BLOG 4: The good times continue for FSU track and field teams

By Sandy Gholston

Ferris State University's Tina Muir, shown here during cross country action, broke a school indoor track record (Photo/Sandy Gholston)

ALLENDALE – The Ferris track and field teams enjoyed a pair of record-breaking performances during the GVSU Big Meet hosted by Grand Valley State University in the new Laker Turf Building.

As has been the case, so often during this indoor track and field season, the men’s and women’s track and field continue to pile up some strong performances. In this past weekend’s meet (one that included competitors from schools like Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Calvin, Cornerstone, Michigan State and others), Ferris had a record-breaking effort on the men’s side and one on the women’s side.

Representing the men’s team, junior middle-distance runner Matt Jozwiak continues to impress with his performances as he claimed a fourth-place finish in the 800 in 1:51.51 to break the previous Ferris indoor record of 1:53.49 that has been owned by Steve Matthews since 1991. It is great to see Jozwiak performing so well for the Bulldogs, a team that continues to work on improving its depth toward building the program.

On the women’s side, sophomore Tina Muir continues to excel (a runner for all seasons) as she had a second-place finish in 16:55.20 in a field of 24 runners for the 5,000 meters. The record, broken by Muir with time to spare, had been owned by Dawn VanBrocklin, who clocked a time of 17:50.14 in 1986.

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