minny's 1 (who was the 8th qualifier in the 400). OSU can easily make up 40-50 points in those events if they run well.

Minny did get 3 to the 800 final which is not good, especially with OSU advancing nobody. Can't be too disappointed with Hall, as he was close to his PR, but White ran poorly. Hopefully he can bounce back like last year.

Was really hoping for more points out of the steeple, but overall I don't think they actually ran that bad. The Bucks (and everyone else) caught a big break when Wisconsin imploded, with two time defending champ and Big Ten leader Ryan Gasper finished last and Drew Shields also failed to place. As for the Bucks, Green ran a solid, but not spectacular race to get 6th, the field just ran very well. He didn't run as well as at JO, but 8:54 is still his second best time ever. Olinger ran 9:04 to get 9th, just slightly off his season's best, but would have had to have PRd to place. Roys ran a PR in 9:05, so nothing to complain about there. Leslie is the only one who I'm really disappointed with. 9:07 is well of his PR of 8:53 that he ran just two weeks ago, and he came off a nice 1500 at IU last week. He is too good of runner to get 0 points for the team at conference.

Big congrats to Korbin Smith for the long jump title. Very weak event, but he got the job done.
 
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Day 3: Buckeyes Capture Two Event Titles, Finish Third Overall at Big Ten Outdoor Championships - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State men's track team - fueled by conference titles by the 4x400m relay team and Stephen Robinson in the 200m dash - finished in third place Sunday afternoon at the 2010 Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Ind.

Ohio State closed the 2010 championships with a total of 115 points. Minnesota won its fourth-straight Big Ten title with a team score of 145, while Wisconsin was the runner-up (124 pts.).

"I thought our guys competed really well today, especially our great group of seniors," Ohio State head coach Robert Gary said after the meet. "The goal all year was to have a realistic shot at winning on the last day, and I thought we were in the ballpark - Minnesota just had another outstanding meet."

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Overall, I think the team had a very strong meet. The sprints/hurdles/field events all performed extremely well - the distance squad . . . not so much. OSU made a big move in the sprints/hurdles, beating Minny 41-0 in those events, but it was not enough.

To recap the final day, the Bucks started the day of with a 4th place finish in the 4x100 relay in 40.70. Ok, but not their best.

In the 1500, Jeff See took 4th in 3:44, 0.9 seconds off the win. Wisconsin's Jack Bolas finished first, Craig Miller second, and Minny's Ben Blankenship was third. If Jeff would have won this event, OSU would have tied Wisconsin for 2nd place. This race was stacked (1st through 5th all have Big Ten titles at either 1500 meters or 1 mile, and Ryan Foster, who bombed is a multi-time Big Ten champ at 800 meters and had the conference's top 1500 time), so someone was going to be disappointed with their finish, I just didn't want it to be our guy.

Illinois' Andrew Riley took the 110 hurdle title. OSU had no one in the finals.

In the 400, Thomas Murdaugh ran 46.53 to finish second behind Iowa's Steven Willey (46.12). Brandon Woodward took 7th (47.78) and Korbin Smith 8th (47.92) for the Bucks. Not the best run for Murdaugh. With his poor performance in the 200 prelims I wonder if he is a little banged up (though I assume he must have run pretty quick based on the 4x4).

Andrew Riley took home another title in the 100 meters, winning in 10.54. For OSU, Stephen Robinson finished 5th in 10.73 and Matt Terrell took 7th in 10.84.

The 800 was a bad event for OSU, not only because both of our guys failed to advance to the finals, but also because Wisconsin and Minnesota scored well. PSU's freshman phenom Casimir Loxsom got the win by over a second in 1:48.06, but Wisconsin's Zach Beth took second and Minny went 3,4,6 to score 14 points.

The 400 hurdles was the easily the best track event for the Bucks, as both OSU finalists ran season's bests. Elon Simms took second in 50.87, just behind Iowa's Ray Varner (50.61), and Aaron Roberts PRd by nearly a second to finish 6th in 51.61.

