Saw Otis play pick up bball at OSU when I was a frosh. Dude could touch top of the backboard. Ridiculous
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Saw Otis play pick up bball at OSU when I was a frosh. Dude could touch top of the backboard. Ridiculous
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Around the Oval: Ohio State Women’s Track and Field Takes Third at Big Ten Outdoor Championships, Jesse Owens Receives a New Plaque at Ferry Field and Men’s Golf Tees Off at NCAA Regionals
Ohio State women's track and field takes third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships and men's golf tees off at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.
Ohio State track and field competed at the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Championships over the weekend. The women's team took third place in the event with 115 points, while the men's team finished 10th with 49 points.
The Ohio State women's team won three Big Ten event titles on Sunday as Leah Bertrand won the 100m in 11.16 seconds, Fatouma Conde won the 200m in 22.91 seconds and a team of Bertrand, Conde, Nya Bussey and Columba Effong won the 4x100m relay in 43.44 seconds. Meanwhile, the men's team captured one Big Ten event title as Hayden Tobias won the shot put with a 20-meter throw.
As conference champions, Bertrand, Conde, Bussey, Effong and Tobias are automatic qualifiers for the NCAA postseason. Those athletes, and several Buckeyes who could be named at-large bids later this week, will compete in the NCAA East Regional in Lexington, Kentucky, from May 23-25. If those Buckeyes advance to nationals, they will travel to Eugene, Oregon, for the NCAA Championships from June 5-8.
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Buckeye Men Win 4x400m Relay Title on Final Day of Big Ten Championships | Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State track and field program concluded three days of competition at the 2025 Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. on Sund...
Buckeye Men Win 4x400m Relay Title on Final Day of Big Ten Championships
The Ohio State track and field program concluded three days of competition at the 2025 Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. on Sunday. The Buckeyes won the men's 4x400m relay championship, had 14 personal record breaks and six top five finishes.
The men's 4x400m relay team consisting of Noah Carmichael, Mason Louis, Braxton Brann and Edidiong Udo became champions with a season-best time of 3:04.08. The group earned their spot on the All-Big Ten First Team and Udo was named to the All-Big Ten Freshmen Team.
DJ Fillmore earned his place on the All-Big Ten Second Team after finishing as the runner-up in the men's long jump. He recorded a new PR distance of 7.68m/25'2.50".
Leah Bertrand, Bobbi Olive, Fatuma Conde and Janela Spencer ran a season best 43.84 seconds in the women's 4x100m relay, placing third. Udo, competing in the men's 400m finals, also placed third with a time of 45.78 seconds.
Bertrand came in fourth in the women's 100m finals with her second-best time of the season (11.20 seconds). The Buckeye men's 4x100m relay team of Brann, Denzell Feagin, Nick Biega and Fillmore recorded a fifth-place time of 39.64 seconds, rounding out the Buckeyes' top five finishes.
Olivia Powell hit a new PR of 13.48 seconds, finishing eighth in the 100m hurdles prelims – the first of the Buckeyes' 14 PR's broken this weekend. Sophie Bidwell had a personal record of 48.76m/160' in the women's discus throw. Carina Napoleon recorded PR's in both the women's 800m (2:07.61) and the women's 1500m (4:21.26, 13th in the prelims). Zamesha Myle placed 13th in the women's long jump with a new PR of 5.83m/19'1.5". Katie Castelli set a personal record (10:15.78) in the women's 3000m steeplechase, placing 10th. In the women's hammer throw, Morgan Hallett set a new personal record of 52.06m/170'9". Nazzio John, Marcus Brown and Brann all competed in the men's 200m prelims, each hitting a new PR. John placed 10th (20.84), Brown, 11th (20.86) and Brann rounded out the group with the 16th best time (20.99). Lacey Stringer set a PR in the women's shot put after placing sixth with a distance of 17.31m/56'9.5". In the men's 5000m, Kevin Agnew led the Buckeyes with a new personal record of 14:20.01. Teodora Iovi set a new PR (16:37.62) in the women's 5000m.
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Up next, the Buckeyes turn their focus to NCAA postseason action as the team will head to Jacksonville, Fla., for the NCAA East First Round beginning Wednesday, May 28, with national championship bids on the line.
