UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University men's and women's track and field teams competed today (12/3) in the SVSU Indoor Holiday Classic.
The Lady Cardinals competed very well in this home opener and recorded some very good marks to start the season. Junior Ashley Meyer (Shepherd, Mich./Shepherd HS) helped lead the women's team placing first in the mile clocking in at 5:20. Earning a second place finishes in the 400-meter dash and the 800-meter run were teammates Diamond Taylor (Southfield, Mich./Southfield HS), who crossed the line at 1:00.9, and Alycia Wright (Macomb, Mich./Lutheran North HS), who timed in at 2:28.4. Coming in with a final time of 10:59.5, good for second, in the 3,000-meter run was junior Lauren Hill (Flat Rock, Mich./Flat Rock HS). Also placing second overall was the 4x400-meter relay team consisting of Angela Brooks (Ortonville, Mich./Brandon HS), Sarah Kawiecki (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage HS), Diamond Taylor (Southfield, Mich./Southfield HS), and Lauren Little (Oak Park, Mich./Berkley HS) who crossed the line at 4:08.1. Tying for third place in the high jump was sophomore Sara Jones (Ortonville, Mich./Brandon HS) who cleared a height of 1.58 meters. Tying for second place in the pole vault were teammates Stacey Westphal (Corunna, Mich./Corunna HS) and Elizabeth Willford (Gladwin, Mich./Gladwin HS) who both cleared a height of 3.20 meters, respectively. Finally, senior Kayleen Driscoll (Flat Rock, Mich./Flat Rock HS) earned a first place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 9.82 meters.
On the men's side placing second in the mile was senior Steve Genther (Laingsburg, Mich./Laingsburg HS) who crossed the line at 4:22. Also earning second place finishes were teammates Josh Arnold (Clio, Mich./Clio HS), who came in at 2:02.7 for the 800-meter run, and Cortland Seaver (Freeland, Mich./Freeland HS), who timed in at 8:43.7 for the 3,000-meter run. The 4x400-meter relay team consisting of Tyler Grob (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney HS), Lee Chiatalas (Fenton, Mich./Linden HS), Raetron Bryant (Burton, Mich./Artherton HS), and Mike Rossman (Berkley, Mich./Bishop Foley HS) placed second overall and clocked in at 3:30.3. Grob would also place second in the pole vault with a height of 4.26 meters while teammate Frank Sanders (Detroit, Mich./Sterling Heights HS) earned a first place finish in the high jump with a leap of 1.96 meters.
The Cardinals will be back in action Friday (1/14) when the host the SVSU Doug Hanson Open.
