Ohio State Track & Field

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This thread will be used to keep track of the 2006 Outdoor Track & Field season. Ohio State will host two meets this year at the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium: The Division I All-Ohio Championships (April 7-8) and the Jesse Owens Track Classic (May 5-6).

Here is the entire 2006 outdoor track & field schedule:

<table border="2" bordercolor="#990000" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="590"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sat</td> <td>03/25/06</td> <td>Arizona State Invitational</td> <td>Tempe, AZ</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Sat</td> <td>03/25/06</td> <td>Stanford Invitational</td> <td>Palo Alto, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sun</td> <td>03/26/06</td> <td>Stanford Invitational</td> <td>Palo Alto, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Sun</td> <td>03/26/06</td> <td>Arizona State Invitational</td> <td>Tempe, AZ</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sat</td> <td>04/01/06</td> <td>UNLV Invitational</td> <td>Las Vegas, NV</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Fri</td> <td>04/07/06</td> <td>All-Ohio Championships</td> <td>Columbus, OH</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sat</td> <td>04/08/06</td> <td>All-Ohio Championships</td> <td>Columbus, OH</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Fri</td> <td>04/14/06</td> <td>Mt. SAC Relays</td> <td>Mt. San Antonio, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Fri</td> <td>04/14/06</td> <td>Sea Ray Relays</td> <td>Knoxville, TN</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Sat</td> <td>04/15/06</td> <td>Sea Ray Relays</td> <td>Knoxville, TN</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sat</td> <td>04/15/06</td> <td>Mt. SAC Relays</td> <td>Mt. San Antonio, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Sun</td> <td>04/16/06</td> <td>Mt. SAC Relays</td> <td>Mt. San Antonio, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Thu</td> <td>04/27/06</td> <td>Penn Relays</td> <td>Philadelphia, PA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Fri</td> <td>04/28/06</td> <td>Penn Relays</td> <td>Philadelphia, PA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sat</td> <td>04/29/06</td> <td>Hillsdale Invitational</td> <td>Hillsdale, MI</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Sat</td> <td>04/29/06</td> <td>Penn Relays</td> <td>Philadelphia, PA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Fri</td> <td>05/05/06</td> <td>Jesse Owens Track Classic</td> <td>Columbus, OH</td><td width="100">4:00 PM
Schedule</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Sat</td> <td>05/06/06</td> <td>Jesse Owens Track Classic</td> <td>Columbus, OH</td><td width="100">10:00 AM
Schedule</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Fri</td> <td>05/12/06</td> <td>Big Ten Outdoor Championships</td> <td>East Lansing, MI</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Sat</td> <td>05/13/06</td> <td>Big Ten Outdoor Championships</td> <td>East Lansing, MI</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sun</td> <td>05/14/06</td> <td>Big Ten Outdoor Championships</td> <td>East Lansing, MI</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Fri</td> <td>05/26/06</td> <td>Midwest Regional Championships</td> <td>Knoxville, TN</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sat</td> <td>05/27/06</td> <td>Midwest Regional Championships</td> <td>Knoxville, TN</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Wed</td> <td>06/07/06</td> <td>NCAA Outdoor Championships</td> <td>Sacramento, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Thu</td> <td>06/08/06</td> <td>NCAA Outdoor Championships</td> <td>Sacramento, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>Fri</td> <td>06/09/06</td> <td>NCAA Outdoor Championships</td> <td>Sacramento, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>Sat</td> <td>06/10/06</td> <td>NCAA Outdoor Championships</td> <td>Sacramento, CA</td><td width="100">TBA</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Ohio State Opens Outdoor Season at Disney World Invitational

Price races to steeplechase win, hammer throwers post high marks
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Melanie Price won the steeplechase Thursday at the Disney World Invite in Orlando.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State men's and women's track and field teams opened the 2006 outdoor season Thursday at the Walt Disney Wide World of Sports Invitational at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Junior Melanie Price highlighted the day with a winning time in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Price, Ohio State's record holder in the steeple, crossed the finish line in 11:08.35. Fellow distance runner Laura Piper, a sophomore, also turned in a third-placing showing in the women's 1,500-meter run.
The Ohio State throwers also proved to be a highlight of first-day action at the Disney Invite as three Buckeyes posted career-best marks. David Ebersole and Ashley Rheim each took third in the men's and women's hammer, respectively. Ebersole's throw covered 182 feet, 4 1/2 inches, while Rheim heaved a measure of 164-1 1/4.
Also for the men, Lenny Jatsek, the Big Ten champion in the indoor weight throw, placed just behind Ebersole in fourth place with a hammer mark of 179-3 1/4. Janine Zylinski also had a scoring mark for the women, finishing sixth in the hammer at a distance of 155-8. Both Jatsek and Zylinski are coming off All-American indoor seasons.
The Buckeyes continue competition Friday at the Disney Invite. Meet information can be accessed at http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.c...ventDetailPage.

