The University of Akron Athletics
2017-18 Akron Track & Field Roster

Jackie Siefring
- Event:
- Multis
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Covington, Ohio
- High School:
- Covington
Results
2018 Outdoor: Garnered All-America honors for the sixth time placing 10th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a seven-event cumulative score of 5,725, her best score in three NCAA appearances, to collect second-team All-America status...earned her third consecutive berth in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the heptathlon on the strength of a career-best score of 5,872 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 19)...was an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier in the long jump registering a jump of 19-1.50 (5.83m) to place 32nd...entered NCAA Championships rated No. 2 (Heptathlon), 4 (400-Meter Hurdles) and 5 (Long jump) in the Great Lakes Region...garnered her eighth career league title at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 11) winning the heptathlon with a meet-record score of 5,688...helped Akron win the MAC title contributing points with third-, eighth- and eighth-place efforts in the long jump (19-9/6.02m), 400-meter hurdles (64.66) and high jump (5-4.50/1.64m)...registered career-best marks in five of seven events in the heptathlon on the campaign...recorded No. 4 time in outdoor program history in the 100-meter hurdles crossing the line in 13.74 in the heptathlon at the MAC Championships (May 10)...posted four top-10 performances in the long jump, including placing eighth at the Texas Relays (March 30) with a mark of 19-7 (5.97m)...recorded a season-best mark of 20-3.50 in the long jump at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5)...won the 400-meter hurdles at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 24), while adding a season-low time of 58.89 at the LSU Invitational (April 28).
2018 Outdoor Accolades: Second-team All-America honoree in the women’s heptathlon...NCAA Championship qualifier (Outdoor Heptathlon)...NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Outdoor Long Jump)...MAC Champion (Outdoor Heptathlon)...first-team All-MAC (Outdoor Heptathlon)...named MAC Field Athlete of the Week award winner (March 27, April 24)...earned Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar accolades.
2018 Indoor: Garnered first-team All-America accolades after placing fourth in the women’s pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships (March 9) with a school-record score of 4,365...captured a pair of Mid-American Conference titles winning the pentathlon (4,124) for the third consecutive campaign, while also triumphing in the long jump (19-11.50/6.08m)...scored 20 points at MAC Championships (Feb. 23) winning the pentathlon (Feb. 23) with a score of 4,124 and in midst of event also simultaneously won MAC long jump title with a mark of 19-1.50 (6.08m) to earn her sixth and seventh career MAC titles...recorded career-best time of 8.55 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2)...won the pentathlon with a then school- and Stile Athletic Field House-record score of 4.308 at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2)...jumped a career-best 5-7 (1.70m) in the high jump as part of the pentathlon at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23)...set personal-best marks in the 60-meter hurdles, high jump and long jump in pentathlon's in '18, en route to posting nine event victories and 27 top-five finishes on the campaign...entered the NCAA Championships as the top-rated long jumper and pentathlete in Great Lakes Region.
2018 Indoor Accolades: First-Team All-American (Indoor Pentathlon)...MAC Champion (Indoor Pentathlon and Long Jump)...first-team All-MAC (Indoor Pentathlon and Long Jump)...named MAC Field Athlete of the Week award winner (Feb. 6)...earned Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honors.
