Can we talk about Akron right now!?!

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  • GoZIPS

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    8 years ago 08/24/2015 2:08pm EDT

    You may know Akron due to LeBron James, but with two zips athletes making it to the World Championships, they should be known for Track too! Shawn Barber is the WORLD CHAMPION in pole vault!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Incredible. And Clayton Murphy got to compete at the Worlds after the whole Symmonds dispute... lots of light shown on him! He came away as the top American! How crazy is it that this little D1 school produced two world-caliber athletes at the ages of 20 and 21. Shawn is a world champ for gosh dang sakes!!!! Yeezus.

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    cool kid

    Member since 05/23/2015.

    712 posts. Last post 6 years ago.
    8 years ago 08/24/2015 2:10pm EDT
    re: GoZIPS

    I was about to start a thread about this, very impressive what they've been able to do

  • vaulting poles

    Anonymous Poster

    8 years ago 08/24/2015 3:05pm EDT
    re: cool kid

    First sentence from his Wiki....

    Shawnacy Campbell Barber (born 27 May 1994) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the pole vault, World Champion (2015).

    Lol, they ran him out of Canada with a name like Shawnacy and he ended up in a dump called Akron.

  • CONGRATS!!

    Anonymous Poster

    8 years ago 08/24/2015 4:21pm EDT
    re: vaulting poles

    Akron is a program on the rise with very good coaching! They have great facilities, it's a cool town and some of their other athletes on the verge of "breakout" seasons as well. Congrats to Shawn and Clayton, their coaches and the U of Akron track and field program!!

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