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AKRON, Ohio -Â The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams are set to commence their outdoor campaign as the Zips travel to Morgantown, W.Va., to compete at the Stan Romanoski Open hosted by West Virginia on Friday and Saturday, March 18-19.
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UP NEXT: The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams open their spring season at the Stan Romanoski Open in Morgantown, W.Va.
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The meet is set to begin with the hammer throw on Friday, which is tabbed for 2 p.m. Saturday's action will begin with the men's discus at 11 a.m., while running events are scheduled to commence at 12:15 p.m. with the combined 10,000 meters.
Live stats from the Stan Romanoski Open will be available at GoZips.com.
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NATIONAL RANKINGS: The University of Akron track and field teams garnered recognition for their efforts during the 2022 indoor season as the Zips were rated in the Event Squad rankings released on March 1, 2022, as part of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index.
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Akron ranked 12th nationally in the men's triple jump as well as rating among the top 20 in five different events.
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The Zips also rated 14th in the women's pole vault, 15th in the men's 400 meters, 20th in the men's long jump and weight throw.
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The Akron men and women ranked eighth and ninth, respectively, in the Great Lakes Regional polls.
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ZIPS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST IN 2022 TFRRS RANKINGS: Akron had a pair of student-athletes ranked in the top-30 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) during the 2022 indoor campaign, including, senior Hesham Eldesouky (Nasr City, Egypt), who was 21st in the nation in the men's triple jump (52-6/16.00m).
Also rated among the top-30 was junior Jacqueline Pokuaah (Akron, Ohio) (26th in the women's triple jump - 43-0.25/13.11m)
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CRACKING THE ALL-TIME TOP-FIVE PERFORMANCES: The Zips added 24 top-five performances in program history to the record book during the 2022 indoor campaign, including five school records.
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STOKOWSKA NAMED MAC WOMEN'S ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR: The University of Akron track and field assistant coach Dominika Stokowska was recognized as the 2022 Mid-American Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year.
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Under the guidance of Stokowska, the Zips dominated the women's field at the MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb. 25-26 in Kent, Ohio. Her athletes registered 60 points in the women's competition, including individual titles in the women's 60 and 200 meters, as well as the women's triple jump. Additionally, the Zips placed second in the women's 400 meters and third in the women's long jump.
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Junior Amya Clarke (Christ Church, St. Kitts and Nevis) claimed a pair of league titles winning the 60 and 200 meters crossing the line in 7.34 and 24.09, respectively. Her performance in the 60 meters stands as a school-record time and equaled the fastest effort in MAC Indoor Track and Field Championship history. Her showing in the 200 meters established a new career-best performance and stands as the fifth-fastest time in indoor program history.
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Clarke became the first Zip to capture both the women's 60 and 200 meters in the same indoor championship in program history and was rewarded with her selection at the MAC's Most Valuable Performer.
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Freshman Fegor Clifford (Delta State, Nigeria) won her first league title in the women's triple jump on the strength of a career-best mark of 41-11.25 (12.78m), the No. 4 mark in indoor program history. Additionally, she placed second in the women's 400 meters in a career-best time of 55.02, the third-fastest time in indoor program history.
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Additionally, Jacqueline Pokuaah added team points placing third, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the long jump (20-1,50/6.13m), 60 meters (7.73) and 60-meter hurdles (8.66), while freshman Janay Bass (Akron, Ohio) finished fourth in the 400 meters in a career-best time of 55.84, and Clifford placed eighth in the long jump (19-0.50/5.80m).
ZIPS MAC CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD WINNERS: Akron's Amya Clarke became the first Zip to capture both the women's 60 and 200 meters in the same indoor championship in program history and was rewarded with her selection at the MAC's Most Valuable Performer.
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Freshman Taylor Shriver (Waynesburg, Pa.) placed second in the women's pole vault eclipsing 13-4.25 (4.07m). Her performance earned her MAC Women's Freshman Field Performer of the Meet accolades.
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Additionally, head coach Dennis Mitchell was named the MAC Women's Coach of the Year.
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STAN ROMANOSKI OPEN - MEET INFORMATION (PDF) | MEET SCHEDULE (PDF) | LIVE STATS
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AKRON, Ohio -Â The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams are set to commence their outdoor campaign as the Zips travel to Morgantown, W.Va., to compete at the Stan Romanoski Open hosted by West Virginia on Friday and Saturday, March 18-19.
Â
UP NEXT: The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams open their spring season at the Stan Romanoski Open in Morgantown, W.Va.
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The meet is set to begin with the hammer throw on Friday, which is tabbed for 2 p.m. Saturday's action will begin with the men's discus at 11 a.m., while running events are scheduled to commence at 12:15 p.m. with the combined 10,000 meters.
Live stats from the Stan Romanoski Open will be available at GoZips.com.
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NATIONAL RANKINGS: The University of Akron track and field teams garnered recognition for their efforts during the 2022 indoor season as the Zips were rated in the Event Squad rankings released on March 1, 2022, as part of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index.
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Akron ranked 12th nationally in the men's triple jump as well as rating among the top 20 in five different events.
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The Zips also rated 14th in the women's pole vault, 15th in the men's 400 meters, 20th in the men's long jump and weight throw.
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The Akron men and women ranked eighth and ninth, respectively, in the Great Lakes Regional polls.
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ZIPS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST IN 2022 TFRRS RANKINGS: Akron had a pair of student-athletes ranked in the top-30 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) during the 2022 indoor campaign, including, senior Hesham Eldesouky (Nasr City, Egypt), who was 21st in the nation in the men's triple jump (52-6/16.00m).
