The University of Akron Athletics
Friday, January 31
Akron, Ohio
3:30 PM
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21st Annual Akron Invitational
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January 31 | Track & Field
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field team garnered 13 victories as part of 35 overall top three performances at the 21st annual Akron Invitational on Friday (Jan. 31) at the Stile Athletics Field House.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Redshirt senior Brook Boes (Tiffin, Ohio) took the title in the women's shot put with a mark of 45-3.75 (13.81m) before winning the weight throw with a mark of 64-1.75 (19.55m).
• Freshman Bismack Kipchirchir (Eldama Ravine, Kenya) won the men's mile in 4:05.32, the fourth-fastest time in indoor program history.
• Junior Vanessa Horn (Ludwigsfelde, Germany) triumphed in the women's 400 meters in a career-best time of 55.06.
• Redshirt senior Heriberto Alvarez (Oswego, Ill.) won the men's 5,000 meters in a career-best time of 15:25.77.
• Sophomore Andrew Styles (Freeport, Bahamas) captured the men's 400 meters in a career-best time of 47.48.
• Senior Joy Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria) won the women's 60 meters in a time of 7.47.
• Sophomore AJ Jordan (Columbus, Ohio) bested the field in the men's 200 meters in a time of 21.47.
• Freshman Rukia Omulisia (Nairobi, Kenya) won the women's 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.65.
• Redshirt senior Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) eclipsed 18-4.50 (5.60m) to win the men's pole vault.
• Sophomore Mary Munga (Nyandarau, Kenya) posted a career-best time of 2:10.35 to finish first in the women's 800 meters.
• Senior Ruth Webb (Akron, Ohio) won the women's high jump with a career-best clearance of 5-7 (1.70m).
• The women's 4x400 relay team of Horn, senior Kaira Granger (Bedford, Ohio), Omulisia and Nwokike placed first in 3:48.20.
• In his final home meet, redshirt senior Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio) posted a career-best time of 47.49 to place second in the men's 400 meters.
UP NEXT
Akron returns to action competing at the Doc Hale Invitational in Blacksburg, Va., and the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich., next weekend.
MEN'S RESULTS
5,000 Meters: Heriberto Alvarez (1st-15:25.77*), Justin Zapotoczny (4th-15:48.96*); Mile: Bismack Kipchirchir (1st-4:05.32*), Moses Lekokei (2nd-4:11.47), Quinn Hopkins (7th-4:20.32*), Emil Stanford (9th-4:23.54*); 400 Meters: Andrew Styles (1st-47.48*), Jimmy Harkelroad (2nd-47.49*), Braylyn Farrington (3rd-48.00*), Jalen McCoy (7th-49.43); 60 Meters: AJ Jordan (2nd-6.82), Tysean Baronette (3rd-6.85); 60-Meter Hurdles: Cameron Corrothers (2nd-8.68*), Kyle Brown (6th-9.06); 800 Meters: Majid Abuaun (3rd-1:56.25), Bobby Lucey (5th-2:10.89*); 200 Meters: AJ Jordan (1st-21.47), Kemari Robinson (4th-21.98), Cameron Corrothers (15th-22.75*); 3,000 Meters: Taye Gonzalez (3rd-8:48.97*), Emil Stanford (4th-9:02.66*), Quinn Hopkins (8th-9:09.89*); Pole Vault: Hunter Garretson (1st-18-4.50/5.60m), Garett Boe (3rd-16-2/4.93m), Isaac Baltic (6th-15-2.25/4.63m); High Jump: Delton Wright (2nd-6-4.75/1.95m), Mason Birch (NH); Long Jump: Benjamin Hudak (3rd-22-0.25/6.71m*); Triple Jump: El Hadji Abdourahmane Mbodji (3rd-44-0.50/13.42m*), Mason Birch (5th-41-7.75/12.69m); Weight Throw: Josiah Cox (3rd-60-3.75/18.38m*), Keegan Digby (5th-58-9.25/17.91m), Ryan Kamperman (8th-49-9.75/15.18m*), JaMeire Robinson (10th-47-8/14.53m), Christopher Vance (F); Shot Put: Owen Wendl (2nd-57-1.50/17.41m*), Keegan Digby (3rd-56-6/17.22m), Josiah Cox (5th-54-10.75/16.73m), Christopher Vance (7th-52-11.50/16.14m*), Braeden Quigley (9th-49-11/15.21m*)
WOMEN'S RESULTS:
