Wilson’s School-Record Mark Culminates Zips’ Performances at Akron Invitational

Saturday, February 5

Akron, Ohio

University of Akron

18th Annual Akron Invitational

Wilson’s School-Record Mark Culminates Zips’ Performances at Akron Invitational

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AKRON, Ohio - University of Akron track and field redshirt junior Milton Wilson (Streetsboro, Ohio) set a school-record mark en route to winning the men's weight throw with a career-best mark of 69-0.50 (21.04m) to highlight the Zips' performances on the final day of the 18th Annual Akron Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Stile Athletics Field House.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Wilson not only set a school-record mark winning the men's weight throw with a career-best mark (69-0.50/21.04m), but his effort stands as the No. 22 throw in the NCAA this season
• Junior Amya Clarke (Christ Church, St. Kitts and Nevis) recorded career-best times of 7.44 and 24.37, respectively, to take the titles in the women's 60 and 200 meters. Her effort in the women's 60 meters stands as the second-fastest time in indoor program history
• Senior Jacob Ondash (Hiram, Ohio) recorded the third-fastest time in indoor program history in the men's 3,000 meters to earn a third-place finish in 8:11.99
• Redshirt sophomore Charles Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio) registered the fifth-fastest time in indoor men's 400 meters winning the race in a career-best time of 47.08, while freshman Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio) added a career-best time of 47.14 to place second
• Freshman Fegor Clifford (Delta State, Nigeria) captured the women's gold division 400 meters in a career-best time of 55.73 after earlier in the day winning the blue division women's 200 meters in a time of 24.84
• Sophomore Blake Lucius (Crestline, Ohio) took the title in the men's mile in a career-best time of 4:10.21, while senior Hannah Long (Pacific, Mo.) won the women's mile on the strength of a career-best time of 4:51.35.
• Led by senior Hesham Eldesouky (Nasr City, Egypt) winning the men's long jump with a mark of 24-5.75 (7.46m), the Zips took four of the top-five finishes in the event. Sophomore Dimitrije Novakovic (Belgrade, Serbia) placed second with a jump of 24-3.50 (7.40m)
• Freshman Jacob Glavickas (Orwell, Ohio) finished in fourth place in the men's heptathlon with a seven-event career-best cumulative score of 4,731.
• Freshman Taylor Shriver (Waynesburg, Pa.) placed second in the women's pole vault eclipsing 13-5.25 (4.10m)
• Senior Varvara Lissichkina (Karaganda, Kazahstan) finished second in the women's 800 meters crossing the line in 2:12.79
• Freshman Oscar Prieto (Barcelona, Spain) came in third place in the men's pole vault with a career-best mark of 16-4.75 (5.00m) in his Akron debut
• The men's 4x400 relay team of freshman Jack Weaver (Mt. Gilead, Ohio), Lucius, redshirt junior Oliver Huffman (Augusta, Ga.) and senior Matthew Perison (Kent, Ohio) bested the field in 3:24.71, while the women's 4x400 relay squad of freshman Sage Harmon (Bloomsburg, Pa.), junior Sara Foster (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), freshman Anna Altstadt (Huntingburg, Ind.) and redshirt freshman Maddie Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio) crossed the line first in 3:55.46
• Harkelroad bested the field in the men's blue division 200 meters crossing the line in a career-best time of 21.98
• Freshman Nighyah Carthen (Twinsburg, Ohio) placed second in the women's blue division shot put with a career-best mark of 43-5.75 (13.25m)
• Junior Jacqueline Pokuaah (Akron, Ohio) recorded a career-best time of 8.66 to edge the field in the women's 60-meter hurdles before placing second and third in the women's 60 and 200 meters in career-best times of 7.60 and 24.69

UP NEXT
Akron is scheduled to compete at the Doug Raymond Invitational hosted by Kent State on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12.

MEN'S SATURDAY GOLD DIVISION RESULTS:
Mile: Blake Lucius (1st-4:10.21*), Oliver Huffman (4th-4:14.42*), Colt Hemphill (6th-4:19.00*); 400 Meters: Charles Sanders (1st-47.08*), Jimmy Harkelroad (2nd-47.14*), Jack Weaver (6th-49.65); 800 Meters: Jean Dieuvil (3rd-1:53.98*); 3,000 Meters: Jacob Ondash (3rd-8:11.99*); 4x400 Relay: Jack Weaver, Blake Lucius, Oliver Huffman, Matthew Perison (1st-3:24.71); High Jump: Nuh Andu (3rd-6-4.75/1.95m); Pole Vault: Oscar Prieto (3rd-16-4.75/5.00m*), Robert Artrip (NH); Long Jump: Hesham Eldesouky (1st-24-5.75/7.46m), Dimitrije Novakovic (2nd-24-3.50/7.40m), Avalonn Harper (4th-22-9/6.93m), Caleb Mabins (5th-22-5.75/6.85m); Shot Put: Lane Graham (4th-53-7.75/16.35m*), Jacob Hutcherson (7th-50-1.75/15.28m); Weight Throw: Milton Wilson (1st-69-0.50/21.04m*), Jabari Neal-Jackson (3rd-61-3/18.68m*), Jacob Hutcherson (4th-57-8/17.59m*); Triple Jump: Haruki Sakai (8th-43-7/13.28m)

