Penn Relays Results
Hillsdale "GINA" Relays Results
The Titans wrapped up their busiest weekend of the season on Saturday afternoon as the men's track and field team was at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, PA, running in the 4x800 meter relay, and also competing in the Hillsdale āGINAā Relays in Hillsdale, MI.
In the third and final day of action at Penn for UDM, the 4x800 team of junior
Matt Mahler (Thorold, ON/Denis Morris Catholic), senior
Alex Gould (Comstock Park, MI/Comstock Park), freshman
Chris Smalley (Gladwin, MI/Gladwin) and senior
Kevin Wozniak (Dearborn, MI/Edsel Ford) clocked a time of 7:52.66 in front an event record crowd over 54,000 strong. The time was good for the No. 8 spot in the Detroit record books. Mahler led off in 1:56.70, followed by Gould (1:56.20), Smalley (2:00.45) and Wozniak, who brought the Titans home with an 800 meter leg of 1:59.00.
Over in Hillsdale, freshman
Vincent Lefler (Midland, MI/Midland) led the UDM men's squad at the āGINAā Relays, where he raced to a time 15.47 seconds in the 110 meter hurdles, good for a ninth-place finish. Fellow rookie
Taylor Hennrick (Traverse City, MI/St. Francis) was close behind Lefler, running a time of 15.97 seconds in the 110 meter hurdles, and was also in action in the javelin throw. Hennrick fouled on his first two attempts, but uncorked a throw of 39.70m/130'-03ā on his final attempt, good enough for 20th place.
Junior
Kevin Smalley (Gladwin, MI/Gladwin) led a foursome of Titans in the 1,500 meter run at Hillsdale, placing 22nd in 4:02.43. Also running in the event were sophomore
Bob Radlich (Cheektowaga, NY/Cleveland Hill) who ran 4:06.78, freshman
Edwin Gay (Grosse Pointe, MI/GP South) who finished in 4:07.43, and junior
Brian Greenhoe (Sand Lake, MI/Grant) who clocked a time of 4:21.22.
The relay meets were the Titans final tune-ups before heading to the conference championships meet. The 2010 Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the University of Illinois-Chicago will get underway Friday, April 30 on the campus of Benedictine University in Lisle, IL.