2018 Olivet College Men's Track & Field News
Women’s track & field team, Bailey receive USTFCCCA academic award
The Olivet College women’s track & field team along with rising junior Noah Bailey have received academic honors from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2017-18.
July 26, 2018
School record 136 student-athletes land on MIAA Academic Honor Roll
A school record 136 Olivet College student-athletes have landed a spot on the 2017-18 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll. Olivet succeeded the 100 plateau for the fifth time in school history.
July 25, 2018
Olivet College’s Baker receives MIAA Albert L. Deal Scholar-Athlete Award
Olivet College's Bruce Baker is the recipient of the 2018 Albert L. Deal Scholar-Athlete Award from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). The award honors the former MIAA commissioner, Albert Deal (1971-91), and is selected from nominees who have excelled in academics and athletics, and who have displayed outstanding leadership qualities.
June 18, 2018
Olivet College’s Bailey lands on USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region Team
Olivet College sophomore Noah Bailey has been selected to the 2018 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region Team.
May 21, 2018
Olivet College trio named to 2018 All-MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Team
Olivet College senior Bruce Baker, and freshmen Tyler Chavalia and Dewan Hawthorne have been named to the 2018 All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Track and Field Team. The trio landed on the team by virtue of winning an event at the 2018 MIAA Field Day.
May 08, 2018
Two gold medals help men’s track and field place sixth at MIAA Field Day
The Olivet College men’s track and field teams place sixth at the 2018 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Field Day. The Comets totaled 93 points, which was only one point behind fifth-place Adrian College and 10 points behind fourth-place Hope College.
May 04, 2018
Baker wins 10K title at MIAA Field Day, Comets sit in fourth- and fifth-place
Led by senior Bruce Baker’s win in the 10,000-meter run, the Olivet College men’s track and field team sits in fourth-place with 18 points after day one of the 2018 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Field Day. The Comet women are in fifth-place with 14 points.
May 03, 2018
Track and field teams compete at Hillsdale “Gina” Relays
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the three-day Hillsdale College “Gina” Relays.
April 27, 2018
Track & field teams participate in GVSU Al Owens Classic
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams participated in the Grand Valley State University Al Owens Classic in Allendale.
April 21, 2018
Track & field teams finish third and fourth at Olivet Quad
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams hosted Albion, Alma and Aquinas colleges for a quad meet today at the Cutler Athletic Complex and on the Kolassa Track in Olivet. The Comet men totaled 143 points to finish in third-place. The Comet women had 106 points to place fourth.
April 13, 2018
Hawthorne named MIAA Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Olivet College freshman Dewan Hawthorne has been chosen the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.
April 09, 2018
Track & field teams compete at MSU Invitational
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams participated in the 2018 Michigan State University Spartan Invitational in East Lansing. The meet featured NCAA Division I, II and III schools from across the state of Michigan.
April 07, 2018
Baker tabbed MIAA Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
Olivet College senior Bruce Baker has been tabbed the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.
March 19, 2018
Track & field teams open outdoor season at Rhodes Invitational
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams started its 2018 outdoor schedule by competing at the two-day Rhodes College Invitational in Memphis, Tennessee.
March 17, 2018
Baker, Chavalia and Kaliniak compete at Polar Bear Final Qualifier
Three Olivet College track & field student-athletes – Bruce Baker, Tyler Chavalia and Michaela Kaliniak – traveled down to Ohio to compete at the Ohio Northern University Polar Bear Final Qualifier.
March 03, 2018
Men’s and women’s indoor track & field teams finish in sixth-place at MIAA Championships
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams finished sixth-place at the 2018 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Championships, held at the Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Athletic & Recreation Center in Angola, Indiana. The lone event champion for the Comets was Michaela Kaliniak who won the pole vault in a MIAA and school-record clearance of 10 feet and 10 inches.
February 24, 2018