ACEL student wins national track and field title

June 7, 2018

The following story was published on the Ohio State Department of Athletic's website:

The Ohio State track & field team is set on making even more history this season at the last event of the year, the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. First, the men's team won the Big Ten Indoor Championship for the first time in 25 years, and followed that up with the first Big Ten Outdoor Championship in as many years. Now, OSU has its first National Champion since that 1993 season in senior Zack Bazile, who leaped a program and career-best 8.37m (27-5.5) in the long jump.

Bazile, a native of Montvale, N.J., becomes a four-time All-American in the long jump and breaks the previous school record of 8.15m (26-9) set by Michael Hartfield in 2013. The mark is a lifetime best, and is the furthest long jump in the nation this season. 8.37m is also the best mark at the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 2011. Bazile becomes the first NCAA Champion for the Buckeyes since Chris Nelloms won the 200m dash in 1993, and is the first long jump champion since Joe Green in 1989.

Zack Bazile wins gold in the men's long jump
Zack Bazile wins gold in the men's long jump

 

Not only did Bazile win the long jump, but he helped the men's 4x100m relay team to qualify for the final with a time that improves the school record at 38.67. Bazile anchored the relay with freshman Eric Harrison Jr., senior Duan Asemota and senior Drelan Bramwell. The four finished with the fourth-best time overall, placing third in the second heat but managing to advance on time to secure a spot as the only Big Ten relay team in the 4x100m final. In the elite field, two additional relay teams had faster times than the final two automatically qualified teams. Ohio State appears in the 4x100m relay final for the first time since 1994.