Also rated among the top-30 was junior Jacqueline Pokuaah (Akron, Ohio) (26th in the women's triple jump - 43-0.25/13.11m)
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CRACKING THE ALL-TIME TOP-FIVE PERFORMANCES: The Zips added 24 top-five performances in program history to the record book during the 2022 indoor campaign, including five school records.
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| NAME | EVENT/DATE | RANK – MARK |
| Fegor Clifford | Women's Triple Jump – Jan. 14 | No. 5 – 40-3.50 (12.28m) |
| Charles Sanders | Men's 400 Meters – Jan. 14 | No. 5 – 47.10 |
| Zarik Brown | Men's 400 Meters – Jan. 21 | No. 2 – 46.72 |
| Jacqueline Pokuaah | Women's Triple Jump – Jan. 21 | No. 3 – 41-4.25 (12.60m) |
| Jacob Ondash | Men's Mile – Jan. 29 | No. 2 – 4:04.45 |
| Zarik Brown | Men's 60 Meters – Jan. 29 | No. 3 – 6.70 |
| Blake Lucius | Men's 800 Meters – Jan. 29 | No. 5 – 1:50.58 |
| Milton Wilson | Men's Weight Throw - Feb. 5 | No. 1 - 69-0.50 (21.04m) |
| Hannah Long, Varvara Lissichkina Makenna Heimlich Beth Arentz |
Women's DMR - Feb. 4 | No. 1 - 11:33.91 |
| Amya Clarke | Women's 60 Meters - Feb. 5 | No. 2 - 7.44 |
| Jacob Ondash | Men's 3,000 Meters - Feb. 5 | No. 3 - 8:11.99 |
| Charles Sanders | Men's 400 Meters - Feb. 5 | No. 5 - 47.08 |
| Jacqueline Pokuaah | Women's Triple Jump - Feb. 12 | No. 1 - 43-0.25/13.11m |
| Blake Lucius | Men's 800 Meters - Feb. 11 | No. 4 - 1:48.93 |
| Hannah Long | Women's Mile - Feb. 11 | No. 5 - 4:50.45 |
| Fegor Clifford | Women's 400 Meters - Feb. 12 | No. 5 - 55.53 |
| Hesham Eldesouky | Men's Triple Jump - Feb. 26 | No. 1 - 52-6/16.00m |
| Amya Clarke | Women's 60 Meters - Feb. 26 | No. 1 - 7.34 |
| Fegor Clifford | Women's Triple Jump - Feb. 26 | No. 4 - 41-11.25/12.78m |
| Charles Sanders | Men's 400 Meters - Feb. 26 | No. 4 - 47.01 |
| Jacqueline Pokuaah | Women's Long Jump - Feb. 25 | No. 4 - 20-1.50/6.13m |
| Blake Lucius, Jean Dieuvil, Oliver Huffman, Jacob Ondash | Men's DMR - Feb. 25 | No. 4 - 9:48.59 |
| Amya Clarke | Women's 200 Meters - Feb. 26 | No. 5 - 24.09 |
| Hesham Eldesouky | Men's Long Jump - Feb. 25 | No. 5 - 24-9.25/7.55m |
STOKOWSKA NAMED MAC WOMEN'S ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR: The University of Akron track and field assistant coach Dominika Stokowska was recognized as the 2022 Mid-American Conference Women's Indoor Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year.
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Under the guidance of Stokowska, the Zips dominated the women's field at the MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb. 25-26 in Kent, Ohio. Her athletes registered 60 points in the women's competition, including individual titles in the women's 60 and 200 meters, as well as the women's triple jump. Additionally, the Zips placed second in the women's 400 meters and third in the women's long jump.
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Junior Amya Clarke (Christ Church, St. Kitts and Nevis) claimed a pair of league titles winning the 60 and 200 meters crossing the line in 7.34 and 24.09, respectively. Her performance in the 60 meters stands as a school-record time and equaled the fastest effort in MAC Indoor Track and Field Championship history. Her showing in the 200 meters established a new career-best performance and stands as the fifth-fastest time in indoor program history.
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Clarke became the first Zip to capture both the women's 60 and 200 meters in the same indoor championship in program history and was rewarded with her selection at the MAC's Most Valuable Performer.
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Freshman Fegor Clifford (Delta State, Nigeria) won her first league title in the women's triple jump on the strength of a career-best mark of 41-11.25 (12.78m), the No. 4 mark in indoor program history. Additionally, she placed second in the women's 400 meters in a career-best time of 55.02, the third-fastest time in indoor program history.
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Additionally, Jacqueline Pokuaah added team points placing third, sixth and seventh, respectively, in the long jump (20-1,50/6.13m), 60 meters (7.73) and 60-meter hurdles (8.66), while freshman Janay Bass (Akron, Ohio) finished fourth in the 400 meters in a career-best time of 55.84, and Clifford placed eighth in the long jump (19-0.50/5.80m).
ZIPS MAC CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD WINNERS: Akron's Amya Clarke became the first Zip to capture both the women's 60 and 200 meters in the same indoor championship in program history and was rewarded with her selection at the MAC's Most Valuable Performer.
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Freshman Taylor Shriver (Waynesburg, Pa.) placed second in the women's pole vault eclipsing 13-4.25 (4.07m). Her performance earned her MAC Women's Freshman Field Performer of the Meet accolades.
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Additionally, head coach Dennis Mitchell was named the MAC Women's Coach of the Year.
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