UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University men’s and women’s track teams competed in their first meet of the indoor season today (Dec. 4).

On the men’s side there were four first place finishes, three second place finishes, and five third place finishes. Earning a first place was senior Scott Chevalier (Ann Arbor, Mich./Dexter HS) who finished with a final time of 6.95 in the 60-meter dash. Also placing first for the Cardinals was senior Tony Filipek (Caro, Mich./Kingston HS) crossing the line with a time of 1:54 in the 800-meter run. Placing first in the mile run was senior Charlie Richards (Goodrich, Mich./Goodrich HS) with a time of 4:21. The final first place finish was earned in the 3,000-meter run by senior Derek Stone (Metamora, Mich./Lapeer East HS) who timed in at 8:54.03. Following closely behind Stone was sophomore Derek Welmers (Standish, Mich./Standish-Sterling HS) who placed second in the 3,000-meter run clocking in at 8:54.58. Earning a tie for second place in the pole vault with a height of 4.26 meters was freshman Tyler Grob (Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney HS). Junior Aaron Wilkins (Schoolcraft, Mich./Schoolcraft HS) also earned a second place finish in the pentathlon scoring a total of 2,705 points. Finishing in third place, just behind Wilkins, in the pentathlon was junior Trevor Opalewski (St. Clair Shores, Mich./South Lake HS) who had 2,658 total points. Another third place finish went to sophomore Josh Zang (Berkley, Mich./Berkley HS) who timed in at 9:01 for the 3,000-meter run. Senior Brock Humphries (Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower HS) placed third overall in the 60-meter hurdles timing in at 9.27. The 4x400-meter relay team, consisting of Josh Arnold (Clio, Mich./Clio HS), Tony Filipek, Charlie Richards, and Scott Chevalier, earned a third place finish crossing the line with a final time of 3:31. Placing third overall in the weight throw was sophomore Brian Bott (Buckley, Mich./Kingsley HS) with a toss of 14.72 meters.

On the women’s side there was one first place finish, three, second place finishes, and five third place finishes. Transfer Katie Scott (Mitchell, Ont./Mitchell District HS) earned the only first place finish for the Lady Cardinals in the 5,000-meter run with a final time of 18:27. Sophomore Ashley Meyer (Shepherd, Mich./Shepherd HS) earned Saginaw Valley a second place finish in the mile run timing in at 5:26. Earning two, second place finishes was transfer Elizabeth Willford (Gladwin, Mich./Gladwin HS) who pole vaulted a height of 3.35 meters and scored a total of 2,640 points in the pentathlon. Finishing in third place, right behind Willford, was junior Kelly Henris (Saginaw, Mich./Nouvel Catholic HS) totaling 2,557 points in the pentathlon. Junior Alycia Wright (Macomb, Mich./Lutheran North HS) placed third in the 800-meter run clocking in at 2:27. Finishing tied for third in the pole vault were Violet Whitney (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer HS) and Stacey Westphal (Corunna, Mich./Corunna HS) vaulting a height of 3.23 meters. Earning a third place finish in the shot put was freshman Chelsea Henderson (Ludington, Mich./Ludington HS) who threw 11.73 meters.

Both teams will be back in action Friday January 8th, 2010 when they compete in the Grand Valley State University Early Bird Invitational.