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Alumnus and ZipsTrack's
Number One Supporter
Bob Gill Runs to
First Field House Record
Pictured Bob and Jacquie Gill after record run
Zips
Race Well at Penn State
Morgan
Sulzener led the women's team to an 8th-place finish at the Penn
State National Invitational, while David Howard rebounded from
All Ohio to lead the men. Beata Rudzinska, making her cross country
debut, Jennie Castle, and Brandi Schoeppner all crossed the finish
line within 19 seconds of Sulzener. The men's team spread from
1-6 was 53 seconds.
Penn
State National Invitational Results
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Sulzener
Named MAC Cross Country Runner of the Week
Morgan
Sulzener was the top MAC finisher at the competitive Notre Dame
Invitational, running a lifetime best for cross country, 17:39,
to earn this week's MAC Cross Country Runner of the Week. Sulzener
is the first Akron runner to receive this recognition in the
2004 season. It is the second time in her career she has been
honored by the conference office as its Runner of the Week.
GoZips.com story
Mid-American Conference Website
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Men
Runners-up at Central Collegiates. Sulzener Leads Women to Third.
The
men's cross country team followed up its victory in the Tommy
Evans Invitational with a strong second-place finish at the Central
Collegiate Championships behind MAC pre-season favorite Central
Michigan. The women, behind Morgan Sulzener's and Jennie Castle's
top-ten finishes captured third.
More
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Akron
Men Win Tommy Evans Invitational. Women Finish Second.
Placing
four runners in the top six the men's cross country team captured
their first Tommy Evans title since 1999. The women's team, led
by Brandi Schoeppner who placed second, finished second.
More
Tommy
Evans Invitational Results
Men | Women
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FIELDHOUSE UPDATE
8-31-04
8-6-04
Video
8-5-04
Video
8-2-04
Video
7-29-04
Video
7-27-04
More track Being installed
Video
Video Overhead
7-23-04
The track is now being installed.
VIDEO
Field
House Update 3/4/04 video
Field
House Video Update 2/26/04
View 2 and Weight
Room
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36th
Tommy Evans Invitational Opens Cross Country Season Saturday
The
men's and women's cross country teams will compete in their only
home meet, the Tommy Evans Invitational this Saturday at Firestone
Metro Park. The men's 4-mile race starts at 11:30 am. The women's
5-kilometer race gets underway at 12:15 pm. More
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Women's
Team and Six Individuals Recognized for All Academic Honors
The
Akron women's track & field team received recognition as
an All Academic Team by virtue of the team's cumulative 3.14
grade point average. Jenny Castle (800m), Emily Freudenrich (800m),
Ashley Kaufman (javelin), and Lisa Ravn (high jump), from the
women's team, and Randall Hafner (shot put) and Kevin Poest,
from the men's team, were also honored as All Academic individuals.
To qualify individuals had to post a 3.25 cumulative grade-point
average and meet the regional qualifying standard for outdoor
track.
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Akron
Women Picked 2nd in Pre-Season MAC Cross Country Poll. Men Picked
6th.
MAC
Site
GoZips.com
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2004
Cross Country Schedule Announced
The
University of Akron cross country teams will host its home meet,
the 36th-annual Tommy Evans Invitational, on September 11. The
Lake Marie Relays will be the teams' season opener and will take
place the weekend prior to Tommy Evans. The teams will also travel
to Toledo for the Central Collegiate Championships on September
18 and the MAC Championships on October 30, Notre Dame (October
1), the All Ohio Championships (October 8), and Penn State (October
16). More
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Kira
Sims Qualifies for Pole Vault Finals at Olympic Trial
Pole
Vault Qualifying Results
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Kira
Sims (Pole vault) and Former Athlete and Current Akron Coach
LeShaunte Edwards (200m) are Going to Olympic Trials July 9-18
Olympic Trials
Information
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Sims and Rudzinska
Each Place 4th at NCAA Championships
Results
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Sims,
Corbitt, Rudzinska and Russell Qualify for NCAA Championships
NCAA
Entries
Women | Men
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Zips Travel to NCAA Mideast Regional Championships
Seven
women and six men travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to compete
in the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships this Friday and Saturday.
Headlining the Akron performers is Kira Sims who is the top seed
in the women's pole vault with a mark of 14' 1.25". Ashley
Kaufman enters the javelin competition with the seventh-best
mark. Three women, Beata Rudzinska, Jennie Castle and Emily Freudenrich,
will compete in the 800m. Two freshman high jumpers, Natalie
Sako and Lisa Ravn, round out the Zips' women contingent.
For
the men, indoor All-American John Russell will jump in a tough
men's pole vault competition as the third seed. Greg Corbitt
will throw both the shot, where he is ranked 10th, and the hammer.
Also competing in the hammer are Dustin Shaffer and Zach Helm.
Shaffer will also be in the discus throw. Zach Helm joins Corbitt
in the shot put. Sprinter Jamie Goodwin will run the 200m.
LSU
website
Women's
Heat Sheets
| Men's
Heat Sheets
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Women
Third, Men Eighth at MAC Outdoor Championships
Beata
Rudzinska named Women's Most Outstanding Performer (VIDEO).
Kira Sims sets all-time MAC record in PV at 14' 1.25" (VIDEO). Greg Corbitt smashes
two school records and scores 20 points (VIDEO).
