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Alma Opens at GVSU Indoor Invitational

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ALLENDALE, Mich. - The Alma College track and field team opened competition 2007 season with a strong performance at the GVSU Indoor Invitational. Kyle Percival (Lansing/Waverly) qualified number one in the preliminaries, going on to finish second in the finals of the 55 meter dash with a time of 6.66, beaten by just .04 seconds by Joshua Rhue, running unattached. Freshman Frankie Brun (Oscoda/Culver Academies) ended 12th in the 400 meter dash and was fourth in the long jump with a mark of 20-05.75. The triple jump saw Brun finish third with a distance of 43-11.25.

Chris Francis (Lapeer/Lapeer East) finished fifth in the high jump with a mark of 6-00.50. He tied Brun in the long jump with a time of 20-05.75.

On the women's side, Tara Bjorne (Manistique) was just out of finals contention, finishing ninth in the preliminaries with a time of 7:82 in the 55 meter dash.

Kristina Fuehring (Hart) was seventh in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:04.69 while Andrea Richardson (Mayville) was ninth in the high jump with a height of 4-11.00 and was 12th in the pole vault with a mark of 10-00.00.

The Scots return to action Feb. 16 when it travels to Mt. Pleasant for the CMU Indoor Invitational.

Posted: Fri, February 9th, 2007 at 11:57PM

 

Alma College’s partnership with the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force, an EPA-sanctioned Community Advisory Group (CAG), received the 2008 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration, sponsored by Michigan Campus Compact.The Task Force is recognized as one of the most influential and active CAGs nationally and as having the largest membership of any CAG in the United States.

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Dennis Griffin

Dennis Griffin

Denny Griffin is heading into his 26th year at Alma College and his 20th at the helm of the Scots softball program. He moved into the head softball coaching position in 1989 after two years as assistant coach. His teams have never fallen lower than third place in conference standings and 12 of his last 14 teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

In addition to his softball duties, Griffin is the program director for the Athletic Training Education Program. He teaches first aid/CPR and sports medicine classes in the Exercise and Health Science Department.

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