ALLENDALE, Mich. - Judith Essemiah won the women's hammer throw on Friday, April 22 with a season-best distance 60.36m at the Al Owens Classic, hosted by Grand Valley State. Essemiah maintains her spot on the national DII leaderboard in third. Alaina Omonode finished second with a personal-best distance of 52.18m.

The day was cold and rainy for Lakers, but that did not stop Hunter Harding from throwing a personal-best distance of 65.46m in the hammer throw and moving up to third in DII. Jacob Urban threw a personal-best distance of 61.31m finishing fourth.  Bobby Maxwell won the men's javelin throw with a distance of 54.65m. Wyatt Alwine won the men's pole vault clearing a personal-best height of 4.60m. 

Day Two of the Al Owens Classic begins at 11:00 a.m. with both the field and track events.