GoZips.com
story
MAC Outdoor Championship Results
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Campbell/Wright
Results
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Women
First, Men Third at Akron Quad
Akron
Quad Results
(corrected
5/3)
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Greg
Corbitt Named MAC Athlete of the Week
GoZips.com
Mid-American Conference Site
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Greg
Corbitt Breaks Two School Records (58' 4.5", SP & 194'
4", HT) at All Ohio Championships. Women's Team Places Second.
All
Ohio Results
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Jenna
Strouse (159' 10", HT) & Dustin Shaffer (168' 10",
DT) Break School Records at Akron Open
Akron Open Results
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Rudzinska
Wins Texas Relays 1500m and Is Named MAC Female Athlete of the
Week
Video
Texas
Relays Results
GoZips.com Story
Mid American Conference Site Story
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Zips
Compete at Raleigh Relays and Coastal Carolina Invitational Over
Spring Break
John
Russell (PV), Greg Corbitt (SP) and women's 4x 200m and 4x 800m
break school records
Raleigh
Relays Results
Coastal Carolina Invitational Results
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3-4-5
for the Zips at NCAA Championships All Three Earn All American
Honors
John
Russell (3rd, PV - 18'1/2") (video)
Beata Rudzinska (4th, 800m - 2:04.93)
Kira Sims (5th, PV - 13' 3")
NCAA
Indoor Results
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Beata
Rudzinska Named Athlete of the Week by trackshark.com
Kira
Sims' interview on trackshark.com
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Akron
Goes Into NCAAs With a
#1
Beata Rudzinska 2:03.79
#2 Kira Sims 14'
#4 John Russell 17' 10.5"
NCAA
Indoor Lists:
Men
| Women
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March
6, 2004
Beata Rudzinska Runs the Fastest Time in the NCAA
— 2:03.79
Video
Kevin
Poest miss at 17'6.5" for a chance to go to the NCAA Champs. Video
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March
4, 2004
Five Zips on Academic All-MAC Team
Schoeppner,
Russell, Poest, Southall, Yankie Earn Honor
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February
28, 2004
Russell & Sims Earn Most Outstanding Performer Recognition
at MAC Indoor Championships
John
Russell (video)
and Kira Sims (video)
won their pole vault competitions in record-setting fashion to
highlight Akron's efforts at the MAC Indoor Championships. Russell
took the men's competition with a 17' 10.5" jump breaking
his school record and setting a new MAC meet and all-time mark,
as did Sims with her 14' winning jump in the women's vault.
Akron
Individual MAC Champions
800m
- Beata Rudzinska (2:10.57)
Mile - Beata Rudzinska (4:53.88) video
Pole Vault - Kira Sims (14' 0") video
- John Russell (17' 10.5") video
35-lb Weight Throw - Dustin Shaffer (60' 6.75") video
Heptathlon - Bryan Fukuzawa (5174) video
MAC
Indoor Championship Results
GoZips.com Story
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February
23, 2004
Rudzinska Named MAC Athlete of the Week
GoZips.com
story
Mid-American Conference Site
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 February
21, 2004
Rudzinska Runs School Records
2:05.57 and 4:48.19 at Kent Tune-up
GoZips.com
story
Kent State Tune-up Results
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February
21, 2004
Shaffer
Throws 64' 10", Poest Vaults 17'
at OSU
GoZips.com
story
OSU Scarlet and Gray Results
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John
Russell Named MAC Athlete of the Week
GoZips.com
Story
Video
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Men
Win All Ohio Championships, Women Place Third
GoZips.com
story
All Ohio
Results
Women | Men
Video (John Morgan
Winning Hurdles)
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Nation's Leading
Pole Vault -Video
Zips
Lose to Kent in First
Annual Indoor Dual Meet
Kira Sims Ties for Top NCAA Pole Vault Mark
NCAA
List
GoZips.com
Kira
Sims Named MAC Athlete of the Week
For
the second week in a row an Akron pole vaulter was recognized
by the Mid-American Conference as its track & field athlete
of the week. Last week John Russell won that recognition. This
week Kira Sims, by virtue of her record-setting performance at
the EMU Invitational, received that award from the MAC office.
GoZips.com
story
Mid-American Conference Site
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Kira
Sims Breaks Bowen Fieldhouse Record in Pole Vault at EMU Invitational
Competing
at the site of this year's MAC Indoor Championships, Kira Sims
broke the Bowen Fieldhouse record and provisionally qualified
for the NCAA Championships. The winning jump, listed in the results
as 12' 11.75", is also a season's best for Sims. In the
men's vault competition Kevin Poest placed first with a leap
of 16' 6".
Jenna
Strouse captured the women's shot put title, her first, with
a 42' 9.75" throw. Dustin Shaffer just missed the provisional
qualifying standard in the men's weight throw with his 63' 7"
toss.
Satara
Freeman, running in her second meet, finished second in the women's
60m hurdles running 8.98 seconds. Lisa Ravn was also a second-place
finisher. She competed in the women's high jump (5' 5.75").
EMU
Invitational Results
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John
Russell Named MAC Athlete of the Week
Competing
at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada, John Russell cleared
17' 4.75" to tie for first place in the first flight of
the College Men's competition. That performance earned Russell
this week's MAC Athlete of the Week honor. Last year Russell
was an All American in the indoor pole vault and was named The
University of Akron's Male Athlete of the Year.
Video
GoZips.com story
Mid-American Conference Site
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