Strong Performance Culminate Akron's Efforts at MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

Saturday, February 25

Bowling Green, Ohio

University of Akron

Mid-American Conference Indoor Championship

Strong Performance Culminate Akron's Efforts at MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

February 25 | Track & Field

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field team culminated its efforts at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Bowling Green on Saturday, Feb. 25 pulling in five MAC titles and five runner-up performances.

Akron's men's team placed third in the men's field with 128 points, while the women's squad tallied 32.50 points in the team competition.

Freshman Brian Masai (Kitale, Kenya) was named the league's Freshman of the Year for running events after garnering second-place finishes in the men's 3,000 and 5,000 meters.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Senior Amya Clarke (Christ Church, St. Kitts and Nevis) won her fifth MAC title besting the field in the women's 60 meters in a season-best time of 7.46. Additionally, she added team points placing fourth in the women's 200 meters in 24.55.
• Senior Nuh Andu (Doha, Qatar) captured his third league title in the men's high jump besting the competition at 6-10 (2.08m).
• Redshirt sophomore Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio) won his third MAC title winning the men's 400 meters, while senior Charles Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio) garnered all-conference accolades for the eighth time crossing the line second in 49.71.
• Masai ran a school-record time of 8:04.14 in the men's 3,000 meters to earn second-team All-MAC honors for the second time.
• Freshman Josiah Cox (New Franklin, Ohio) collected All-MAC laurels for the first time on the strength of a career-best mark of 54-5.25 (16.59m) to place second in the men's shot put. Sophomore Lane Graham (Killbuck, Ohio) contributed team points finishing third in the men's shot put with a mark of 54-4 (16.56m).
• Sophomore Cassidy Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.) contributed team points eclipsing 11-10.25 (3.61m) to place third in the women's pole vault.
• Redshirt junior Makenna Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio) registered a fourth-place showing in the women's 800 meters crossing the line in 2:13.02.
• Tallying team points with fourth- and fifth-place showings in the men's triple jump was redshirt junior Caleb Mabins (Erie, Pa.) and junior Dimitrije Novakovic (Belgrade, Serbia) with marks of 48-7.75 (14.83m) and 48-7.50 (14.82m).
• Harkelroad added team points placing fourth in the men's 200 meters in a time of 21.90.
• Freshman Vanessa Horn (Ludwigsfelde, Germany) netted team points in the women's 400 meters finishing sixth in 56.92
• Redshirt junior Robert Artrip (Independence, Ohio) culminated the men's heptathlon with a seven-event cumulative score of 4,454.

UP NEXT:
Akron will culminate its indoor campaign as redshirt sophomore Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown) is expected to earn a qualifying berth in the men's pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, March 10-11, in Albuquerque, N.M.

MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS:
1) Eastern Michigan (171 points), 2) Kent State (160), 3) Akron (128), 4) Buffalo (62)

WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS:
1) Eastern Michigan (89.50 points), 2) Ball State (83), 3) Bowling Green (74.50), 4) Kent State (73.50), 5) Miami (66), 6) Central Michigan (53), 7) Toledo (51), 8) Northern Illinois (50.50), 9) Buffalo (43.50), 10) Akron (32.50), 11) Western Michigan (29), 12) Ohio (16)

SATURDAY MEN'S RESULTS:
Mile: Oliver Huffman (7th-4:25.37), Zayd Elkurd (8th-4:29.88), Marc Carrera (10th-4:42.07); 400 Meters: Jimmy Harkelroad (1st-48.77), Charles Sanders (2nd-49.71); 60 Meters: Quentin Woodall (7th-7.01*); 800 Meters: Jean Dieuvil (8th-2:01.10); 200 Meters: Jimmy Harkelroad (4th-21.90); 3,000 Meters: Brian Masai (2nd-8:04.14*), Oliver Huffman (11th-8:59.15), Marc Carrera (DNF); 4x400 Relay: Charles Sanders, Zayd Elkurd, Benjamin Hudak, Jimmy Harkelroad (3rd-3:20.24); High Jump: Nuh Andu (1st-6-10/2.08m), Avalonn Harper (5th-6-4.75/1.95m); Shot Put: Josiah Cox (2nd-54-5.25/16.59m*), Lane Graham (3rd-54-4/16.56m), Owen Wendl (9th-48-6/14.78m); Triple Jump: Caleb Mabins (4th-48-7.75/14.83m*), Dimitrije Novakovic (5th-48-7.50/14.82m), Haruki Sakai (8th-45.3/13.79m)

