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Ohio State Athletics Good Stuff
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Athletes of the Week
• Jeff See,
a four-time All-American, will represent the Buckeyes June
9-12 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. after
finishing second overall in the 1500m semifinals. The senior's
season-best time of 3:43.14 was just off of the first-place
pace set by Notre Dame's Daniel Clark (3:43.08).
• Letecia Wright
will represent the Ohio State women's track and field team at
the NCAA outdoor championships after finishing in the Top 12
of the 100m hurdle semifinals at the 2010 NCAA East Regional
Preliminaries. Wright finished eighth overall - third in her
heat - in a personal record time of 13.05, the fourth-best run
in Ohio State outdoor history.
Baseball
Head coach: Bob Todd
• Four Ohio State Buckeyes were
selected to the All-Big Ten Conference baseball team May 25,
including junior right-hander
Alex Wimmers
being named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year for the second
consecutive year, the conference office announced. Wimmers, a
junior from Cincinnati, was a unanimous first-team selection
and senior Zach Hurley,
from Springboro, Ohio, was also named a first-team outfielder.
Worthington, Ohio senior
Ryan Dew
was tabbed the second-team designated hitter and Victorville,
Calif., senior Michael
Stephens was named a
third-team outfielder.
Women’s Golf
Head coach: Therese Hession
• Rachel Rohanna,
who recently concluded her freshman season with the Ohio State
women’s golf team, was one of two recipients of the Frank
Fuhrur III Award presented annually to the top college
performers from the West Pennsylvania Golf Association.
Rohanna, from Waynesburg, Pa., is the first female recognized
in the eight-year history of the award and she shares the
2009-10 honor with John Popeck from the University of
Maryland.
Men’s Lacrosse
Head coach: Nick Myers
•
Ohio State midfielder
Logan Schuss will
wrap up his rookie campaign as the most decorated freshman in
program history after he was named an honorable mention
All-American by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse
Association, the USILA announced May 27. Schuss, the ECAC
Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year and a first team
all-conference selection, is the first Buckeye to be tabbed an
All-American as a true freshman.
Women’s Lacrosse
•
Kelly Haggerty,
a senior on the Ohio State women's lacrosse team, headlines
the list of Buckeye West Region selections, announced May 28
by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).
Haggerty was named to the first team for the
second-consecutive season, while junior
Annie Carruthers
and sophomore Alayna
Markwordt each earned a
spot on the second team.
Rowing
Head coach: Andy Teitelbaum
• Charlott Goldstein
and Sara Wallace,
members of the Ohio State rowing team were named to the 2010
Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-Central Region Team
the group announced May 26. Goldstein earned first team honors
and Wallace was a second-team recipient.
No. 4 Men’s Tennis (35-2, 13-0 Big Ten)
Head coach: Ty Tucker
• Five-time defending Big Ten
regular-season and tournament champion Ohio State rounded out
2010 after the two remaining Buckeyes were knocked out of the
NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships May 28 at the Dan
Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga. The Buckeyes advanced a
player to the singles Round of 16 for the fourth-consecutive
season, while placing a doubles tandem in the Round of 16 for
the third straight year.
Men’s Track and Field
Head coach: Robert Gary
• Ohio State All-Americans
Matt DeChant
and Thomas Murdaugh
stepped up their game on the big stage May 28 at the 2010 NCAA
East Regional Preliminaries, using season-best performances to
secure invitations to next month's national championships.
• The Ohio State men's track
and field team enjoyed a record-breaking final day of
competition May 29 at the 2010 NCAA East Regional
Preliminaries. Jeff See,
Cory Leslie
and OSU's four-time defending Big Ten champion 4x400m relay
team will represent the Buckeyes June 9-12 at the NCAA Outdoor
Championships in Eugene, Ore.,
Women’s Track and Field
Head coach: Karen Dennis
• Maggie Mullen
will represent the Ohio State
women's track and field team at the NCAA championships next
month after her runner-up finish in the javelin throw May 27
at the 2010 NCAA East Regional Preliminaries.
• Letecia Wright
and Christina Manning
will represent the Ohio
State women's track and field team at the NCAA outdoor
championships after finishing in the Top 12 of the 100m hurdle
semifinals May 29 at the 2010 NCAA East Regional
Preliminaries.
Wresting
Head coach: Tom Ryan
• It was a busy Memorial Day
weekend for a few current and former wrestling Buckeyes as
they competed in the University and Junior World Team Trials
at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Reece Humphrey
and Nikko Triggas
won titles in their respective weight classes, while
Colt Sponseller
finished second.
Ohio State Athletics Schedule
(home events in RED)
May 31-June 13
June 9-12
Men’s track at NCAA
Championships, TBA
Eugene, Ore.
June 9-12
Women’s track at NCAA
Championships, TBA
Eugene, Ore.
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