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2023-24 Track & Field Roster
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Sakai, Haruki
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Haruki Sakai
- Position:
- Jumps
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Narita, Japan
- High School:
- Narita HS
Bio
College Bests
60m: 7.12 (2/11/23)
100m: 10.82 (5/13/23)
TJ: 14.18m (1/28/23)
LJ: 7.60m (5/13/23)
Senior Season (2023)
Outdoor: Finished first in the long jump at three meets... Set a personal best in the long jump with a mark of 7.60m for second place at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships... Also set a personal best in the 100m with a timeย of 10.82 for eighth place at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships... Picked up first place in the 4x100 meter relay at the Ashland Alumni Open... Finished 38th in the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the long jump
Indoor: Had six podium finishes, including a third-place finish in the long jump at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships with a distance of 7.20m... Set a personal best in the triple jump at the Penn State National Open with a mark of 14.18m, good for ninth place... Set a personal best in the 60m at the SPIRE Collegiate Indoor Games with a time of 7.12... Finished eighth in the triple jump at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships
Junior Season (2022)
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets... His best finish of the season was second place in the 4x100 meter relay in the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships... Had fourth-place finishes in the long jump at the Northeast Ohio Quad and the WVU Last Chance
Indoor: Finished first in the long jump at the Akron-Indoor-Quad with a mark of 7.09m... Also finished first in the long jump at the Akron Collegiate Campbell Indoor with a mark of 7.13m... Finished fifth in the long jump at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships
Sophomore Season (2021)
Outdoor: Was third in the long jump at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a distance of 7.21m... Won the long jump at the Akron Field Events Last Chance Qualifier with a mark of 7.25m... Finished third in the triple jump in two meets
Indoor: Competed in the long jump at three meets and finished in third-place two times and second place once... Finished third in the long jump at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 7.20m... Finished second in the long jump at the University of Akron Invitational with a mark of 7.13m... Recorded a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the University of Akron Invitational with a distance of 13.75mย
Freshman Season (2020)
Indoor: Picked up a first-place finish in the long jump at the Akron Campbell Invitational with a mark of 7.04m... Only other podium finish came at the Akron Invitation, as he finished second in the long jump... Finished seventh in the long jump as the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championshipsย
High School: Attended Narita High School in Narita, Japan
Personal: Born on June 7, 2002 in Chiba, Japan...Son of Junko and Yasunari Sakai...Has one sibling:ย Suzune... Majoring in pyschology
60m: 7.12 (2/11/23)
100m: 10.82 (5/13/23)
TJ: 14.18m (1/28/23)
LJ: 7.60m (5/13/23)
Senior Season (2023)
Outdoor: Finished first in the long jump at three meets... Set a personal best in the long jump with a mark of 7.60m for second place at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships... Also set a personal best in the 100m with a timeย of 10.82 for eighth place at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships... Picked up first place in the 4x100 meter relay at the Ashland Alumni Open... Finished 38th in the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the long jump
Indoor: Had six podium finishes, including a third-place finish in the long jump at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships with a distance of 7.20m... Set a personal best in the triple jump at the Penn State National Open with a mark of 14.18m, good for ninth place... Set a personal best in the 60m at the SPIRE Collegiate Indoor Games with a time of 7.12... Finished eighth in the triple jump at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships
Junior Season (2022)
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets... His best finish of the season was second place in the 4x100 meter relay in the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships... Had fourth-place finishes in the long jump at the Northeast Ohio Quad and the WVU Last Chance
Indoor: Finished first in the long jump at the Akron-Indoor-Quad with a mark of 7.09m... Also finished first in the long jump at the Akron Collegiate Campbell Indoor with a mark of 7.13m... Finished fifth in the long jump at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships
Sophomore Season (2021)
Outdoor: Was third in the long jump at the Mid-American Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a distance of 7.21m... Won the long jump at the Akron Field Events Last Chance Qualifier with a mark of 7.25m... Finished third in the triple jump in two meets
Indoor: Competed in the long jump at three meets and finished in third-place two times and second place once... Finished third in the long jump at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 7.20m... Finished second in the long jump at the University of Akron Invitational with a mark of 7.13m... Recorded a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the University of Akron Invitational with a distance of 13.75mย
Freshman Season (2020)
Indoor: Picked up a first-place finish in the long jump at the Akron Campbell Invitational with a mark of 7.04m... Only other podium finish came at the Akron Invitation, as he finished second in the long jump... Finished seventh in the long jump as the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championshipsย
High School: Attended Narita High School in Narita, Japan
Personal: Born on June 7, 2002 in Chiba, Japan...Son of Junko and Yasunari Sakai...Has one sibling:ย Suzune... Majoring in pyschology
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