Zips Earn Four Titles on Opening Day of MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

Friday, February 27

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

10:00 AM

University of Akron

Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships

Zips Earn Four Titles on Opening Day of MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The University of Akron track and field team garnered four individual titles on the opening day of the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Central Michigan on Friday (Feb. 27). The Zips posted 13 performances that resulted in team points for Akron.

Entering final day competition on Saturday (Feb. 28), the Zips lead the men's team race by 12 points over rival Kent State, while the Akron women's squad trails the Golden Flashes by five points for the team title.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Redshirt senior Brook Boes (Tiffin, Ohio) won her first career league title besting the field in the women's weight throw with a career-best mark of 68-4.50 (20.84m), the No. 4 mark in indoor program history.
• Redshirt sophomore Jeffrey Usman (Warri, Nigeria) earned his first-ever league championship soaring 24-1.75 (7.36m) on his final attempt to win the men's long jump.
• Redshirt senior Lane Graham (Killbuck, Ohio) took his first conference title winning the men's weight throw with a career-best mark of 68-3.25 (20.81m), the No. 2 mark in indoor program history.
• Freshman Noah Nyageo (Kitale, Kenya) added his first career league championship besting the field in the men's 5,000 meters in a time of 14:17.13.
• Redshirt senior Gabrielle Griffiths (Fort Worth, Texas) earned Second-Team All-MAC honors with a runner-up finish in the women's weight throw with a career-best mark of 62-3.25 (18.98m).
• Junior Megan Hipple (Warren, Ohio) collected Second-Team All-MAC accolades for the first time crossing the line second in the women's 5,000 meters in a time of 16:03.86.

UP NEXT
Akron concludes competition at the MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday (Feb. 28).

MEN'S FRIDAY TEAM POINT CONTRIBUTORS

NAME	EVENT	FINISH – MARK
Noah Nyageo	5,000 Meters	1st – 14:17.13
Jeffrey Usman	Long Jump	1st – 24-1.75 (7.36m)
Lane Graham	Weight Throw	1st – 68-3.25 (20.81m)
Titus Kirui	5,000 Meters	3rd – 14:20.81
Trae Burns	Long Jump	5th – 23-2 (7.06m)
Emil Stanford Tayven Crump Owen Gahring Quinn Hopkins	Distance Medley Relay	5th – 10:21.97
Amari Noble	Weight Throw	6th – 61-7.75 (18.79m)

WOMEN'S FRIDAY TEAM POINT CONTRIBUTORS

NAME	EVENT	FINISH – MARK
Brook Boes	Weight Throw	1st – 68-4.50 (20.84m)
Gabrielle Griffiths	Weight Throw	2nd – 62-3.25 (18.98m)
Megan Hipple	5,000 Meters	2nd – 16:03.86
Abigael Kiplaget	5,000 Meters	5th – 16:30.74
Jessica Mason	Pole Vault	6th – 12-3.50 (3.75m)
Victoria Kuol	Weight Throw	7th – 57-8.50 (17.59m)

MEN'S SATURDAY QUALIFIERS

NAME	EVENT	FINISH – MARK
Cameron Corrothers	60M Hurdles	7th – 8.31
Andrew Styles	400 Meters	1st – 48;41
Braylyn Farrington	400 Meters	7th – 50.10
Rennie Gittens, Jr.	60 Meters	3rd – 6.83
AJ Jordan	60 Meters	5th – 6.90
AJ Jordan	200 Meters	1st – 21.60
Andrew Styles	200 Meters	2nd – 21.64

WOMEN'S SATURDAY QUALIFIERS

NAME	EVENT	FINISH – MARK
Jackline Nanjala	400 Meters	1st – 54.92
Vanessa Horn	400 Meters	2nd – 55.03
Te'Aira Branham-Patrick	60 Meters	7th – 7.58
Mariyah Moore	200 Meters	5th – 24.65
Vanessa Horn	200 Meters	7th – 24.76

