Adrian, MI – Alma College Track and Field hit the road on Friday to take part in the Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational. The Men placed 9th of 20 teams, with the women coming 11th out of 21.
The highlight of the day was the men's 4x100 meter relay. The team of Devin Rice, Chandler Holloway, Landon Jennings, and Devon Frenchko combined to take 3rd overall. Their time of 41.98 seconds took down an Alma College record that had been standing since 1994. The time that took down the 29 year old record makes the team the first group to go sub 42 in Scots history.
For the men, other top marks were kicked off by Braxton Lamey placing 4th in the 3000 Steeplechase with a time of 10:27.54. Also scoring big points was the 4x400 team of Ross McNeel, Landon Jennings, Haydin Sims, and Jordan Maxima. They placed 2nd with a time of 3:26.79. Rounding out the scoring for the men were the triple jumpers. Ed Markarian wound up 5th overall with a leap of 12.35 meters. Also scoring was Joseph Gonzales with a mark of 12.11 meters to take 7th.
On the women's side, Ericka Bigham ran a 25.91 to take 7th place in the 200 meter dash. Bigham followed that up with a 2nd place finish in the 400 meter dash at 57.37. Cornelia Gotaas joined in on the scoring with a 5thplace finish in the 800 meters. She finished in 2:24.26. Alma also got relay scoring from the 4x400 team of Bigham, Andrea Taghon, Victoria Gotaas, and Cornelia Gotaas.
Alma gets a few weeks off before the Davenport Tune-Up.
Story: Nick Nemeth, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information
