2014 Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships

2014 Mid-American Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships
Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1
Kent State Field House Address : 2227 Summit St., Kent, Ohio, 44240

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The Kent State Indoor Track and Field Teams host the 2014 Mid-American Conference Championships this Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1 in the Kent State Field House.

Action is set to start at 10 a.m. Friday with the men's heptathlon 60m dash and the women's 20-pound weight throw.

The Golden Flashes are heading into the championships after a record setting year – Kent State has had an all-time indoor record broke in every month of the season, December, January and February. Two men's records fell, one in December and the latest in February along with one women's record in January.

Sophomore Jesse Oxley broke a 16-year-old record in Pole Vault that was set in 1998 by Jamie Clymer (17' 2.75"). Oxley competed at the Akron Invitational on Saturday, February 8 when he broke the record with a jump of 17' 3.00".

"Everything was going great, my steps were on, I felt good" Oxley stated about breaking the record, "it was just one of those days."

Junior Jackie Leppelmeier took down a five-year-old record in the women's 20-pound weight throw, which was previously set in 2009 by LeVania (Nia) Henderson (67' 8.25"). Leppelmeier broke the record at the Elite Throws competition at the Findlay Open in Findlay, Ohio on Friday, January 31 as she threw for a distance of 69' 4.25".

"I felt really good … my throws were loose and in rhythm" Leppelmeier stated. After the distance was read, Leppelmeier said "Nia Henderson (previous record holder), who was also competing at the meet, she came over and congratulated me on the record."

Sophomore Matthias Tayala broke a 40-year-old record in the weight throw in December at the Golden Flash Gala in the Kent State Field House on Friday, December 6. The record stood since 1973 held by Olympian Jacques Accambray with a distance of 71' 10.75". Tayala broke the record with a distance of 72' 2.00" before topping that mark with is final throw of 72' 2.50".

"I felt okay when I went to throw … It was nice to get the record, I didn't really expect that" Tayala said, "It was good to get it out of the way, at the first meet of the season".

Outside of the three all-time records for indoor getting reset by athletes, there was one facility record that was broke, recently. Sophomore William Barnes broke the 60m hurdles five-year-old record that was set by Ronnie Ash of Bethune-Cookman in 2009, 7.85. Barnes ran the 60m hurdles in 7.83 seconds as it improved his time in the Kent State Record books, third, and his personal best time. He broke the record on Saturday, February 22 during the Kent State Tune Up.

"I didn't know it was going to come right before MACs," Barnes mentioned about the facility record "I felt amazing going into that race, and felt like I had something to prove to myself."

The Golden Flashes head into the Championships with seven individual total top marks in the MAC. Roseanne Erickson and Wayne Gordon hold the top times in the women's and men's 200m dash, respectively, as Erickson also has the top mark in the women's long jump. Ann Marie Duffus owns the top mark time in the 60m hurdles with Dior Delophont having the number one height in the women's high jump. Danniel Thomas is first in the MAC in women's shot put as Matthias Tayala is first in men's weight throw.

After the MAC Championships, Kent State track and field heads to the NCAA Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15.

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