Wickey Repeats as Individual Champion in First Day of MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships
2/22/2019 10:27:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
KENT, Ohio – Sophomore Jake Wickey repeated as the individual champion in the weight throw to pick up Kent State's first victory on the first day of the MAC Indoor Track and Field Championship Friday (Feb. 22) at the Kent State Field House. The men stand in third place with 27 points and the women are in eighth place with 10.5 points through the first four and six events, respectively.
Wickey entered the competition as the third seed, looking to defend his 2018 title in the weight throw. He threw for a career-best mark of 67'-08.00," which ranks fifth in Kent State's indoor records.
On the men's side, five additional athletes and the distance medley relay team tallied points for the Flashes on the first day. Senior Samory Fraga finished second in the long jump, leaping 25'-02.75" for eight points, while junior Christian Champen came in sixth reaching 23'-03.25" for one point.
The men's distance medley relay team, consisting of sophomores Justin Prack and Jonny Lukins and junior Kole Johnson, and senior Kevin Jones, picked up fourth place with a time of 10:30.24.
Freshman Alex Stamper finished fifth in the 5,000-meter with a time of 14:51.13, and junior Clark Bookman followed in sixth with a time of 14:59.61. Junior Trevor Detillion added a point with a sixth-place finish in the weight throw, reaching a mark of 58'-05.25."
Through the first four events of the heptathlon, redshirt junior TJ Lawson leads with 3,224 points. The 2018 All-American topped the competition in the shot put (47'-05.25") and tied for the top mark in the high jump with a mark of 6'-09.00." He came in second to teammate Devin Snowden (currently in fifth place with 2,946 points) in the 60-meter with a time of 7.17 and third in the long jump with a mark of 22'-07.00." Sophomore Jacob Mally also stands in fourth place with 2,966 points.
On the women's side, three individual athletes and the distance medley relay team tallied points for the Flashes. Junior Maria Horrigan finished fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 12'-06.75," while sophomore Ally Thompson reached 12'-00.75" for seventh place.
Sophomore Sarena Choi tallied two points with a seventh-place finish in the long jump, leaping 18'-02.50." The distance medley relay team of junior Rachel Banks, senior Irene Skinner, senior Sarah Pack and sophomore Maddie Dunlap finished seventh with a time of 12:02.88.
Action continues tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. with the men's heptathlon 60-meter hurdles. Field events are set for 12:00 p.m. and the finals of all running events begin at 1:15 p.m.
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