WOMEN'S SATURDAY GOLD DIVISION RESULTS:
Mile: Hannah Long (1st-4:51.35*); 60-Meter Hurdles: Jacqueline Pokuaah (1st-8.66*); 400 Meters: Fegor Clifford (1st-55.73*), Janay Bass (2nd-56.47), Sage Harmon (10th-59.45); 800 Meters: Varvara Lissichkina (2nd-2:12.79), Makenna Heimlich (3rd-2:13.03), Maddie Heimlich (5th-2:15.07*); 60 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-7.44*), Jacqueline Pokuaah (3rd-7.60*); 200 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-24.37*), Jacqueline Pokuaah (2nd-24.69*); 3,000 Meters: Mya Kizer (3rd-10:18.00), Lizzy Gurko (5th-10:23.06), Sophia Leto (6th-10:27.02*); 4x400 Relay: Sage Harmon, Sara Foster, Anna Altstadt, Maddie Heimlich (1st-3:55.46); Pole Vault: Taylor Shriver (2nd-13-5.25/4.10m), Abby Knouff (3rd-12-11.50/3.95m), Brynn Rychlik (4th-12-5.50/3.80m*), Abigail Drayer (5th-11-11.75/3.65m); Long Jump: Kassandra Roemer (3rd-18-2.25/5.54m); High Jump: Carlyn Zahner (6th-5-3/1.60m)

MEN'S SATURDAY GOLD DIVISION PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60-Meters: Jack Weaver (10th-7.07)

WOMEN'S SATURDAY GOLD DIVISION PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60-Meter Hurdles: Jacqueline Pokuaah (1st-8.67); 60 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-7.51*), Jacqueline Pokuaah (2nd-7.64), Anna Altstadt (10th-7.90*)

MEN'S SATURDAY BLUE DIVISION RESULTS:
400 Meters: Matthew Perison (14th-52.26); 200 Meters: Jimmy Harkelroad (1st-21.98*); High Jump: Avalonn Harper (3rd-6-0.75/1.85m*)

WOMEN'S SATURDAY BLUE DIVISION RESULTS:
3,000 Meters: Hannah Kerr (12th-10:56.70*); 800 Meters: Julia Frombach (5th-2:18.25*), Brianna Martino (16th-2:29.66*); 200 Meters: Fegor Clifford (1st-24.84), Janay Bass (3rd-25.52*), Anna Altstadt (6th-25.98*), Sage Harmon (15th-26.49); Weight Throw: Grace Edwards (14th-35-4/10.79m*); Shot Put: Nighyah Carthen (2nd-43-5.75/13.25m*)

MEN'S HEPTATHLON RESULTS:
Jacob Glavickas (4th-4,731*); 60 Meters: Jacob Glavickas (4th-7.34*); Long Jump: Jacob Glavickas (4th-20-9.75/6.34m*); Shot Put: Jacob Glavickas (8th-32-3.50/9.84m*); High Jump: Jacob Glavickas (6th-5-9.25/1.76m*); 60-Meter Hurdles: Jacob Glavickas (6th-9.25*); Pole Vault: Jacob Glavickas (2nd-13-9.25/4.20m*); 1,000 Meters: Jacob Glavickas (1st-2:40.20*)

WOMEN'S PENTATHLON RESULTS:
Sara Foster (1st-3,602), Grace Henderson (6th-3,066*), Kayla Allen (7th-2,712*); 60-Meter Hurdles: Sara Foster (2nd-9.13), Kayla Allen (6th-9.90*), Grace Henderson (7th-10.29*); High Jump: Sara Foster (4th-5-2.50/1.59m), Grace Henderson (4th-5-2.50/1.59m*), Kayla Allen (7th-4-4/1.32m*); Shot Put: Sara Foster (2nd-33-6/10.21m*), Kayla Allen (6th-28-7.50/8.72m*), Grace Henderson (7th-26-11.75/8.22m*); Long Jump: Sara Foster (2nd-17-6.25/5.34m), Grace Henderson (5th-16-0.50/4.89m*), Kayla Allen (7th-15-7/4.75m*); 800 Meters: Sara Foster (1st-2:18.54*), Grace Henderson (2nd-2:26.37*), Kayla Allen (5th-2:36.43*)

GOLD DIVISION FRIDAY MEN'S RESULTS:
5,000 Meters: Anthony Nichols (7th-15:55.30), Kyle Stober (8th-16:05.82)

GOLD DIVISION FRIDAY WOMEN'S RESULTS:
5,000 Meters: Lindsey Scarton (2nd-17:20.75), Danielle Honaker (3rd-18:19.21*); Distance Medley Relay: Hannah Long, Varvara Lissichkina, Makenna Heimlich, Beth Arentz (1st-11:33.91)

BLUE DIVISION FRIDAY WOMEN'S RESULTS:
Long Jump: Fegor Clifford (1st-19-0/5.79m), Jacqueline Pokuaah (2nd-18-11.25/5.77m)

* denotes career-best mark