2018 Olivet College Men's Track & Field News
The Olivet College women’s track & field team along with rising junior Noah Bailey have received academic honors from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2017-18.
A school record 136 Olivet College student-athletes have landed a spot on the 2017-18 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll. Olivet succeeded the 100 plateau for the fifth time in school history.
Olivet College's Bruce Baker is the recipient of the 2018 Albert L. Deal Scholar-Athlete Award from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). The award honors the former MIAA commissioner, Albert Deal (1971-91), and is selected from nominees who have excelled in academics and athletics, and who have displayed outstanding leadership qualities.
Olivet College sophomore Noah Bailey has been selected to the 2018 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region Team.
Olivet College senior Bruce Baker, and freshmen Tyler Chavalia and Dewan Hawthorne have been named to the 2018 All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Track and Field Team. The trio landed on the team by virtue of winning an event at the 2018 MIAA Field Day.
The Olivet College men’s track and field teams place sixth at the 2018 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Field Day. The Comets totaled 93 points, which was only one point behind fifth-place Adrian College and 10 points behind fourth-place Hope College.
Led by senior Bruce Baker’s win in the 10,000-meter run, the Olivet College men’s track and field team sits in fourth-place with 18 points after day one of the 2018 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Field Day. The Comet women are in fifth-place with 14 points.
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the three-day Hillsdale College “Gina” Relays.
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams participated in the Grand Valley State University Al Owens Classic in Allendale.
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams hosted Albion, Alma and Aquinas colleges for a quad meet today at the Cutler Athletic Complex and on the Kolassa Track in Olivet. The Comet men totaled 143 points to finish in third-place. The Comet women had 106 points to place fourth.
Olivet College freshman Dewan Hawthorne has been chosen the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams participated in the 2018 Michigan State University Spartan Invitational in East Lansing. The meet featured NCAA Division I, II and III schools from across the state of Michigan.
Olivet College senior Bruce Baker has been tabbed the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams started its 2018 outdoor schedule by competing at the two-day Rhodes College Invitational in Memphis, Tennessee.
Three Olivet College track & field student-athletes – Bruce Baker, Tyler Chavalia and Michaela Kaliniak – traveled down to Ohio to compete at the Ohio Northern University Polar Bear Final Qualifier.
The Olivet College men’s and women’s track & field teams finished sixth-place at the 2018 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Championships, held at the Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Athletic & Recreation Center in Angola, Indiana. The lone event champion for the Comets was Michaela Kaliniak who won the pole vault in a MIAA and school-record clearance of 10 feet and 10 inches.
