CALEDONIA, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University Women's Track and Field team sits in third after the first full day of competition at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships hosted by Davenport University.
Team Scores:
Grand Valley State - 60
Wayne State - 47
Saginaw Valley State - 32
Davenport - 29
Northern Michigan - 19
Parkside - 15
Michigan Tech - 11
Lake Superior State - 10
Ferris State - 6
Purdue Northwest - 5
FINALS
Decathlon
Kelsey Landra and Olivia Carpenter competed in the heptathlon for the women's team. Landra won the 100m hurdles, 200m, long jump, and the 800m sections of the heptathlon landing her with the Bronze behind Lindsey Strutz (Grand Valley State) and Annabelle Schafer (Davenport). Carpenter battled hard for the team and finished with in fifth place which landed crucial points for the overall score.
10,000 Meter
Lynsey Amthor continued her impressive outdoor season with a second place finish. Amthor clocked 36:42.46 picking up eight points for the team score.
Javelin
Junior, Cheyenne Williamson picked up four points in the event with a toss of 32.96m (108' 2") on her second attempt.
Hammer
Senior, MacKenzie Ramey finished fourth in the women's hammer throw with a toss of 50.26m (164' 11"). Ramey picked up five points for the team with her performance.
Long Jump
Williamson continued her dominance on the track, picking up five points in the long jump with a fourth place finish leaping to 5.61m (18' 4.75") on her second-to-last attempt.
PRELIMS
1500m
The 1500 meter race saw three SVSU runners qualify for the finals tomorrow in Alexa Keiser, Lauren Buckner, and Mikenna Borie who finished in placed of 6, 7, 10 with times of 4:42.41, 4:42.44, and 4:51.53 respectively.
100m Hurdles
The prelims for the 100 hurdles also saw a flock of Cardinals that will make it to the finals tomorrow. Cheyenne Williamson, Cassandra Campbell, and Hanna Schroeder all qualified with first, second, and sixth place finishes.
100m Run
Two runners earned their place in the finals for tomorrows 100-meter race. Angelina Delbosque placed second in qualifying and was joined by Sophia Thelen who placed sixth.
800m Run
Lauren Buckner will also find herself in the 800m finals tomorrow as the lone SVSU runner. Buckner finished fourth in the qualifying rounds where she moved up three places in the final 400 of the race to secure her spot.
400m Hurdles
Two Cardinals will represent in the 400m hurdles tomorrow as well; Cassandra Campbell and Makayla Furst. The two lady Cards were able to secure their places with second and ninth place finishes.
200m Run
Three runners picked up qualifying marks. Cheyenne Williamson, Angelina Delbosque, and Sophia Thelen place of 1, 3, and 8 respectively to reach the finals tomorrow afternoon.
UP NEXT
The final day of the GLIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place tomorrow. The finals will be hosted for all of the events listed above and others that can be found on the live results link on the SVSU Athletics Composite Schedule.
