UNIVERSITY CENTER, MICH. – Saginaw Valley State University senior women's track and field athletes Alona Olshevska and Cheyenne Nesbitt were named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Track and Field Athletes of the Year on Thursday morning.
Olshevska broke her SVSU record in the 400m run with a time of 52.78 to finish in second place at the Division II Outdoor National Championships. She earned All-America in the 400m for her finish. Olshevska was a member of the 4x100 relay team that also set a new school record and earned All-America in the finals for the relay race. She got the meet started with a school record in the first round of the 400m, which she broke again in the finals.
Nesbitt made history at the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships as she claimed her fourth consecutive National Title in the heptathlon after setting a new SVSU record with a final score of 6002. She is the first woman in NCAA history, in any division, to win four consecutive heptathlon championships, and she is just one of six NCAA Division II women's athletes to win four straight national championships in their respective event. The 6002-point total ranks second all-time in NCAA Division II. She is the third woman in D2 to break the 6000-point mark. In addition, Nesbitt set a new Cardinal record in the 100m hurdles (13.09) and the high jump (1.78m) on the first day. She earned three All-America honors in the heptathlon, high jump, and 4x100 relay, setting new school records in all three events.