The 200 saw OSU pick up its second title of the meet, as Stephen Robinson bested the field by 0.2 seconds, winning in a time of 21.18 (-0.7w). Curtis Leuenberger took 6th in 21.72.

Jeff See picked up another 4th place finish, running the 5k in 13:58. Steeple runner up and 3k AA Andrew Poore of Indiana got the win in 13:49, this year's 10k runner up and former 10k and XC champ Chris Rombough of Minnesota took 2nd in 13:52 and Wisconsin's Maverick Darling took 3rd in 13:55. Jeff finished ahead of 10k champ Mohamed Ahmed who ran 14:02. Not a bad race for Jeff, as this is by far his best conference 5k ever. The rest of the 5kers didn't perform as well, with Adam Green taking 13th in 14:15, 6 seconds out of the scoring, Jake Edwards took 23rd in 14:32 (awful race), and Chris Olinger finished 28th in 14:37.

The 4x400 relay team of Woodward, Simms, Smith, and Murdaugh finished things off in a big way, taking the Big Ten title in a season's best time of 3:05.96, nearly two second ahead of runner up and conference leader Iowa. Great job by these young men.

In the shot put, the Buckeyes fared very well, as Matt DeChant took third in 59'03" and Tyler Branch finished 4th in 59'01". DeChant's throw was a season's best, and Branch set a PR. PSU's Blake Eaton got the win in 60'06.75".

OSU had no one compete in the triple jump, and Minny made us pay by going 2-3 to pick up 14 points. MSU's indoor champ Kyron Foster got the win in 51'05".

In the javelin, OSU's Bryan Bunnell took 3rd with a throw of 206'09", his best throw since he won the javelin title two years ago. Iowa's Matt Byers got the win with a throw a 220'06". A nice performance from Bunnell, who besides that magical Big Tens two years ago has not been doing very well.

Point Breakdown by Event Area

Throws: 31 (HT: 2,4; DT: 8; SP: 3,4; JT: 3)

Jumps: 12 (LJ: 1; TJ: 0; PV: 7; HJ: 0)

Multis: 3 (Dec: 6)

Sprints/Hurdles: 41 (100: 5,7; 200: 1,6; 400: 2,7,8; 110H: 0; 400H: 2,6)

Distance: 13 (800: 0; 1500: 4; 3000SC: 6; 5000: 4; 10000: 0)

Relays: 15 (4x1: 4; 4x4: 1)

Point Breakdown by Individual

Stephen Robinson: 15.25 (100: 5; 200: 1; 4x1: 4)
Korbin Smith: 13.5 (LJ 1; 400: 8; 4x4: 1)
Thomas Murdaugh: 10.5 (400: 2; 4x4: 1)
Elon Simms: 10.5 (400H: 2; 4x4: 1)
Jeff See: 10 (1500: 4; 5k: 4)
Max Mays: 8 (HT: 2)
Matt DeChant: 7 (SP: 3; DT: 8)
Bryan Bunnell: 6 (JT: 3)
Tyler Branch: 5 (SP: 4)
Tom Davis: 5 (HT: 4)
Heath Nickles: 5 (Dec: 6; PV: 7)
Brandon Woodward: 4.5 (400: 7; 4x4: 1)
Curtis Leuenberger: 4.25 (200: 6; 4x1: 4)
Matt Terrell: 3.25 (100: 7; 4x1: 4)
Adam Green: 3 (3kSC: 6)
Aaron Roberts: 3 (400H: 6)
Jonathan Francois: 1.25 (4x1: 4)
 
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Great post stkoran...I don't have much to add. Getting a break or performing up to expectations would have enabled them to equal their runner-up position from last year but overall I don't think Gary would be disappointed with the team's performance as a whole.
 
