Category: Charger Track and Field

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No offseason: From the pool to the field
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No offseason: From the pool to the field

Junior Ella Schafer competes for women’s swim and throws discus and jevelin. Courtesy | Scott Galvin Junior Ella Schafer started swimming competitively when she was 6 years old, but didn’t throw for the track team until her sophomore year of high school. Now, she does both at the collegiate level. Schafer is a dual-sport athlete–swimming...

Hillsdale sweeps G-MAC athletes of the year
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Hillsdale sweeps G-MAC athletes of the year

Ally Kuzma wins 10k Outdoor National Championship Courtesy | Hillsdale Athletic Department Two Hillsdale track and field athletes won the men’s and women’s athlete of the year award in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference July 7.  Junior Ally Kuzma, named the 2025-26 Female G-MAC Athlete of the Year for her sophomore season, runs cross country...

Freshman athlete breaks records from high school to college
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Freshman athlete breaks records from high school to college

Anna Roessner has achieved track and field awards since high school and continues at Hillsdale College, winning numerous indoor Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week awards, breaking the G-MAC 60 meter-dash record, and competing at DII Indoor Nationals this March. She’s only a freshman.  At her collegiate debut in December, Roessner...

Track shatters four records at home
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Track shatters four records at home

Sophomore Baelyn Zitzmann high jumps at the home track meet. Courtesy | Kenneth Gaudet The Chargers won 11 events and broke three school records and one Great Midwest Athletic Conference record at the 56th annual Gina Relays hosted at Hillsdale College April 16-18. Junior Amelia Lutz broke her own school record and the G-MAC record...

Chargers shatter school and personal records
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Chargers shatter school and personal records

Courtesy: Ashley Van Hoose.  Weight throwers junior Amelia Lutz and senior Ben Haas broke school records in shot put and hammer throw, respectively, at the Al Owens Invitational hosted by Grand Valley State University April 10-11.  Lutz won the shot put with a mark of 16.27 meters and broke the former Charger record of 15.54,...