Janay Bass

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Archbishop Hoban
Hometown:
Akron, Ohio

2024 OUTDOOR: Competed in seven meets for Akron...garnered Second-Team All-MAC accolades as part of runner-up 4x400 relay at the MAC Championships (May 11) crossing the line in a school-record time of 3:39.10...placed 10th in the 400 meters in a season-best time of 56.09 at the MAC Championships (May 10)...added season-best performance of 25.10 in the 200 meters at the Len Paddock Invitational (April 27).

2024 OUTDOOR ACCOLADES: Second-Team All-MAC (4x400 relay).

2024 INDOOR: Competed in four meets for Akron...member of distance medley relay squad at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23)...recorded a season-best time of 58.24 in the 400 meters at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2).

2023 OUTDOOR: Competed in eight meets for the Zips...placed 10th in the 400 meters at the MAC Championships (May 12) in a season-best time of 57.34...member of sixth-place 4x400 relay at MAC Championships (May 13)...added season-best time of 25.96 in 200 meters at Jesse Owens Classic (April 21).

2023 INDOOR: Competed in four meets for the Zips...member of fifth-place 4x400 relay at MAC Championships...added a season-best time of 58.42 in the 400 meters at the Al Campbell Invitational (Feb. 17)...tallied time of 58.85 in 400 meters at MAC Championships...recorded season-best time of 26.53 in 200 meters at Spire Invitational (Feb. 11).

2022 OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets for the Zips...posted a trio of top-10 performances in the 400 meters, including a season-best time of 55.69 at the Clarke Wood Invitational (April 30)...added season-best times of 12.46 and 25.32 in the 100 and 200 meters, respectively, at the Texas Relays (March 25) and Indiana Invitational (April 22)...posted time of 56.30 in preliminary round of 400 meters at Mid-American Conference Championships (May 13)...ran leg on 4x400 relay at MAC Championships that posted a time of 3:44.88.

2022 OUTDOOR ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC honoree.

2022 INDOOR: Competed in seven meets for the Zips...placed fourth in the 400 meters in a season-best time of 55.84 at Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 26)...member of fourth place 4x400 relay squad at MAC Championships (Feb. 26)...posted seven top-five performances in the 400 meters with a triumph at the Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 21) in a time of 56.82...recorded season-best time of 25.52 in 200 meters at Akron Invitational (Feb. 5).

2022 INDOOR ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC honoree.

PERSONAL: Majoring in pre-physical therapy...daughter of William and Ella Bass.