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3/26

Ohio State Track and Field Competes in Disney World Invitational

Stringer clears winning height in high jump, throwers sweep shot put
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Jessica Stringer won the women's high jump Saturday at the Disney Invitational.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State men's and women's track and field teams opened the 2006 outdoor season this weekend in the Walt Disney Wide World of Sports Invitational at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Thursday, Junior Melanie Price highlighted the day with a winning time in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Saturday, OSU throwers Lenny Jatsek and Janine Zylinski swept the men's and women's shot put and Jessica Stringer won the high jump.
Jatsek, an indoor All-American, extended past 57 feet, 9 inches to record his first win of the outdoor season. Zylinski finished off the OSU shot put sweep with a winning mark of 48-3 1/2. Ohio State throwers also captured the runner-up spots in the shot as Patrick Whalen and Veronica Jatsek heaved 57-1 1/2 and 48-0, respectively. All four OSU throwers posted NCAA Mideast Regional qualifying marks Saturday.
On the track Friday and Saturday, women's sprinter Jenna Harris posted a regional-qualifying mark of 23.70 to take second in the 200 meters Saturday after she was fifth in the 100-meter dash in 11.75 Friday. Ayrizanna Favours finished behind Harris in the 200m, clocking a 24.38. She also was second in the 400m Friday in 54.82. For the men, Tony Cole clocked a sixth-place time of 10.63 in the men's 100m and had a 10th-place mark of 21.79 in the 200m. <!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE -->
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<!-- STORY AD ENDS HERE --> In the jumps, indoor All-American and two-time Big Ten champ Jessica Stringer won the women's high jump Saturday, clearing a regional-qualifier of 5-9. Veronica Vance was third in the women's triple jump Saturday, leaping 39-9 1/2. In the long jump Friday, Vance and Colleen Farrell were sixth and seventh. Vance turned in a leap of 18-10 and Farrell reached 18-8 1/2. Farrell also was fifth in the high jump at 5-7.
Thursday, Price, Ohio State's record holder in the steeple, crossed the finish line in 11:08.35. Fellow distance runner Laura Piper, a sophomore, also turned in a third-placing showing in the women's 1,500-meter run.
Also Thursday, Jatsek finished fifth in the hammer throw at a distance of 179-3 1/4. He placed behind teammate David Ebersole, who posted a third-place finish at 182-4 1/2. Ashley Riehm also was third in the women's hammer Thursday at 164-1 1/4.

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Jatsek Named Big Ten Track and Field Male Co-Athlete of the Week

Sophomore thrower claims second league honor this year
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Lenny Jatsek won the men's shot put and placed fifth in the hammer throw at the 2006 Walt Disney World Invitational.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lenny Jatsek, a sophomore thrower on the Ohio State men's track and field team, shared Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors, the conference office announced Tuesday. Last weekend at the 2006 Walt Disney World Invitational, Jatsek won the men's shot put and placed fifth in the hammer throw.
In his first competition of the outdoor season, the 2006 Big Ten indoor weight throw champion posted a NCAA regional qualifying mark to win the shot. He placed first in the event with a personal-best distance of 57 feet, 9 inches (17.60 meters).
In the opening day of the Disney Invite Thursday, Jatsek placed fifth in the hammer throw, reaching a mark of 179-3 1/4 (54.64m). The Walton Hills, Ohio native also earned the league's indoor weekly honor Jan. 24.
Jatsek shared this week's AOW award with Purdue junior sprinter/hurdler Rickey Pinkney.
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Ohio State Track and Field Heads West for Second Outdoor Meet of the Season

Men's distance team to compete at Stanford Invitational, rest of squad off this week
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Brian Olinger

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State men's track and field distance team will send selected student-athletes to the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., on Cobb Track and Angell Field. The remainder of the men's and women's teams is off this week.
2006 STANFORD INVITATIONAL
Day/Time: Friday 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.- 8:20 p.m.
Venue: Cobb Track and Angell Field
Athletes Competing:
Jeff See - 5,000 meters
Alex Bailey - 5,000 meters
John Ealy - 10,000 meters
Kevin Bruffy - 3,000-meter Steeplechase
Braden Martinez - 10,000 meters
Brian Olinger - 10,000 meters
Meet Information: gostanford.com
Live Results: www.sml1.com

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For the rest of the article that recaps earlier events and last year visit the official site linked at the top of this message.

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Olinger Sets Ohio State 10K Record at Stanford Invitational

Senior All-American tops 10-year old mark
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Brian Olinger set the Ohio State record in the 10K Friday at the Stanford Invite.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Members of the Ohio State men's track distance team competed Friday at the 2006 Nike Stanford Invitational at Cobb Angel Field in Palo Alto, Calif. Brian Olinger, a senior two-time All-American, bested the OSU record in the 10,000-meter run, winning Section 2 of the event in 28:57.68.
The school record holder in the indoor 5,000m, Olinger topped the 10K mark of 29:01.29 set by Chris England in the 1997 season. Sophomores John Ealy and