ALLENDALE, Mich. – Grand Valley State track and field is on the road again as they compete at three meets beginning tomorrow, March 26. Through Saturday, March 28, Lakers compete at the adidas Raleigh Relays (NC State – Raleigh, N.C.), ESU Spring Open (Emporia State – Emporia, Ks.) and the adidas Trojan Challenge (Mount Olive – Mount Olive, N.C.).
 
adidas Raleigh Relays – Live Results | Schedule
ESU Spring Open – Live Results | Schedule
adidas Trojan Challenge – Live Results | Schedule
 
adidas Raleigh Relays – Raleigh, N.C.
Seventy five athletes will compete over three days of the Raleigh Relays. GVSU athletes will compete in seven events on day one: women's (Avery Lahti, Emily Stinson, Paige Westra) and men's shot put (Andrew Berryhill, Gerald Capaccio, Brandon Schirck), men's javelin (Will Gaston), men's 1500m (Gavin Borger, Tyler Heath, Flynn Pumpa, Noah Selvaraj, Colin Vanderschaaf), men's 3000m steeplechase (Kyler Dean, Pumpa, Noah Selvaraj, Owen Westerkamp), men's 5000m (Iain Forrest, Ian Fowler, Sebastian Ramirez, Conor Somers, Isaac Staib) and the men's 10000m (Koby Fraaza, John Nice, Nathan Riddering).
 
The majority of GVSU's women take the track on Friday in Raleigh, as seven hours of the day consist of women's distance races. Preceding the distance events are the women's 100m hurdles (Mia Barnett, Destini Dorkins), men's 110m hurdles (Parker Campbell, Dominic Downes, Mason Floria, Jackson Hayward, Joshua Hurt), 100m dash (Sam Coyle, Jason Hamilton II, Gianni Harris, Adalyn Liang) and 400m dash (Trannon Aylor, Dominik Balenda, Demarcus Chapa, Desmond Chapa, Dorkins, Floria, Catherine Guckenberger, Claire Neumann, Joshua Page, Sydney Roberts).
 
The women's 1500m (Cara Newman, Megan Postma), 3000m steeplechase (Landyn Howell), 5000m (Lauren Kiley, Maggie O'Malley, Maria Widmann) and 10000m events (Annika Sandman, Ana Tucker, Abigail VanderKooi) follow as field events occur.
 
Sophia Snellenberger begins the day at 10 a.m. in women's discus while Braden Prielipp and Alexis Weber follow in high jump at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively. Isaac Tavo, Bennett VandenBerg and Garrett Weeden close out Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. in men's discus.
 
Saturday is a light day in Raleigh for the Lakers: Michael Griffey, Lucas Lesher, Schirck, Sebastian Tesch and Shelby Ulven compete in hammer and Alaina Diaz, Luke Jelderks, Dylan LaFontsee, Kaitlyn Molnar and Nyla Reed lift off in long jump. The first track event of the day for GVSU is the women's 800m (Newman, Grace Oberski, Postma, Daisy Speet, Addison Washler) and the final event is the men's (Sam Allen, Tyler Heath, Colin MacGregor, Vanderschaaf). Sandwiched in between the mid-distance races are the 400m hurdles (Kate Aniolkowski, Dorkins, Justus Reynolds, Lance Riddle) and 200m (Balenda, Demarcus Chapa, Coyle, Guckenberger, Hamilton II, Harris, Liang, Page).
 
ESU Spring Open – Emporia, Ks.
Just the pole vault squad competes in Emporia on Friday. Dolan Gonzales, Brock Bryant, Sam Paeth and Cam Battjes will represent the Laker men and Brooke Bowers and Shaylee McCain compete for the women. The women begin competition at 12 p.m. and the men will follow.
 
adidas Trojan Challenge – Mount Olive, N.C.
Several of those competing at the adidas Raleigh Relays will also compete at the adidas Trojan Challenge at Mount Olive. The one-day meet will showcase GVSU athletes competing in shot put, discus, women's hammer, 100m and 110m hurdles, women's 400m hurdles and the men's 200m dash. 
 
Women's hammer begins the day at 10:30 a.m., featuring GVSU athletes Sofiabella Amirante, Kennedy Jackson, Snellenberger and Stinson.
 
The next two events to commence are the women's 100m hurdles (Barnett, Kennedy Gardner, Brooklyn Harmon) and women's shot put (Amirante, Jackson, Lahti), with the men's 110m hurdles (Campbell, Downes, Hayward, Hurt, Sam Mitas) and men's shot put (Berryhill, Capaccio, Tavo, Weeden) proceeding. Men's discus begins shortly after, with Tavo, VandenBerg and Weeden throwing at approximately 2 p.m. Snellenberger and Westra follow the men in the women's event.

GVSU's final events at Mount Olive are the women's 400m hurdles (Gardner, Harmon) and the men's 200m dash (Mitas).
 
A story recapping the events and final results of the meet will be posted to gvsulakers.com following the conclusion of the weekend. For updates, photos and more, follow @GVSUXCTF on Instagram and X.