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Local young woman is 7-time big ten champion

By Carolyn Marnon
Wayne Memorial High School graduate Anavia
Battle has the fastest 200-meter dash time for
2020 out of all professional and collegiate ath-
letes. Anavia registered a 22.66 which also be-
came a facility record at a recent track and field
event at Clemson University Indoor Complex. A
college junior at Ohio State, Anavia is a seven-
time Big Ten Champion and was 2018 Freshman
of the Year.
The world record is 21.34 held by Florence
Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Anavia’s was a Big Ten Champion her sopho-
more year at Ohio State when she won the indoor
200-meter, the outdoor 100-meter and 200-meter
and the 4x100 relay. Her team won Big Ten
Champions as a whole for both indoor and out-
door. Her junior year, she has won the 60-meter
and 200-meter indoor and another team champi-
onship “making me a 7x Big Ten Champion,” she
says.
“To prepare for race day I make sure I eat and
get rest and surround myself with good energy.
I don't really think when I run. I put my mind
aside and get out there and run and have fun. My
next goal to strive for in my career is to win NCAA
and become a professional athlete.” Wayne Memorial High School graduate Anavia Battle has the fastest 200-meter dash time for 2020.

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