Michalla Gordon

Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Wadsworth
Hometown:
Wadsworth, Ohio

2017 Outdoor: Appeared in five meets for Akron...won the 400-meter hurdles at the Ashland Alumni Open (April 29) crossing the line in a time of 62.54...posted a season-best time of 61.03 to place second in the 400-meter hurdles at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 6), a mark that also represented the fifth-fastest time in program history...member of a trio of 4x400 relay squads...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC honoree...2017 Indoor: Appeared in three meets for the Zips, including earning second-team all-league accolades as a member of the runner-up distance medley relay team at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 24)...placed eighth in the 400 meters at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17) crossing the line in 58.98, while also running on the winning 4x400 relay...posted a time of 2:13.67 in the 800 meters at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 11)...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree.

2015-16: Outdoor: Recorded the sixth-fastest qualifying time (61.34) in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 13)...registered six top-10 performances in the 400-meter hurdles on the campaign, including placing second at the Ashland Alumni Invitational (April 30) and Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 7) in 62.72 and 61.25, respectively...member of second-place 4x400 relay squad at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 16)...an academic All-MAC selection...Indoor: Member of record-setting 4x400 relay squad which posted a program-best 3:42.79 time at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 27)...turned in a pair of top-five performances in the 400 meters placing third and fourth, respectively, at the Kent State Dual (58.94) and Zips Invitational (Feb. 19)...posted a season-best 400-meter time of 58.03 at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 12)...member of 4x400 relay squad which recorded five top-10 efforts, including winning at the Zips Invitational in 3:57.18...also competed in 500-, 600- and 800-meter races as well as a member of the distance medley relay at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 5)...a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recipient and first-team Academic All-MAC honoree.

2014-15: Indoor: Ran a season-best 9.51 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Kent State Dual (Jan 16)...jumped a season-long mark of 16-5.00 in the long jump at the Kent State Dual (Jan 16)...came in second place at the Zips Invitational (Feb 20) in the 800 meters in 2:18.97...Outdoor: Did not compete.

2013-14: Indoor: Competed in the pentathlon at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28-March 1) and Akron Invitational (Feb. 8) ... finished eighth at the Akron Invite with a total of 3,161 ... Outdoor: Placed third in the 400m hurdles at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 10) with a season-low time of 62.05 ... was a member of the Zips 4x400 relay team that placed third at the All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 12), running a collective time of 3:46.26.

at Wadsworth HS: Two-time, first time all-county honoree in multi events ... set the school record in the 400-meters as a junior with a time of 44.52 ... placed fourth in the 4x800 and seventh in the 4x400 at the state meet ... was also a state qualifier in the indoor 60m hurdles and outdoor 300m hurdles.

Personal: Born Dec. 31, 1994 ... parents are Todd and Stephanie Gordon ... has an older brother, Mitch ... enjoys sewing, art, hunting and fishing.