ALLENDALE, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University men's and
women's track teams competed in the Indoor Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships today
(Feb. 26) which were hosted by Grand Valley.
Senior Steve
Genther (Laingsburg, Mich.) finished second in the 5000-meter
with a time of 14:40.06, while sophomore Nick Ekel (Elsie, Mich.
/ Ovid Elsie HS) finished sixth overall with a time of 14:47.64.
Senior Courtland Seaver
(Freeland, Mich.) also competed in the 5000-meter where he finished
11th overall with a time of 15:06.56. The
Cardinals men's distance medley which included: Charlie Richards
(Goorich, Mich.), Marion Body (Sterling
Heights, Mich.), Tony Filipek (Caro,
Mich.), and Derek
Stone (Metamora, Mich. / Lapeer East HS) took first place with
a time of 9:55.26. Sophomore Brian Bott competed in
the weight throw where he placed 15th with a distance of
13.94 meters.
Senior Katie
Scott (Mitchell, Ont. / Mitchell District HS) finished in ninth
place for Saginaw Valley in the 5000-meter run with a time of
18:07.47. For the women's pole vault Stacey Westphal
(Corruna, Mich.) finished seventh overall with a height of 3.30
meters, while Elizabeth
Wilford (Gladwin, Mich.) finished in eighth overall with a
heigh of 3.30 meters. Sophomore Angie Brooks (Ortonville,
Mich. / Brandon HS) finished in ninth overall in the long jump with
a distance of 4.74 meters. In the women's pentathlon Chelsea
Henderson (Ludington, Mich.) finished in tenth overall with a
total score of 2785.
The Cardinals will continue to compete in the Indoor GLIAC
Championships on Saturday (Feb. 27
