Gia Lewis-Smallwood is a former discus thrower at Illinois who recently qualified for the 2012 London Olympics as a member of Team USA. In her first Big Ten Olympic journal for BTN.com, she writes about what it’s like to make the Olympics at the age of 33.  Read her first entry in this post and find more Big Ten Olympic journals here.

The Big Ten Conference office announced on Tuesday the 2012 All-Big Ten men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams and individual award winners. See all of the teams and superlative winners in this post.

The Ohio State women and Wisconsin men won Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Sunday afternoon at Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex in Madison, Wis. View the Championships Central page, see all the results and find the final standings in this post.

The Big Ten Conference office announced Tuesday the 2012 All-Big Ten men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams and individual award winners. See the winners in this post.

The Nebraska women and Indiana men claimed 2012 Big Ten indoor track and field titles Saturday at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. For the Huskers, competing in their first Big Ten championship event, it was their second straight conference title, as they won the Big 12 crown last season. Read the full release at Huskers.com. Meanwhile, the Hoosier men won their first Big Ten crown since 1992. Read the full release at IUHoosiers.com.