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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams return to competition this weekend hosting the Al Campbell Invitational on Friday, Feb. 19 at the Stile Athletics Field House.
REMEMBERING COACH AL CAMPBELL: This marks the second year that Akron's final indoor meet of the regular season has been named in honor of the late Zips' track and field coach Al Campbell. Formerly the Zips Invitational, the meet was dedicated with Campbell in attendance at the 2019 Campbell/Wright Invitational.
Akron's final home outdoor meet was named in his honor in 1996 before later being billed as the Campbell/Wright Invitational in 2003.
Campbell, who passed away in December of 2019, spent over 30 years as a coach and educator at the University of Akron, while also coaching women's teams at Walsh University for nearly 20 years.
A four-year letterwinner for the Zips in track and cross country, Campbell earned his bachelor's degree in education from Akron in 1964.
A graduate of Garfield High School in Akron, Campbell first burst onto Akron sports scene as a freshman in 1960 when he garnered first-place finishes, while establishing course records, in the initial two races of his Zips' career. In 1960, Campbell won the Touchdown Club Award as the Most Valuable Runner as a freshman. It was an honor Campbell was to receive in all four years of varsity competition – an achievement reached by no other Akron runner before or since.
Campbell was a member of three undefeated track teams that captured the Ohio Conference Championships in 1961 (9-0), '62 (8-0) and '63 (8-0). The latter two seasons the Zips captured the NCAA Mideast Regional title as well. By the time Campbell concluded his career with another MVP Award in track he owned the records in the 2-mile, 3-mile and 4-mile events.
UP NEXT: The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams return to competition this weekend hosting the Al Campbell Invitational.
Akron will welcome competitors from Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Walsh and Xavier. The first of 28 events get underway with the women's long jump, pole vault and weight throw and men's high jump and long jump at 5 p.m. and runs through the men's and women's 4x400 relays that are scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.
Live stats from the Al Campbell Invitational will be available at GoZips.com.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: The University of Akron track and field teams has garnered recognition for their efforts during the 2021 indoor season as the Zips are rated in the Event Squad rankings released on Feb. 15, 2021 as part of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index.
Akron is ranked sixth nationally in the men's triple jump and among the top 20 in five different events.
The Zips also rated 10th in the men's long jump, 11th in the men's pole vault and in the men's weight throw and 20th in the women's 800 meters.
The Akron men and women rank fourth and eighth, respectively, in the Great Lakes Regional polls.
The Zips' men's squad ranked No. 4 in the final Collegiate Indoor Dual Meet Rankings in 2020 as compiled by Jesse Squire for Track and Field News.
ZIPS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST IN 2021 TFRRS RANKINGS: Akron has four student-athletes ranked in the top-25 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) during the 2021 indoor campaign, including, senior Hesham Eldesouky (Nasr City, Egypt), who is 17th in the nation in the men's triple jump (51-8.50/15.76m).
Also rated among the top-25 is junior Nuh Andu (Doha, Qatar) (19th in the men's high jump – 7-0.25/2.14m), senior Brandon Hochbein (22nd in the men's heptathlon – 5,297) and freshman Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) (24th in the men's pole Vault – 17-2.75/5.25m).
A WEEK AGO: The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams capped another impressive weekend of individual results garnering 11 victories as part of 28 overall top-three performances at the Doug Raymond Invitational hosted by Kent State on Saturday, Feb. 13.
Freshman Beth Arentz (Cronulla, Australia) registered the fourth-fastest time in indoor program history to win the women's 3,000 meters crossing the line in 9:43.75.
Junior Kassandra Roemer (Kaiserlautern, Germany) won the women's long jump with the No. 4 mark in indoor program history soaring a career-best 20-1.50 (6.13m). Her effort stands as the No. 32 mark in the NCAA this season and top mark in the Mid-American Conference in 2021.
Senior Andre Bollam-Godbott (Brunswick, Ohio) won the men's mile in a time of 4:17.78, while sophomore Blake Lucius (Crestline, Ohio) took the men's 800 meters in a time of 1:52.16
Senior Leah Recker (Findlay, Ohio) finished first in the women's 800 meters in a time of 2:15.03.
