Senior Ben Haas won his third Great Midwest Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week award as the Chargers competed at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet and the Robinson Family Open at Tiffin University Feb. 14-15, earning eight provisional qualifying marks.

At GVSU in the field, senior Reese Dragovich placed 10th in the 800-meter run with a new season best of 2:10.20, moving her up to 18th in NCAA Division II. Dragovich also teamed with junior Francesca Federici,  sophomore Zoe Burke and senior Josee Behling to place fourth in the 4×400-meter relay with a time of 3:48.23 that moved the Chargers relay squad up to 26th nationally.

Freshman Evyn Humphrey placed 11th in the mile with a time of 4:49.31, a provisional mark and the 19th fastest time in DII. Junior Lucy Minning placed eighth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.62 seconds, another provisional qualifying mark. Minning also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash in a provisional qualifying time of 24.60. Sophomore Eleanor Clark ran a personal best time of 18:25.25 in the 5-kilometer.

Senior Richie Johnston took sixth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:13.88, a personal best and provisional qualifying mark. Junior Gabriel Phillips placed 12th in the 5-kilometer with a personal best time of 15:08.95.

Junior Mark Masaka placed seventh in the 800-meter run with a personal best time of 1:55.04.

“My race went really poorly for me but I still managed to run a personal best, so I’m excited to see what I can do for the conference championship,” Masaka said. “I had injuries I was dealing with from the end of the cross country season to around 2 weeks ago.”

Freshman Sarah Chappelle placed 16th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.08. Chappelle also placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Robinson Family Open with a time of 9.11. 

“At Tiffin on Saturday, I ran an 8.98, which felt sort of slow, but in the finals, I was running much better,” Chappelle said. “Because the race was quick and fast, I’m feeling super excited and ready for the conference championships.”

In the field, Haas won the weight throw with a new personal best of 22.45 meters, beating three of the top five performers in NCAA DII. Haas also took second in the shot put behind the defending national champion with a throw of 17.77 meters, a provisional qualifying mark. Senior Katie Sayles placed seventh, setting a new personal best in the shot put with a throw of 13.66 meters.

At Tiffin on the track, freshman Aubrie Wilson placed eighth in the 400-meter dash with a new personal best of 1:05.79. Freshman Zealand Tarrant placed second in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.53.

Freshman Evelyn Overlease won the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:01.19.

In the field, Junior Tara Townsend won the pole vault with a top clearance of 3.80 meters. Freshman Gianna Lodice won the long jump as well for Hillsdale with a new personal best of 5.20 meters, followed by freshman Katie Kennedy, who placed second with a jump of 5.19 meters. Senior Reagan Dahlquist placed second in the high jump with a clearance of 1.60 meters. Wilson also placed fourth with a personal best clearance of 1.55 meters. Senior Grace Chen placed third in the triple jump with a mark of 10.58 meters.

Senior Cass Dobrowolski won the long jump with a new personal best of 6.71 meters. Junior Connor McCormick won the pole vault with a mark of 4.70 meters. 

Junior Christian Hinrichs placed third in the triple jump with a new personal best of 12.53 meters, and also placed eighth in the long jump with a mark of 6.03 meters.

“I made a big breakthrough with my triple jump form and hit a small personal record. I was hoping to do better in long jump, but I was having issues getting on the board. My body has been pretty beat from doing football workouts in the morning and track practices in the afternoon, but I love it,” Hinrichs said. 

The Chargers will host the Hillsdale Tune-Up meet this Friday, Feb. 21 as they prepare for the G-MAC Championships the following week.