GVSU Friday Results
Windsor Results
WINDSOR, Ont. (2/9/2013) --
Eric Lewis was with the University of Detroit Mercy men's indoor track and field team at the Windsor Team Challenge on Saturday and improved on his school record and set a new meet record in the weight throw. A small group of athletes also competed at Grand Valley State on Friday evening.
Lewis set a meet record in the weight throw and improved on his UDM record established at last year's Horizon League Indoor Championships. This time around, he had a throw of 17.82m/58-5 to capture first place in the event and best his old mark of 17.67m/57-11.5.
At Grand Valley State,
Joe Raffin and
Bob Radlich were the lone male competitors at GVSU on Friday. Raffin ran in the 400 meter race and finished 18
th overall with a time of 49.63 setting a new season-best while in the mile run, Radlich ran 4:16.44 to place 27
th and establish a new personal best and also move past 1935 Titan All-American William Daly's mark of4:16.6 giving Radlich the new No. 6 mark on the all-time Titan list.
Raffin also competed in Windsor on Saturday and anchored a Titan 4x400 meter relay victory as the team finished with an overall time of 3:24.89.
Vince Lefler (51.0),
Anthony Donald (50.9),
Colton Wirgau (51.9), and Raffin (51.1) helped the team to the win.
Radlich also ran his second race in as many days finishing at 2:34.87 in the 1000 meters. The 1000 meter run also saw
Ryan Hofsess run to a fifth place finish and a 2:32.04 time which put him at the new Titan No. 9 mark.
Joshua Carolin was also in the 1000m and finished with the No. 13 time, and the fastest rookie time on a 200 meter track, and a time of 2:33.17.
The 60 meter hurdles saw
Steven Ivanics top the field in first place and set a new personal best with a time of 8.28 and establish himself with the new No. 4 Titan-best. Lefler was just behind at 8.47 in third.
Lefler and
Charles Anthony both ran in the 300 meter race and Lefler's time of 36.05 was good enough for the No. 8 all-time Titan mark while Anthony's mark of 36.35 moved him into the No.11 spot.
Edwin Gay took a personal record of his own as a good kick helped him to a time of 8:49.73 in the 3000 meter race.
A long jump of 6.90m for Ja'Quan Patterson placed him fourth.
In the 600 meter race,
Chris Smalley set a new PR with a time of 1:23.33 and placed fifth.
Detroit will again have multiple competitions next weekend as Grand Valley State will host the GVSU Tune-up in Allendale on Friday and Michigan will host the Silverston Invitational in Ann Arbor on Saturday.