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The St. Augustine’s College (SAC) Big Red Machine got off to a strong start, defending their title at the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) Track and Field Championships at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. SAC has the early lead with 406.5 points, building up momentum with strong performances in the 400 meters (m) and

Share COLUMBUS, Ohio – Members of the Ohio State University men’s and women’s track and field teams returned to competition at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium for the first time in two years Friday evening. The first event there since 2019: the venerable Jesse Owens Track Classic, which continues Saturday with a full slate of 33 events beginning at 10:45 with the women’s 1,500 and with field events beginning at 11 a.m. The meet Friday didn’t start exactly on time, with a brief downpour a...

Share COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State sprinters were dominant at the Husker B1G Invite, contested at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas, securing eight podium finishes and six wins in a meet featuring 12 Big Ten Conference teams and 100s of student-athletes competing. Anavia Battle was the big winner not just for the Buckeyes, but for the meet. The senior was a three-time winner, adding 100- and 200-meter dash victories today to a 4×100-meter relay victory. The 200 was her first ...

Bahamians continue to perform well in NCAA athletics Sasha Wells. Bahamian collegiate athletes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (DI) and Division II (DII) levels continue to put on impressive performances as the indoor track and field season winds down. Sasha Wells continued her impressive NCAA DI indoor run for the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles when she won three individual events at the Washburn Challenge hosted by Washburn University at the Washburn...

Share COLUMBUS, Ohio – Anavia Battle, Ohio State track and field’s outstanding All-American and seven-time Big Ten Conference champion, has earned the initial women’s track athlete of the week honor by the conference. The Big Ten made the announcement on Wednesday. Battle, a senior from Inkster, Mich., and Wayne Memorial High School who is majoring in human development and family studies, returned to her home state to compete in the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invite, hosted by the University ...

Share COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s and women’s track and field teams will open their respective 2021 indoor seasons tomorrow at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational, hosted by the University of Michigan at its UM Indoor Track Building. Ohio State will join four other teams in the day-long meet: Michigan, Indiana, Michigan State and Purdue. The men’s competition will run from 10 a.m. until approximately 1:30 p.m. while the women’s meet will take place from 3:30 p.m. until approxima...