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18 Zips Qualify for NCAA East Preliminary Round
May 23 | Track & Field
2025 NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY ROUND MEN'S QUALIFYING LIST | 2025 NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY ROUND WOMEN'S QUALIFYING LIST
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field program will send 18 student-athletes from its men's and women's teams – competing in 13 events – to the NCAA East Preliminary Round at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 28-31.
The meet, which invites the region's top 48 athletes in each event, serves as the opening round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The top-12 finishers in each event will advance to the NCAA National Championship in Eugene, Ore., from June 11-14.
AKRON MEN'S QUALIFIERS (Qualifying Rank-Qualifying Mark):
Isaac Baltic – Pole Vault (No. 44 – 5.19m); Mason Birch – High Jump (No. 24 – 2.14m); Josiah Cox – Shot Put (No. 46 – 17.86m); Hunter Garretson – Pole Vault (No. 5 – 5.53m); Lane Graham – Hammer Throw (No. 30 – 63.71m); AJ Jordan – 200 Meters (No. 40 – 20.74); Bismack Kipchirchir – 3,000-Meter Steeplechase (No. 3 – 8:27.51); Kaden Rambatt – Pole Vault (No. 45 – 5.19m); Christopher Vance – Hammer Throw (No. 34 – 63.22m); Owen Wendl – Shot Put (No. 27 – 18.35m) and Discus (No. 7 – 61.23m)
AKRON WOMEN'S QUALIFIERS (Qualifying Rank-Qualifying Mark):
Cassidy Allen – Pole Vault (No. 30 – 4.18m); Brook Boes – Discus (No. 38 – 51.47m); Victory George – 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51); Gabrielle Griffiths – Hammer (No. 33 – 58.97m); Vanessa Horn – 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51); Joy Nwokike – 200 Meters (No. 35 – 23.24), 400 Meters (No. 35 – 52.90) and 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51); Rukia Omulisia – 100-Meter Hurdles (No. 29 – 13.24) and 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51) and Ayanna Stafford – 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51)
For the complete list of entries, please log on to NCAA.com.
In the Event Squad rankings released on May 14, Akron is ranked among the top 30 in four different events.
Akron is rated 10th in men's pole vault, 15th in men's shot put and women's hammer, 16th in men's hammer and 23rd in women's discus.
Akron posted 35 career- and 37 season-best marks at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 15-17.
Akron has a pair of student-athletes ranked in the top-50 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) is this week's rankings, including freshman Bismack Kipchirchir (Eldama Ravine, Kenya), redshirt senior Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio), redshirt junior Owen Wendl (Medina, Ohio) and sophomore Mason Birch (Strongsville, Ohio), who are seventh in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:27.51), 11th in the men's pole vault (18-1.75/5.53m), 13th in the men's discus (200-11/61.23m) and 41st men's high jump (7-0.25/2.14m).
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron track and field program will send 18 student-athletes from its men's and women's teams – competing in 13 events – to the NCAA East Preliminary Round at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., from May 28-31.
The meet, which invites the region's top 48 athletes in each event, serves as the opening round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The top-12 finishers in each event will advance to the NCAA National Championship in Eugene, Ore., from June 11-14.
AKRON MEN'S QUALIFIERS (Qualifying Rank-Qualifying Mark):
Isaac Baltic – Pole Vault (No. 44 – 5.19m); Mason Birch – High Jump (No. 24 – 2.14m); Josiah Cox – Shot Put (No. 46 – 17.86m); Hunter Garretson – Pole Vault (No. 5 – 5.53m); Lane Graham – Hammer Throw (No. 30 – 63.71m); AJ Jordan – 200 Meters (No. 40 – 20.74); Bismack Kipchirchir – 3,000-Meter Steeplechase (No. 3 – 8:27.51); Kaden Rambatt – Pole Vault (No. 45 – 5.19m); Christopher Vance – Hammer Throw (No. 34 – 63.22m); Owen Wendl – Shot Put (No. 27 – 18.35m) and Discus (No. 7 – 61.23m)
AKRON WOMEN'S QUALIFIERS (Qualifying Rank-Qualifying Mark):
Cassidy Allen – Pole Vault (No. 30 – 4.18m); Brook Boes – Discus (No. 38 – 51.47m); Victory George – 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51); Gabrielle Griffiths – Hammer (No. 33 – 58.97m); Vanessa Horn – 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51); Joy Nwokike – 200 Meters (No. 35 – 23.24), 400 Meters (No. 35 – 52.90) and 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51); Rukia Omulisia – 100-Meter Hurdles (No. 29 – 13.24) and 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51) and Ayanna Stafford – 4x100 Relay (No. 21 – 44.51)
For the complete list of entries, please log on to NCAA.com.
In the Event Squad rankings released on May 14, Akron is ranked among the top 30 in four different events.
Akron is rated 10th in men's pole vault, 15th in men's shot put and women's hammer, 16th in men's hammer and 23rd in women's discus.
Akron posted 35 career- and 37 season-best marks at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 15-17.
Akron has a pair of student-athletes ranked in the top-50 nationally by the Track and Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) is this week's rankings, including freshman Bismack Kipchirchir (Eldama Ravine, Kenya), redshirt senior Hunter Garretson (Newcomerstown, Ohio), redshirt junior Owen Wendl (Medina, Ohio) and sophomore Mason Birch (Strongsville, Ohio), who are seventh in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:27.51), 11th in the men's pole vault (18-1.75/5.53m), 13th in the men's discus (200-11/61.23m) and 41st men's high jump (7-0.25/2.14m).
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