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BEST AT BOTH. The sport is called track *and* field. And as it turns out, the Buckeyes have the Big Ten's best in both categories.
Senior thrower Adelaide Aquilla – who is almost certainly the single most dominant athlete currently enrolled at Ohio State – was the unanimous pick for the Female Field Athlete of the Year while senior sprinter Anavia Battle was named Female Track Athlete of the Year.
Aquilla was named USTFCCCA All-American First Team following her performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships last weekend, where she finished as the runner-up in the women’s shot put (17.95m). The Big Ten Shot Put Champion (18.71m) was named the Female Field Athlete of the Championships, Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree and All-Big Ten First Team following the conference meet. Aquilla was named the national Female Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 25 after breaking Ohio State’s indoor shot put record (19.09m). She was honored as the conference’s Field Athlete of the Week on four occasions and earned four wins in the shot put this season.
Battle also earned a spot on the USTFCCCA All-American First Team after finishing third at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the women’s 200m (22.63). At the Big Ten Championships, Battle earned wins in the women’s 60m (7.28) and 200m (22.39). She broke the meet and facility record in the 200m in both the preliminary rounds and finals, running the fourth-fastest time in women’s NCAA history (at the time) in the event finals. Battle was the unanimous pick for Big Ten Female Track Athlete of the Championships and was selected for the All-Big Ten First Team. She earned both national and conference athlete of the week the same week and totaled eight wins on the season, going undefeated until the NCAA Championships.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...finished-watching-tape-and-treveyon-henderson
Senior thrower Adelaide Aquilla – who is almost certainly the single most dominant athlete currently enrolled at Ohio State – was the unanimous pick for the Female Field Athlete of the Year while senior sprinter Anavia Battle was named Female Track Athlete of the Year.
Aquilla was named USTFCCCA All-American First Team following her performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships last weekend, where she finished as the runner-up in the women’s shot put (17.95m). The Big Ten Shot Put Champion (18.71m) was named the Female Field Athlete of the Championships, Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree and All-Big Ten First Team following the conference meet. Aquilla was named the national Female Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 25 after breaking Ohio State’s indoor shot put record (19.09m). She was honored as the conference’s Field Athlete of the Week on four occasions and earned four wins in the shot put this season.
Battle also earned a spot on the USTFCCCA All-American First Team after finishing third at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the women’s 200m (22.63). At the Big Ten Championships, Battle earned wins in the women’s 60m (7.28) and 200m (22.39). She broke the meet and facility record in the 200m in both the preliminary rounds and finals, running the fourth-fastest time in women’s NCAA history (at the time) in the event finals. Battle was the unanimous pick for Big Ten Female Track Athlete of the Championships and was selected for the All-Big Ten First Team. She earned both national and conference athlete of the week the same week and totaled eight wins on the season, going undefeated until the NCAA Championships.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...finished-watching-tape-and-treveyon-henderson
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Legendary Ohio State track and field coach Karen Dennis is calling it a career.
Dennis announced her retirement on Monday after 45 years in college coaching, including the last 20 at Ohio State, where she has been the head coach of the women’s team since 2006 and also the head coach of the men’s team since 2014.
“I hope this isn’t too much of a surprise,” Dennis told her team on Monday morning. “I have coached for a long time and there are still things in life I’d like to do. I am truly thankful for this profession, and I want to express my gratitude to the many assistant coaches and support staff that have shared and sweated alongside me on this incredible journey. They share a primary role in the success of our programs.”
“I also want to thank the hundreds of student-athletes who have shared their lives and careers as Buckeyes, and also their parents. I want to thank the great coaches here at Ohio State, and in the Big Ten Conference and nationally, who have served as examples of excellence and who have challenged and motivated me to be better. And, I want to thank my family for the sacrifices they made while I pursued coaching, and specifically my daughter Ebony, who shared with me and introduced me to 100s of kids through her work.”
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FORMER BUCKEYE TRACK STAR ROSALIND JOSEPH NAMED NEW OHIO STATE DIRECTOR OF TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY
Ohio State is bringing back a Buckeye great to lead its track and field program.
After the retirement of longtime head coach Karen Dennis, the Buckeyes have new leadership as Ohio State announced former Buckeye track star Rosalind Joseph as the new Director of Track & Field and Cross Country on Tuesday afternoon.
Joseph, who was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014, graduated from Ohio State in 2006 after a four-year stint with the Buckeye track team. During her time with Ohio State, she became a two-time outdoor All-American and won six individual Big Ten championships.
Joseph still holds the Ohio State program records in the outdoor long jump (6.39m) and indoor triple jump (13.37m). She also held the outdoor triple jump record (13.50m) for 17 years before Jaimie Robinson broke it at the NCAA regional meet this season.
Following her graduation, Joseph served as an assistant coach under Dennis for a decade and helped the Buckeyes win six Big Ten team titles.
“WOW – this is a dream come true,” Joseph said in an Ohio State release. “It is not often one gets to return to their alma mater to lead. Ohio State is a place that has given me so much as a student-athlete and as a young professional, so to come full circle as director is almost unbelievable."
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ate-director-of-track-field-and-cross-country
It sure didn't take very long to fill that position.
Ohio State is bringing back a Buckeye great to lead its track and field program.
After the retirement of longtime head coach Karen Dennis, the Buckeyes have new leadership as Ohio State announced former Buckeye track star Rosalind Joseph as the new Director of Track & Field and Cross Country on Tuesday afternoon.
Joseph, who was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014, graduated from Ohio State in 2006 after a four-year stint with the Buckeye track team. During her time with Ohio State, she became a two-time outdoor All-American and won six individual Big Ten championships.
Joseph still holds the Ohio State program records in the outdoor long jump (6.39m) and indoor triple jump (13.37m). She also held the outdoor triple jump record (13.50m) for 17 years before Jaimie Robinson broke it at the NCAA regional meet this season.
Following her graduation, Joseph served as an assistant coach under Dennis for a decade and helped the Buckeyes win six Big Ten team titles.
“WOW – this is a dream come true,” Joseph said in an Ohio State release. “It is not often one gets to return to their alma mater to lead. Ohio State is a place that has given me so much as a student-athlete and as a young professional, so to come full circle as director is almost unbelievable."
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ate-director-of-track-field-and-cross-country
It sure didn't take very long to fill that position.
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“This is a dream come true,” Joseph said Wednesday at her introductory press conference. “The main reason that I chose The Ohio State University is because I felt like I could do anything here. That was my sentiment coming here as a student-athlete. And so to come full circle and feel like I wanted to be in this profession, and now be able to do it here, it really just solidifies that first thought my first time on campus that this is a place where you can do anything. And so this is really a dream come true in terms of me coming back to my second home.”
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I just watched a documentary on Dublin Coffman's super athlete Abby Steiner. How the hell did Ohio State miss out on a central Ohio track and field phenom with 15 state titles and let her go to Kentucky? Gobsmacked.
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Just sayin': At first glance I thought she had a shoe phone.....
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Re: Hightower is the niece of American Football Hall of Famer Paul Warfield, and wife of former world cross country champion Ian Stewart.
Just sayin': I never knew that she was related to Paul Warfield.
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