ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Over the weekend, the Adrian College track and field team competed in the 2022 Concordia Legacy Invitational, hosted by Concordia University Ann Arbor. The meet served as the Bulldogs' last outing before next weekend's MIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

All told, the men placed third out of 13 schools, while the women finished fourth out of 12.
 
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

- Derek Plitt remained perfect on the season in the 100 and 200-meter dash events, sweeping both races for the fourth different time. The senior is ranked ninth in Division III in both sprints, closing on Saturday with a time of 21.37 in the 200, and a school-record mark of 10.49 in the 100, making Plitt sole owner of every individual program record for short sprints! 
 
- The 4x400-meter relay team of Asher Cousino, Caleb Ellis, Ethan Handley and Jordan Kurdi turned in a new season-best time of 3:27.63 en route to a first-place finish.
 
- In the 400-meter finals, Weston Kvalevog (51.32), Kurdi (51.75) and Handley (53.01) made up third through fifth, respectively.
 
- Joshua Light came just 0.02 seconds shy of matching his personal-best in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing with a time of 15:32 for second-place overall.
 
- In the 400-meter hurdles, Brendan Baker ran a third-best time of 1:04.99.
 
- Cameron Overmyer (pole vault), Nolan Breithaupt (long jump) and Kvalevog (high jump) each placed third in their respective events. In fact, the latter of the three ended up one spot behind Adrian College alumni John Hamilton, who competed on Saturday unattached and posted a personal-best jump of 2.02 meters. Breithaupt also added a fifth-place effort in the triple jump.
 
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

- Cailey Beaudoin had a strong showing in the high jump, capturing top honors with a mark of 1.69 meters, which keeps her locked in atop the MIAA's Performance List, and moves her into a tie for eighth-place nationally.
 
- In the 1,500-meter finals, Emme Koutz recorded her second first-place effort of the season with a time of 5:04.02. She also held a leg in the team's winning 4x400 relay with Dana Avery, Audrey Salenbien and Taylor Sempf.
 
- Salenbien went on to throw a personal-best 31.91 meters in the javelin, which earned her third-place overall.
 
- Ciara Heslet (high jump) and Amanda Mathews (long jump) closed out their respective finals with fourth-place performances.
 
- In the 400-meter hurdles, Avery collected six points for the 'Dogs with a third-best showing of 1:14.38.
 
Next weekend's MIAA Championships will be hosted by Albion College, and are scheduled to take place between Thursday, May 5 and Friday, May 6.