Men's Track Defeats Akron; Women Fall to Zips

Kent State's men's and women's track and field team split a dual meet with the University of Akron on Friday (1/26) evening. The men's team defeated Akron 76-74 while the women's squad fell to the Zips 96-52 .

The men's team pulled victory out of the jaws of defeat by finishing in the top two spots in the pole vault and winning the final event of the night, the mile relay, with a time of 3:15.15.

Despite the fact that Akron won more events (eight) than KSU (six), the final outcome was sealed by the fact that the Golden Flashes also totaled four second place finishes in those six victories, thereby claiming eight of a possible 11 points from those events.

A trio of seniors helped Kent State garner a victory with their individual performances.

Mike Inge (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria) won the mile run (4:15.28 and ran the anchor leg on the Flashes victorious mile relay team to account for 10 of KSU's 76 points. Inge was joined on the mile relay team by senior Chris Caine (Munroe Falls, Ohio/Toledo), freshman Curtis Eaton (Akron, Ohio/Buchtel), and senior Ray Armstrong (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria).

Phil Rickaby (New South Wales, Australia/Winmalee) did his best to aid the Flashes' cause as he won the long jump (24'-8-1/4” or 7.52 meters) and finished third in the 60 meter dash (6.85 seconds) and triple jump (46'-4-3/4” or 14.14 meters) to score nine of KSU's points.

Marc Johnson (Middletown, Ohio/Middletown) won the 60 meter dash in 6.76 seconds.

Not to be outdone by their upperclass teammates, freshman Jeremy Brading (Bloomsburg, Indiana) took first in the pole vault (16-4-3/4” or 5.00 meters). Erik Lindahl (Prophetstown, Illinois) took second with a leap of 14'5-/14” or 4.40 meters).

Additionally, sophomore Greg Keys (Sandusky, Ohio/Bellevue Senior) won the 60 meter hurdles in 8.16 seconds.

Head coach Bill Lawson summed up the men's performance; “It's always a good day when you can compete well and win against Akron,” Lawson said. “It was a close, well-fought, meet which in the end we were able to earn the victory with a great team effort. We knew it might come down to whoever won the mile relay would win the meet. Our team accepted and met that challenge.”

Results

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Men's Track Defeats Akron; Women Fall to Zips

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