PR's Highlight Weekend Efforts for Akron Track and FIeld

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Doc Hale Invitational

PR's Highlight Weekend Efforts for Akron Track and FIeld

February 08 | Track & Field

DOC HALE INVITATION RESULTS (PDF) | MICHIGAN INVITATIONAL RESULTS (PDF) | SYKES AND SABOCK INVITATIONAL RESULTS (PDF)

AKRON, Ohio - The University of Akron Track and Field team registered six victories as part of 24 overall top five performances across a trio of weekend meets.

The Zips participated at the Sykes and Sabock Invitational hosted by Penn State and the Michigan Invitational hosted by Michigan on Saturday (Feb. 8) as well as the Doc Hale Invitational at Virginia Tech on Friday (Feb. 7).

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Redshirt senior Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio) registered a career-best mark of 18-10.75 (5.76m) to win the elite pole vault at the Doc Hale Invitational.
• Sophomore AJ Jordan (Columbus, Ohio) bested the field in the men's 200 meters in a time of 21.49.
• Senior Cassidy Allen (Lakewood, N.Y.) eclipsed 13-0.25 (3.97m) to earn the victory in the women's pole vault.
• Freshman Mercy Jebitok captured the women's 3,000 meters in a career-best time of 9:45.11, the fifth-fastest performance in indoor program history.
• Freshman Rukia Omulisia (Nairobi, Kenya) crossed the line first in the women's 60-meter hurdles in a career-best time of 8.48, the fourth-fastest effort in indoor program history.
• The men's 4x400 relay team of sophomore Braylyn Farrington (Alabaster, Ala.), redshirt senior Jimmy Harkelroad (Huron, Ohio), Jordan and sophomore Andrew Styles (Freeport, Bahamas) crossed the line first in 3:13.00

PENN STATE SYKES AND SABOCK INVITATIONAL
MEN'S RESULTS:
Shot Put: Keegan Digby (7th-57-8.25/17.58m), Owen Wendl (9th-56-9.50/17.31m), Josiah Cox (14th-51-1.50/15.58m), Christopher Vance (15th-50-9.50/15.48m); Weight Throw: Keegan Digby (4th-59-7.50/18.17m*), Christopher Vance (6th-56-11.50/17.36m*), Josiah Cox (7th-56-7.50/17.26m)

WOMEN'S RESULTS:
Shot Put: Brook Boes (5th-44-6/13.56m), Gabrielle Griffiths (6th-44-3.25/13.49m*), Nighyah Carthen (17th-35-8.75/10.89m); Weight Throw: Brook Boes (2nd-59-2.75/18.05m), Gabrielle Griffiths (3rd-58-11.25/17.96m), Nighyah Carthen (8th-54-6/16.61m), Victoria Kuol (13th-49-10.50/15.20m)

MICHIGAN INVITATIONAL
MEN'S RESULTS:
60 Meters: AJ Jordan (2nd-6.83), Tysean Baronette (3rd-6.89); 200 Meters: AJ Jordan (1st-21.49), Tysean Baronette (7th-21.86); 400 Meters: Braylyn Farrington (2nd-48.21), Jimmy Harkelroad (4th-48.38), Andrew Styles (5th-48.47), Jalen McCoy (10th-49.06); 800 Meters: Majid Abuaun (11th-1:55.20), Titus Kirui (22nd-1:58.13), Bobby Lucey (28th-2:09.84*); Mile: Taye Gonzalez (12th-4:18.43*); 3,000 Meters: Taye Gonzalez (12th-8:50.59); 4x400 Relay: Braylynn Farrington, Jimmy Harkelroad, AJ Jordan, Andrew Styles (1st-3:13.00); High Jump: Delton Wright (4th-6-7/2.01m); Pole Vault: Garett Boe (4th-15-7/4.75m), Isaac Baltic (7th-15-7/4.75m); Long Jump: El Hadji Abdourahmane Mbodji (4th-21-0.75/6.42m); Triple Jump: El Hadji Abdourahmane Mbodji (4th-43-4.25/13.21m)

WOMEN'S RESULTS:
60 Meters: Kaira Granger (6th-7.62*); 200 Meters: Joy Nwokike (4th-24.03), Kaira Grangers (15th-25.40), Eve Clark (19th-25.75); 400 Meters: Joy Nwokike (3rd-54.68), Vanessa Horn (6th-55.00*), Eve Clark (9th-58.04*); 800 Meters: Grace Henderson (12th-2:17.81*), Jadyn Towns (18th-2:23.79); Mile: Grace Henderson (8th-5:06.57), Jadyn Towns (11th-5:16.16*); 3,000 Meters: Mercy Jebitok (1st-9:45.11*), Megan Hipple (2nd-9:48.02*), Kayla Sucharski (6th-10:16.99*), Danielle Honaker (8th-10:28.21); 60-Meter Hurdles: Rukia Omulisia (1st-8.48*); High Jump: Ruth Webb (4th-5-7.75/1.72m*); Pole Vault: Cassidy Allen (1st-13-0.25/3.97m), Jessica Mason (4th-12-0.50/3.67m), Ava Fleetwood (7th-11-0.75/3.37m); Long Jump: Shania Thomas (15th-16-4.50/4.99m*); Triple Jump: Shania Thomas (10th-35-7.25/10.85m*)

MEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60 Meters: AJ Jordan (1st-6.84Q), Tysean Baronette (4th-6.87q); 60-Meter Hurdles: Kyle Brown (DQ)

WOMEN'S PRELIMINARY RESULTS:
60 Meters: Kaira Granger (7th-7.66q), Mariyah Moore (10th-7.79); 60-Meter Hurdles: Rukia Omulisia (1st-8.54Q), Kayla Allen (9th-10.63)

DOC HALE INVITATIONAL
MEN'S RESULTS:
Pole Vault: Hunter Garretson (1st-18-10.75/5.76m*)

* denotes career-best mark