ZippyRulz Posted July 24, 2015 Report Posted July 24, 2015 http://gozips.com/sports/track/2014-15/releases/20150723z0ajm8"Quite an outstanding feat for Clayton's first time wearing the USA uniform," Akron head track and field coach Dennis Mitchell commented. "He ran like a veteran. What a great thing for the program having two gold medals for Akron at a major international competition. Coach LaBadie has done a great job with him. The upcoming Olympic year is going to be exciting." 1 Quote
ZippyRulz Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) Congrats to Clayton! University of Akron junior Clayton Murphy (New Paris, Ohio) became the school's seventh individual NCAA Champion capturing the 800-meter title at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, March 12. View the full article at www.GoZips.com Edited March 13, 2016 by ZippyRulz Quote
wadszip Posted March 16, 2016 Report Posted March 16, 2016 Clayton has definitely taken the torch from Shawn Barber and ran with it (bad pun and all). Even without Barber, I look forward to seeing what this team (men's and women) can do outdoor, nationally. Akron is blessed with some high quality coaches (Embrick, Dambrot and Bowden), but Dennis Mitchell quietly may be the best of them all. He built the program to national respectability even before Stiles was built. Since then, it has become a national level program in both men and women. Crazy to think that this summer, two Zips (one being Barber, who if he wasn't so good, would still be with the program) could be competing in Brazil on the sport's biggest stage, while both being college aged... And both with a legit shot to medal, obviously Barber having more than just a shot. Talking gold with him. 1 Quote
ZippyRulz Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Posted March 18, 2016 Meet Clayton...Rifle championship...Spring football https://youtu.be/RpKDKue4EEE Quote
ZippyRulz Posted February 4, 2019 Author Report Posted February 4, 2019 FORMER AKRON NATIONAL CHAMPION AND 2016 OLYMPIC MEDALIST MURPHY SETS WORLD-RECORD https://gozips.com/news/2019/2/4/former-akron-national-champion-and-2016-olympic-medalist-murphy-sets-world-record.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0-WQcCc66Q1Y741o-4nts6dop0AxPes_YDqJyBMvj4ew4ZkyWHQGjw9zQ Quote
zippyfan34 Posted February 5, 2019 Report Posted February 5, 2019 Zipsvoice, what is flat track? Does that just mean indoor? I was surprised that this world record is actually about 3 seconds slower than he ran in Rio. I was surprised indoor would be that much slower than outdoor but I’m not a physics major. Quote
ZipsVoice Posted February 5, 2019 Report Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, zippyfan34 said: Zipsvoice, what is flat track? Does that just mean indoor? I was surprised that this world record is actually about 3 seconds slower than he ran in Rio. I was surprised indoor would be that much slower than outdoor but I’m not a physics major. No, it's just kinda like it sounds. It is flat the entire way around, like an outdoor track. Almost every outdoor track is 400 meters and flat. The indoor flat tracks are 300 meters, generally. Ours is, Youngstown State's is, SPIRE is. But the majority of indoor tracks tend to be 200 meters, and the curves are banked inward. Lots of times runners can take advantage of this and kinda slingshot themselves off of the turn. But it's almost like short course speed skating, it's tough to overtake someone once they have the lead, until the last turn. All that being said, I believe world records can only be set on 200 meter tracks..... But a 300 meter oval flat track has much tighter turns than a full 400 meter track, and in the indoor 800 he would have had to either make 4 laps or in the 300 flat, he would have had an additional turn in there, they start it opposite the finish line and go 2 1/2 times around. Edited February 5, 2019 by ZipsVoice 1 Quote
ZipsVoice Posted February 5, 2019 Report Posted February 5, 2019 As an addendum, I checked and a world record indoors can be set on a 300 meter flat track, and on a banked track no larger than 200 meters.... Quote
ZippyRulz Posted May 15, 2020 Author Report Posted May 15, 2020 https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/bronze-medalist-murphy-olympic-postponement-was-the-best-thing/8woyLdTFtLKIPAIh3hNFZK/ Quote
TennZip Posted June 18, 2020 Report Posted June 18, 2020 Blue and Gold, thank you much for posting his blog entry. It is shameful that Akron gridiron is so badly impacting successful programs like Akron Track and Field and Akron Men's soccer. 1 Quote
Zip_ME87 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Posted June 19, 2020 Incompetent Athletic Department leadership, 2 presidents, and 2 interim presidents who won't fix the real problem. 1 Quote
Blue & Gold Posted June 28, 2020 Report Posted June 28, 2020 Clayton is obviously very proud to be a Zip. 3 Quote
TennZip Posted June 29, 2020 Report Posted June 29, 2020 Very powerful letter. Mr. Maloney correctly points out that Williams and Miller have not been around long enough to appreciate the history and achievements of Akron track and field. https://www.si.com/college/video/2020/05/26/uconn-football-program-failures this article about UConn football....could just as easily apply to Akron football. I know that Williams was not around when the Infocision decision was made. George Van Horne was part of the athletic department leadership team at that time. The gridiron at all costs mentality of the last 10-15 years has really hurt other UA sports . It is time for those involved in the Football at all cost decision....to pay the price. Men's soccer, mens basketball, track and field and swimming could be even better with better support and leadership from the Athletic department leadership. Portion of the article about UConn.......(feel free to substitute Akron athletic dept leadership and Akron when they give name of AD and Akron when whey they use UConn) The nine years since then, they've been terrible. They have made bad coaching hires, they have agreed to ridiculous contracts. And I want to see the athletic director, David Benedict, on the day in June when he has to stand up there and tell a bunch of sports, "You no longer exist," take the fall for coming up with a contract for football coach Randy Edsall that includes bonuses for scoring first for having a better red zone, scoring percentage for leading at halftime and other completely useless means to put more money in the football coach's wallet. They built facilities, they got into the arms race when football was never a sustainable, long-term, big time sport at UConn. And now a bunch of athletes and non-revenue sports are going to pay the price for it. We'll see how many, but I feel sorry for those kids, and I hope the athletic administrators and everyone who runs UConn takes the proper fall when it happens. Quote
ZipsVoice Posted June 30, 2020 Report Posted June 30, 2020 Maybe btsohio could learn that it's CROSS country not across country.....did they go to Can't State to get their journalism diplomas??? Quote
TennZip Posted July 1, 2020 Report Posted July 1, 2020 https://www.beaconjournal.com/sports/20200630/olympian-clayton-murphy-says-uarsquos-handling-of-eliminated-sports-damaged-reputation-relationship-with-donors Quote
kreed5120 Posted July 1, 2020 Report Posted July 1, 2020 I don't have a problem with the university cutting cross country as a means to reduce the deficit. I just wish they would be straight forward on how much money it actually is saving them. From there if boosters are willing to step up to endow the program, give them a chance. I just wonder where all these supposed boosters have been the past 2 years when we really needed to fundraise money for a new outdoor track Quote
TennZip Posted July 3, 2020 Report Posted July 3, 2020 Akron is one of 3 schools analyzed in this article.... this supports Clayton Murphy's thought process https://www.sportico.com/2020/leagues/college-sports/maybe-colleges-should-be-adding-sports-not-dropping-them-1234608297/ 1 Quote
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