MARQUETTE, Mich. - After their strong performance at the Karl Schlender Invite, where they had six individual and two team victories, the Northern Michigan Track & Field team will be back in action this weekend, taking part in the Jet's Pizza Invite hosted by SVSU, from January 30-31. 

The Invite will begin on Friday, January 30th, at 11 a.m. ET, with the pentathlon. The first day's field events will begin at 3 p.m. ET with the pole vault, and the track events will begin at 5 p.m. ET. 

On Saturday, the second day of field events will open with the high jump at 11 a.m. ET and the track events will begin at 1 p.m. ET. 


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Last Time Out
At the UW-Whitewater Karl Schlender Invite, the team finished with seven individual first-place finishes and two team victories. In addition, the 'Cats had nine podium finishers and an additional nine top-five finishers. 

Northern's victories came from Crystal Walker in the 60m hurdles and the long jump, Beverly Harper in the 600m, Lana Mac in the 800m, Lamar Gordon in the mile run, and the 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams. 

The Wildcats finished in first place out of four teams with a time of 1:46.00 in the 4x200 relay, where Macyn DellAngelo, Baux Truckey, Lily Phillips, and Kanya Campbell led the team to the victory. In the 4x400, NMU finished in first place as their team of Lola Korpi, Paige Anderson, Maija Maki-Warne, and Beverly Harper finished with a time of 4:11.30. 


Last Season at The Jets Pizza Invite
Northern also competed at the Jet's Pizza Invite last season, where the group collected one win, a runner-up, and four additional third-place finishes. 

On the track, NMU scored their victory in the distance medley relay, finishing at 12:12.30 for the top spot on the podium.

In the field events, Alayna Vandegriff took second place in the triple jump with a mark of 10.96m. Crystal Walker took third in the 60m hurdles and the long jump. NMU finished in third place in both the shot put and pole vault. 


A Word From Coach Jenny Ryan
"It was a great start to the season. We had some good performances all-around in a variety of events. This competition gave us a chance to get the early-season cobwebs off and help us see where we're at. Overall, I was really impressed with the distance runners, sprinters, hurdlers, and really everyone across the board for having such good first performances. We saw where we are and what we need to work on, and we'll just continue to improve throughout the season."