T&F Wraps Up First Day of Hilltopper Relays and All-Ohio Championships
4/8/2016 10:34:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Kent State's track and field teams wrapped up the first day of competition at the Hilltopper Relays and the All-Ohio Outdoor Championships on Friday, April 8th.
Hilltopper Relays Day One Results
All-Ohio Outdoor Championships Day One Results
Hilltopper Relays
Reginald Jagers picked up his second hammer throw victories in as many weeks with a personal-best mark of 61.39m (201' 5").
In the women's hammer throw, Gabrielle Figueroa was the top finisher for the Golden Flashes, taking 2nd with a mark of 55.78m (183' 0"). Rebecca Leppelmeier finished 7th with a distance 52.57m (172' 5"), followed by Victoria Ross in 24th at 43.59m (143' 0").
All-Ohio Outdoor Championships
In the women's 10,000m run, sophomore Morgan Bing captured 2nd place with a time of 38:23.40. In 7th place behind Bing was Katie Schmidt, who finished with a time of 40:48.10. On the men's side, Brandon Avers took 5th place with a time of 31:55.45.
Jesse Oxley came away with the pole vault title, finshing with a mark of 4.98m (16' 4"), followed by Kyle Schlumbohm in 3rd place with a mark of 4.57m (15' 10"). After day one of the decathlon Ryan Looser sits in 3rd place with 3,270 points, followed by Tyler Jones in 5th with 3,230 points. Looser was the top finisher in the decathlon long jump with a mark of 6.61m (21' 8.25"). In the decathlon high jump, Jones took first at a height of 2.0m (6' 6.75").
In the heptathlon, Chelsea Laury is currently in 2nd place with 2,834 points, Apsen Gaita is in 3rd place with 2,800 points, and Alyssa Carlton is in 6th place with 2,571 points. Laury finished first in the heptathlon 200m dash, running a time of 25.90. Gaita took 2nd place in the 200m dash at 25.98. Carlton finished 5th in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.07.
Action from the Hilltopper Relays resumes Saturday at 9 a.m. with the men's discus, while action from the All-Ohio Outdoor Championships resumes at 10 a.m. with the decathlon 110m hurdles and the heptathlon long jump.
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