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To follow up on my earlier post, I went back and broke down the scoring from the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

Big Ten Indoor Points by Event Area

Sprints/Hurdles: 45 (60: 8; 200: 1,2,3; 400: 1,3,6; 600: 0; 60H: 8)

Distance: 30 (800: 7; 1M: 3; 3K: 1,2,7; 5K: 7)

Throws: 13 (SP: 5,6; WT: 4,8)

Jumps: 10.5 (LJ: 3,7; TJ: 0; HJ: 0; PV: T6)

Multis: 1 (Hep: 8)

Relays: 13 (4x4: 1; DMR: 6)

Big Ten Indoor Championships Points by Individuals

Thomas Murdaugh: 20.5 (200: 2; 400: 1; 4x4: 1)
Jeff See: 16 (1M: 3; 3K: 1)
Stephen Robinson: 13.5 (60: 8; 200: 1; 4x4: 1)
Korbin Smith: 12 (400: 3; LJ: 3)
Adam Green: 8 (3K: 2)
Matt DeChant: 8 (SP: 6; WT: 4)
Curtis Leuenberger: 6 (200: 3)
Pat Sovacool: 4 (3K: 7; 5K: 7)
Tyler Branch: 4 (SP: 5)
Heath Nickles: 3.5 (PV: T6; Hep: 8)
Rob Baisden: 3 (400: 6)
Dan White: 2.75 (800: 7; DMR: 6)
Brandon Woodward: 2.5 (4x4: 1)
Elon Simms: 2.5 (4x4: 1)
Stephen MacDonald: 2 (LJ: 7)
Jonathan Francois: 1 (60H: 8)
Billy Gehring: 1 (WT: 8)
Chad Balyo: 0.75 (DMR: 6)
Cory Leslie: 0.75 (DMR: 6)
Aaron Roberts: 0.75 (DMR: 6)

Individual Points Total

Thomas Murdaugh: 31
Stephen Robinson: 28.75
Jeff See: 26
Korbin Smith: 25.5
Matt DeChant: 15
Elon Simms: 13
Adam Green: 11
Curtis Leuenberger: 10.25
Tyler Branch: 9
Heath Nickles: 8.5
Max Mays: 8
Brandon Woodward: 7
Bryan Bunnell: 6
Tom Davis: 5
Pat Sovacool: 4
Aaron Roberts: 3.75
Matt Terrell: 3.25
Rob Baisden: 3
Dan White: 2.75
Jonathan Francois: 2.25
Stephen MacDonald: 2
Billy Gehring: 1
Chad Balyo: 0.75
Cory Leslie: 0.75

I think the first thing that jumps out is that Murdaugh, Robinson, See, and Smith accounted for nearly half of the teams Big Ten points. While it is exciting that we have 10 total seasons left of Thomas and Korbin, it is concerning that we lose Jeff and Stephen.

Overall, the team loses 41.5 points from outdoors, returning 73.5. Indoors, the team loses 39.5 points and returns 73, so about exactly the same. I am unsure of Curtis Leuenberger's status, but I am counting his as a returner because I believe he has eligibility left.

Outlook by Event Area

Sprints/Hurdles: In the long sprints, we are still in great shape. Woodward is the only loss, as Murdaugh, Smith, and Baisden return. Marvel Brooks may also turn into a contributor. Murdaugh is an AA, and Smith and Baisden both had solid freshman campaigns and appear to have very bright futures.

The short sprints take a significant hit with the loss of Robinson. He was the best on the team in the 60, 100, and 200. If Leueberger returns, he has proven to be a solid Big Ten contributor in the 200. Matt Terrell was a huge stud in high school and has a tremendous upside. It was encouraging to see him start to run better outdoors. It would be huge if he can develop along the lines of Tony Cole and turn into an AA caliber sprinter.

The hurdles look bleak. We lose Francois, our only short hurdler, and he didn't contribute much. In the 400 hurdles, we lose Simms, who has been incredibly consistent over his career, finishing 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, and 2nd in the event over his four years. Aaron Roberts and Marcus Brooks return. Roberts really turned it on this year and will hopefully continue to improve perhaps become a top 3 finisher. I think Brooks has the potential to score at Big Tens as well.

The only recruit I know of for OSU in this area is Demoye Bogle from Huber Heights Wayne. The good news is that he is a good one. Demoye has run a state best 13.99 in the 110 hurdles, 10.75 in the 100, 38 in the 300 hurdles, and 48 in the 400.

