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I imagine we will have a few more portal departures after the spring game, but for now NIU has taken the lead with the most departures.

Just happened to run into a current Zip and was told that incomimg portal news was coming on Friday.

Lot 9 is the best spot! It's the lot on the south side of the stadium, behind the scoreboard. Either there, or lot 10 next to the field house.

My recommendation- Set up in lot 9. Along exchange street.

So, the MAC Outdoor Championships are 2 weeks away, and Akron is the host school. Our new track will be put to the test. Should be a fun three days. I've been checking the stats after the debacle of the indoor season, and there's some hope for the Zips, not Championship hopes but some positive movement, it seems. I mean it is the MAC after all, with only 5 men's teams and all 12 women's teams. On the women's side, Amya Clarke is #1 currently in the 100 dash and #4 in the 200. Janay Bass should make the qualifying standard in the 400. The Heimlich sisters are #2 and #10 in the 800 currently. We'll have zero runners in the 1500 or the 5k, but probably Danielle Honaker (8th) in the 10k. Adaeze Nwokike is #6 and #3 in the 100 hurdles/400 hurdles, and Jade Celestine should qualify for both as well. We'll have zero High Jumpers, Long Jumpers or Triple Jumpers (not good!). A couple of Mitchell's PV holdovers, Rylchick and Allen will make it, as Brinn is #1 right now. Gabby Griffiths might make the shot field, probably the hammer and Laurel Bristow, another 5th year performer is #1 in the Javelin. Not a single woman in the Heptathlon, which is interesting because the new head coach was a multi athlete. The women may place in the top 6 IMHO. On the Men's side, Quentin Woodall is currently #7 in the 100 and our best Long Jumper is #14 - sad we'd have to use him here. Charles Sanders and Woodall should both make the 200 field, with Sanders now #5. Sanders is also #2 in the 400 and Jimmy Harkelroad #5 and #1 in the 400 hurdles. Marc Carrera is #6 in the 800 and should make the field. Then there's Brian Masai, who's #12 in the 1500, but #1 in the 5000 and 10k. We have zero high hurdlers! Our 4x100 relay team is ranked 5th of 5, our 4x400 2nd. The new weight coach has done a great job and we've got 3 of the top 8 in shot with Graham Lane #2, 3 of the top 6 in Discus with Owen Wendell #2 and William Gross #2 in the hammer. #1 and #2 vaulters in Hunter Garrison and Oscar Prieto, the #1 high Jumper in Nuh Andu and Avalon Harper at #5 and Haruki Sakai (#2) and Dimiti Novakovic (#3) in the Long jump. Both in the triple jump too. And zero Decathletes, once again from a multi event coach. I'm thinking the guys could get a 3rd out of 5, with Eastern and Kent going 1-2. Our field events could get us enough for 2nd. Anyway, shouldn't be an embarrassment. I'm sure the staff is working hard to put a good event together for the MAC and I'm assuming TV of some sort.

Cluse and Wolf in portal, too. There go their top 3 players. 😬