SATURDAY WOMEN'S RESULTS:
400 Meters: Vanessa Horn (6th-56.92); 60 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-7.46); 800 Meters: Makenna Heimlich (4th-2:13.02); 200 Meters: Amya Clarke (4th-24.55); 3,000 Meters: Danielle Honaker (25th-10:29.32); 4x400 Relay: Vanessa Horn, Janay Bass, Makenna Heimlich, Maddie Heimlich (5th-3:52.63); Pole Vault: Cassidy Allen (3rd-11-10.25/3.61m), Brynn Rychlik (NH); High Jump: Isabela Schroeter (NH)

MEN'S HEPTATHLON RESULTS:
Robert Artrip (6th-4,454); 60–Meters: Robert Artrip (5th–7.41); Long Jump: Robert Artrip (5th–20–1.25/6.13m); Shot Put: Robert Artrip (3rd–38–9.25/11.82m); High Jump: Robert Artrip (6th-5-6.50/1.69m); 60-Meter Hurdles: Robert Artrip (6th-9.32); Pole Vault: Robert Artrip (1st-15-9/4.80m); 1,000 Meters: Robert Artrip (6th-3:24.99)

FRIDAY MEN'S RESULTS:
5,000 Meters: Brian Masai (2nd-13:58.37); Distance Medley Relay: Marc Carrera, Jean Dieuvil, Silas Bush, Zayd Elkurd (4th-10:23.20); Pole Vault: Hunter Garretson (1st-17-1/5.21m), Oscar Prieto (1st-17-1/5.21m*), Robert Artrip (4th-15-9.25/4.81m); Long Jump: Haruki Sakai (3rd-23-7.50/7.20m*), Dimitrije Novakovic (5th-23-1.50/7.05m), Caleb Mabins (9th-22-1.25/6.74m); Weight Throw: Milton Wilson (2nd-67-1/20.45m), William Gross (3rd-63-9/19.44m), Jabari Neal-Jackson (4th-62-6/19.05m)

FRIDAY WOMEN'S RESULTS:
5,000 Meters: Rebekah Harden (DNF); Distance Medley Relay: Grace Henderson, Maddie Heimlich, Makenna Heimlich, Danielle Honaker (9th-12:25.67); Weight Throw: Gabrielle Griffiths (11th-52-0/15.85m)

FRIDAY MEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
400 Meters: Jimmy Harkelroad (2nd-49.85Q), Charles Sanders (5th-50.53Q), Benjamin Hudak (10th-51.33); 60 Meters: Quentin Woodall (7th-6.99q*), Bobby Golden (9th-7.02*), Jameel Williamson (12th-7.17); 800 Meters: Jean Dieuvil (6th-1:55.77Q), Silas Bush (10th-1:58.56); 200 Meters: Jimmy Harkelroad (4th-22.10Q), Jameel Williamson (11th-23.27)

FRIDAY WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
Mile: Grace Henderson (20th-5:22.27); 60-Meter Hurdles: Jade Celestine (14th-8.90); 400 Meters: Vanessa Horn (3rd-56.64Q), Janay Bass (15th-58.85), Sage Harmon (20th-61.18); 60 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-7.51Q); 800 Meters: Makenna Heimlich (4th-2:12.82Q), Maddie Heimlich (16th-2:17.24); 200 Meters: Amya Clarke (8th-24.79q)

* Denotes career–best mark
Q denotes automatic qualifier
q denotes at–large qualifier