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More than 11,000 participants race around campus in the Ohio State 4 Miler
The Ohio State 4 Miler celebrated a decade of Buckeye community, fundraising and healthy habits Sunday with its annual race around campus.
Over 11,000 participants started the day with the race’s largest Race Day Tailgate Party yet, enjoying games, a food truck and visits from many Ohio State athletes before running four miles around campus. Runners and walkers alike finished the race inside The ‘Shoe by trekking over the 50-yard line, completing the event’s 10th anniversary, not counting the virtual adaptation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The thing that sticks out the most is that everybody’s an Ohio State fan. I think I saw one Michigan fan here,” William Graham, a first-time participant, said. “You don’t run everywhere and see all Ohio State fans. I think that’s the special part about this.”
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New Richmond, Ohio teen lands record 101-pound blue catfish: See the mammoth catch
Ohio teen catches 100-pound blue catfish
15-year-old girl Jaylynn Parker, a sophomore from New Richmond, Ohio, caught a 101-pound blue catfish.
A 15-year-old girl from the Midwest beat the state record when she landed a mammoth blue catfish in the Ohio River.
With a touch of help from her dad, Jaylynn Parker, a sophomore from New Richmond, Ohio, snagged the 101-pound beast on April 7 in Clermont County, the Cincinnati Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY Network reported.
New Richmond is a historic village on the Ohio River, about 20 miles southeast of downtown Cincinnati.
Jaylynn caught the massive catfish jugging – when a person lets bait dangle beneath a free-floating canister attached by a line to a fixed point like a tree trunk or something else on shore. The process is sometimes also called juglining.
The Outdoor Writers of Ohio, who crowed Jaylynn with the title over the weekend at a conference, keeps Ohio’s official angling records, Fred Snyder, chairman of the Outdoor Writers of Ohio Record Fish Committee, told the Enquirer.
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What’s the Ohio state record for blue catfish?
Jaylynn’s catch weighed precisely 101.11 pounds and spanned 56 inches long and 39 inches around.
The fish was so heavy, Jaylynn’s father, Chuck Partner, and family friend, Jeff Sams, helped the teen pull it in.
It was not immediaty known whether the teen used a lure or bait to reel the fish in.
Photos taken of Jaylynn’s huge snag show the teen posing behind the fish grinning ear to ear.
Video obtained by the USA TODAY Network shows the fish being released back into the river after the catch.
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How much did the previous blue catfish caught in Ohio record weigh?
The standing record blue catfish − a 96-pound fish, was pulled from the Ohio River in 2009 by rod-and-reel angler Chris Rolph of Williamsburg.
What is the world record blue catfish?
According to Field and Stream, the biggest known blue catfish caught weighed 143 pounds and was reeled in by Richard Nicholas Anderson from Kerr Lake in Virginia on June 18, 2011.
Anderson used chicken as bait to lure the monster, the American magazine reported.
Contributing: Bebe Hodges with the Cincinnatti Enquirer and Dave Golowenski, special to the Columbus Dispatch.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.
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Northeast Ohio Weather: Showers this morning; gradual clearing this afternoon
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A cold front is working its way through the area today. There will be a risk of showers through early afternoon then the clouds will clear out from west to east this afternoon. Afternoon temperatures around the 70 degree mark in most towns. A clear sky and light wind tonight will allow for temperatures to dip into the 40s. A warmer day in store tomorrow with sunshine in the morning followed by some building clouds in the afternoon. Another cold front is forecast to track through Wednesday evening. There is a slight chance of a passing shower later tomorrow afternoon, but most will not see any rain with this guy. High temperatures will be approaching 80 degrees. Sunshine in the forecast Thursday.
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Large brawl leads to shooting that kills 1 at Waffle House in Ohio
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man was shot and killed after a large brawl at a Waffle House near Ohio State University’s campus on Monday morning.
WBNS-TV reported that police were called to the Waffle House on North High Street in Columbus at around 2:30 a.m. on Monday for a fight inside the restaurant. The fight reportedly spilled outside the Waffle House and a shot was fired, killing 38-year-old Ronald Diggs. The Columbus Dispatch reported that the fight involved 15 to 20 people.
Officials said two other people were injured during the fight, the TV station reported. They were taken to local hospitals for evaluations. Their conditions are not known at this time.
WBNS-TV reported that no other details about the shooting were released.
Anyone with information can call the Columbus Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.
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