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Antonio Blanks |
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Athletics Accolades
Two-time First Team All-American (outdoor 400m hurdles, indoor 4x400m relay)
2012 Second Team All-American in the outdoor 4x400m relay
2012 Big Ten champion indoor champion in the 4x400m relay
Member of school indoor record-holding 4x400m relay team (3:06.15)
2012 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
PRs
60m hurdles - 8.03
100m - 10.80
200m - 21.50
400m - 47.90
400m hurdles - 50.19
2012 Outdoor (Freshman) Turned in a 13th-place finish in the 400m hurdles at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials (51.02) ... earned First Team All-American honors with a seventh-place finish in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA championships (50.49); named a Second Team All-American in the 4x400m relay after anchoring OSU to a 11th-place and season-best time of 3:04.99 ... posted a PR of 50.19 in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA East Prelims, finishing third overall; eighth as a member of the 4x400 relay ... third place in the 400 hurdles and sixth in the 4x4 at the Big Ten championships ... sixth in the 4x4 and ninth in the400H at the Drake Relays ... first place with the 4x4 at both the All-Ohio championship and Jesse Owens Track Classic, and third at the Jim Click Shootout ... first place in the 400H at the JOTC and runner-up at the JC Shootout.
2012 Indoor (Freshman) First Team All-American as a member of Ohio State's fifth-place 4x400m relay team at the NCAA championships (3:07.26) ... helped the Buckeyes to a school indoor-record and fourth-place time of 3:06.15 in the4x400 relay at theAlex Wilson Invitational ... helped the 4x4 to the Big Ten title at the Big Ten indoor championships in a time of 3:08.06; fourth as a member of the DMR (9:48.64) and 11th as an individual in the 400m (48.22) ... fourth in the 4x4 and seventh in the 400m at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational ... third in the 4x4 and fourth in the 400 at the PSU National ... first in the 4x4 relay, fourth in the triple jump, and fifth in the 400m dash at "The Dual" ... first place in both the 400m and 4x400 in the Buckeye Classic ... All-Big Ten selection.
Dunbar High School Nine-time indoor/outdoor state champion ... claimed three titles and DII state indoor records in the 60m hurdles (8.03) and triple jump (14.15m/46-5) at the 2011 OATCCC Indoor Championships ... 2010 OHSAA DII state champion and record holder in the 300m hurdles (37.26) ... High School All-American ... competed in football and basketball as a sophomore at Dunbar.
