Akron Captures MAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

Saturday, May 13

Akron, Ohio

University of Akron

Mid-American Conference Championships

Akron Captures MAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

May 13 | Track & Field

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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field team captured the program's ninth outdoor men's title on the strength of a total team effort on the final day of the league's outdoor track and field championships on Saturday (May 13) at the Lee R. Jackson Track and Field Complex.

The Zips bested rival Kent State by 7.5 points to take home the men's team title, while the women's squad placed sixth and bettered the Golden Flashes in the women's field by 7.5 points as well. By virtue of their finishes, the Zips captured the final two points in the Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Wagon Wheel Challenge.

Akron first-year head coach Kendra Reimer-Gonzales was named the MAC Men's Coach of the Year, while freshmen Brian Masai (Kitale, Kenya) and Josiah Cox (New Franklin, Ohio) were honored as the MAC Freshman Track and Field Performers of the Year.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Senior Charles Sanders (Cincinnati, Ohio) won his third consecutive men's outdoor 400 meter and seventh overall MAC title crossing the line first in a season-best time of 46.62.
• Senior Amya Clarke (Christ Church, St. Kitts and Nevis) took the titles in both the women's 100 and 200 meters crossing the line in 11.51 and 23.37, respectively. Her effort in the 200 meters was a personal-best effort. The championships marked her sixth and seventh league titles.
• Redshirt sophomore Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio) registered a school-record time of 50.47 en route to taking his third straight outdoor men's 400-meter hurdle crown and sixth overall league title.
• Masai earned his second title of the meet crossing the line first in the men's 5,000 meters in a track-record time of 14:06.16.
• Akron swept the top-three podium spots in the men's hammer as redshirt sophomore William Gross (Newfane, N.Y.) won his second MAC title with a mark of 210-11 (64.29m). Redshirt senior Milton Wilson (Streetsboro, Ohio) and redshirt junior Jabari Neal-Jackson (Cincinnati, Ohio) finished second and third, respectively, with marks of 206-2 (62.85m) and 202-9 (61.79m).
• Redshirt junior Makenna Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio) garnered her first career MAC title winning the women's 800 meters in a career-best time of 2:10.00. Additionally, redshirt sophomore Maddie Heimlich (Shelby, Ohio) added a career-best time of 2:13.03 to contribute team points placing sixth.
• Sophomore Adaeze Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria) earned Second-Team All-MAC honors crossing the line second in the women's 400-meter hurdles in a time of 59.91, while also placing fourth in the women's 100-meter hurdles in 13.81.
• Redshirt senior Quentin Woodall (Cleveland, Ohio) captured Second-Team All-MAC honors in the men's 100 meters with a runner-up finish in 10.71. He later contributed team points placing fourth in the men's 200 meters in a time of 21.48.
• The men's 4x400 relay of Sanders, Woodall, junior Jameel Williamson (Columbus, Ohio) and Harkelroad clinched the meet for the Zips taking the line first in a season-best time of 3:10.81.
• Junior Dimitrije Novakovic (Belgrade, Serbia) added a second-place finish in the men's triple jump with a career-best mark of 50-0 (15.24m).
• Redshirt sophomore Davis Hedrick (Norwalk, Ohio), redshirt freshman Owen Wendl (Medina, Ohio) and redshirt sophomore JaMeire Robinson (Youngstown, Ohio) finished third, fourth and sixth, respectively, in the men's discus to contribute team points.
• Redshirt sophomore Jean Dieuvil (North Miami Beach, Fla.) added team points placing sixth in the men's 800 meters in a time of 1:53.17.
• The women's 4x100 relay squad of Nwokike, Clarke, freshman Tai'Yanna Cage and redshirt sophomore Anna Altstadt (Huntingburg, Ind.) provided team points placing sixth in a season-best time of 46.61.
• The women's 4x400 relay team of Nwokike, redshirt sophomore Janay Bass (Akron, Ohio), Maddie Heimlich and Makenna Heimlich finished sixth in a season-best time of 3:47.30.

UP NEXT:
The Zips travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, May 24-27.

MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS:
1) Akron (168.50 points), 2) Kent State (161), 3) Eastern Michigan (144.50), 4) Miami (92), 5) Buffalo (82)

WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS:
1) Ball State (108 points), 2) Eastern Michigan (105), 3) Miami (96.50), 4) Bowling Green (91), 5) Northern Illinois (76), 6) Akron (74.50), 7) Kent State (67), 8) Buffalo (62), 9) Central Michigan (57), 10) Toledo (46), 11) Ohio (28), 12) Western Michigan (7)