5,000 Meters: Megan Hipple (2nd-17:18.06*), Danielle Honaker (3rd-17:32.94*), Kayla Sucharski (4th-17:51.08*), Sophia Spencer (7th-18:57.87*), Halle Sebest (8th-19:10.67), Hannah Kerr (12th-20:22.63), Emily Razo (17th-21:53.33); Mile: Grace Henderson (2nd-5:08.60), Jadyn Towns (9th-5:17.03*); 400 Meters: Vanessa Horn (1st-55.06*), Eve Clark (5th-58.53), Isabella Swallow (9th-60.60*); 60 Meters: Joy Nwokike (1st-7.47), Mariyah Moore (5th-7.75*); 60-Meter Hurdles: Rukia Omulisia (1st-8.65); 800 Meters: Mary Munga (1st-2:10.35*), Grace Henderson (4th-2:19.83*), Jadyn Towns (8th-2:23.17*); 200 Meters: Eve Clark (2nd-24.64*), Mariyah Moore (7th-25.23), Kaira Granger (14th-25.73), Isabella Swallow (15th-25.79*), Josephine Davis (18th-25.86), Kayla Allen (48th-27.91); 4x400 Relay: Vanessa Horn, Kaira Granger, Rukia Omulisia, Joy Nwokike (1st-3:48.20); Pole Vault: Cassidy Allen (2nd-13-2.50/4.03m*), Jessica Mason (3rd-12-6.75/3.83m*), Ava Fleetwood (8th-11-1/3.38m*); High Jump: Ruth Webb (1st-5-7/1.70m*); Long Jump: Shania Thomas (10th-16-0.50/4.89m*); Weight Throw: Brook Boes (1st-64-1.75/19.55m), Victoria Kuol (4th-58-11.25/17.96m*), Gabrielle Griffiths (5th-56-7.25/17.25m), Nighyah Carthen (6th-54-2.50/16.52m), Jessica Rhodes (7th-53-10.25/16.41m*), La'Kasja Edwards (10th-48-10.75/14.90m), Sloane Sypolt (18th-41-3.25/12.58m*), Rebecca Strunk (F); Shot Put: Brook Boes (1st-45-3.75/13.81m), Gabrielle Griffiths (2nd-43-2.25/13.16m), Jessica Rhodes (5th-40-6.75/12.36m*), Rebecca Strunk (9th-37-11.25/11.56m), La'Kasja Edwards (15th-35-3.75/10.76m), Sloane Sypolt (17th-34-7.50/10.55m), Nighyah Carthen (F)
MEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60 Meters: AJ Jordan (2nd-6.83Q), Tysean Baronette (3rd-6.94Q), Kemari Robinson (11th-7.10); 60-Meter Hurdles: Cameron Corrothers (1st-8.72Q), Kyle Brown (5th-9.03q)
WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60 Meters: Joy Nwokike (1st-7.54Q), Mariyah Moore (4th-7.83Q), Josephine Davis (18th-8.05); 60-Meter Hurdles: Rukia Omulisia (1st-8.64), Kayla Allen (19th-9.97)
* denotes career-best mark
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field team garnered 13 victories as part of 35 overall top three performances at the 21st annual Akron Invitational on Friday (Jan. 31) at the Stile Athletics Field House.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Redshirt senior Brook Boes (Tiffin, Ohio) took the title in the women's shot put with a mark of 45-3.75 (13.81m) before winning the weight throw with a mark of 64-1.75 (19.55m).
• Freshman Bismack Kipchirchir (Eldama Ravine, Kenya) won the men's mile in 4:05.32, the fourth-fastest time in indoor program history.
• Junior Vanessa Horn (Ludwigsfelde, Germany) triumphed in the women's 400 meters in a career-best time of 55.06.
• Redshirt senior Heriberto Alvarez (Oswego, Ill.) won the men's 5,000 meters in a career-best time of 15:25.77.
• Sophomore Andrew Styles (Freeport, Bahamas) captured the men's 400 meters in a career-best time of 47.48.
• Senior Joy Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria) won the women's 60 meters in a time of 7.47.
• Sophomore AJ Jordan (Columbus, Ohio) bested the field in the men's 200 meters in a time of 21.47.
• Freshman Rukia Omulisia (Nairobi, Kenya) won the women's 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.65.
• Redshirt senior Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) eclipsed 18-4.50 (5.60m) to win the men's pole vault.
• Sophomore Mary Munga (Nyandarau, Kenya) posted a career-best time of 2:10.35 to finish first in the women's 800 meters.
• Senior Ruth Webb (Akron, Ohio) won the women's high jump with a career-best clearance of 5-7 (1.70m).
• The women's 4x400 relay team of Horn, senior Kaira Granger (Bedford, Ohio), Omulisia and Nwokike placed first in 3:48.20.
• In his final home meet, redshirt senior Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio) posted a career-best time of 47.49 to place second in the men's 400 meters.
UP NEXT
Akron returns to action competing at the Doc Hale Invitational in Blacksburg, Va., and the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich., next weekend.