Junior Malcom Briley (Pickerington, Ohio) took the men's 200 meters in a career-best time of 21.71, while sophomore Zarik Brown (Dayton, Ohio) captured the men's 400 meters in a time of 46.92.
Hesham Eldesouky bested the field in the men's triple jump with a mark of 51-8.50 (15.76m), the No. 17 effort in the NCAA this season.
Junior Jacqueline Pokuaah (Akron, Ohio) took first in the women's triple jump with a career-best mark of 39-2.50 (11.95m).
The men's 4x400 relay team of seniors Andrew Wahl (Northfield, Ohio) and Steven Ashcraft (Canton, Ohio), redshirt sophomore Charles Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio), freshman Taron Austin (Twinsburg, Ohio) crossed the line first in 3:17.83.
A YEAR AGO: For the second consecutive week, Noah Williams established a school-record time in the men's 400 meters winning the race in a time of 46.20 to headline the performances of the Akron track and field team at the Al Campbell Invitational on Feb. 21, 2020, at the Stile Athletics Field House.
The Zips culminated their preparations for the 2020 MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Akron, winning 11 events and earning 33 overall top-three finishes.
Last year marked the first season that Akron's final indoor meet of the regular season has been named in honor of the late Zips' track and field coach Al Campbell. Formerly the Zips Invitational, the meet was dedicated with Campbell in attendance at the 2019 Campbell/Wright Invitational.
Shawnn Foster registered a career-best mark of 61-3 (18.68m) to win the women's weight throw. Her effort equals the No. 5 mark in indoor program history. She also placed second in the women's shot put with a mark of 27-10.25 (8.49m).
Lucy Bryan, redshirt junior Abby Helminiak (Toledo, Ohio) and sophomore Rachael Ward (Jamestown, N.Y.) took the top-three spots in the women's pole vault eclipsing 14-6 (4.42m), 13-0.25 (3.97m) and 12-6.25 (3.82m), respectively.
Senior Matt Keim (Bollivar, Ohio) and Tyler Fraker each cleared 16-6 (5.03m) to place first and second, based on jumps, in the men's pole vault.
Akron captured the top-five finishes in the men's long jump as sophomore Haruki Sakai (Katori, Japan), senior Jayce Shaffer (Lawrenceville, Ga.), sophomore Caleb Mabins (Erie, Pa.), sophomore Avalonn Harper (Wooster, Ohio) and senior Brandon Hochbein (Sarver, Pa.) recorded marks of 23-1.25 (7.04m), 22-10 (6.96m), 21-11 (6.68m), 21-10.75 (6.67m) and 21-8.75 (6.62m).
Leah Recker and sophomore Morgan Jankowski (Brook Park, Ohio) swept the top-two finishes in the women's 800 meters in times of 2:15.83 and 2:19.36.
Kassandra Roemer won the women's long jump with a mark of 18-9.75 (5.73m), while junior Sara Foster (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) recorded a then career-best mark of 17-9 (5.41m) to place second.
Malcom Briley won the men's 60 meters in a time of 6.90.
Redshirt junior Milton Wilson (Streetsboro, Ohio), sophomore William Gross (Newfane, N.Y.), junior Jacob Hutcherson (Uniontown, Ohio) and sophomore Jabari Neal-Jackson (Cincinnati, Ohio) swept the top-four spots in the men's weight throw with marks of 59-8 (18.20m), 59-4 (18.09m), 54-10 (16.72m) and 53-5 (16.30m).
The women's 4x400 relay team of sophomore Julia Frombach (Avon, Ohio), senior Varvara Lissichkina (Karaganda, Kazahkstan) and Victoria Stachowski and sophomore Makenna Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio) capped the evening efforts for the Zips winning the race in 3:54.82.
