Saginaw, MI – Alma College Track and Field continued their indoor season at Saginaw Valley State on Friday evening. Alma posted several top 10 times, and a handful of solid results in a field that consisted of many NAIA teams, several Division II programs, and a Division I opponent. 

On the women's side, Ella Lavey was the first Scot to record a finish, coming in 29^th in the mile. Andrea Taghon finished in 12^th in the 60 meter hurdles in the prelims. Ericka Bigham scored a huge placing for the Scots with a 2^nd place finish in the 400 meters. She only lost out to an opponent from Division I Oakland University by 8 tenths of a second. Bigham turned around and posted an 8.40 to take 7^th in the 60 meter dash. Alma's 4x400 A relay took home 4^th place, with Bigham, Taghon, Victoria Gotaas, and Cornelia Gotaas. In the field events, Reagan Keyser came home in a tie for 4^th place in the high jump, with a clearance of 1.53 meters.

For the men, Braxton Lamey came in 13in the in mile to open things for Alma. Ross McNeel would follow up shortly after with a 4^th place mark in the 400 meters. Landon Jennings and Chandler Holloway both barely missed out on finals in the 60 meter dash. Both runners came in 11^th and 12^th respectively. Haydin Sims led Alma's distance crew, finishing 18^th in the 800 meters. Devin Rice and Jennings just missed out on finals again, once againt coming in 11^th and 12^th respectively. In the field disciplines, Ed Markarian came in 4^th place with a long of 6.44 meters. Joseph Gonzales would follow up with a 4^th place spot in the triple jump, scoring an 11.78 meters.

 Head Coach Matt Chovanec couldn't be more pleased when talking about his program's performance, "We had some very solid performances tonight. A number of people in many disciplines moved on, or up in, our top 10 lists. It was very evident that a lot of our team did their work over the break, and I can't stress enough how excited we are as coaches. We just need to continue to work through things and trust the process. The rest will take care of itself."

Alma will look to build on this performance next weekend at the CMU Jack Skoog Open.

Story Credit: Nick Nemeth, Sports Information Director