Strong Performances Highlight Akron's Efforts at Spire Indoor Games

Saturday, February 11

Geneva, Ohio

University of Akron

Spire Indoor Games

Strong Performances Highlight Akron's Efforts at Spire Indoor Games

February 11 | Track & Field

SPIRE INDOOR GAMES: FINAL RESULTS (PDF) | MEET INFORMATION(PDF) | LIVE STATS

GENEVA, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field team posted four victories as part of 16 overall top-five finishes at the Spire Indoor Games at the Spire Institute on Saturday, Feb. 11.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Redshirt junior Makenna Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio) crossed the line first in the women's 800 meters in a time of 2:13.70.
• Redshirt senior Rebekah Harden (Tinley Park, Ill.) captured the women's 5,000 meters in a career-best time of 17:34.50.
• Sophomore Adaeze Nwokike (Benin Cty, Nigeria) won the women's 60-meter hurdles crossing the line in 8.81.
• The men's distance medley relay squad of senior Marc Carrera (Staten Island, N.Y.), redshirt sophomore Jean Dieuvil (North Miami Beach, Fla.), redshirt junior Colt Hemphill (Louisville, Ohio) and freshman Zayd Elkurd (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) captured the event in a time of 10:21.55
• Redshirt junior Jabari Neal-Jackson (Cincinnati, Ohio) posted a career-long mark of 64-6 (19.66m) to place second in the men's weight throw.
• Elkurd placed second in the men's mile in a career-best time of 4:13.40.
• Junior Dimitrije Novakovic (Belgrade, Serbia) finished second in the men's long jump with a mark of 23-2.75 (7.08m).
• Redshirt junior Caleb Mabins (Erie, Pa.) garnered a runner-up finish in the men's triple jump with a career-best mark of 48-6 (14.78m).
• The women's distance medley relay team of sophomore Grace Henderson (Rostraver Township, Pa.), redshirt sophomore Maddie Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio), Harden and Makenna Heimlich placed second with a time of 12:45.60.

UP NEXT:
Akron hosts the fourth annual Al Campbell Invitational on Friday, Feb. 17 at Stile Athletics Field House.

SATURDAY MEN'S RESULTS:
200 Meters: Charles Sanders (14th-22.30), Jameel Williamson (22nd-22.66), Benjamin Hudak (32nd-23.21*); 400 Meters: Charles Sanders (3rd-48.87), Benjamin Hudak (18th-50.73); 800 Meters: Zayd Elkurd (2nd-1:53.95*), Jean Dieuvil (6th-1:55.34), Silas Bush (7th-1:55.60); Mile: Marc Carrera (2nd-4:13.40*), Colt Hemphill (9th-4:18.28); 3,000 Meters: Oliver Huffman (4th-8:36.85*); Distance Medley Relay: Marc Carrera, Jean Dieuvil, Colt Hemphill, Zayd Elkurd (1st-10:21.55); Long Jump: Dimitrije Novakovic (2nd-23-2.75/7.08m), Haruki Sakai (5th-22-5.25/6.84m); Triple Jump: Caleb Mabins (2nd-48-6/14.78m*); Shot Put: Lane Graham (7th-53-1/16.18m), Josiah Cox (9th-50-9.50/15.48m), Owen Wendl (14th-47-10/14.58m); Weight Throw: Jabari Neal-Jackson (2nd-64-6/19.66m*), Milton Wilson (3rd-63-5/19.33m), Josiah Cox (7th-52-4/15.95m)

SATURDAY WOMEN'S RESULTS:
200 Meters: Anna Altstadt (26th-26.52), Janay Bass (27th-26.53), Tai'Yanna Cage (31st-26.61*); 400 Meters: Janay Bass (6th-58.64), Sage Harmon (11th-59.68); 800 Meters: Makenna Heimlich (1st-2:13.70), Maddie Heimlich (3rd-2:16.36), Brianna Martino (29th-2:27.32); Mile: Grace Henderson (11th-5:13.50*), Hannah Kerr (16th-5:19.13*), Halle Sebest (20th-5:22.49*); 3,000 Meters: Danielle Honaker (6th-10:14.51*); 5,000 Meters: Rebekah Harden (1st-17:34.50*); 60-Meter Hurdles: Adaeze Nwokike (1st-8.81); Distance Medley Relay: Grace Henderson, Maddie Heimlich, Rebekah Harden, Makenna Heimlich (2nd-12:45.60); High Jump: Isabela Schroeter (3rd-5-3/1.60m*); Long Jump: Kayla Allen (39th-15-3.75/4.67m); Weight Throw: Sydney Hale (21st-43-10/13.36m*), Grace Edwards (38th-36-11/11.24m)

SATURDAY MEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60 Meters: Caleb Mabins (17th-7.10*), Haruki Sakai (19th-7.12*), Bobby Golden (21st-7.17), Jameel Williamson (26th-7.23), Dimitrije Novakovic (30th-7.28*)

SATURDAY WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60 Meters: Anna Altstadt (17th-8.06), Tai'Yanna Cage (30th-8.20*); 60-Meter Hurdles: Adaeze Nwokike (1st-8.95), Kayla Allen (25th-10.05)

* Denotes career-best mark