Women Second, Men Third At All-Ohio Championships 
                     Bobbie Hardbarger Captures 800 and 1,500 To Spark Akron Women
                     From: GoZips.com Story
 
                     COLUMBUS -- Senior Bobbie Hardbarger won the 800- and 1,500-meter runs to
                     spark the Akron women to a second-place showing at the 2002 All-Ohio Track &
                     Field Championships hosted by Ohio State. 
                     Other event champions for Akron were: Kira Sims (pole vault), Tomasz Smialek (high
                     jump), LeShaunte Edwards (200), and Erin Frye (10,000).
                     In the pole vault, Sims bested her own school record by almost six inches with an
                     NCAA provisional jump of 12-11 1/2. It replaces the old mark of 12-6 1/4 which she
                     shared with teammate Jeanine Thomas. 
                     Hardbarger also re-wrote the record books as her first-place time of 4:23.82 topped
                     her old school mark of 4:28.71 which was set just one week ago at the Texas
                     Relays.
                     On the men's side, freshman Tomasz Smialek can add the outdoor high jump school
                     record to his growing list of accomplishments as his jump of 7-0 1/2 was a quarter of
                     an inch better than the mark set by Dan Martin in 1986. 
                     Women's Team Scores: Kent State 133, AKRON 102, Ohio State 102, Ohio 96,
                     Cincinnati 90, Bowling Green 67, Ashland 60, Toledo 52, Findlay 32, Dayton 29,
                     Central State 25, Youngstown 17. 
                     Men's Team Scores: Ohio State 177, Kent State 139, AKRON 100.50, Cincinnati
                     97.50, Ashland 83, Toledo 70.50, Bowling Green 60, Central State 49, Ohio 31.50,
                     Findlay 8, Youngstown 2. 
                     Akron's Top Finishers 
                     Women's 800- 2. Jenny Castle (2:13.29) 
                     Women's 10,000- 1. Erin Frye (37:25.05) 
                     Women's 1,500- 1. Bobbie Hardbarger (4:23.82) 
                     Women's 800- 1. Bobbie Hardbarger (2:11.38) 
                     Women's High Jump- 3. Takeithia Jordan 
                     Women's Long Jump- 2. Kira Sims (18-5 1/4), 3. Takeithia Jordan 
                     Women's Pole Vault- 1. Kira Sims (12-11 1/2), 3. Jeanine Thomas 
                     Men's Hammer- 3. Greg Corbitt (185-5) 
                     Men's Shot- 3. Greg Corbitt (53-3) 
                     Men's Discus- 3. Greg Corbitt (159-10) 
                     Men's Pole Vault- 3. Kevin Poest 
                     Men's 100- 2. LeShaunte Edwards (10.60) 
                     Men's 200- 1. LeShaunte Edwards (21.13) 
                     Men's 400- 3. Ken Battle (48.42) 
                     Men's 800- 2. Jason Flowers (1:52.41) 
                     Men's High Jump- 1. Tomasz Smialek (7- 3/4) 
                     Men's 4X100 Relay- 2. 41.25 

Next Meet for Akron:

Mt. SAC Relays
Walnut, CA
April 20, 2002