The University of Akron Athletics
2016 Akron Cross Country

Garrett Crichlow
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Twinsburg, Ohio
- High School:
- Twinsburg
2018 Outdoor: Competed in six meets for the Zips, including running in the 1,500 meters at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 12), before exiting the race due to injury...registered a season-best time of 3:54.14 in the 1,500 meters to place second at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5)...also finished second in the 1,500 meters at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 7) with a time of 3:58.83...helped Zips to second- and eighth-place finishes in the 4x800 and 4x1500 relays at the Raleigh Relays (March 31)...recorded a season-best time of 1:58.74 to place eighth in the 800 meters at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 7).
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2018 Indoor: Appeared in eight meets for Akron...member of third-place distance medley relay squad at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Feb. 23-24), while individually finishing fourth in the mile (4:15.84) and 11th in the 3,000 meters (8:47.44)...posted five top-five performances in the miles, including earning wins at the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 7), Kent State Dual (Jan. 19) and Kent State Qualifier with times of 4:10.07, 4:17.11 and 4:13.00, respectively...finished first in the 3,000 meters in a season-best time of 8:35.46 at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 19)...placed second in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:55.31 at the Akron Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 7)...2017 Cross Country: Earned first-team All-Mid-American Conference honors on the strength of a team-best sixth-place finish at the MAC Championships crossing the line in a season-best 24:43.6...ran in all six races for the Zips...earned Akron’s top finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10) registering a time of 32:08 to place 50th...placed 17th (25:28.2) and 18th (15:50.8) at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 29) and Tommy Evans Invitational (Sept. 7)...added times of 26:36 (54th) and 26:24.4 (57th) at the Penn State National (Oct. 13) and Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (Sept. 15).
2016-17: Outdoor: Competed in five meets for the Zips...placed third and seventh in the 1,500 meters at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 6) and Spec Towns Invitational (April 8) turning in times of 3:59.65 and 3:54.52 (season-best)...placed third in the 800 meters (1:54.41) at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15)...finished fifth in the 5,000 meters (15:22.98) at the Ashland Alumni Open (April 29)...member of 4x400 relay squads at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) and Spec Towns Invitational (April 8), while running on the 4x1,500 relay at the Raleigh Relays (March 25)...Indoor: Recorded five top-10 efforts in the mile, including placing fourth at the Mid-American Conference Championships in 4:14.64...earned first-team All-MAC honors as member of winning distance medley relay team that crossed the line in 9:55.84...registered season-best time of 4:08.73 in the mile to finish fourth at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 4)...placed fourth in the 800 meters in 1:55.03 at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17)...Cross Country: Ran in five of the six races for Akron and posted a team-best sixth-place finish en route to earning first-team all-conference honors at the MAC Championships, registering a time of 25:30.0...finished in 25th place at the Tommy Evans Invitational after crossing the line in 21:20.22...posted the second-highest finish on the team at Penn State National (55th) and the NCAA Great Lakes Invitational (84th) with times of 26:04 and 32:21.6, respectively.
2015-16: Outdoor: Â Earned four top-three efforts in the 1,500 meters, including winning the event at the LSU Alumni Invitational (April 23) and Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 7) with times of 3:57.10 and 3:53.54...placed ninth in the 800 meters (1:56.93) at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 16), while also running as a member of 4x400 relay...Indoor: Â Garnered first-team All-Mid-American Conference accolades as member of winning distance medley relay squad at MAC Championships, while also placing fourth in the mile in season-best time of 4:09.19...member of distance medley relay squad which established school record at Penn State National (Jan. 29) crossing the line in a program-record 9:42.42...had three top-10 performances in the 800 meters, including placing second in a season-best time of 1:52.57 at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 22)...recorded three top-10 performances in the mile finishing fourth at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 16) in 4:10.35 and sixth at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 13) in 4:09.82...Cross Country: Ran in all six races for Akron, including posting a team-best ninth-place finish at the All-Ohio Championships crossing the line in 24:53.12...registered a time of 25:56.36 to place 36th at the Mid-American Conference Championships...finished 79th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional posting a time of 32:35.70...turned in 11th- and 13th-place efforts at the Tommy Evans Invitational and Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational.
2014-15: Indoor: Placed ninth in the mile in 4:18.18 at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Feb. 28)…ran a season-best time of 4:16.12 in the mile to win the Zips Invitational (Feb. 20)…finished second in the 3,000 meters at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 16) in a season-low time of 8:40.57…placed third and fourth, respectively, at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7) and Zips Invitational (Feb. 20) in the 800 meters in 1:55.90 and 2:06.19...Outdoor: Won the 5,000 meters at the Ashland Alumni Open (April 25) in 15:05.86...member of winning 4x400 relay squad at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 9) in 3:18.02 as well as placing third in the 800 meters in a career-best time of 1:54.32...registered fourth-place finish in 1,500 meters at Northeast Ohio Quad (April 2) in 3:59.70...Cross Country: Competed in five of six races for the Zips...best finish was ninth at Tommy Evans Invitational crossing the line in 20:44.00...placed 28th at the MAC Championship in 25:22...ran Great Lakes Regional course in 32:02 to finish 86th...was 22nd at All-Ohio Championship (25:29.84).
At Twinsburg HS: Ran cross country and track and field (800m, 1,600m) at Twinsburg High School ... named First-Team All-Ohio for cross country as a junior and senior ... named Second-Team All-Ohio as a sophomore ... ran in the cross country state championships in 2012 and 2013 ... finished in the top-20 at the state meet three times, including top-10 finishes in 2012 (eighth) and 2013 (ninth) ... was a three-time First-Team All-Ohio honoree in the 1,600m, finishing in seventh place as a sophomore and fourth place as a junior and senior at the state track and field championships ... earned three individual regional championships in the 1,600m, as well as regional championships in the 800m and 4x800m relay (2013) ... also played soccer for THS as a freshman, leading the freshman squad in goals scored.
Personal: Born Nov. 3, 1995 ... son of Gustavus and Marlisa Crichlow ... father, Gustavus, was a four-year letterwinner in soccer at Akron ... has one sister, Olivia.
Personal: Majoring in sport management…son of Gus and Marlisa Crichlow.