KENT – The Kent State Golden Flashes head to Dekalb, Ill. this weekend, May 9-11 for the Mid-American Conference Championships. The meet is hosted by Northern Illinois University. The Kent women are looking to improve on their indoor conference finish of second and claim their ninth outdoor title and 13th overall MAC crown. They are ranked first in this week's USTFCCCA Conference Track and Field Rating Index, just behind Eastern Michigan. The meet is set to begin tomorrow with the heptathlon and decathlon, sprinting prelims, and the finals of the 10,000-meter run.
Kent has 33 athletes entered in the meet.