MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, May 13-15 — Karen Dennis’s Buckeyes racked up a record 185½ points in steamrolling to a third straight Big 10 women’s title. Sprint power provided many of the points on the final day, as Ohio State first captured the 4×1 in 43.20, then followed with a 1-3 finish in the 400 as Bryannia Murphy (51.72) edged Michigan’s Ziyah Holman (51.75) with Jaydan Wood in 3rd at 52.46.
In the 100, the Buckeyes swept the first three spots, Nya Bussey beating Anavia Battle in a windy 11.18–11.19 race, with Yanique Dayle at 11.25w. Battle, an Olympian at 200, dominated her specialty in 22.28w, boosted by a 5.2 gust. Dayle got 2nd in 22.80w. The team victory had long been clinched by the time the 4×4 squad won in 3:31.94.
Ohio State’s Alexus Pyles had gotten the ball rolling with her heptathlon victory (5623) then came back to win the long jump with a windy 20-5 (6.22) and take 2nd in the hurdles to Penn State’s Yasmin Brooks, 12.99w–13.01w. And Jaimie Robinson led a Buckeye 1-2 in the triple jump with her windy 44-5¼ (13.54). Adelaide Aquilla took the shot with a put of 60-6¾ (18.46).
Other highlights included a double distance win for Michigan State’s Jenna Magness, who won her first 10,000 ever in 33:37.17 and came back to top the 5000 in 16:17.88. Frosh athletes captured three events: Nebraska’s Jenna Rogers the high jump (5-11½/1.82), Rutgers Chloe Timberg the vault (14-½/4.28) and Minnesota’s Abigail Schaffe the 400H (57.45).
BIG 10 WOMEN’S RESULTS
(5/13—10K, PV, HT, JT; 5/14—St, HJ, LJ, DT)
Teams: 1. Ohio State 185½; 2. Wisconsin 98; 3. Minnesota 87; 4. Penn State 82½; 5. Nebraska 71; 6. Iowa 59;
7. Michigan 57; 8. Michigan State 49; 9. Illinois 36; 10. Indiana 34; 11. Purdue 29; 12. Rutgers 25; 13. Maryland 5.
100(3.0): 1. **Nya Bussey (OhSt) 11.18w; 2. Anavia Battle (OhSt) 11.19w; 3. *Yanique Dayle’ (OhSt-Jam) 11.25w; 4. Camille Christopher (Pur) 11.29w.
200(5.2): 1. Battle 22.28w; 2. Dayle’ 22.80w; 3. Christopher 22.89w; 4. **Lasarah Hargrove (Ia) 22.96w.
400: 1. **Bryannia Murphy (OhSt) 51.72; 2. **Ziyah Holman (Mi) 51.75; 3. *Jaydan Wood (OhSt) 52.46; 4. **Jessica McDowell (Il) 52.79.
800: 1. Aurora Rynda’ (Mi-Can) 2:05.88; 2. Mary Figler (OhSt) 2:06.12; 3. *Rachel Gearing (PennSt) 2:06.39; 4. Victoria Tachinski’ (PennSt-Can) 2:06.64.
1500: 1. **Olivia Howell (Il) 4:21.75; 2. **Katie Osika (MiSt) 4:23.17; 3. ***Madaline Ullom (PennSt) 4:23.81.
St: 1. Alissa Niggemann (Wi) 10:01.16; 2. Kayla Windemuller (Mi) 10:02.49; 3. *Lucinda Crouch’ (Wi-Aus) 10:13.15; 4. ***Katelyn Stewart-Barnett (MiSt) 10:15.69.
5000: 1. Jenna Magness (MiSt) 16:17.88; 2. **Addie Engel (OhSt) 16:18.70; 3. Megan Hasz (Mn) 16:22.04; 4. **Shea Ruhly (Wi) 16:26.99.
10,000: 1. Magness 33:37.17; 2. ***Sophia Toti (PennSt) 34:33.45; 3. **Alexa Westley (Wi) 34:36.13.
100H(2.4): 1. Yasmin Brooks (PennSt) 12.99w; 2. Alexus Pyles (OhSt) 13.01w; 3. **Destiny Huven (Wi) 13.09w; 4. **Aasia Laurencin (Mi) 13.12w.
400H: 1. ***Abigail Schaaffe’ (Mn-Jam) 57.45; 2. Bianca Stubler (Wi) 57.58; 3. Erin Dowd (Ia) 58.00.
4 x 100: 1. Ohio State 43.20 (Dayle, Battle, Bussey, Bertrand); 2. Minnesota 44.38; 3. Iowa 44.44; 4. Purdue 44.53.
4 x 400: 1. Ohio State 3:31.94 (Robinson, Marsh, Wood, Murphy); 2. Iowa 3:33.18; 3. Minnesota 3:34.21.
Field Events
HJ: 1. ***Jenna Rogers (Nb) 5-11½ (1.82); 2. ***Nyalaam Jok (Mn) 5-10½ (1.79); 3. **Amaya Ugarte (OhSt) 5-10½.
PV: 1. ***Chloe Timberg (Rut) 14-½ (4.28); 2. **Alexys Berger (Mn) 14-½.
LJ: 1. Alexus Pyles (OhSt) 20-5w (6.22); 2. **LaQwasia Stepney (Nb) 20-4½ (6.21).
TJ: 1. *Jaimie Robinson (OhSt) 44-5¼w (13.54); 2. *Cierra Pyles (OhSt) 43-3w (13.18); 3. ***Tiera Robinson-Jones (Mn) 43-½w (13.12).
SP: 1. Adelaide Aquilla (OhSt) 60-6¾ (18.46); 2. ***Axelina Johansson’ (Nb-Swe) 60-4 (18.39); 3. *Josie Schaefer (Wi) 56-7¼ (17.25); 4. *Madison Pollard (In) 55-7¾ (16.96); 5. **Mallory Kauffman (PennSt) 55-5¾ (16.91).
DT: 1. ***Jayden Ulrich (In) 193-7 (59.01); 2. ***Shelby Frank (Mn) 193-1 (58.85); 3. Aquilla 189-10 (57.86).
HT: 1. *Amanda Howe (Ia) 212-9 (64.84); 2. Quiara Wheeler (MiSt) 209-9 (63.95); 3. **Tess Keyzers (Mn) 205-11 (62.76).
JT: 1. **Maddie Harris (Nb) 189-11 (57.90); 2. **Mirta Kulisic’ (Nb-Cro) 169-10 (51.77); 3. Madison Smith (PennSt) 168-4 (51.30).
Hept(5/13-14): 1. Pyles 5623; 2. Jordan Hirsbrunner (Wi) 5451; 3. **Mackenzie Heyroth (Wi) 5248; 4. ***Kenli Nettles (Il) 5216. ◻︎