Indoor track and field teams start season at Jet’s Pizza Invitational

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Olivet College men's and women's track and field teams began the indoor portion of their 2020 schedules by competing at the two-day Jet's Pizza Invitational, hosted by Saginaw Valley State University.

• Freshman Jordon Butler had an outstanding debut in an Olivet uniform. He made the finals in the long jump, placing third with a school-record mark of 22 feet, 10-1/2 inches. The mark also ties Butler for 14th on the NCAA Division III Indoor Performance list.
• Butler was also one of three Comets to be the first runners in school history to compete in the 60-meter hurdles. His time of 8.94 seconds was the fastest of the three, and will now go down in the record book as the benchmark to beat.
• Eight Olivet student-athletes ran in the 60-meter dash, and freshman William Reed posted the fastest time of the eight at 7.17 seconds. The time was also 10th fastest among 49 runners in the race.
• Eleven Comets competed in the 200-meter dash, and junior Tyler Peck had the quickest time of the 11 at 23.30 seconds.
• Freshman Chase Mendham finished 10th of 68 runners in the mile run with a time of 4:33.13.

• Sophomore Lillian Albaugh placed ninth of 36 throwers in the shot put with a heave of 41 feet, 4-1/2 inches.
• Sophomore Kaylee Richardson ran an indoor personal-best time of 11:46.52 in the 3,000-meter run.

• The Comets participate in the Grand Valley State University Mike Lints Alumni Open next Saturday, Feb. 1.