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New Faces Highlight Track & Field's Opening To 2022-23 Indoor Season
Posted: Dec 09, 2022

New Faces Highlight Track & Field's Opening To 2022-23 Indoor Season

Results

OVERVIEW 

MEET: HOLIDAY OPEN

LOCATION: Allendale, Mich. - Grand Valley St.

RECAP: Northwood track and field opened the indoor season Friday (December 9) at the Holiday Open hosted by Grand Valley State. As the Timberwolves embarked on a new season, many new faces and changes to the history books occurred.

INSIDE THE MEET – MEN

  • Jon Kelm stood atop the long jump podium after his 6.93m jump. Kelm moves into seventh all-time in the Northwood history books.
  • Sebastian Tesch also took gold for NU, earning a weight throw gold with a 16.67m toss, setting a new personal record (PR) and moving into ninth on the all-time Northwood list.
  • In his first race of the season, Xzavia Price clocked a 6.89 60m dash. His time was a third of a second off the NCAA provisional mark as he placed sixth in the field. Price earned a finals berth with a 6.90 finish in prelims out of 64 runners.
  • Zane Aldrich ran a 14:36.04 5K to finish fourth in the men's race.
  • Finishing out cross country this past week at Northwood, Carson Laney (14:52.00) moved into fifth place in school history for the 5k with his 13-second PR in heat three of the prelims.
  • Newcomers Sam Smith (15:07.00 – 5K) and Blake Vier (8.69 – 60m hurdles) each moved into Northwood's top 10 of their respective events. Smith moved into 10th, while Vier moved to eighth with their new PRs.
  • Josh Jones represented the Timberwolves with a 4:12.47 mile during the mile invite, which moves him into fourth in NU history and improves his PR by four seconds.
  • Lefty Will Nemecek (15.89m) and Travis Schepers (15.32m) returned to the shot put circle for the Timberwolves, earning fourth and fifth-place finishes in the shot put invite.
  • Nicholas Ball threw in his first collegiate action, placing second in the shot with a 13.81m toss.

INSIDE THE MEET – WOMEN

  • Newcomer Lillian Albaugh took home gold in the shot with a 13.51m final throw that propelled her into third in NU history. She also moved in ninth all-time with her 12.95m weight throw toss in her first action as a Timberwolf.
  • Northwood had two women move into Northwood's top seven in the 60m hurdles, Gabby Jones (9.76) moved into a tie for third, while Jenna Gaul (10.27) is now seventh.
  • Alexis Kaanta jumped 9.78m in the triple jump.
  • Shannon McMenamin hit the 10-meter mark in her first collegiate action, hitting 10.46m in the shot put.
  • Northwood had four women compete in the 60m prelims: Molly Kitson (8.32), Hailey Granata (8.43), and newcomers Brooke Berney (8.54) and Rebecca Hoonhorst (8.94).

UP NEXT

  • Northwood track & field will be back next year on January 14, 2023, to compete at the Michigan Invitational and Bob Eubanks Open.