Kent State’s track and field team attended one meet on the road on Friday. 

They attended the Al Campbell Invitational in Akron, Ohio. 

With this being a lighter weekend with only one meet, the team is gearing up for the MAC Championship. 

Men’s team

Layne Studer 

Freshman Layne Studer cleared 17’-5.5” in the pole vault. Yet again, another new personal best in the men’s pole vault. 

Studer has set a personal record three weeks in a row. 

He now stands at the third spot on the Golden Flashes’ all-time indoor performance list. 

Women’s team 

Andrea Filote

Junior Andrea Filote took the fastest time in the women’s 60-meter hurdles preliminaries with 8.73. 

She then took third in the finals with a time of 8.77.

Additional highlights

Gabrielle Hammonds

Redshirt sophomore Gabrielle Hammonds won the women’s 60-meter hurdles in 8.69 seconds.

She placed second in the preliminaries. 

Liam Vinskovich 

Junior Liam Vinskovich took first place in the men’s high jump by clearing 7’-0.25”.

He is ranked 39th in the men’s high jump at 7’-0.5”. 

Up next

Moving forward, the Flashes have the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend from Feb. 23 to Feb. 24 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. 

Robyn Taylor is a reporter. Contact her at [email protected].