Overall, I expect this area to continue to be a strength, but the short hurdles need to be improved.

Distance

No more Jeff See spells trouble in this area. Pat Sovacool is also gone. Only 3 outdoor points return in this area.

Adam Green has already proven to be a guy you can count on at Big Tens, taking 4th in the steeple last year, 6th this year, along with his stunning 2nd place finish indoors.

The rest of the group is shaky. The good news is that there is tons of potential, the bad news is that some of that potential should already have been realized. Chad Balyo and Cory Leslie are two of the better Ohio HS runners ever, yet neither have materialized as I had hoped. Balyo does have some Big Ten scoring finishes under his belt, and will hopefully have a strong outdoor campaign. Leslie has been somewhat of a mystery, as he has completely bombed at every Big Ten meet he has competed at. He has put together some solid seasons, but OSU really needs him to start scoring points. Donny Roys and Chris Olinger both have the potential to pick up some steeple points, but I think that's probably the limit of their contributions next year (Donny could turn into a good one down the line). Jake Edwards, like Leslie, needs to start getting in the scoring mix. Both seasons this year he has been a nonfactor at Big Tens after posting otherwise solid campaigns. Taylor Williams has the potential to pick up a point or two in the 10k, but not much more. Julian Meyer is loaded with potential, but was underwhelming on the track this year. Chris Fallon also had a nice year, but will have to make another jump to get in the Big Ten scoring picture.

The 800 guys need to get better. Hall had is best season yet outdoors, and though he didn't make the Big Ten finals, he didn't run poorly in the prelims. I'm hoping he can break that 1:50 barrier soon before it starts to get in his head. He has tons of talent, and plenty of time to put things together. Dan White's career has been up and down, so I'm hoping that this is the down and next year will be the up. As a two time national qualifier and school record holder, OSU needs him to score points.

At this point, I know of no recruits in this area.

Throws

Along with the long sprints, this looks to the team's biggest strength. Coach Mannon continues to turn good but not great high school throwers into top level college throwers. Everyones returns, and the even better news is that they are all sophomores or freshman. Curt Smith, who set a D2 state record in the shot in HS, also comes off a redshirt. The bad news is he redshirted due a serious back injury suffered during his senior year. He threw at the Ashland meet, and did not perform well, but I'm hoping with another year of recover under his belt he will turn into a good one.

DeChant, Branch, Mays, Davis, and Gehring form a very very nice group. If Smith gets back on track, plus if they get a recruit, this could be a scary team.

I will note that is unfortunate that OSU is missing out on the state's wealth of talent this year. Dustin Brodee, Cody Riffle, Justin Welch, and Matt Hoty are all fantastic, top level national guys, but none will be coming here. Riffle hurts the most, as he will be going to Michigan. The other three will be nonconference, so that eases the pain a bit.

Former Big Ten champ Bryan Bunnell returns in the javelin. I'm hoping for another top 3 performance from him.

Jumps

This area looks to be on the rise. I have long felt that if a team wants to make a significant jump in the Big Ten standings, this area is where to start. On the conference level, PV is solid and HJ is strong, but the horizontal jumps are incredibly weak. I believe that Coach Gary recognized this fact, as he has been recruiting accordingly. Last year he brought in Korbin Smith and Derek Blevins and the investment immediately paid off with Smith taking 1st outdoors and 3rd indoors in the LJ. Blevens was hurt, but very good at both long and triple and will hopefully score next year.

Stephen MacDonald, who has scored twice indoors, also returns, though I'm not counting on any points from him.

This year, Gary has again tried to improve this area, this time through the junior college ranks. Michael Hartfield, the indoor JC champion in the long jump and 4th place finisher in the triple will be joining the team next year. Hartfield boasts PRs of 24'11.75" in the LJ and 50'3" in the TJ. His LJ mark would have been the best in the Big Ten this year.

High jump is an event the Bucks have not had much success with over the last 10 years, no matter who they seem to bring in. Even Marios Iacova, who came in and earned AA honors as a freshman jumping 7'2.5" ended his career by barely ever jumping over 6'10". OSU got not points in this event this year, so they can't do worse. We lose Ryan Blake and return Cody Westbrook. Cody didn't do very well this year as a freshman, but has lots of potential, as he was a 7'00" jumper in HS.