SATURDAY MEN'S FINALS:
4x100 Relay: Haruki Sakai, Quentin Woodall, Jameel Williamson, Jimmy Harkelroad (4th-41.44); 1,500 Meters: Oliver Huffman (7th-3:53.36*), Marc Carrera (9th-3:55.42), Silas Bush (12th-4:01.81*); 400 Meters: Charles Sanders (1st-46.62), Jameel Williamson (7th-48.97*); 100 Meters: Quentin Woodall (2nd-10.71), Haruki Sakai (6th-10.94); 800 Meters: Jean Dieuvil (6th-1:53.17); 400-Meter Hurdles: Jimmy Harkelroad (1st-50.47*); 200 Meters: Quentin Woodall (4th-21.48); 5,000 Meters: Brian Masai (1st-14:06.16), Mitchell Kozik (13th-15:19.46*), Kyle Stober (14th-15:38.82); 4x400 Relay: Charles Sanders, Quentin Woodall, Jameel Williamson, Jimmy Harkelroad (1st-3:10.81); Hammer: William Gross (1st-210-11/64.29m), Milton Wilson (2nd-206-2/62.85m), Jabari Neal-Jackson (3rd-202-9/61.79m); Triple Jump: Dimitrije Novakovic (2nd-50-0/15.24m*), Haruki Sakai (7th-46-5/14.15m*); Discus: Davis Hedrick (3rd-162-3/49.45m), Owen Wendl (4th-159-8/48.66m), JaMeire Robinson (6th-153-3/46.70m)

SATURDAY WOMEN'S FINALS:
4x100 Relay: Adaeze Nwokike, Amya Clarke, Tai'Yanna Cage, Anna Altstadt (6th-46.61); 100-Meter Hurdles: Adaeze Nwokike (4th-13.81); 100 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-11.51); 800 Meters: Makenna Heimlich (1st-2:10.00*), Maddie Heimlich (6th-2:13.03*); 400-Meter Hurdles: Adaeze Nwokike (2nd-59.91); 200 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-23.37*); 5,000 Meters: Rebekah Harden (17th-17:53.74), Danielle Honaker (19th-18:03.56); 4x400 Relay: Adaeze Nwokike, Janay Bass, Maddie Heimlich, Makenna Heimlich (6th-3:47.30); Discus: Grace Edwards (11th-130-7/38.81m), Sydney Hale (16th-124-6/37.95m)

FRIDAY MEN'S FINALS:
3,000-Meter Steeplechase: Mitchell Kozik (4th-9:10.66*); Long Jump: Dimitrije Novakovic (1st-25-0.75/7.64m*), Haruki Sakai (2nd-24-11.25/7.60m*); Pole Vault: Hunter Garretson (1st-17-5.50/5.32m), Robert Artrip (2nd-16-9.50/5.12m), Oscar Prieto (NH); Shot Put: Josiah Cox (2nd-56-5.25/17.20m*), Davis Hedrick (7th-51-7.25/15.73m), Lane Graham (8th-51-5/15.67m)

FRIDAY WOMEN'S FINALS:
3,000-Meter Steeplechase: Grace Henderson (19th-11:46.06); Hammer: Gabrielle Griffiths (8th-164-8/50.20m*), Sydney Hale (20th-124-4/37.89m); Shot Put: Gabrielle Griffiths (16th-40-0/12.19m)

FRIDAY MEN'S PRELIMINARIES:
400 Meters: Charles Sanders (1st-47.03Q), Jameel Williamson (7th-48.64q*), Benjamin Hudak (11th-49.68*); 100 Meters: Quentin Woodall (5th-10.64q*), Haruki Sakai (8th-10.82q*); 800 Meters: Jean Dieuvil (5th-1:51.91q), Zayd Elkurd (9th-1:53.62), Marc Carrera (11th-1:58.52)

FRIDAY WOMEN'S PRELIMINARIES:
100-Meter Hurdles: Adaeze Nwokike (6th-13.85Q), Jade Celestine (14th-14.14*); 400 Meters: Janay Bass (10th-57.34); 100 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-11.50Q); 800 Meters: Makenna Heimlich (2nd-2:10.88Q), Maddie Heimlich (7th-2:12.18q*)

WOMEN'S HEPTATHLON RESULTS:
Kayla Allen (14th-3.583*); 100-Meter Hurdles: Kayla Allen (14th-17:13); High Jump: Kayla Allen (14th-4-6/1.37m*); Shot Put: Kayla Allen (14th-30-5.75/9.29m*); 200 Meters: Kayla Allen (14th-27.99*): Long Jump: Kayla Allen (14th-15-5/4.70m); Javelin: Kayla Allen (12th-78-1/23.81m), 800 Meters: Kayla Allen (13th-2:40.62*)

THURSDAY MEN'S FINALS:
10,000 Meters: Brian Masai (1st-30:00.61), Kyle Stober (10th-33:26.60); Javelin: Jacob Glavickas (7th-169-11/51.78m*), Robert Artrip (9th-163-10/49.93m),

THURSDAY WOMEN'S FINALS:
10,000 Meters: Halle Sebest (7th-38:06.76), Danielle Honaker (10th-38:43.34), Hannah Kerr (DNF); Pole Vault: Brynn Rychlik (1st-13-8/3.86m), Cassidy Allen (7th-11-2.25/3.41m); Javelin: Laurel Bristow (2nd-136-8/41.66m), Gabrielle Griffiths (14th-94-9/28.88m)

THURSDAY MEN'S PRELIMINARIES:
400-Meter Hurdles: Jimmy Harkelroad (2nd-52.43Q), Caden Dawson (9th-60.63); 200 Meters: Quentin Woodall (6th-21.50q), Jameel Williamson (12th-21.90*), Charles Sanders (14th-22.52)

THURSDAY WOMEN'S PRELIMINARIES:
400-Meter Hurdles: Adaeze Nwokike (3rd-60.52Q), Jade Celestine (12th-62.36*); 200 Meters: Amya Clarke (1st-23.42Q*)

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