Men's Outdoor Track competes at OU
Track and Field Team Pushes through Wind
RESULTS:
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The Men's and Women's Track and Field teams headed to Oakland University for their second meet of the season. The team competed over two days, with the distance events running Friday night and sprinters, throwers and middle distance on Saturday. They looked to build off the good start they had at Michigan State last weekend. After having perfect running conditions at MSU for the first meet. The weather returned to normal Michigan Spring weather. While the temperatures Friday and Saturday were in the mid 50's to low 60's. The wind had a major factor as they got as high as 20 miles per hour during the weekend. However, that did not stop the team from running strong.
The meet started for the Warriors on Friday night. With the women's 5k, which had Courtney Davis (Junior/ Linden, MI), Amanda Lebel (Freshman/ Rochester, MI) , Miranda Wolanin (Senior/ Sterling Heights, MI) and Isabelle Dietz (Junior/ Bloomfield Hills, MI) running for the Warriors. The race was highlighted by Madeline Salem (Senior/ Troy, MI) who was the top finisher for RU in the 5k and ran her Personal Record of 19:16.16. Cameron Bitzer (Junior/ Monroe, MI) was the sole representative Friday night for the men and also ran 5k.
The second day of events were kicked off with field events. Which saw Craig Feldman (Freshman/ Stow, OH) who competed in the discus. On the women's side Micah Crumes (Senior/ Rochester, MI) also competed in discus, but put in a strong effort to reach the finals in Shot Put.
On the running side of things, it started with Emily Bemis (Senior/ Fenton, MI) and Lacey Glass (Senior/ Roseville, MI) who competed in the 1500m. The Men's team saw Dominic Santina (Junior/ Boyne City, MI) compete in the 1500m as well. Next up for the Women was Emma Fickel (Junior/ Rochester, MI) and Amanda Bail (Freshman/ Fraser, MI) competing in the 400m dash. Also, in the 400m dash, competing on the Men's side was Feldman. The Warriors had Glass and Santina compete in the 800m in the middle of the day. Feldman ended the day for the Men's team by competing in the 200m dash. The meet ended with a strong performance by the 1600m relay team of Glass, Bail, Bemis and Fickel. The relay team set their seasonal best record by seven seconds.
Even with having non ideal conditions with the winds. The track team put in a strong effort and pushed through the challenging conditions. The Men's and Women's Track and Field teams will look to continue to build on their performances this season. The teams will head to Grand Valley State University for their next meet on Saturday, April 20.