In the PV we return Heath Nickles and Alan Dague. This is another event where OSU can't seem to get anyone over the hump. Nickles was a 16'00" vaulter coming out of HS and in his two years here has only gotten up to 16'04". The good thing about Heath is that he rarely if ever doesn't hit 16'00". Hopefully he can take a step forward next year and make 16'04" his regular and hit 16'08" on occasion.

I don't expect any points from Dague. Anthony Amore, who took the year off, also returns. The former state champ has struggled thus far, but can perhaps turn things around.

OSU also brings in indoor state champ Cody Marshal from East Canton. I'm not expecting any sort of immediate contribution from him.

Multis

Nickles is it, but that's ok, as he had very solid first season's competing in the heptathalon and decathalon. With another year of experience under his belt and with the graduation of people like McGinnis and Shotwell, Heath has a real chance to score well, if not contend for a Big Ten title.

Relays

The 4x4 should not experience any significant drop off next year. Simms, Woodward, and Robinson all exit the relay pool, but Murdaugh, Smith, Baisden, Brooks, Brooks, Bogle, Roberts, and Leuenberger will all be there.

The 4x1 has typically been average to good, and I see that continuing. At a minimum the team will be Terrell, Bogle, Callahan, and Leuenberger which should be ok. James Manley may still be around, and maybe they can get someone off the football team.

Who knows about the DMR. OSU typically only runs this at conference and never makes a push for nationals in the event. A lineup of Edwards/White/Fallon, any 400 guy, White/Hall, and Leslie would seem to be the best team.
 
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26 Buckeyes Set to Run at NCAA East Regional Preliminaries Next Weekend - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Twenty-six Ohio State track and field athletes - 13 men and 13 women - will represent the Scarlet and Gray next weekend at the 2010 NCAA East Regional Preliminaries in Greensboro, N.C.

North Carolina A&T will play host to the top teams east of the Mississippi River May 27-29. Athletes from Big Ten, ACC, SEC and Big East universities will all be in action at Aggie Stadium, hoping to secure a spot in the NCAA championship field.

A breakdown of the Buckeyes set to compete next weekend in Greensboro:

Men
Stephen Robinson - 200m dash
Thomas Murdaugh - 400m dash
Elon Simms - 400m hurdles
Daniel White - 800m run
Jeff See - 1500m run
Adam Green - 3000m steeplechase
Cory Leslie - 3000m steeplechase
Ryan Blake - high jump
Korbin Smith - long jump
Matt DeChant - shot put
Tyler Branch - shot put
Max Mays - hammer throw
4x400m relay (Smith, Simms, Murdaugh and Brandon Woodard)

Three All-Americans will compete for the men's team in Greensboro. See is a four-time All-American in both track and cross country, with two of those awards coming in the 1500m run. In 2008, See finished fifth at the national championships, his best performance in a championship race. Murdaugh is two-time All-American in the 400m dash, having finished seventh at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships. DeChant earned his first All-American honor this past indoor season with a 10th-place finish in the shot put.
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The list on the website is incomplete. In addition to those already mentioned, Aaron Roberts will be competing in the 400 hurdles, and Tom Davis will compete in the hammer throw.

Jake Edwards could have competed in the 5k, but is not - I wonder if he is injured or if Gary just declined to enter him after his performance at Big Tens.
 
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05/27/2010 NCAA Eastern Preliminary Round Day 1 Results

Murdaugh, See and Simms Advance at NCAA East Regional Preliminaries - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Thomas Murdaugh, Jeff See and Elon Simms helped the Ohio State men's track and field team to a fast start Thursday at the 2010 NCAA East Regional Preliminaries, qualifying for semifinal action in their respective events.

All-American Murdaugh finished 13th overall in the 400m dash and third in his heat in a time of 46.15 to advance to Friday's semi, where the Top 12 times will advance to the NCAA championships in Eugene, Ore., next month. Mississippi State's Tavaris Tate posted the day's best time (45.07), placing him almost a half second above the rest of the field.

