Kent State University
Eastern Michigan Triangular
Track and Field Heads to Ypsilanti for EMU Triangular
1/27/2017 3:58:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Kent State University's track and field programs make their way to Bowen Fieldhouse in Ypsilanti, Mich. this Saturday to take on Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan in the EMU Triangular. This is the first of two trips the Golden Flashes will make to Ypsilanti this year, as they will return for the Indoor MAC Championships Feb. 24-25.
Kent State will be pitted against conference opponents for the third weekend in a row when they take on Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan this Saturday. In previous weeks, the women's program has seen the likes of Akron, Bowling Green and Ohio, while the men's team has faced-off against Akron. The EMU Triangular is set to get underway at 10 a.m. with the men's weight throw. Running events will begin at 1:30 p.m. with the women's 60m hurdles.
LAST TIME OUT
A week ago the Golden Flashes were in Akron taking on the Zips in the Akron-Kent State Dual. On the women's side, Kent State fell to Akron 82-69, while the men dropped their dual 86-64.
Kent State was a force to be reckoned with in the throws, as the men's and women's shot put and weight throw titles went the way of the Golden Flashes. David Paliscak took the men's shot put with a personal-record mark of 17.78m (58' 4"), while Rebecca Leppelmeier took the women's shot at 13.99m (43' 11.25"). The weight throw titles were claimed by Gabrielle Figueroa and Reggie Jagers III with top marks of 18.74m (61' 5") and 20.66m (67' 9"), respectively.
On the track, Golden Flashes were victorious in five events, three on the women's side and two on the men's side. For the women, Jorian Ordway (200), Rachel Slingluff (3,000m) and the 4x400m relay team of Ordway, Chelsea Laury, Lauren Burnett and Tyler Williams were victorious. Coming away with wins for the men's team was Brandon Avers (3,000m) and Matt Tobin (400m).
RANKING THE GOLDEN FLASHES
• A total of 15 Golden Flashes have hit Indoor MAC Championship qualifying marks this season including 9 men- Christian Champen (pole vault), Samory Fraga (long jump), Brandon Harris (60m), Jagers (WT), TJ Lawson (LJ), Paliscak (SP), Brian Smith (60), AJ Stevens (triple jump) and Tobin (400m)- and six women- Morgan Estes (PV), Talia Falco (TJ), Figueroa (WT), Maria Horrigan (PV), Britni Phillips (TJ) and Sam Tollerud (PV).
• Lawson's heptathlon point total of 5,512 ranks fourth in the nation and first in the MAC.
• Ryan Looser owns the tenth-best heptathlon score in the nation and the second-best in the MAC with 5,287 points.
• Tollerud's PR in the pole vault of 4.1m 13' 5.25" ranks 14th in the country and second in the conference.
• Coming in at No. 15 in the nation in the weight throw is Jagers, who owns a season-best mark of 20.66m (67' 9.5").
UP NEXT
Following Saturday's EMU Triangular, Kent State will return to Stile Athletics Field House for a two-day stint at the Akron Invitational, Feb.3-4.
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