Track teams travel to Akron for Campbell/Wright Invitational
5/9/2008 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Friday's schedule begins at 1 p.m. with the weight throw and finishes with the pole vault which is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. Saturday's schedule begins at 10 a.m. with more field events including the hammer throw, shot put, discus, long jump, triple jump, and high jump. Running events are slated to begin at 2 p.m. with the final event scheduled to start at 5:20 p.m.
Leading the way for the Golden Flashes are seniors Jaroslaw Zakrzewski, John Harper, Shamel Smith, Nick Ivancic, Anne Zakelj and Andrea Bryson, juniors LeVania Henderson, Evan Whiting, Sha-Tira Snell and Bekah Stoltz, and sophomores Curtis Eaton Jr., Aiman Scullion, and Jessica Lhotsky.
In the men's hammer throw, Zakrzewski hit a mark of 210'-00” to place fifth overall at the Jesse Owens Classic at
Harper was honored for his performance at the Drake Relays at
Smith finished second in the men's high jump (7'-1.”) at the Jesse Owens Classic. Smith's jump is also a regional qualifying mark.
Ivancic finished fifth in the men's 400-meter hurdles, timing in at 52.56 in
Zakelj elevated herself to a height of 5'-7” in the women's high jump to take second place in the event last weekend.
Bryson to finish 10th in the women's 200-meter dash with a time of 24.41 at the Owens Classic.
Earlier this season, Henderson was honored for her performance at the All-Ohio Track and Field Championships at the University of Cincinnati (4/18 and 4/19) when she was selected as the Mid-American Conference women's Field Athlete of the Week announced on Monday (4/21) by the conference office.
Whiting tossed the shot put 60-0 ½ for a second-place finish in the men's competition last weekend in
Snell reached a lifetime personal record in the women's 100-meter hurdles and narrowly missed qualifying for the 2008 NCAA Track & Field Mid East Regional with a winning time of 13.93 at the Northeast Ohio Quad Meet at the University of Akron (4/11 and 4/12).
Stoltz won the women's javelin throw on the opening day of the All-Ohio Championships (4/18) in
Eaton Jr. helped
Scullion took second place in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14 minutes, 32.85 seconds on Friday (May 2) during the first day of competition at the Jesse Owens Classic.
Lhotsky finished third in the women's 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 8.91 seconds last weekend.
At the All-Ohio Championships in
