Hipple's School Record Highlights Akron's Friday Performances

Friday, January 30

Notre Dame, Ind.

11:00 AM

University of Akron

Meyo Invite

Hipple's School Record Highlights Akron's Friday Performances

January 30 | Track & Field

MEYO INVITATIONAL RESULTS | PENN STATE NATIONAL RESULTS | YSU MID-MAJOR INVITATIONAL FRIDAY RESULTS

AKRON, OHIO – A trio of top five program marks highlighted by a school-record time of 15:53.23 by junior Megan Hipple (Warren, Ohio) in the women's 5,000 meters headlined the efforts of the Akron Track and Field team on Friday (Jan. 30) at a trio of meets.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Hipple ran a school-record time of 15:53.23 to win the women's 5,000 meters at the Meyo Invitational.
• Freshman Noah Nyageo (Kitale, Kenya) registered a personal-best time of 14:12.62 to best the field in the men's 5,000 meters with the No. 3 time in indoor program history at the Meyo Invitational.
• Redshirt senior Brook Boes (Tiffin, Ohio) won the women's weight throw with a personal-best mark of 66-0.50 (20.13m), the No. 5 mark in indoor program history at the Penn State National.

UP NEXT:
Akron concludes competition at the Meyo Invitational, Penn State National and Youngstown State Mid-Major Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 31).

FRIDAY YSU MID-MAJOR INVITATIONAL MEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS
60-Meters: Tysean Baronette (11th-7.06)

HEPTATHLON:
Heptathlon: Olin Frank (7th-2,655); 60 Meters: Olin Frank (5th-7.32*); Long Jump: Olin Frank (5th-21-9.50/6.64m*); Shot Put: Olin Frank (4th-40-10.50/12.46m*); High Jump: Olin Frank (13th-5-5.75/1.67m)

FRIDAY YSU MID-MAJOR INVITATIONAL WOMEN'S RESULTS
Pole Vault: Sarah Marchant (11th-11-4.50/3.47m*), Amanda Rauch (12th-11-4.50/3.47m); Long Jump: Shania Thomas (5th-17-6.25/5.34m*), Kavel Ritchie (10th-17-2/5.23m), Augustine Davis (15th-16-8/5.08m), Keahra Rodriguez (25th-15-2.25/4.63m)

FRIDAY YSU MID-MAJOR INVITATIONAL WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS
60-Meters: Amari Pratt (14th-7.94*)

FRIDAY PENN STATE NATIONAL MEN'S RESULTS
Weight Throw: Lane Graham (5th-64-4.50/19.62m*), Ryan Kamperman (12th-55-2.75/16.83m*), Owen Wendl (15th-55-0.25/16.77m*), Christopher Vance (16th-54-11.50/16.75m)

FRIDAY PENN STATE NATIONAL WOMEN'S RESULTS
Weight Throw: Brook Boes (1st-66-0.50/20.13m*), Victoria Kuol (16th-53-5/16.28m), Gabrielle Griffiths (17th-52-5.25/15.98m), La'Kasja Edwards (20th-51-1/15.57m)

FRIDAY MEYO INVITATIONAL MEN'S RESULTS
5,000 Meters: Noah Nyageo (1st-14:12.62*)

FRIDAY MEYO INVITATIONAL WOMEN'S RESULTS
5,000 Meters: Megan Hipple (1st-15:53.23*), Kayla Sucharski (33rd-17:25.73*)

* denotes career-best mark