Other plans. Some east bay hiking trails have been closed because of the heatwave. This weekend is not the weekend that we want the public hiking in the open space where youre far from the pavement, where youre two or three miles in, likely to experience a heatrelated emergency under the conditions were going have this weekend. Reporter thats the advice of Emergency Responders in the east bay. With an extreme heatwave on top, confire is urging folks to limit outdoor activity. And theyve asked cities to close popular hiking trails to help keep folks safe. If we do experience that fire in the open space in the wild land area, we want our resources fighting fire, not doingress zufs public. If our attention is diverted to do those rescues, then we cant fight the fire. Reporter its the first time confires made that official request because of a heatwave. With temperatures expected to top the century mark for several day, theyre expecting a very busy weekend. They hope closing trails will he
The Ferris State University men's and women's track and field squads opened outdoor season action over the weekend (March 22-23), competing at the Lee University Invitational in Cleveland, Tenn.
The Bulldogs had a selected number of student-athletes take part in the opening event of the outdoor season.
FSU's Aaron Pierce won the long jump (20-9) while Devin Dennison took third in the hammer throw (165-9). Cooper Sorsen placed fifth in the 10,000 meters (31:23.81) while Brendan Cairney came in seventh in the same race (32:03.31).
Hunter Richardson placed 10th in the shot put (39-11.25) on the men's end with Blaine Rogers 11th in the 110-meter hurdles (15.82).
For the women, FSU's Claudia Wilkinson came in fourth in the high jump (5-2.25) while Nyah Tyron came in fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:06.99).
Rebecca Marvin was fifth in the discus (109-11), seventh in the shot put (36-6.25) and 16t
The Ferris State University men's and women's track and field squads competed on Friday (Jan. 26) at the Bill Clinger Classic hosted by Grand Valley State in the Kelly Family Sports Center in Allendale.
The annual meet included top competition from schools at various levels.
The Bulldogs' Claudia Wilkinson was the runner-up in the high jump (5-4.5) for the Bulldog women's team. Rebecca Marvin placed third in the weight throw (47-1.50) and was seventh in the shot put (39-1).
FSU had a strong finish in the women's 5,000 meters with Hanna Brock taking third place (17:55.11) followed by Whitney Farrell in fourth (18:10.59) and Melanea Strauss in sixth (18:23.32).
Becci Castillo came in sixth in the women's one mile open run (5:21.97), Abigail Winkle placed eighth in the 400 meters (58.91) and Denae Feldpausch finished ninth in the women's one mile run invite field (5:04.62). Castillo was also ninth in the 3,000 meter open division (10:48.72).