AKRON, Ohio – Four Rockets competed in the first day of the 18th Annual Akron Invitational Friday night. Senior transfer Madeline Barnes and sophomore Promise Cross highlighted the pack with second place finishes in their respective events.
Barnes competed in her first event in the Midnight Bue and Gold uniform, taking second in the pole vault with a 3.50m mark. Sophomore Promise Cross also had a second place showing, in the Pentathlon with a score of 3555.
Freshman Amara Okpalaoka placed fourth in the long jump blue division, where she reached 5.