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STAN ROMANOSKI OPEN: MEET INFORMATION | LIVE STATS
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men's and women's track and field team commences the outdoor portion of its 2023 schedule traveling to Morgantown, W.Va., to compete at the Stan Romanoski Open hosted by West Virginia on Friday and Saturday, March 17-18.
UP NEXT: The Zips will compete at two-day event at Mylan Park Track and Field Complex on Friday and Saturday.
The meet will kick off with the men's hammer and women's hammer beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday. The men's discus opens competition on Saturday at 11 a.m. before action on the track starts with the women's 5,000 meters at 1 p.m. The meet concludes with the men's 4x400 relay at 7:10 p.m.
Live stats will be available at GoZips.com.
GARRETSON NAMED ELITE 90 WINNER: Akron Redshirt sophomore pole vaulter Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) was the recipient of the Elite 90 award for the 2023 NCAA Division Men's Track and Field Indoor Championship.
Garretson, majoring in mathematics, boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA was presented with the award during the presentation on March 11. He became the second Zip to earn the distinguished honor joining Tyler Sanda, who won the award as a member of the Akron men's soccer team in 2015.
GARRETSON GARNERS ALL-AMERICA ACCOLADES: Hunter Garretson garnered Second-Team All-America accolades on the strength of a 12th-place showing (18-1/5.51m) at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the University of New Mexico on March 10.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: The University of Akron track and field teams garnered recognition for their efforts during the 2023 indoor season as the Zips rated in the Event Squad rankings released on Feb. 27, 2023, as part of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index.
Akron ranked 14th nationally in the men's pole vault and in the men's weight throw.
ZIPS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST IN 2023 TFRRS RANKINGS: Akron have a pair of student-athletes ranked in the top-50 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) during the 2023 indoor campaign, including, Hunter Garretson, who was ninth in the nation in the men's pole vault (18-2.50/5.55m).
Also rated among the top-50 is redshirt senior Milton Wilson (Streetsboro, Ohio), who was 38th in the men's weight throw (68-11.75/21.02m).
CRACKING THE ALL-TIME TOP-FIVE PERFORMANCES: The Zips posted one school record as part of seven overall top-five performances in program history to the record book during the 2023 indoor campaign.
TOP MARKS:
Akron Men
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Akron Women
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men's and women's track and field team commences the outdoor portion of its 2023 schedule traveling to Morgantown, W.Va., to compete at the Stan Romanoski Open hosted by West Virginia on Friday and Saturday, March 17-18.
UP NEXT: The Zips will compete at two-day event at Mylan Park Track and Field Complex on Friday and Saturday.
The meet will kick off with the men's hammer and women's hammer beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday. The men's discus opens competition on Saturday at 11 a.m. before action on the track starts with the women's 5,000 meters at 1 p.m. The meet concludes with the men's 4x400 relay at 7:10 p.m.
Live stats will be available at GoZips.com.
GARRETSON NAMED ELITE 90 WINNER: Akron Redshirt sophomore pole vaulter Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) was the recipient of the Elite 90 award for the 2023 NCAA Division Men's Track and Field Indoor Championship.
Garretson, majoring in mathematics, boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA was presented with the award during the presentation on March 11. He became the second Zip to earn the distinguished honor joining Tyler Sanda, who won the award as a member of the Akron men's soccer team in 2015.
GARRETSON GARNERS ALL-AMERICA ACCOLADES: Hunter Garretson garnered Second-Team All-America accolades on the strength of a 12th-place showing (18-1/5.51m) at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the University of New Mexico on March 10.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: The University of Akron track and field teams garnered recognition for their efforts during the 2023 indoor season as the Zips rated in the Event Squad rankings released on Feb. 27, 2023, as part of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index.
Akron ranked 14th nationally in the men's pole vault and in the men's weight throw.
ZIPS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST IN 2023 TFRRS RANKINGS: Akron have a pair of student-athletes ranked in the top-50 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) during the 2023 indoor campaign, including, Hunter Garretson, who was ninth in the nation in the men's pole vault (18-2.50/5.55m).
Also rated among the top-50 is redshirt senior Milton Wilson (Streetsboro, Ohio), who was 38th in the men's weight throw (68-11.75/21.02m).
CRACKING THE ALL-TIME TOP-FIVE PERFORMANCES: The Zips posted one school record as part of seven overall top-five performances in program history to the record book during the 2023 indoor campaign.
| NAME | EVENT/DATE | RANK – MARK |
| Brian Masai | Men's 3,000M – Jan. 20 | No. 3 – 8:10.74 |
| Brian Masai | Men's Mile – Jan. 27 | No. 2 – 4:03.21 |
| Hunter Garretson | Men's Pole Vault – Jan. 27 | No. 4 – 17-10.50 (5.45m) |
| Vanessa Horn | Women's 400M – Jan. 28 | No. 5 – 55.24 |
| Oliver Huffman, Silas Bush, Zayd Elkurd, Brian Masai | Men's DMR – Jan. 28 | No. 5 – 9:55.98 |
| Brian Masai | Men's 5,000M – Feb. 11 | No. 1 – 13:46.76 |
| Hunter Garretson | Men's Pole Vault – Feb. 17 | No. 3 – 18.2.50 (5.55m) |
TOP MARKS:
Akron Men
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Akron Women
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