MEN'S RESULTS
5,000 Meters: Heriberto Alvarez (1st-15:25.77*), Justin Zapotoczny (4th-15:48.96*); Mile: Bismack Kipchirchir (1st-4:05.32*), Moses Lekokei (2nd-4:11.47), Quinn Hopkins (7th-4:20.32*), Emil Stanford (9th-4:23.54*); 400 Meters: Andrew Styles (1st-47.48*), Jimmy Harkelroad (2nd-47.49*), Braylyn Farrington (3rd-48.00*), Jalen McCoy (7th-49.43); 60 Meters: AJ Jordan (2nd-6.82), Tysean Baronette (3rd-6.85); 60-Meter Hurdles: Cameron Corrothers (2nd-8.68*), Kyle Brown (6th-9.06); 800 Meters: Majid Abuaun (3rd-1:56.25), Bobby Lucey (5th-2:10.89*); 200 Meters: AJ Jordan (1st-21.47), Kemari Robinson (4th-21.98), Cameron Corrothers (15th-22.75*); 3,000 Meters: Taye Gonzalez (3rd-8:48.97*), Emil Stanford (4th-9:02.66*), Quinn Hopkins (8th-9:09.89*); Pole Vault: Hunter Garretson (1st-18-4.50/5.60m), Garett Boe (3rd-16-2/4.93m), Isaac Baltic (6th-15-2.25/4.63m); High Jump: Delton Wright (2nd-6-4.75/1.95m), Mason Birch (NH); Long Jump: Benjamin Hudak (3rd-22-0.25/6.71m*); Triple Jump: El Hadji Abdourahmane Mbodji (3rd-44-0.50/13.42m*), Mason Birch (5th-41-7.75/12.69m); Weight Throw: Josiah Cox (3rd-60-3.75/18.38m*), Keegan Digby (5th-58-9.25/17.91m), Ryan Kamperman (8th-49-9.75/15.18m*), JaMeire Robinson (10th-47-8/14.53m), Christopher Vance (F); Shot Put: Owen Wendl (2nd-57-1.50/17.41m*), Keegan Digby (3rd-56-6/17.22m), Josiah Cox (5th-54-10.75/16.73m), Christopher Vance (7th-52-11.50/16.14m*), Braeden Quigley (9th-49-11/15.21m*)
WOMEN'S RESULTS:
5,000 Meters: Megan Hipple (2nd-17:18.06*), Danielle Honaker (3rd-17:32.94*), Kayla Sucharski (4th-17:51.08*), Sophia Spencer (7th-18:57.87*), Halle Sebest (8th-19:10.67), Hannah Kerr (12th-20:22.63), Emily Razo (17th-21:53.33); Mile: Grace Henderson (2nd-5:08.60), Jadyn Towns (9th-5:17.03*); 400 Meters: Vanessa Horn (1st-55.06*), Eve Clark (5th-58.53), Isabella Swallow (9th-60.60*); 60 Meters: Joy Nwokike (1st-7.47), Mariyah Moore (5th-7.75*); 60-Meter Hurdles: Rukia Omulisia (1st-8.65); 800 Meters: Mary Munga (1st-2:10.35*), Grace Henderson (4th-2:19.83*), Jadyn Towns (8th-2:23.17*); 200 Meters: Eve Clark (2nd-24.64*), Mariyah Moore (7th-25.23), Kaira Granger (14th-25.73), Isabella Swallow (15th-25.79*), Josephine Davis (18th-25.86), Kayla Allen (48th-27.91); 4x400 Relay: Vanessa Horn, Kaira Granger, Rukia Omulisia, Joy Nwokike (1st-3:48.20); Pole Vault: Cassidy Allen (2nd-13-2.50/4.03m*), Jessica Mason (3rd-12-6.75/3.83m*), Ava Fleetwood (8th-11-1/3.38m*); High Jump: Ruth Webb (1st-5-7/1.70m*); Long Jump: Shania Thomas (10th-16-0.50/4.89m*); Weight Throw: Brook Boes (1st-64-1.75/19.55m), Victoria Kuol (4th-58-11.25/17.96m*), Gabrielle Griffiths (5th-56-7.25/17.25m), Nighyah Carthen (6th-54-2.50/16.52m), Jessica Rhodes (7th-53-10.25/16.41m*), La'Kasja Edwards (10th-48-10.75/14.90m), Sloane Sypolt (18th-41-3.25/12.58m*), Rebecca Strunk (F); Shot Put: Brook Boes (1st-45-3.75/13.81m), Gabrielle Griffiths (2nd-43-2.25/13.16m), Jessica Rhodes (5th-40-6.75/12.36m*), Rebecca Strunk (9th-37-11.25/11.56m), La'Kasja Edwards (15th-35-3.75/10.76m), Sloane Sypolt (17th-34-7.50/10.55m), Nighyah Carthen (F)
MEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60 Meters: AJ Jordan (2nd-6.83Q), Tysean Baronette (3rd-6.94Q), Kemari Robinson (11th-7.10); 60-Meter Hurdles: Cameron Corrothers (1st-8.72Q), Kyle Brown (5th-9.03q)
WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60 Meters: Joy Nwokike (1st-7.54Q), Mariyah Moore (4th-7.83Q), Josephine Davis (18th-8.05); 60-Meter Hurdles: Rukia Omulisia (1st-8.64), Kayla Allen (19th-9.97)
* denotes career-best mark
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