ALLENDALE, Mich. – A few members of the Saginaw Valley State University men’s track and field team competed Friday (Feb. 12) and Saturday (Feb. 13) in the Grand Valley State University hosted Big Meet.

There were only seven Cardinals that participated in the Big Meet but they competed very well finishing with four Division II provisional qualifying times. The distance medley relay team consisting of junior transfer Marion Body (Sterling Heights, Mich./Sterling Heights HS) and seniors Charlie Richards (Goodrich, Mich.), Tony Filipek (Caro, Mich./Kingston HS), and Derek Stone (Metamora, Mich./Lapeer East HS) improved upon their previous time by ten seconds crossing the line at 9:58.38, placing them second. Filipek and Stone also competed in the other events this weekend, Filipek in the 800-meter run timing in at 1:52.93 and Stone in the mile improving his provisional time to 4:11.72. Earning the Cardinals their fourth provisional time in the 5,000-meter run was senior Steve Genther (Laingsburg, Mich.) clocking in at 14:32.18.

Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams will be back in action again on Friday (Feb. 19) when they travel to Central Michigan University to compete in the CMU open.