PRs set for track & field athletes at Ferris State Bulldog Invitational

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – Several Olivet College track and field student-athletes notched personal-best performances today at the 2017 Ferris State University Bulldog Invitational, held inside Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids.

FOR THE WOMEN

• Sophomore Zoe Feighner had a personal-best time of 5:40.34 in the 1,500-meter run and mark of 70 feet and 6 inches in the javelin.
• Junior Isabelle Leon ran a career-best time of 1:03.84 in the 400-meter run.
• Sophomore Nicole Sebok completed the 3,000-meter run in a personal-best time of 11:51.39.
• Senior Brianna Wiles and junior Nicole Zerfas posted career-best times of 2:30.20 and 2:32.60, respectively in the 800-meter run.
• Sophomore Madison Grace tossed the hammer for a personal-best mark of 109 feet and 3 inches.
• Junior Michaela Kaliniak finished third in the pole vault with a 9 feet and 6-1/4 inch clearance.
• Sophomore Kimberly Barber placed fifth in the 100-meter run with a time of 13.15 seconds.
• The 4x400-meter relay quartet of Barber, Wiles, Zerfas and Leon won its heat to place fourth with a time of 4:22.29.

FOR THE MEN

• For a second straight week, junior Mitchell Smith broke the school record in the hammer throw with a 142 feet and 10 inch throw. He also had a personal-best throw of 138 feet and 6 inches in the discus throw.
• Freshman Jaylin Alexander had a career-best leap of 20 feet and 5-1/4 inches in the long jump.
• Sophomore Kory Slaby posted a personal-best in the javelin (147 feet and 1 inch) and discus (109 feet and 7 inches).
• Sophomore Nicholas Yeck recorded career-best marks in the javelin (134 feet and 10 inches) and long jump (19 feet and 9 inches).
• On the track, freshman Joren Ruhf crossed the finish line in the 200-meter run in a personal-best time of 23.66 seconds.
• Senior Blake Wilson placed fourth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:15.63.

UP NEXT

• Olivet competes next Thursday, April 13, at the Siena Heights University/Don Kleinow Invitational.