Personal- and season-bests for indoor track and field teams recorded at Steemer Showcase

OLIVET, Mich. – Many personal- and season-best performances were achieved for the Olivet College men's and women's indoor track and field teams today at the Steemer Showcase, hosted by Wittenberg (Ohio) University in Springfield, Ohio.

• Sophomore Emily Norkowski finished seventh in the 60-meter hurdles (9.82). During the preliminaries, she ran a season-best time of 9.70 seconds.
• Sophomore Berniah Alexander posted personal bests in the shot put (34 feet, 4.75 inches) and weight throw (36 feet, 5 inches).
• Other personal-best performances were:
  • Norkowski in the 60-meter dash (8.48)
  • Sophomore Abbey Peters in the mile run (5:38.77)
  • Junior Allyson Stevens in the 400-meter dash (1:06.68)
  • Junior Tonya Tepin in the 800-meter run (2:36.24)
• Season-best performances were:
  • Junior Alex DeVault in the 400-meter dash (1:12.45)
  • Sophomore London Eldridge in the 60-meter hurdles (10.13)
  • Freshman Michaela Nichols in the 200-meter dash (31.98)
  • Sophomore Lily Rozeveld in the 60-meter dash (10.03)
  • 4x400-meter relay (Eldridge, freshman Sarah Grove, Stevens, Tepin) in 4:29.17

• Senior Jordon Brown placed second in the 400-meter dash (48.41) and seventh in the 200-meter dash (22.39). The times are not school records due to the track at Wittenberg being oversized.
• Junior Hayden Germain ran a personal-best time of 1:54.02 in the 800-meter run.
• In the 3000-meter run, junior Hunter Hillard and senior Chase Mendham clocked-in with personal-best times of 8:57.82 and 8:58.62, respectively.
• Junior Zach Liddle had a personal-best mark of 30 feet, 2.25 inches in the weight throw.
• Posting season-best performances were:
  • Liddle in the shot put (34 feet, 1.25 inches)
  • Freshman Anthony DeVito in the mile run (4:51.72)
  • Freshman Kobe Hogue in the shot put (33 feet, 7.25 inches)
  • Freshman Jonathan Holloway in the 200-meter dash (24.32)
• To qualify for a season-best mark, the student-athlete must have competed in the event in at least one other meet this season.

• The Comets are in action at the Trine (Ind.) University / Dick Gollnick Invitational next Saturday, February 4.