COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State University will be represented by nine student-athletes at the 2021 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships, which run Thursday through Saturday at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark. The University of Arkansas is the host school. The event is closed and fans will not be allowed in attendance.
A couple 2021 Big Ten champions and athletes of the championships, plus a star sprinter and five-time Big Ten champion, will headline the Buckeyes’ contingent to the championships. The competing Buckeyes this week will be (listed alphabetically):
Adelaide Aquilla (shot put; Friday prelims and finals) – The senior throws specialist is the 2020 and 2021 Big Ten shot put champion who was also named field athlete of the championships at the 2021 indoor championships. Aquilla qualified for the NCAA indoor championships last year that were cancelled because of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. She has the nation’s sixth-longest throw in the shot this indoor season: 17.70m /58-1.