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2016-17 Track & Field Roster

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Chris Saikalis

Chris Saikalis

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Summary

Biography

Grand Valley State Bests
 
2015-16: USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor/Shot Put) … USTFCCCA All-Region (Outdoor/Shot Put) … Competed in the Shot Put, Discus, and Hammer Throw during the outdoor season and the Shot Put and Weight Throw during the indoor season … Posted a season-best outdoor mark in the Shot Put at the Oakland University Invite (18.43m/60’ 5.75”) … Posted a season-best mark in the Discus at the Al Owens Open (42.91m/140’ 9”) … Posted a season-best mark in the Hammer Throw at the Al Owens Open (49.95m/163’ 10”) … Posted a season-best indoor mark in the Shot Put at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (18.26m/59’ 11”) … Posted a season-best mark in the Weight Throw at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (17.79m/58’ 4.5”)

2014-15: Competed primarily in the shot put … Earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-Midwest Region honors … Qualified and competed at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships … Placed fifth at the GLIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (17.30m/56’ 9.25”) … Placed first at the SVSU-GVSU Dual Meet (17.00m/55’ 9.25m), the GVSU Saturday Big Meet (16.86m/55’ 3.75”), and the GVSU Tune Up (17.30m/56’ 9.25”) … Also competed in the weight throw at the SVSU-GVSU Dual meet and placed sixth (15.85m/52’ 0”) … Earned USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America honors by placing fourth at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships (18.17m/59’ 7.5”) … Earned USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Midwest Region honors … Earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors by placing second at the GLIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (18.37m/60’ 3.25”) … Placed first at the GVSU-SVSU Dual Meet (17.59m/57’ 8.5”), the WKU Hilltopper Relays (18.47m/60’ 7.25”), the Al Owens Classic (17.69m/58’ 0.5”), the 58’ 0.5”) … the Ernie Mousseau Track & Field Classic (17.96m/58’ 11.25”), the GVSU Second to Last Chance (17.60m/57’ 9”), and the GVSU Last Chance (17.74m/58’ 2.5”) … Also competed in the discus throw at the GVSU-SVSU Dual Meet and placed seventh (40.75m/133’ 8”).

2013-14: Placed outside the top 10 in only one event during the indoor season … At the GVSU Laker Early Bird, placed first in the shot put (17.12m, 56’ 2”) and fifth in the weight throw (15.63m, 51’ 3.5”) … Earned USTFCCCA All-America honors in the shot put at the 2014 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships with a mark of 17.86m (58’ 7.25”) … Set a personal best in the shot put in a second-place finish at the 2014 GLIAC Indoor Championships with a throw of 18.27m … Reached a personal mark of 16.41m in the shot put against Saginaw Valley State … Placed outside the top 10 in only one event during the outdoor season … Earned USTFCCCA All-American honors in the shot put with a sixth-place finish in the 2014 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships (17.84m) … Set a personal best in a second-place finish in the hammer throw at the WKU Hilltopper Relays with a mark of 50.86m … Placed first in the shot put at the Al Owens Classic (17.67m) and the GVSU Second to Last Chance Meet (17.62m) … At the 2014 GLIAC Outdoor Championships, placed third in the shot put with a mark of 18.01m.

2012-13: Redshirted.

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