MEN'S FRIDAY FINAL RESULTS:
5,000 Meters: Noah Nyageo (1st-14:17.13), Titus Kirui (3rd-14:20.81*), Taye Gonzalez (10th-15:19.59*); Distance Medley Relay: Emil Stanford, Tayven Crump, Owen Gahring, Quinn Hopkins (5th-10:21.97); Long Jump: Jeffrey Usman (1st-24-1.75/7.36m), Trae Burns (5th-23-2/7.06m), Benjamin Hudak (10th-21-4/6.50m); Weight Throw: Lane Graham (1st-68-3.25/20.81m*), Amari Noble (6th-61-7.75/18.79m*), Christopher Vance (7th-58-10/17.93m*)

WOMEN'S FRIDAY FINAL RESULTS:
5,000 Meters: Megan Hipple (2nd-16:03.86), Abigael Kiplagat (5th-16:30.74*); Distance Medley Relay: Kennedy Schlessman, Isabella Swallow, Jadyn Towns, Kayla Sucharski (10th-12:19.08); Weight Throw: Brook Boes (1st-68-4.50/20.84m*), Gabrielle Griffiths (2nd-62-3.25/18.98m*), Victoria Kuol (7th-57-8.50/17.59m), Brooke Christensen (19th-52-8.25/16.06m); Long Jump: Kavel Ritchie (19th-17-7/5.36m), Shania Thomas (23rd-17-3.25/5.26m); Pole Vault: Jessica Mason (6th-12-3.50/3.75m), Amanda Rauch (10th-11-11.75/3.65m), Ava Fleetwood (11th-11-11.75/3.65m), Cassidy Allen (NH)

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS:
1) Akron (41), 2) Kent State (29), 3) Eastern Michigan (28), 4) Massachusetts (14), 5) Buffalo (11)

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS:
1) Kent State (40), 2) Akron (35), 3) Bowling Green (23), Massachusetts (23), Toledo (23), 6) Ball State (20), 7) Central Michigan (19.5) 8) Ohio (19), 9) Miami (13.5), 10) Buffalo (8), 11) Eastern Michigan (7), 12) Western Michigan (3)

MEN'S HEPTATHLON RESULTS:
Olin Frank (4th-2,629); 60 Meters: Olin Frank (3rd-7.33); Long Jump: Olin Frank (3rd-20-10.50/6.36m); Shot Put: Olin Frank (2nd-41-8.50/12.72m*); High Jump: Olin Frank (7th-5-7/1.70m*)

MEN'S FRIDAY PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60-Meter Hurdles: Cameron Corrothers (7th-8.31q*); 400 Meters: Andrew Styles (1st-48.41q), Braylyn Farrington (7th-50.10q), Rashaun Stewart (DQ); 60 Meters: Rennie Gittens, Jr. (3rd-6.83Q), AJ Jordan (5th-6.90q), Kemari Robinson (9th-6.96); 800 Meters: Owen Gahring (10th-1:56.05), Tayven Crump (11th-1:56.33), Ty Munroe (12th-1:58.36); 200 Meters: AJ Jordan (1st-21.60q), Andrew Styles (2nd-21.64q), Rashaun Stewart (9th-22.54)

WOMEN'S FRIDAY PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60-Meter Hurdles: Adaeze Nwokike (14th-8.82); 400 Meters: Jackline Nanjala (1st-54.92q), Vanessa Horn (2nd-55.03q), McKenzie McNitt (9th-57.77), Ivy Smith (26th-58.67*); 60 Meters: Te'Aira Branham-Patrick (7th-7.58q), Mariyah Moore (17th-7.67), Amari Pratt (22nd-7.72); 200 Meters: Mariyah Moore (5th-24.65q*), Vanessa Horn (7th-24.76q), Jackline Nanjala (10th-24.88), Te'Aira Branham-Patrick (15th-25.25)