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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men's and women's track and field team begins the home stretch of its season towards the Mid-American Conference Championships as the Zips compete in a pair of weekend meets.
UP NEXT: The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams will compete at the Jesse Owens Classic in Columbus on Friday and Saturday, April 21-22.
The two-day Jesse Owens Classic will kick off on Friday with the women's javelin at 1 p.m. before the men's 5,000 meters concludes opening-day action. The meet wraps up on Saturday starting with the women's shot put at 11 a.m. and ending with the men's 4x400 relay at 5:35 p.m.
Live stats of the Jesse Owens Classic will be available at GoZips.com.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: The University of Akron track and field teams has garnered recognition for their efforts during the 2023 outdoor season as the Zips are rated in the Event Squad rankings released on April 17, 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 ranks seventh nationally in the men's hammer and 16th in the men's pole vault and 25th in the men's shot put.
Additionally, the Zips are rated 11th in the latest men's Great Lakes Regional poll.
ZIPS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST IN 2023 TFRRS RANKINGS: Akron has four student-athletes ranked in the top-50 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) during the 2023 outdoor campaign, including, redshirt sophomore Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio), who is fourth in the nation in the men's pole vault (18-8.75/5.71m).
Also rated among the top-50 is freshman Brian Masai (Kitale, Kenya) (27th in men's 5,000 meters – 13:39.65 | 49th in men's 10,000 meters – 28:45.78), sophomore Oscar Prieto (Barcelona, Spain) (37th in the men's pole vault – 17-3.50/5.27m) and redshirt sophomore William Gross (Newfane, N.Y.) (41st in the men's hammer – 213-8/65.13m) and
GARRETSON NAMED ELITE 90 WINNER: Hunter Garretson 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.
CRACKING THE ALL-TIME TOP-FIVE PERFORMANCES: The Zips have posted a pair of school records from Brian Masai in the men's 5,000 and 10,000 meters as part of four overall top-five performances in program history to the record book during the 2023 outdoor campaign.
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men's and women's track and field team begins the home stretch of its season towards the Mid-American Conference Championships as the Zips compete in a pair of weekend meets.
UP NEXT: The University of Akron men's and women's track and field teams will compete at the Jesse Owens Classic in Columbus on Friday and Saturday, April 21-22.
The two-day Jesse Owens Classic will kick off on Friday with the women's javelin at 1 p.m. before the men's 5,000 meters concludes opening-day action. The meet wraps up on Saturday starting with the women's shot put at 11 a.m. and ending with the men's 4x400 relay at 5:35 p.m.
Live stats of the Jesse Owens Classic will be available at GoZips.com.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: The University of Akron track and field teams has garnered recognition for their efforts during the 2023 outdoor season as the Zips are rated in the Event Squad rankings released on April 17, 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 ranks seventh nationally in the men's hammer and 16th in the men's pole vault and 25th in the men's shot put.
Additionally, the Zips are rated 11th in the latest men's Great Lakes Regional poll.
ZIPS RANK AMONG NATION'S BEST IN 2023 TFRRS RANKINGS: Akron has four student-athletes ranked in the top-50 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) during the 2023 outdoor campaign, including, redshirt sophomore Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio), who is fourth in the nation in the men's pole vault (18-8.75/5.71m).
Also rated among the top-50 is freshman Brian Masai (Kitale, Kenya) (27th in men's 5,000 meters – 13:39.65 | 49th in men's 10,000 meters – 28:45.78), sophomore Oscar Prieto (Barcelona, Spain) (37th in the men's pole vault – 17-3.50/5.27m) and redshirt sophomore William Gross (Newfane, N.Y.) (41st in the men's hammer – 213-8/65.13m) and
GARRETSON NAMED ELITE 90 WINNER: Hunter Garretson 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.
CRACKING THE ALL-TIME TOP-FIVE PERFORMANCES: The Zips have posted a pair of school records from Brian Masai in the men's 5,000 and 10,000 meters as part of four overall top-five performances in program history to the record book during the 2023 outdoor campaign.
| NAME | EVENT/DATE | RANK – MARK |
| Brian Masai | Men's 10,000M – March 24 | No. 1 – 28:45.78 |
| Hunter Garretson | Men's Pole Vault – April 1 | No. 2 – 18-8.75 (5.71m) |
| Milton Wilson | Men's Hammer – April 7 | No. 4 – 205-3 (62.56m) |
| Brian Masai | Men's 5,000M – April 15 | No. 1 – 13:39.65 |
Indoor
| 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) |
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