Ohio State football’s Justin Fields and track and field’s Adelaide Aquilla were named the university’s male and female athletes of the year. They will both be placed on the Big Ten Athlete of the Year ballot, which will be selected on July 13.
Fields, who won Big Ten Offensive Read More
Ohio State women’s track and field standout Adelaide Aquilla completed her sweep of the 2020-21 season on Thursday when she secured the outdoor shot put national title crown. The Buckeye thrower had already claimed indoor and outdoor Big Ten titles and won the indoor shot put crown at the indoor Read More
Ohio State’s Sade Olatoye and Ryan Terefenko, who are on the women’s track and field and men’s lacrosse teams, respectively, were the university’s recipients for this year’s Big Ten Medal of Honor, one of the conference’s highest honors.
The Big Ten Medal of Honor is awarded to two student-athletes from Read More
Ohio State had three of the four honorees for the “athletes of the championships” at the Big Ten’s championship meet this past weekend, with Adelaide Aquilla and Anavaia Battle both getting honored on the women’s side, and Tyler Johnson hearing recognition on the men’s side.
Aquilla had a more-than-impressive shot Read More
Ohio State junior throws specialist Adelaide Aquilla will take home the shot put national championship crown for Ohio State after a school-record throw at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 12.
The Buckeye drew sector fouls on her first two throws, but reached the title-clenching 18.12m Read More
Karen Dennis, Ohio State’s director of track and field and cross country, testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions regarding compensating college athletes and the potential impact on student-athletes and their schools on Tuesday, Sept. 15, per an Ohio State release.
Dennis stepped forward as the Read More
Sade Olatoye, the Ohio State women’s track and field standout, was nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Schools are encouraged to honor their top graduating female college student-athletes annually by submitting their names for consideration for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Olatoye represents Read More
Paul Bete, a four-year runner and recent Ohio State graduate, ran 56.3 miles from Columbus to Wilberforce, Ohio. Bete said his goal was to raise money to benefit the NAACP Foundation’s legal-defense fund while being “an ally in the fight against systemic racism.”
“I though the idea of running Read More
Twelve all-time Buckeye greats will be inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.
The distinguished class of 2020 includes Aaron Brown (football), Eric Brunner (men’s soccer), Karen Dennis (director of track and field and cross country), Amanda Furrer (rifle), Steven Kehoe (men’s volleyball), Daren Lynch (men’s Read More
Anavia Battle – a junior on the Ohio State women’s track and field team – won Big Ten Indoor Track Athlete of the Year.
Battle also earned the honor of the Big Ten’s Track Athlete of the Championships, becoming the fourth student-athlete in the past six years to sweep both Read More