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AL CAMPBELL INVITATIONAL - MEET INFORMATION (PDF) | MEET SCHEDULE (PDF) | ACCEPTED ENTRIES | LIVE STATS | LIVE STREAM | PREVIEW
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams return to competition this weekend hosting the Al Campbell Invitational on Friday, Feb. 19 at the Stile Athletics Field House.
REMEMBERING COACH AL CAMPBELL: This marks the second year that Akron's final indoor meet of the regular season has been named in honor of the late Zips' track and field coach Al Campbell. Formerly the Zips Invitational, the meet was dedicated with Campbell in attendance at the 2019 Campbell/Wright Invitational.
Akron's final home outdoor meet was named in his honor in 1996 before later being billed as the Campbell/Wright Invitational in 2003.
Campbell, who passed away in December of 2019, spent over 30 years as a coach and educator at the University of Akron, while also coaching women's teams at Walsh University for nearly 20 years.
A four-year letterwinner for the Zips in track and cross country, Campbell earned his bachelor's degree in education from Akron in 1964.
A graduate of Garfield High School in Akron, Campbell first burst onto Akron sports scene as a freshman in 1960 when he garnered first-place finishes, while establishing course records, in the initial two races of his Zips' career. In 1960, Campbell won the Touchdown Club Award as the Most Valuable Runner as a freshman. It was an honor Campbell was to receive in all four years of varsity competition – an achievement reached by no other Akron runner before or since.
Campbell was a member of three undefeated track teams that captured the Ohio Conference Championships in 1961 (9-0), '62 (8-0) and '63 (8-0). The latter two seasons the Zips captured the NCAA Mideast Regional title as well. By the time Campbell concluded his career with another MVP Award in track he owned the records in the 2-mile, 3-mile and 4-mile events.
UP NEXT: The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams return to competition this weekend hosting the Al Campbell Invitational.
Akron will welcome competitors from Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Walsh and Xavier. The first of 28 events get underway with the women's long jump, pole vault and weight throw and men's high jump and long jump at 5 p.m. and runs through the men's and women's 4x400 relays that are scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.
Live stats from the Al Campbell Invitational will be available at GoZips.com.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: The University of Akron track and field teams has garnered recognition for their efforts during the 2021 indoor season as the Zips are rated in the Event Squad rankings released on Feb. 15, 2021 as part of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index.
Akron is ranked sixth nationally in the men's triple jump and among the top 20 in five different events.
The Zips also rated 10th in the men's long jump, 11th in the men's pole vault and in the men's weight throw and 20th in the women's 800 meters.
The Akron men and women rank fourth and eighth, respectively, in the Great Lakes Regional polls.
The Zips' men's squad ranked No. 4 in the final Collegiate Indoor Dual Meet Rankings in 2020 as compiled by Jesse Squire for Track and Field News.
ZIPS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST IN 2021 TFRRS RANKINGS: Akron has four student-athletes ranked in the top-25 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) during the 2021 indoor campaign, including, senior Hesham Eldesouky (Nasr City, Egypt), who is 17th in the nation in the men's triple jump (51-8.50/15.76m).
Also rated among the top-25 is junior Nuh Andu (Doha, Qatar) (19th in the men's high jump – 7-0.25/2.14m), senior Brandon Hochbein (22nd in the men's heptathlon – 5,297) and freshman Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) (24th in the men's pole Vault – 17-2.75/5.25m).
A WEEK AGO: The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams capped another impressive weekend of individual results garnering 11 victories as part of 28 overall top-three performances at the Doug Raymond Invitational hosted by Kent State on Saturday, Feb. 13.
Freshman Beth Arentz (Cronulla, Australia) registered the fourth-fastest time in indoor program history to win the women's 3,000 meters crossing the line in 9:43.75.
Junior Kassandra Roemer (Kaiserlautern, Germany) won the women's long jump with the No. 4 mark in indoor program history soaring a career-best 20-1.50 (6.13m). Her effort stands as the No. 32 mark in the NCAA this season and top mark in the Mid-American Conference in 2021.
