NCAA Outdoor Championships

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No announcements yet on the field for the 2019 Outdoor T & F Championships, but the odds are that Noah Williams (400), Curtis Richardson and Nuh Andu (High Jump), Jordan Latimer (Long Jump), Matt Ludwig and possibly Cole Wigal and Matt Keim (Pole Vault), Patrick Kimball (110H Hurdles)Hesham Eldesouky (Triple Jump) and Ian Behm (Javelin) will get regional berths in Florida.  On the Women's side it looks like Mackenzie Andrews (1500 maybe  and Steeplechase for sure), Dara Perry (100H Hurdles), Lucy Bryan (Pole Vault), and Abby Wilson (discus and maybe shot) should be in as well.  Those totals will all be more than the rest of the MAC sends in total.  Go Zips! 

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So, a few I didn't see coming....Sara Foster in the 400 hurdles, Laurel Bristow in the Jav, Abby Helminiak in PV, and Olivia Snyder in the shot put.  Guy-wise I missed Tyler Fraker in PV.  19 Zips at NCAA Preliminaries.  And I was way wrong...the MAC did well.  Besides the Zips, the MAC has 28 women in the Prelims and 20 men as well.  67 total MAC student athletes...not too shabby!

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So, Akron advances six athletes to the NCAA D-1 finals in track and field this coming weekend in Austin TX.  Abby Wilson (Discus), Lucy Bryan (PV), Mackenzie Andrews (Steeplechase), Matt Ludwig and Matt Keim (PV), Curtis Richardson (HJ) and Jordan Latimer (LJ).  Not too shabby!  Top 24 in the nation in each event through regional qualifiers last weekend.  Kent State advances 2 men and Miami 1, while Ohio State got 4 men in, including ex-Zip Cody Stine who transferred this year in HJ.  CMU women advance 2, BGSU 2, Kent State and Miami each 1. OSU women get 5 in and a relay team.