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More Gold For Track & Field On Final Day Of Indoor Championships
Posted: Feb 27, 2022

More Gold For Track & Field On Final Day Of Indoor Championships

Recap Results

OVERVIEW

MEET: GLIAC Indoor Championships

LOCATION: Allendale, MI – Grand Valley State  

RECAP: A day after Nathan Powers won the Indoor Championship for the weight throw. Northwood men earned second place in the team race with 116 points. The Coaching Staff was named Coaching Staff of The Year by the GLIAC. NU won two more events in the 4x400 and 60m. Northwood women finished seventh overall with 29 points.

INSIDE THE MEET – MEN

  • Thomas Heslip, Josiah Morse, Josh Jones, and Stephen Barker got the win at 3:18.52 in the 4x400m relay. 
  • Xzavia Price was crowned Champion in the 60m, running a blazing 6.84 time. This was Price's second event he has won a championship in his career (2021 GLIAC Indoor Long Jump Champion). Price also finished sixth in the 200m (22.33).
  • Dillan Haviland placed third in the mile at 4:09.93. Haviland earned podium finishes in both the DMR and mile events. 
  • Stephen Barker earned six points and a third place finish in the 800m (1:50.48). Northwood had three top-6 finishers in Josh Jones (1:51.91) and Josiah Morse (1:52.64). All Northwood 800m runners earned provisional marks.
  • Jon Kelm was named freshman field athlete of the meet by the GLIAC. Kelm placed second in the triple jump (13.43m-PR), seventh in the high jump (1.86m-PR), and fifth in the long jump (6.62m-PR)
  • Northwood had two top-5 finishers in the shot put. Will Nemecek and Zechariah Stickler placed fourth and fifth at 16.78m. This was personal best for Nemecek, throwing .78m further previous mark. Their tosses both met the provisional mark.
  • Jordan Taiwo finished third in heptathlon with a monster 16 second personal best in the 1000m (3:02.72).

INSIDE THE MEET – WOMEN

  • Jessica Kursinsky set a new personal best and placed second in the shot put. Her 14.44m, provisional beating throw moves her into second placed on the indoor shot put record. 
  • Debra Wallace earned five points for the women as she placed fourth at 7.89 in the 60m.
  • Katherine Wozniak set a personal best to move into #10 in school history in the women's 3k (10:50.69).
  • Alexis Kaanta earned a top-5 finish in the triple jump (10.61m). He mark was over a foot further than her previous best to put her at third in school history.

 

UP NEXT

The Timberwolves Track & Field teams finish their indoor season at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships on March 11 and 12.