Five Olivet College student-athletes earn 2021 All-MIAA Outdoor Track and Field honors
FREELAND, Mich. – Olivet College’s Lillian Albaugh, Jordon Brown, Hayden Germain, Kyle McDowell and Tyler Peck have been named to the 2021 All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Track & Field teams. The All-MIAA teams are comprised of the event winners at the MIAA Field Day.
FREELAND, Mich. – Olivet College's Lillian Albaugh, Jordon Brown, Hayden Germain, Kyle McDowell and Tyler Peck have been named to the 2021 All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Track & Field teams. The All-MIAA teams are comprised of the event winners at the MIAA Field Day.
Albaugh won the MIAA title in the shot put with a mark of 40 feet, 6 inches. She is now a five-time All-MIAA selection after also taking first-place in the shot put at the 2019 MIAA Field Day, and the 2019, 2020 and 2021 MIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Brown captured the MIAA title in the long jump and 400-meter dash. The winning mark of 23 feet and 6 inches broke the school record, and his 48.73 second time in the 400 dash was a season-best. In addition, Brown is the first Olivet student-athlete to win the MIAA outdoors long jump title since Karl Wilson in 1966.
The quartet of Brown, Germain, McDowell and Peck took first-place in the 4x400-meter relay with a 3:20.76. Olivet has now won the 4x400-meter at each of the last five MIAA Track & Field Championships – 2019 and 2021 outdoors, and 2019, 2020 and 2021 indoors.
McDowell and Peck are both five-time All-MIAA selection, as they ran legs of the winning 4x400-meter relays at each of the last five contested MIAA Track & Field Championships. Brown has earned All-MIAA accolades three times – 2020 and 2021 indoors, and 2021 outdoors.