Olivet College to host 125th MIAA Field Day

OLIVET, Mich. – Olivet College will host the 125th Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Field Day Thursday and Friday, May 5-6, on the Kolassa Track and inside the Cutler Athletic Complex. The oldest championship for all MIAA sports, the 125th Field Day will determine the conference champions in outdoor track and field.

The event's roots go back to the very founding of the MIAA, with the first event taking place May 31-June 2, 1888 at Michigan Agricultural College (now known as Michigan State University). Except for cancellations during World War I and World War II, Field Day has taken place every year since.

The 2016 edition will have field events getting started on Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m., with preliminaries in running events starting at 4:45 p.m. Field events to take place on day one include women's high jump, discus throw, hammer throw, long jump and pole vault, and men's shot put, long jump, javelin throw and pole vault. The only finals on the track during day one will be the men's and women's 10,000-meter run.

Friday's field events get underway at 10 a.m., with finals in all of the running events beginning at 1:30 p.m. The field event finals will include women's triple jump, shot put and javelin, and men's high jump, discus throw, triple jump and hammer throw. The first running event final on the track will be the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The day will conclude with the 4x400-meter relays.

If you are interested in volunteering for the meet, contact Athletic Director Ryan Shockey at (269) 749-7189 or rshockey@olivetcollege.edu. If you have any other questions, contact Olivet Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Justin Linzy at (269) 749-7117 or jlinzy@olivetcollege.edu.