FINDLAY, Ohio - The Saginaw Valley State University men's and women's track and field teams competed today (2/24) in day one of the Indoor GLIAC Championships.  After the completion of four events the women's team sits fourth overall while the men's team sits seventh.

The Lady Cardinals were led by distance runners Megan Pittoors (Macomb, Mich./Dakota HS) and Lauren Hill (Flat Rock, Mich./Flat Rock HS) who competed in the 5,000-meter run placing second and third overall clocking in at 17:38.28 and 17:41.69, respectively.  Placing fourth in the distance medley relay was the team of Emily Short (Tawas, Mich./Tawas Area HS), Diamond Taylor (Southfield, Mich./Southfield HS), Alycia Wright (Macomb, Mich./Lutheran North HS), and Ashley Meyer (Shepherd, Mich./Shepherd HS) who crossed the line at a NCAA DII National provisional qualifying time of 11:52.48.  Taylor would also place fourth in the prelims of the 400-meter run coming in with a final time of 58.70.  Senior Elizabeth Willford (Gladwin, Mich./Gladwin HS) earned a fifth place finish in the pole vault competition clearing a NCAA DII National provisional qualifying mark of 3.65 meters.

The men's team was led by Tyler Grob (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney HS) who competed in day one of the heptathlon and sits fourth overall with 2,758 total points after four events. Grob earned a first place in the shot put with a toss of 12.70 meters, third in the 60-meter dash crossing the line at 7.37, fifth in the long jump with a distance of 6.40 meters, and sixth in the high jump clearing a height of 1.68 meters. Earning a top-finish in the long jump was sophomore Frank Sanders (Detroit, Mich./Sterling Heights HS) who jumped a distance of 6.59 meters, good for an eighth place finish. Placing sixth in the distance medley relay was the team of Drew Maylen (Bay City, Mich./Bay City Western HS), Josh Arnold (Clio, Mich./Clio HS), Travis Toye (Davison, Mich./Davison HS), and Joseph Burelle (Sterling Heights, Mich./Stevenson HS) who clocked in at 10:32.32. Junior Jon Wetters (Essexville, Mich./Garber HS) placed 11th in the 5,000-meter run crossing the line at 15:32.44 while teammate Brian Bott (Buckley, Mich./Kingsley HS) placed 12th in the weight throw with a toss of 16.20 meters.

The Cardinals will be back in action again tomorrow (2/25) when they compete in day two of the Indoor GLIAC Championships.