Davenport continues indoor season with the GVSU Open

ALLENDALE, Mich. – Davenport traveled to Grand Valley State for the GVSU Open for their fifth meet of the indoor season. The meet marks the halfway point of the season as Davenport has just four meets remaining until the GLIAC Championships from February 23-24. Sophomore pole vaulter Betsy Lovett broke the program record by clearing the 3.56 meter height!

Men

Brett Schenck and Colin Grady finished right next to each other in the 60 meter dash. Schenck finished in 7.14 seconds and Grady in 7.15 seconds.
In the 200 meter dash Grady took seventh place with a time of 22.62 seconds.
Matthew Field completed the 400 meter dash in 51.87 seconds and took 11^th place.
In the 800 meter run Zach Diamond finished in 14^th place and ran the event in 1:58.67.
Joey Fox complete the mile run in 4:24.84, earning 12^th place in the meet.
In the 3,000 meter run Thomas VanSlembrouck was less than one second away from setting a program record. He ran the event in 8:42.32, taking 10^th place.
Adam Maxwell had a great showing in the 5,000 meter run. He took sixth place with his time of 15:19.80.
Taking 10^th place in the 60 meter hurdles was Craig Hoskins, who finished in 8.93 seconds.
The relay team of Noah French, Craig Hoskins, Diamond, and Field completed the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3:27.25, taking seventh place.
In a field of 22 competitors, Romario Salmon took third place in the long jump. He leaped 6.84 meters on his final attempt.
William Jones IV threw 13.34 meters in the shot put, taking 11^th place.
Davenport had two student-athletes finish in the top eight in the weight throw. Brandon MacGregor took fourth with a toss of 16.48 meters and Eric Toledo finished seventh with a mark of 16.22 meters.

Women

Lovett had been knocking on the door recently to break the program record in the pole vault and she succeeded on Friday. Lovett cleared the 3.56 meter height, on her first attempt, to break her previous school record of 3.50 meters. She finished ninth place in the event.
Two student-athletes for DU placed in the 60 meter dash. Jakara Edwards-House took fourth place with a time of 7.82 seconds, which was only one hundredth of a second behind the program record, while Aleah Mixon took fourth with a time of 8.03 seconds.
In the 200 meter dash Paige Gould finished 14^th, completing the race in 26.77 seconds.
Tiler Tyler ran the 400 meter dash in 1:00.18 to take 10^th place in the event.
In the 600 meter dash Kaitlyn Rademacher took sixth place with a time of 1:45.84.
Olivia Bordewyk finished the 800 meter run in 2:24.04, taking 12^th place.
In the 5,000 meter race Andrea Messing snagged eight place, completing the event in 19:54.44.
Alexandra Eby had a great finish in the 60 meter hurdles. She finished fourth with a time of 9.16 seconds.
Davenport had two squads compete in the 4 x 400 meter relay. The team of McKayla Nadolney, Aniya Lowery, Gould, and Tyler took fourth place with a time of 4:06.99. The next team for DU, comprised of Haley Nelson, Sarah Stapleton, Autumn Hancock, and Olivia Sandborn, finished in 4:24.99 and took eighth place.
Nadia Bouwhuis finished eighth in the high jump. She cleared the height of 1.48 meters.
In the long jump Kelsey Graham took 12^th place with her mark of 4.95 meters.
Emma Schafer had a mark of 11.83 meters in the shot put and finished 14^th overall.
In the weight throw Jenna Schumaker placed eighth with her toss of 15.93 meters.