Senior Andre Bollam-Godbott (Brunswick, Ohio) won the men's mile in a time of 4:17.78, while sophomore Blake Lucius (Crestline, Ohio) took the men's 800 meters in a time of 1:52.16
Senior Leah Recker (Findlay, Ohio) finished first in the women's 800 meters in a time of 2:15.03.
Junior Malcom Briley (Pickerington, Ohio) took the men's 200 meters in a career-best time of 21.71, while sophomore Zarik Brown (Dayton, Ohio) captured the men's 400 meters in a time of 46.92.
Hesham Eldesouky bested the field in the men's triple jump with a mark of 51-8.50 (15.76m), the No. 17 effort in the NCAA this season.
Junior Jacqueline Pokuaah (Akron, Ohio) took first in the women's triple jump with a career-best mark of 39-2.50 (11.95m).
The men's 4x400 relay team of seniors Andrew Wahl (Northfield, Ohio) and Steven Ashcraft (Canton, Ohio), redshirt sophomore Charles Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio), freshman Taron Austin (Twinsburg, Ohio) crossed the line first in 3:17.83.
A YEAR AGO: For the second consecutive week, Noah Williams established a school-record time in the men's 400 meters winning the race in a time of 46.20 to headline the performances of the Akron track and field team at the Al Campbell Invitational on Feb. 21, 2020, at the Stile Athletics Field House.
The Zips culminated their preparations for the 2020 MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Akron, winning 11 events and earning 33 overall top-three finishes.
Last year marked the first season that Akron's final indoor meet of the regular season has been named in honor of the late Zips' track and field coach Al Campbell. Formerly the Zips Invitational, the meet was dedicated with Campbell in attendance at the 2019 Campbell/Wright Invitational.
Shawnn Foster registered a career-best mark of 61-3 (18.68m) to win the women's weight throw. Her effort equals the No. 5 mark in indoor program history. She also placed second in the women's shot put with a mark of 27-10.25 (8.49m).
Lucy Bryan, redshirt junior Abby Helminiak (Toledo, Ohio) and sophomore Rachael Ward (Jamestown, N.Y.) took the top-three spots in the women's pole vault eclipsing 14-6 (4.42m), 13-0.25 (3.97m) and 12-6.25 (3.82m), respectively.
Senior Matt Keim (Bollivar, Ohio) and Tyler Fraker each cleared 16-6 (5.03m) to place first and second, based on jumps, in the men's pole vault.
Akron captured the top-five finishes in the men's long jump as sophomore Haruki Sakai (Katori, Japan), senior Jayce Shaffer (Lawrenceville, Ga.), sophomore Caleb Mabins (Erie, Pa.), sophomore Avalonn Harper (Wooster, Ohio) and senior Brandon Hochbein (Sarver, Pa.) recorded marks of 23-1.25 (7.04m), 22-10 (6.96m), 21-11 (6.68m), 21-10.75 (6.67m) and 21-8.75 (6.62m).
Leah Recker and sophomore Morgan Jankowski (Brook Park, Ohio) swept the top-two finishes in the women's 800 meters in times of 2:15.83 and 2:19.36.
Kassandra Roemer won the women's long jump with a mark of 18-9.75 (5.73m), while junior Sara Foster (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) recorded a then career-best mark of 17-9 (5.41m) to place second.
Malcom Briley won the men's 60 meters in a time of 6.90.
Redshirt junior Milton Wilson (Streetsboro, Ohio), sophomore William Gross (Newfane, N.Y.), junior Jacob Hutcherson (Uniontown, Ohio) and sophomore Jabari Neal-Jackson (Cincinnati, Ohio) swept the top-four spots in the men's weight throw with marks of 59-8 (18.20m), 59-4 (18.09m), 54-10 (16.72m) and 53-5 (16.30m).
The women's 4x400 relay team of sophomore Julia Frombach (Avon, Ohio), senior Varvara Lissichkina (Karaganda, Kazahkstan) and Victoria Stachowski and sophomore Makenna Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio) capped the evening efforts for the Zips winning the race in 3:54.82.
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