Hale Leads Akron at Ashland Alumni Open

Saturday, April 28

Ashland, Ohio

University of Akron

Ashland Alumni Open

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

April 28 | Track & Field

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ASHLAND, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field team garnered four first-place finishes and 26 top-five performances, led by senior Stephanie Hale (Cleveland, Ohio) earning victories in the women's 100 and 200 meters on the final day of the Ashland Alumni Open on Saturday, April 28.

Hale won the women's 100 and 200 meters crossing the line in 12.47 and 25.03.

Sophomore Tanea Cousins (Chillicothe, Ohio) won the women's triple jump with a mark of 35-5.75 (10.81m).

Redshirt sophomore Cole Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) took the men's pole vault eclipsing a career-best 16-2.75 (4.95m).

Additionally, redshirt freshman Matt Blamble (Wadsworth, Ohio), redshirt junior Tristan Williams (Akron, Ohio) and junior Kamar Majid (Akron, Ohio) finished second in the men's 200 meters (22.13), 800 meters (1:55.94) and long jump (21-9.00/6.63m), respectively.

Placing second in the women's 400 meters (59.18), 400-meter hurdles (63.21) and discus were sophomores Bailey Lack (Brunswick, Ohio) and Iman Batiste (Dublin, Ohio) and junior Olivia Snyder (Navarre, Ohio).

The Zips return to competition hosting the Campbell/Wright Invitational on Friday and Saturday, May 4-5, at the Lee R. Jackson Track and Field Complex.

SATURDAY MEN'S RESULTS:
100 Meters: Matt Blamble (5th-11.24*), Tyler Grine (8th-11.37), Myron Jones (9th-11.37), Preston Fillman (14th-11.45); 200 Meters: Matt Blamble (2nd-22.13), Jamir Coleman (7th-22.39), Myron Jones (8th-22.49); 400 Meters: Andrew Wahl (8th-51.85), Milton Greer (10th-52.39); 800 Meters: Tristan Williams (2nd-1:55.94*); 5,000 Meters: Jacob Ondash (4th-15.34.05*), Jeremiah Fitzgerald (5th-15:40.28); 110-Meters Hurdles: Patrick Kimball (3rd-14.87), Dylan Hochbein (4th-15.03), Preston Fillman (5th-15.04), Jace Roundtree (10th-15.56), Brandon Hochbein (14th-16.16), Malik Hudson (17th-17.03); 400-Meter Hurdles: Brandon Mitchell (3rd-53.35*), Adam Downing (6th-54.88), Dylan Hochbein (8th-55.96); High Jump: Ben Olewiler (3rd-6-3.25/1.91m), John Harris (4th-6-3.25/1.91m), Malik Hudson (5th-6-1.25/1.86m), Brandon Hochbein (9th-5-11.25/1.81m*); Pole Vault Cole Wigal (1st-16-2.75/4.95m*), Adam Alexander (4th-15-3.00/4.65m); Long Jump: Kamar Majid (2nd-21-9.00/6.63m); Discus: Jonathan Neeley (13th-138-0/42.06m), Kamar Majid (28th-110-5/33.65m); Javelin: Brandon Hochbein (11th-150-7/45.90m), Malik Hudson (15th-138-10/42.33m)

SATURDAY WOMEN'S RESULTS:
100 Meters: Stephanie Hale (1st-12.47); 200 Meters: Stephanie Hale (1st-25.03); 400 Meters: Bailey Lack (2nd-59.18); 800 Meters: Tarike Osuobeni (5th-2:20.27), Cassidi Lovell (10th-2:23.17); 1,500 Meters: MacKenna Curtis-Collins (29th-5:03.08*); 400-Meter Hurdles: Iman Batiste (2nd-63.21), Sydney Stokes (4th-64.40); Pole Vault: Rebecca Pietsch (3rd-12-5.50/3.80m); Triple Jump: Tanea Cousins (1st-35-5.75/10.81m); Shot Put: Olivia Snyder (3rd-46-3.50/14.11m); Discus: Olivia Snyder (2nd-151-4/46.12m), Kayla Barreca (7th-139-4/42.47m), Carolyn Wilder (10th-129-8/39.52m); Shot Put (Invite): Abigale Wilson (8th-45-11.25/14.00m); Discus (Invite): Abigale Wilson (4th-159-2/48.52m)

FRIDAY WOMEN'S RESULTS:
Hammer: Emily Taylor (3rd-169-0/51.53m*), Carolyn Wilder (19th-140-10/42.94m*)

* denotes career-best time