Twenty-Three Zips Garner All-MAC Track and Field Accolades

Twenty-Three Zips Garner All-MAC Track and Field Accolades

May 14 | Track & Field

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AKRON, Ohio – Strong individual and team performances dominated the efforts of the University of Akron track and field team at last weekend's Mid-American Conference Championships as 23 Zips garnered All-MAC accolades, including 20 first-team citations.

Headlining the Zips' performances was senior Mackenzie Andrews (Toowoomba, Australia), who captured her fourth and fifth league crowns taking home titles in the women's 1,500 meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase. Andrews won her fourth individual MAC title taking down the competition in the women's 1,500 meters in a time of 4:27.51, while also becoming only the second Zip to win the steeplechase in championship history, crossing the line in a time of 10:26.74.

Akron garnered a trio of individual honors as redshirt freshman Noah Williams (Hilton, N.Y.) and freshmen Sara Foster (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) and Demetrius Jackson (Beachwood, Ohio) were named the Men's Most Outstanding Track Co-Performer of the Meet, Women's Track Freshman of the Year and Men's Track Freshman of the Year, respectively, for their performances to lead the Zips to capture the men's and women's team titles.

Williams, was named the Men's Most Outstanding Track Co-Performer of the Meet on the strength of triumphs in the men's 400 meters as well as running legs on the victorious men's 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads. Williams crossed the line in the men's 400 meters in a school-record time of 45.72, the 14th-fastest time in the NCAA this season.

The men's 4x100 relay team of freshman Malcom Briley (Pickerington, Ohio), Williams, freshman Amir Willis (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Jackson recorded a season-best time of 40.39.

The Zips completed the sweep of the men's relays taking home the title in the men's 4x400 relay for only the second time in outdoor program history as the quartet of redshirt freshman Garrett White (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), and freshmen Zach Robinson (Pickerington, Ohio), Sam Janson (Dayton, Ohio) and Williams registered a come-from-behind victory in a season-best time of 3:12.00.

Senior Jordan Latimer (Huber Heights, Ohio) captured his sixth overall and fifth consecutive (indoor and outdoor) league title in the men's long jump on the strength of a winning jump and facility-record mark of 25-7.50 (7.81m).

Foster garnered her first-ever MAC title in the women's heptathlon using a strong second-day surge to register a seven-event cumulative and career-best score of 4,808.

Senior Dara Perry (Akron, Ohio) took home her fourth overall career MAC championship and third in the women's 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.55.

Senior Lucy Bryan (Bristol, England) won her third overall and third consecutive MAC title in the women's pole vault persevering through windy conditions to claim the event with a stadium-record mark of 13-9.25 (4.20m).

Senior Abigale Wilson (Carrollton, Ohio) garnered her second consecutive and third overall league title to win the women's discus registering a season-best mark of 180-8 (55.08m).

Redshirt junior Tevin Brown (Toledo, Ohio) became the first-ever Zip to capture the men's 10,000-meter title parlaying a late surge in the race to cross the line in 31:20.78 to pull in his second career MAC title.

Redshirt junior Ian Behm (Volant, Pa.) captured his second career league title in the men's javelin persevering through fierce winds to register a winning mark of 224-0 (68.27m) on his sixth and final throw of the competition.

Redshirt junior Cole Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) extended Akron's run of dominance in the men's pole vault capturing the Zips' 24th consecutive title (indoor and outdoor) in the event with a career-best clearance of 17-0.75 (5.20m).

Redshirt sophomore Patrick Kimball (Pittsburgh, Pa.) earned his second career league crown winning the men's 110-meter hurdles in a career-best and second-fastest time in program history with a time of 13.96.

Earning individual second-team all-league honors was redshirt sophomore Abby Helminiak (Toledo, Ohio) in the women's pole vault (12-8.25/3.87m), junior Haley Hess (Curtice, Ohio) in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:31.05), junior Brandon Hochbein (Sarver, Pa.) in the men's decathlon (6,771 points), Jackson in the men's 100 meters (10.49), senior Matt Ludwig (Chardon, Ohio) in the men's pole vault (17-0.75/5.20m), redshirt sophomore Marc Migliozzi (Pittsburgh, Pa.) in the men's 1,500 meters (3:55.20), senior Curtis Richardson (Blacklick, Ohio) in the men's high jump (6-9.50/2.09m) and Wilson in the women's shot put (51-6.25/15.70m).

The Zips continue their outdoor campaign traveling to Jacksonville, Fla., to compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, May 23-25.