TRACK RUNS WELL AT NATIONALS

The Macomb track team traveled to Eastern Illinois University for the NJCAA Indoor Championships.  For the second consecutive year, the team won the National Championship in the Distance Medley Relay.  The four runners in the relay were: Kayla Pfund, Louisa Coppola, Paige Hoag, and Kayla Smade.

The team also finished second in the 4x800 relay, earning All-American honors.  Pfund also received All-American honors in the 3K and the Mile.  Coppola received All-American honors in the 800M, finishing third.  Hoag received All-American honors in the 3K as well, finishing sixth.

On the men’s side, Kyle Allinder received All-American honors in the 800M, finishing fourth.

RUNNERS QUALIFY IN MORE EVENTS

The four Monarchs who qualified at Grand Valley have qualified for more events at the Findlay Classic.  Paige Hoag, Louisa Coppola, Kayle Pfund, and Kayla Smade have qualified as a team in the 4 X 800M relay with a time of 9;42.01.  This time is top in the nation.  They also qualified in the Distance Medley Relay, with a time of 12:45.59, which is second fastest in the nation.

Coppola, Smade, and Hoag also qualified in the the 1000M run, with times of 3:06.90, 3:10.11, and 3:08.81 respectively.

FOUR MONARCHS QUALIFY AT GRAND VALLEY

Louisa Coppola, Paige Hoag, and Kayle Pfund, all who received many All-American awards, as well as a National Championship last year qualified for the 2012 NJCAA Indoor National Meet. 

Coppola qualified in the mile run, with a time of 5:16.52.  Pfund and Hoag qualified in the 3000M with times of 10:26.80 and 10:44.22.  Freshman Kayla Smade qualified in the 800M run with a time of 2:20.92. 

RENAS NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR

Macomb Community College's Kim Renas was named the 2011 NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Women's Head Coach of the Year.  This is the third time that Coach Renas has been given this honor (1983 and 1995).  The Macomb Community College women's team finished fourth overall at the NJCAA Indoor Nationals in Lubbock, Texas, including the National Championship in the Distance Medley Relay.
 
"As far as I am concerned, this is a group award. There is no way we could have this much success without my assistant coaches, Das Campbell and my wife Stacy, and also, the girls, they worked so hard for their accomplishments this year."

MONARCHS FINISH FOURTH AT INDOOR NATIONALS

Macomb Community College women’s indoor track team had a strong showing at the NJCAA National meet in Lubbock, Texas finishing fourth overall with 46 points.  The Distance Medley Relay team of Paige Hoag, Ciara Poppe, Louisa Coppola, and Kayla Pfund won the National Championship with a time of 12:46.09.  The same athletes finished second in the 4x800 relay with a time of 9:37.01.

Pfund had a strong showing in individual events as well, finishing second in the 3000m with a time of 10:29.83 and third in the Mile with a time of 5:15.99. 

Hoag finished fourth in the 3000m with a time of 10:34.04 and eighth in the Mile with a time of 5:26.20.

Coppola finished fourth in the 1000m with a time of 3:04.42, while Poppe finished sixth in the same event with a time of 3:05.79.

Overall, Macomb came away with two relay All-American awards and five individual All-American awards.

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MACOMB WOMEN QUALIFY FOR NJCAA TRACK NATIONALS

Four Monarchs have qualified for the NJCAA National meet in Lubbock, Texas. 

Kayla Pfund has qualified in two events, the 3000m where her time of 10:26.66 ranks third in the country, and the 5000m where her time of 17:53.27 ranks third in the country.

Paige Hoag has also qualified in two events, the 3000m where her time of 10:33.32 ranks fourth in the nation, and the mile where her time of 5:19.97 ranks eighth.

Louisa Coppola has qualified in the 1000m where her time of 3:06.61 is sixth in the nation.

Ciara Poppe has also qualified in the 1000m with a time of 3:10.43, which is 13th in the country.

These Monarchs have also qualified for Nationals in the 4x800 relay, where they rank third in the nation with a time of 9:48.69.  They also rank third in the country in the Distance Medley Relay with a time of 12:40.51.

Track is Back

After a short hiatus, the Macomb Track Program returns as a Club Sport.  The Track program will only be offered as an indoor sport.  The season begins October 1, 2010, for information to join the team please contact Head Coach Kim Renas at renask@macomb.edu or 586.445.7300 Ext. 3548.