MAC Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
Princeton Bryson, Kent State
Event: Tyson Invitational
Bryson ran the second-fastest time in school history in the indoor 200 meters when he crossed the finish line in 21.35 to finish ninth at the Tyson Invitational (2/14). Bryson’s time moved him in front of US Olympian Thomas Jefferson who ran a 21.37 in 1985. Bobby Cruse established the Golden Flashes’ school record with a time of 20.79 in 2000. Six of the eight runners who finished ahead of Bryson are currently ranked in the top 20 in the 200 meters for NCAA Division I.
MAC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Daniel Kinsey, Akron
Event: Akron Invitational
Placed second in the heptathlon with a school-record 5.324 points, finishing behind Pat Woods, who was Kinesy's high school teammate and current athlete at Ohio State. Kinsey set a UA record with 5.324 points, breaking a mark set in 1999. Also, he posted an NCAA provisional mark. In the seven-event discipline, won the shot put and placed second in the long jump, high jump and pole vault. Kinsey leads the MAC in the heptathlon, 437 points ahead of second, Akron's Weston Lott.
MAC Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
LaTalia Jones, Akron
Event: Akron Invitational
Jones won the women’s 60m dash with a time of 7.49, a personal record, third on the UA all-time performers list, five one-hundreths from an NCAA provisional mark and nine one-hundreths from the school record. Later, Jones won the 200 with a time of 24.52, both a PR and the best time by a UA runner in ’09. Jones now leads the MAC in the both the 60 and 200 meters.
MAC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week
Irene Cooper, Western Michigan
Event: Tyson Invitational
For the fifth time this season Cooper finished in first overall or was the top collegiate finisher in the weight throw. Cooper only lost out to Krystal Yush of the New York Athletic Club. Cooper finished ahead of student-athletes from Oklahoma, LSU, Indiana, Michigan, Florida State and Ole Miss. Cooper has now finished either first or as the top collegiate finisher in the weight throw five times this season.