Happy Wednesday OSU Fam. Today and the rest of this week, the Pokes are taking their cue from Forest….

Later today, the Pokes will hit the track to kick off a historic week in Eugene.

We’ve got all the info and much more in today’s Brew! Check it out below!

👟 Run Pokes Run!
👏 Record Setters
💪 We Workin’
🤠 And so much more!

💪 WE WORKIN’

No summer break here!

These Pokes are getting after it this summer and ready for a BIG 2024-25 season ahead.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Run Pokes Run. A busy week for America’s Brightest Orange kicks off today in Eugene as the OSU track & field squad take on Tracktown USA at the 2024 NCAA Championships.

Competition begins today with three Cowboys and the 4x400 Meter Relay squad running in their respective semifinal rounds and three more racing in the 10,000 Meter Final on opening night. The men's 4x400 Meter Relay of Blake Wynne, Caio Almeida, DJ McArthur and Jordon Smith became the first quartet to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the event this century with their school-record time of 3:05.23 at the NCAA West Prelims two weeks ago.

ESPN and ESPN2 will cover the meet throughout the week.

👟: Previewing The Pokes Trip To Eugene

🏆: NCAA Track & Field Championship Central

🔺 Record Setters. It was a record-setting year in more than one way for three OSU programs.

The baseball, wrestling and softball programs set all-time highs and OSU Athletics fell just two-tenths of a point shy of its overall department record in the 2023-24 Academic Progress Rate multiyear data released this week by the NCAA.

OSU's top-performing teams in 2023-24 were softball, men's golf (993), women's golf (991), women's cross country (989), women's basketball (987), women's track and field (987) and soccer (986).

OSU's all-sports average of 980.93 was just below its 981.13 record mark set last year.

The APR holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.

👏: More On The Record-Setting Programs

🎥 OSUMAX: YOU GAVE US EVERYTHING

It never gets easier.
At some point, every season comes to an end.

For the OSU softball squad, after a fifth straight trip to the WCWS,
their 2024 season came to a close over the weekend.

OSUMax takes you inside the locker room for one final speech from Coach G.

🎥: “You Gave Us Everything You’ve Got”

🤔 COWBOY TRIVIA

Its been a historic spring for the OSU track & field squad with the highest total of NCAA Championship competitors in program history in Eugene this week.

What’s the record-setting number of Pokes competing this week out west?

Got a guess?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🎥 OSUMAX: BARRY, BARRY, BARRY!

A two-part OSU Max Original, Barry Sanders: Out of Nowhere, tells the story of how Barry became Barry, weaving through his childhood in Wichita and the pivotal moments that shaped his legendary career. 

Through exclusive interviews with his family, close friends,
former teammates, coaches and Barry himself,
Barry Sanders: Out of Nowhere provides an
unprecedented glimpse into the Cowboy icon. 

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday, June 5
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

Thursday, June 6
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

Friday, June 7
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

Saturday, June 8
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 18.

🤠 Have a great one, OSU Fam!