Jeff See, a four-time All-American, advanced on in his top race, the 1500m run. See finished first in his heat in a time of 3:51.18, and, despite finishing 25th overall, advanced to the semi-finals on Friday by way of the Top 3 finish in his section. Felix Kiboiywo of Auburn ran the fastest prelim time (3:47.83) making him a favorite in Friday's semifinal race, where the Top 12 will move on to the NCAA finals.

Simms, competing in the 400m hurdles, finished second in his heat and 11th overall in a time of 51.34. Like Murdaugh and See, the senior will need to place in the Top 12 in order to qualify for the national championships in Eugene. South Carolina junior Johnny Dutch is at the top of the pack after day one with a time of 49.83. OSU junior Aaron Roberts finished 38th overall (53.32).

Ohio State's hammer throw tandem of Max Mays and Thomas Davis failed to advance to the national finals - Mays finished 22nd with a toss of 58.02m (190-4), while Davis took 38th at 54.11m (177-6). Alexander Ziegler of Virginia Tech finished in first-place with a throw of 71.35m (234-1) as the Top 12 advanced to the national championships.

Daniel White closed his junior campaign with a 28th-place finish in the 800m run preliminaries (1:50.15). Michael Rutt of Connecticut crossed the finish line in 1:48.40 to take first headed into the semifinals.

Freshman Korbin Smith closed his first year of individual competition with the Buckeyes after a 35th-place finish in the long jump (7.19m/23-7.25). Florida sophomore Christian Taylor used a 7.94m (26-0.75) leap to lead the Top 12 athletes advancing on to the NCAA finals. Smith will return to the track on Saturday when he teams with Murdaugh, Simms and Brandon Woodard in the 4x400m relay.

Murdaugh will be the first Buckeye on the track tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. ET when he looks to advance to his third NCAA championship in the 400m semifinals.
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Kind of a mixed bag today, overall. Simms, Murdaugh, and See all advanced, as they should have, though I nearly had a heart attack when I pulled up the results and saw Jeff finished 25th before I realized that they had listed everyone in order of time, regardless of qualifying status.

Max Mays gets a grade of "ok." Second best meet of his life, but after his performance at Big Tens I was hoping for a bit more. He would have moved on to nationals with a slight PR.

The rest of the lot didn't do well. Davis was 20 feet off of his throw from Big Tens, though advancement would have required a solid PR, so that part isn't disappointing. Roberts, would have made it to the semi-finals with a good race, tough Nats probably isn't in the cards for him, either. Korbin perhaps had the worst performance, as he would have been solidly in the picture for a national's birth if he jumped how he is capable. Sub 24 feet is a bad day for him at this point. Dan White's season also comes to a disappointing end. A 1:49.70 would have moved him onto today's semi-final. Dan just never really seemed to get going this season.

Today, on the track the Bucks will have Murdaugh, Simms, Green, and Leslie looking to move onto Nats in the 400, 400H, and 3000 Steeple, respectively. In field, Blake will look to move on in HJ (don't see that happening), and DeChant and Branch will look to be top 12 in shot (both definitely have a shot). Stephen Robinson will also compete in the 200 prelim, looking to advance to Saturday's semi-final.
 
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A quick update on OSU's HS recruits (since there are only two that I know of):

Cody Marshall vaulted to 14'07" to take the Navarre D3 Regional Title, setting a meet record in the process. There are a bevy of good vaulters in the state this year, many who have shown me more than Marshall to this point, so I hope the staff did their homework on this one.

Demoye Bogle has been a dynamo thus far. He is attempting a very difficult quad in the 110 hurdles, 100, 300 hurdles, and 200. In the Dayton D1 regional preliminaries he posted the following:

1st in the 110 hurdles in 14.01
2nd in the 100 in 10.70
1st in the 300 hurdles in 38.46
3rd in the 200 21.72

This is simply an outstanding performance. My guess is that going forward he will be ok the first three events, but fatigue may be a problem when he gets to the 200.
 
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