Final Results | Championship Central
KALAMAZOO, MICH. - The University of Akron women's track and field team captured its 10th Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field title as the Zips bested the field on the final day of the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Western Michigan on Saturday, May 14, at the Kanley Track and Field Complex.
The Zips finished the weekend pulling in 11 MAC titles and six runner-up performances.
Akron's women's team won its 10th outdoor league title on the strength of 124 points to outdistance rival Kent State (110 points) by 14, while the Zips' men's squad placed third behind the champion Golden Flashes and Eastern Michigan.
Akron head coach Dennis Mitchell garnered MAC Women's Coach of the Year honors on the strength of the Zips' efforts on the weekend.
Freshman Fegor Clifford (Delta State, Nigeria) was named as the MAC's Women's Most Valuable Performer of the Meet after winning the women's 400-meter hurdles to earn her second career league title, while also earning valuable team points in the triple jump (second place), 4x100 relay (second place), 4x400 relay (sixth place) and long jump (seventh place).
Freshmen Abby Knouff (Tallmadge, Ohio) and Adaeze Nwokike (Benin City, Nigeria) were tabbed as the MAC Freshman Track and Field Performers of the Year. Knouff placed second in the women's pole vault, while also competing in the women's long jump. Nwokike ran on the second place 4x100 relay, as well as finishing third in the women's 400-meter hurdles and seventh in the 100-meter hurdles.
In addition to the MAC Championships, the Zips split a pair of points with rival Kent State in the standings in the Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Wagon Wheel Challenge. The Golden Flashes won the series for the 2021-22 campaign, 8.0-6.0.
Women's Team Results
1. Akron – 124
2. Kent State – 110
3. Eastern Michigan – 108
4. Northern Illinois – 94
5. Miami – 72
6. Toledo – 71
7. Central Michigan – 67
8. Bowling Green – 61
9. Ball State – 54
10. Buffalo – 27
11. Western Michigan – 19
12. Ohio – 12
Women's Coach of the Year
Dennis Mitchell, Akron
Women's Most Valuable Performer
Fegor Clifford, Akron
Freshman Track Performer of the Year
Adaeze Nwokike, Akron
Freshman Field Performer of the Year
Abby Knouff, Akron
