Grand Valley State continues to maintain its status as the No. 1 team for the second straight week.
Justin Scavarda picked up a pair of season best efforts in the throws. He is ranked No. 4 in the shot put (18.57m/60-11¼) and No. 5 in the discus (56.54m/185-6). The Lakers also gained two top-5 efforts in the steeplechase.
Caleb Futter is ranked No. 4 (8:51.30) and
Connor Schwartz is No. 5 (8:52.32).
Ashland soared three spots to come in at No. 2 this week.
Trevor Bassitt added another national leading performance to his resume, going 46.63 over 400. He also teamed up with
Brayden Chaney,
Keshun Jones and
Lee (Tenn.), No. 4
Central Missouri and No. 5
Northwest Missouri. Both Lee (Tenn.) and Northwest Missouri have set program-best rankings in the National TFRI.
The Lakers have shown depth across all event disciplines early on this season and boast 16 marks that rank in the top-10 nationally. The strength for GVSU comes in its distance squad, which includes three of the top-5 spots in the mile and 3000.
Isaac Harding leads the way in the mile (No. 2, 4:03.14), with
Tanner Chada (No. 3, 4:03.74) and
Caleb Futter (No. 4, 4:06.26) shortly behind. In the 3000, Futter is ranked second in 8:10.72, followed by Harding (No. 3, 8:11.09) and Chada (8:14.57). Joining the distance crew with a top-5 mark is