2017 Outdoor: Garnered first-team All-America honors in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships on the strength of a fifth-place finish with a cumulative score of 5,663...captured heptathlon title at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 12) with a score of 5,613, while also earning second-team All-MAC honors with a runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.43...also placed sixth in the long jump (19-3.75/5.89m) at the MAC Championships, as well a running on the 4x400 relay...member of 4x400 relay at the LSU Alumni Invitational (April 22) which posted a school-record time of 3:39.34 en route to placing fourth...placed third in the heptathlon at the prestigious Mt. Sac Relays (April 13) with a season-best score of 5,750...placed 17th in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Round with a time of 59.03...registered top-six finishes in the long jump in four meets, including placing third and fifth, respectively, at the Texas Relays (March 31) and LSU Alumni Invitational (April 22) with marks of 19-8.25 (6.00m) and 19-6.25 (5.95m)...recorded season-best marks in the 100-meter hurdles (13.98) and long jump (20-0.25/6.10m) in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree...named MAC Athlete of the Week (April 18)...2017 Indoor: Garnered second-team All-America accolades after earning a 12th-place finish in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 11) with a cumulative score of 4,084...won the pentathlon at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 25) with a score of 4,041...earned second-team All-MAC honors with a runner-up finish in the long jump at the MAC Championships (Feb. 24) with a mark of 19-10.50 (6.06m), while also finishing ninth in the 400 meters with a time of 57.02...won the pentathlon at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3) with a season-best score of 4,204 on the strength of season-best marks in the 60-meter hurdles (8.58), high jump (5-4.75/1.65m) and 800 meters (2:16.43)...posted fourth-best time in program history in the 400 meters crossing the line in 55.69 to win the event at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17)...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree...named MAC Athlete of the Week (Feb. 7).
2015-16: Outdoor: Garnered second-team All-America accolades after placing 12th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 10-June 11) with a cumulative score of 5,626...captured the Mid-American Conference title in the heptathlon (May 11-May 12) with a seven-event score of 5,412...won the 400-meter title at the MAC Championships (May 14) in 58.66, while also finishing fifth in the long jump (19-9.50/6.03m) and ninth in the javelin (124-2/37.85m) en route to being named the meet’s Most Valuable Performer and earning first-team All-MAC accolades in the heptathlon and 400-meter hurdles...registered the second-best score (5,627) in the heptathlon at the Texas Relays (March 31) en route to finishing eighth...registered a school-record time of 57.61 to win the 400-meter hurdles at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 16)...recorded the fifth-fastest time in program history in the 100-meter hurdles crossing the line in 13.91 in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships (June 10)...posted second-best jump (20-5.25/6.23m) in program history en route to winning the long jump at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 7)...a USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree...an academic All-MAC and distinguished-scholar honoree…Indoor: Earned second-team All-America accolades after placing 10th in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 11) with a five-event cumulative score of 4,162...established a school-record score of 4,215 en route to winning the pentathlon at the Mid-American Conference Championships...named the MAC’s Most Outstanding Field Performer at the league championships after winning the pentathlon, placing third in the long jump with the fourth-best jump (19-11) in program history...anchored 4x400 relay team which crossed the line in a school-record time of 3:42.79 to finish fifth...posted the fifth-fastest time (55.94) in program history in the 400 meters at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 6) as well as winning the pentathlon with a cumulative score of 4,089...a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recipient and first-team Academic All-MAC honoree.
2014-15: Indoor: Garnered second-team All-Mid-American Conference accolades after finishing second in the pentathlon with a cumulative score of 3,796...turned in four top-five efforts in the long jump, including a season-best jump of 18-9.25 to win the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 9)...member of 4x400 relay at MAC Championship that finished sixth in 3:50.57...jumped a season-high 5-3.00 as part of the pentathlon at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7)...Outdoor: USTFCCCA Academic All-America recipient...an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier placing 33rd and 34th, respectively, in the long jump (19-6.75) and 400-meter hurdles (59.94)...garnered second-team All-MAC honors after posting the third-best heptathlon score (5,377) in program history at the MAC Championship (May 14-15), while also finishing second in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.69...placed fifth in long jump and ninth as member of 4x400 relay team at MAC Championship (May 15) with a leap of 19-2.50 and a time of 3:49.33...recorded second-fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles in program history, 59.22, to place third at the Longhorn Invitational (May 2)...earned five top-10 performances in the 400-meter hurdles and four in the long jump...won the 400-meter hurdles at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 9) in 59. 24, while finishing third and fifth, respectively, in the javelin (115-3) and high jump (5-1)...posted sixth-place effort in heptathlon at Cal Invite Combined (April 15-16) with score of 5,269...recorded season-best marks in the javelin (118-1), high jump (5-3), shot put (36-7.50) and 200 meters (24.63) as part of the heptathlon at the MAC Championship.
Personal: Majoring in biomedical engineering...daughter of Vernon and Carmen Siefring.