Eastern Michigan Athletics
Friday, February 9
Allendale, Mich.
All Day
Eastern Michigan University
at
GVSU Big Meet
The Green and White Heads to Allendale for GVSU Big Meet
2/7/2018 4:31:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
This is the second-to-last competition before the Eagles take part in the indoor MAC Championships
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - The Eastern Michigan University men's track and field team returns to Allendale, Mich., Friday, Feb. 9 for the annual GVSU Big Meet. This is the Eagles' fourth straight year competing in the in-state competition.
The Green and White faired well in last year's Big Meet, placing third out of 39 teams with a team score of 42 points. Additionally, EMU saw 13 career-bests and eight top-five placings. Of the many top-tier finishes, then-sophomore Cameron Hart (Columbus, Ohio-Bishop Hartley) was the lone Eagle to earn first-place in his respective event, as he took home gold in the high jump with a height of 2.10m.
Most recently, Hart and the Eagles competed in the Meyo Invitational and Hillsdale Wide Track Classic, Feb. 2-3. Over the course of the two meets, Eastern captured five event titles and saw nine personal-records set. Of all the impressive performances, redshirt senior Hlynur Andresson (Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland-Mountain Ridge) had arguably the best individual showing, as he won the 3000m title with a career-best time of 8:02.08, which placed him sixth all-time in the indoor EMU record book, and gave him the top ranking for the event in the Mid-American Conference this season. Additionally, for his performance, he earned Mid-American Conference Track Athlete of the Week honors, the team's second of the season. Teammate and freshman Owen Day (Ottawa, Ontario-International School of Dusseldorf) also put together a run which earned him a new career-best in the mile, crossing the finish line in 4:02.77 to move him into tenth all-time in EMU standards, while also serving as the top-mark this season in the conference by almost six seconds.
Fans will be able to follow along the Big Meet via live stats, or a live stream by clicking here. Links for both can also be found on the team's schedule page located on EMUEagles.com
The Green and White faired well in last year's Big Meet, placing third out of 39 teams with a team score of 42 points. Additionally, EMU saw 13 career-bests and eight top-five placings. Of the many top-tier finishes, then-sophomore Cameron Hart (Columbus, Ohio-Bishop Hartley) was the lone Eagle to earn first-place in his respective event, as he took home gold in the high jump with a height of 2.10m.
Most recently, Hart and the Eagles competed in the Meyo Invitational and Hillsdale Wide Track Classic, Feb. 2-3. Over the course of the two meets, Eastern captured five event titles and saw nine personal-records set. Of all the impressive performances, redshirt senior Hlynur Andresson (Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland-Mountain Ridge) had arguably the best individual showing, as he won the 3000m title with a career-best time of 8:02.08, which placed him sixth all-time in the indoor EMU record book, and gave him the top ranking for the event in the Mid-American Conference this season. Additionally, for his performance, he earned Mid-American Conference Track Athlete of the Week honors, the team's second of the season. Teammate and freshman Owen Day (Ottawa, Ontario-International School of Dusseldorf) also put together a run which earned him a new career-best in the mile, crossing the finish line in 4:02.77 to move him into tenth all-time in EMU standards, while also serving as the top-mark this season in the conference by almost six seconds.
Fans will be able to follow along the Big Meet via live stats, or a live stream by clicking here. Links for both can also be found on the team's schedule page located on EMUEagles.com
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