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Katie Borchers
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field, 2012-15
Katie Borchers rewrote the track & field and cross country record books during her time at Ohio State.
Borchers is the only two-time cross country All-American in school history. She was an individual qualifier for the 2013 NCAA Championships and finished 40th. In 2014, Borchers led the Buckeyes to the program's second team appearance in the NCAA Championships and finished 34th individually. She was twice selected as an All-Great Lakes Region honoree.
In track and field, Borchers earned a spot on the All-Big Ten First Team in 2013 and All-Big Ten Second Team in 2014. Upon graduation, she held seven records (indoor 800m, indoor 1000m, mile, outdoor 800m, outdoor 1500m, sprint medley relay and distance medley relay). She is a three-time Big Ten Champion in the 800m (2014 outdoor, 2015 indoor, 2015 outdoor).
The 2015 Big Ten Medal of Honor winner also excelled in the classroom and was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Oyesade Olatoye
Women's Track & Field, 2015-21
Oyesade Olatoye raised the standard for Ohio State throwers. The 2019 NCAA Weight Throw Champion tallied nine NCAA First Team All-America accolades and won seven Big Ten Championships during her time in the Scarlet & Gray. In 2019, she was named USTFCCCA Great Lakes Field Athlete of the Year and Ohio State Female Athlete of the Year. Olatoye also carved out a spot on the Bowerman watch list in 2019. She was selected as the Big Ten honoree for 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year and was a 2021 NCAA Today's Top 10 nominee.
As she wrapped up her collegiate career, Olatoye held four program records – indoor shot put (58'8"), weight throw (80'3"), outdoor shot put (58'8") and hammer throw (229'3"). She still holds the program records for the weight throw and hammer throw and ranks in the top five in program history in the discus throw (185'11").
Olatoye excelled in the classroom as a six-time Ohio State Scholar Athlete, five-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and five-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar. She received postgraduate scholarships from Wayne Duke, NCAA and Varsity O.
After competing for the United States in the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, she began representing Nigeria in 2019. Since then, Olatoye has secured six global medals and consistently ranks among the top hammer throw athletes worldwide. She is a 2024 Paris Olympian and currently holds a top 35 world ranking in hammer throw. Alongside her athletic pursuits, Olatoye is committed to becoming a physician, continuing her academic and professional journey.
Diane Dixon
Women's Track & Field, 1983
Diane Dixon was a trailblazer for the Ohio State women's track & field program, setting the standards for excellence in 1983. She captured the 1983 NCAA Outdoor 440y Championship after winning the Big Ten 300m indoor championship earlier that same year. Dixon holds the program records in each of those events and also ran a leg on the Ohio State record 4x400y relay squad. She continues to hold the Jesse Owens Classic and Ohio Stadium records in the 200m and 400m.
Following her time at Ohio State, Dixon went on to earn a silver medal in the 4x400m relay and compete in the 400m at the 1988 Olympics. She served as an alternate for the 1984 Olympics.
Chris Sanders
Men's Track & Field/Football, 1992-94
Chris Sanders was a dual-sport athlete at Ohio State, excelling at football and as a member of the track & field team. He earned Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year honors, across all sports, in 1994.
As a member of the football team, Sanders was a three-year starter at wide receiver, totaling 71 career receptions for 1,120 total yards and helped lead the Buckeyes to a Big Ten title in 1993. As a senior in 1994, he had 35 receptions for 533 yards and a team-leading eight touchdown receptions.
In track & field, Sanders was one of the best long jumpers – and athletes – the program has ever seen. The three-time First Team All-Big Ten selection earned a spot on the USTFCCCA All-America First Team on 10 occasions in four different events (long jump, 200m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay). Sanders captured six Big Ten Championships – 1992 indoor long jump, 1992 outdoor long jump and 4x100m relay, 1993 outdoor 4x100m relay, 1994 outdoor 200m and 4x100m relay. He ran a leg on the winning 4x100m relay at the 1993 Big Ten Championships that set an outdoor championship record (39.33). Sanders held the program record for the indoor long jump (26'9.75") for 34 years, a record that was just broken this season. He also ranks fourth in the outdoor long jump (26'7").
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