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Baldwin and Szabo Earn MAC Track and Field Athlete of the Week Honors
April 25 | Track & Field
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MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK RELEASE
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference released its weekly MAC Track and Field Athletes of the Week recipients on Tuesday, April 25, and among those recognized were University of Akron seniors Miles Baldwin (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Becky Szabo (North Olmsted, Ohio).
Named as the MAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this spring was Baldwin, who recorded the second-fastest time (46.72) in the men's 400 meters in program history at the LSU Alumni Invitational on Saturday, April 22. His effort in the 400 meters represents the fastest time in the MAC in the event in 2017.
Baldwin also ran the opening leg on Akron's 4x400 relay that posted a time of 3:14.44.
Szabo was honored as the MAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week after finishing second in the women's pole vault at the LSU Alumni Invitational on Saturday, April 22, by virtue of a jump-off with a clearance of 13-6.50 (4.13m).
She equaled the winning mark in the competition of Alyssa Applebee of Tulane, who currently owns the No. 16 mark in the country in 2017. Szabo holds the top mark in the Mid-American Conference in the pole vault in 2017 and is ranked No. 27 nationally.
The accolades represent the 16th and 17th individual awards, respectively, for a Zip in 2017.
Akron returns to action this weekend competing at the Ashland Alumni Invitational and the Hillsdale College Gina Relays on Friday and Saturday, April 28-29.
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