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Chargers to host GLIAC Championships
Charger track and field hosts GLIAC Championships next week; 'Fire up Chargers'
Cody Ewers
Issue date: 4/23/09 Section: Sports
Hillsdale College will host this year's GLIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship next week, April 29 - May 1. Hosting the meet is an honor that comes around every five to six years.
Head coach Bill Lundberg said his team will be strong coming into the meet, especially after this weekend's Gina Relays - also held at Hillsdale College's Olympic-grade Ken Herrick Track - but will be hard pressed to take the meet due to the lack of depth on the team.
"We need to do multiple events because we don't have the depth," Lundberg said, looking at the GLIAC men and women's performance list. "It's tough because there are areas where we are really strong, but behind us are three or four runners from one school."
Lundberg explained the first eight places in an event are awarded points; beginning with ten points for first, eight for second, six for third, five for fourth and so on to eighth place.
This means, despite senior Jazmin Williams' projected first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, according to the GLIAC performance list, Grand Valley State University will take more points from the event because they have five of the next eight spots.
Lundberg said even though it's hard for his squad to score the kind of points a huge team like Grand Valley State University is capable of, they look to fill their holes by signing Charger athletes up for more than one event.
Junior Timothy Howse is one such athlete, but he said he isn't worried about the back-to-back 5 and 10-kilometer races he is signed up for.
"I have enough endurance to do it," Howse said. "The training prepares me for it."
Howse said components to completing the back-to-back 9.3 total miles include running as fast as possible, getting enough sleep, warming up well and the excellent training program he is a part of at Hillsdale.
One Charger undaunted by the shallow depth is junior Aaron Falk.
Falk's domination of the men's hammer throw puts him in a solid position to take first at the conference and national meets, and he's expecting no less, he said.
Head coach Bill Lundberg said his team will be strong coming into the meet, especially after this weekend's Gina Relays - also held at Hillsdale College's Olympic-grade Ken Herrick Track - but will be hard pressed to take the meet due to the lack of depth on the team.
"We need to do multiple events because we don't have the depth," Lundberg said, looking at the GLIAC men and women's performance list. "It's tough because there are areas where we are really strong, but behind us are three or four runners from one school."
Lundberg explained the first eight places in an event are awarded points; beginning with ten points for first, eight for second, six for third, five for fourth and so on to eighth place.
This means, despite senior Jazmin Williams' projected first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, according to the GLIAC performance list, Grand Valley State University will take more points from the event because they have five of the next eight spots.
Lundberg said even though it's hard for his squad to score the kind of points a huge team like Grand Valley State University is capable of, they look to fill their holes by signing Charger athletes up for more than one event.
Junior Timothy Howse is one such athlete, but he said he isn't worried about the back-to-back 5 and 10-kilometer races he is signed up for.
"I have enough endurance to do it," Howse said. "The training prepares me for it."
Howse said components to completing the back-to-back 9.3 total miles include running as fast as possible, getting enough sleep, warming up well and the excellent training program he is a part of at Hillsdale.
One Charger undaunted by the shallow depth is junior Aaron Falk.
Falk's domination of the men's hammer throw puts him in a solid position to take first at the conference and national meets, and he's expecting no less, he said.
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Jaime Dudash
posted 4/23/09 @ 2:15 PM EST
All I can say is "Fire Up" Back at ya Coach Lundberg and Chargers!! It's always a pleasure to host the GLIAC Meet. . . . . While Grand Valley has amassed an impressive team in the past few years. (Continued…)
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