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Ohio State Track and Cross Country (2020, 2021 B1G Women's outdoor Track Champs)

Track and Field: Past Ohio State, Rachel Weber still running toward dream of Olympic competition

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She keeps her head up, chin down, eyes level while gliding through each stride with even distance as her hair whisks side to side. Rachel Weber, a fifth-year at Ohio State in strategic communications, is a runner’s runner.

“I just fell in love with it and I fell in love and competing and the adrenaline that you get,” Weber said.

Weber finished 13th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Tracktown USA last June in Eugene, Oregon. It was the last time she would run for the Buckeyes, but she doesn’t plan for it to be her last visit to that track.

Although she has ran out of eligibility at Ohio State, this was not her last meet competing against other collegiate programs.

Ohio State has continued to have ties to Weber’s post-collegiate running career almost a year after she took off her scarlet and gray jersey.

Professional track and field isn’t as straightforward as well-known leagues like the NBA or NFL. Runners sometimes compete for track clubs, which are often smaller in scale, or they receive sponsorships from brands like Nike, Asics and Adidas that allow them to support their career.

There also is separation between professional and post-collegiate. Weber runs for Columbus Running Company and it supports her. However she is not getting a salary to run for it, although it pays her for as an employee who works at its store.

“I am really, really fortunate that Columbus Running Company supports me and they help support gear, travel and teammates and it’s awesome,” Weber said. “When I graduate hopefully I will be looking to be up more on that professional level with a professional contract.”

She has a new coach, Rob Meyers, an Ohio State alumnus who has the fourth-fastest 1,500-meter time (3:41) in school history and the fifth-fastest mile time (4:03) in school history.

Meyers met Weber through the running camps that he and his family host in the summer. Weber was a volunteer who brought an infectious smile to running, Meyers said.

“I knew that she was really energetic and positive. She was passionate for the sport,” Meyers said. “As for as the running camp side of things go, we obviously invited her back.”

Their relationship changed last summer when Weber reached out to Meyers to become her personal coach.

“First I was a little caught off guard, but the more I thought about it, she needed to stay in Columbus to finish her education” Meyers said. “It seemed like something that I was able to work out and I was excited about.”

Beyond working with Weber, Meyers coaches cross country and track and field at Fairfield Union High School. Weber has assisted him, working as a volunteer coach and training there for outdoor season.

Competing for Columbus Running Company has sometimes led Weber to race against her old teammates. In the indoor season, Weber ran at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, Indiana.

“Meyo is one of the nearest and dearest meets to my heart. For I have had several really, really poor races there.” Weber said, “Like some of the worst races in my entire college career.”

This past Meyo Invitational had some slight differences. Mainly, she was competing against Ohio State in the 800-meter run, the event in which she set the school record several months before — though none of Ohio State’s runners competed in the same heat.

Weber’s goals for the meet also slightly changed. This year it was to make the U.S. Track and Field standard at 2:03 and the International Association of Athletics Federations standard at 2:02. Weber won her heat, but she ran a 2:07.

Even while no longer with the Buckeyes, there was nothing new to the meet for Weber.

“Even in college like we would show up with the team but then it was like I had my own up and a lot of times I was the only one running a certain event,” Weber said. “I had to get really good at being independent and having my own warmup routine and own warmup schedule.”

Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2018/04/...-running-toward-dream-of-olympic-competition/
 
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OHIO STATE LONG JUMPER ZACK BAZILE WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

For the first time since 1993, Ohio State has a national champion in men's outdoor track and field.

Zack Bazile ended that 25-year drought on Wednesday night, when he leaped 8.37 meters (27 feet, 5.5 inches) to take the top spot on the podium in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.



Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...jumper-zack-bazile-wins-national-championship
 
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BATTLE, HARRISON JR. TO COMPETE AT USATF JUNIOR OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Freshmen sprinters vying for spots on Team USATF

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Ohio State track & field freshmen Anavia Battle and Eric Harrison Jr. are set to represent the Buckeyes at the 2018 USA Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships on June 15-17 held at the Robert C. Haugh Complex in Bloomington, Ind.

USATF Junior Championships is the selection meet for the IAAF World U20 Championships to be held in Tampere, Finland, from July 10-15. Athletes aged 14-19 are eligible to compete.

Harrison Jr., the newly crowned Big Ten Freshman of the Year, will compete in the 100m and 200m dash. The 100m dash preliminary will take place on Friday, June 15 at 3:40 p.m. ET. Harrison Jr. is the second-seeded competitor at 10.28, which was good for bronze at the Big Ten Championships on May 13. Harrison Jr. will then appear in the 200m dash on Saturday, June 16 at 7:05 p.m., in which he is the top-seeded athlete with a time of 20.39. Harrison Jr. won gold with that time at the Big Ten Championships.

Battle is also set to compete in the 100m and 200m dash on the women's side. The 100m dash prelim is at 3:15 p.m. on Friday, June 15. Battle's qualifying time of 11.47 came from her fourth-place prelim finish at the Big Ten Championships. Battle is the fifth-seeded 200m dash runner after a silver medal performance at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 22.94. The 200m will be at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday, June 16.

Entire article: http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/061418aac.html
 
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FORMER OHIO STATE TRACK STAR CHRISTINA MANNING FINISHES SECOND IN 100-METER HURDLES AT USATF OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Former Ohio State track star Christina Manning finished second with a time of 12.65 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday.

With her fastest time of the season to date, Manning took the second spot on the podium, improving her position one spot from the 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, where she finished third with a time of 12.70 seconds.

Keni Harrison, the world-record holder in the 100-meter hurdles, won the event with a time of 12.46 seconds.

An NCAA champion in the 100-meter hurdles during her senior year at Ohio State in 2012, Manning was inducted in the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame last fall.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-meter-hurdles-at-usatf-outdoor-championships
 
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FORMER OHIO STATE TRACK STAR ZACK BAZILE FINISHES SECOND IN LONG JUMP AT USATF OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Former Ohio State track star Zack Bazile continued an excellent month on the track by finishing second in the long jump with a leap of 8.08 meters (26 feet, 6.25 inches) at the USATF Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday.

Jeff Henderson won the event with a jump of 8.10 meters (26 feet, 7 inches). Michael Hartfield, also a former Buckeye, finished sixth in the event with a best leap of 7.96 meters (26 feet, 1.25 inches).

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...d-in-long-jump-at-usatf-outdoor-championships
 
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