After locking up their third straight MAC
Outdoor Championship, the Akron men's team
earned three of four of the individual
awards from the conference:
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Freshman Shawn Barber (left, middle)
captured his second straight MAC title
in the pole vault with meet-record jump
of 17-08.50, which was more than eight
inches better than the next closest
competitor, to win Most Outstanding Field Performance.
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Leading the list of award winners was
Nick Banke (at left top), the meet's
Most Valuable Performer. Banke
won the discus and finished runner-up
in the shot put and hammer to earn 26
points for the men's team.
In guiding the men's team to their fifth
league crown since 2008, Dennis
Mitchell (left, bottom) was named MAC
Men's Coach of the Year for 2013.
In all, the Zips crowned six individual MAC
Champions during the three-day meet,
including Nick Banke (discus), Shawn Barber
(pole vault), Martel Durant (high jump) and
Alex McCune (decathlon) from the men's
side and Alexis Cooks (discus) and Shauniece
Steele (400m).
MAC Outdoor Championships
May 9-11, 2013
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