Strong Start for Chippewa Track and Field at GVSU Holiday Open

Friday, December 6

Allendale, Mich.

1 p.m.

Central Michigan University

GVSU Holiday Open

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

Strong Start for Chippewa Track and Field at GVSU Holiday Open

12/6/2024 10:15:00 PM | Track & Field

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Chippewas notch 12 top-10 finishes, 5 personal-bests

By: Katherine Schultz

ALLENDALE, Mich.— Central Michigan Track and Field opened its 2024-25 indoor slate on Friday at Grand Valley State's Holiday Open, which provided opportunity for 15 of its freshmen to compete collegiately for the first time.

The Chippewas saw a handful of big finishes and achievements on opening day, with 5 student-athletes attaining personal records and notching 12 top-10 finishes.

Freshman Amyah Chosa brought home first in the shot put with a mark of 12.81m in a field of 23 throwers. Ereka Risner saw an indoor personal best and placed 3^rd with a mark of 12.54m. Risner, a junior, finished 17^th in weight throw.

In the pole vault, sophomore Emily Yoshino placed 4^th with a height of 3.50m. Riley Nielsen set a collegiate personal-best height of 3.35m to finish 9^th. Lynette Cipolla and freshman Alexandra Cinzori both finished 15^th with a height of 3.05m.

The Chippewa jumpers additionally competed in the high jump and long jump. Riley Kerr, a freshman, placed 4^th in the high jump, clearing 1.64m. Peyton Spicer, also a freshman, finished 9^th while Cipolla finished 17^th. Freshman Hailey Hill advanced to the finals in the long jump in her first collegiate meet and finished 9^th with a leap of 5.21m.

For the Chippewa sprinters were Sky Austin, Mireya Benjamin, Dior Newson, Kaitlynn Rush, Robyn Watts and Danica Shamion, with Benjamin, Newson and Shamion competing in their first collegiate races.

Rush, a senior, placed 8^th in the 60m and the 200m dashes. Austin, a sophomore, set personal best times in both races, finishing 27^th and 29^th in the races, respectively. Benjamin finished 12^th in the 60m and 20^th in the 200m dash, while Newson finished 25^th and 23^rd, respectively.

Shamion competed in the 200m and 400m dashes, finishing 18^th in each. Watts finished 24^th in the 400m.

Freshmen Jada Pride and Ciara Rosenzweig ran the 60m hurdles; Pride finished 17^th with a time of 9.47 while Rosenzweig finished 19^th.

Grace Jenkins and Libby Munderloh competed in the 800m; Munderloh finished 14^th and Jenkins ran a personal-best time to finish 18^th.

Representing CMU in the mile run were freshmen Olivia East and Lois Creasey, who finished 5^th and 9^th, respectively, in a 44-runner field. Miranda McNeil and Braydee Elling, also freshmen, competed in the 2^nd heat of the 3,000m to finished 6^th and 8^th, respectively.

Munderloh, East, Grace Jenkins and Creasey comprised a squad for the 4x400 relay, which finished 5^th overall with a time of 3:59.85.

Logan Brazee, Emma Janesak, Emma Netzel and Kate Jenkins ran the 5,000m for CMU. In the third heat, Janesak finished 7^th, Brazee finished 14^th and Netzel finished 18^th. Jenkins closed out CMU's day in the second heat of the race in the evening, finishing 15^th in personal-best time.

While CMU will not compete again as a team until 2025, Emily Paupore is scheduled to run in the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Saturday, Dec. 7.

The Chippewas will return to action on Jan. 17 at the Jack Skoog Open, one of CMU's two indoor meets for the season.

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