NATIONAL CHAMP! Leonard-Osbourne Tops 60-Meter Dash Field for Program’s First-Ever Title

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Ithaca School men’s keep track of & area sophomore sprinter Jalen Leonard-Osbourne became the program’s to start with-at any time nationwide champion as he won the 60-meter sprint in a time of 6.76 seconds at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships at the JDL Quick Keep track of on Saturday, March 12.

Leonard-Osbourne turns into the 32nd scholar-athlete to claim a national title at Ithaca School and the 51st person national championship. He is also just the 2nd male college student-athlete outside the house of the wrestling software to protected a countrywide crown – Colin Herlihy gained two swimming titles in 1996.

Leonard-Osbourne put collectively a single of the most dominant seasons ever for an IC keep track of & discipline scholar-athlete as he gained each individual 60- sprint race in which he competed, which includes preliminaries, for a overall of 13 victories.

He entered Saturday’s remaining with the fastest prelim time of 6.72 seconds from yesterday, which broke his possess university history and is the sixth speediest time in Division III history. The race was delayed for a handful of minutes as the initial commence was shot down for a phony commence.

Just after the regroup, Leonard-Osbourne received off the block clean up in lane four and won the race by .05 seconds with his time of 6.76.

His 10 details moved Ithaca up the group leaderboard, and immediately after an All-American effectiveness by Andy Frank in the 200 just an hour later, IC sat in a tie for next with 26 details with two gatherings remaining in the championship.

National Champion! Jalen Leonard-Osbourne turns into the initial national winner in @IthacaMXCTF history with a time of 6.76 seconds in the 60-meter sprint! #GoBombers pic.twitter.com/k6tJ3UVo6D

— Ithaca Bombers (@BomberSports) March 12, 2022