Women's track team travel to Allendale
Tanisha Johnson will compete against her old team this weekend at Grand Valley State University for the first time since transferring to CMU.
The junior high jumper and the women's track team travel to Allendale this weekend to compete in the Grand Valley Big Meet. The meet is a two-day event, starting at 4 p.m. today and continuing the following day at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
"I am really looking forward to the meet," Johnson said. "I cannot wait to see my former teammates and still friends, but at the same time I want to remain focused on competing and cheering on the team as we enter the finals stretch at such a big meet."
Grand Valley has a brand new 300-meter indoor track and the Chippewas want to use it to their advantage. The track is similar Kent State's 300-meter track, also the location of the Mid-American Conference Championships this season.
"I am looking for a bit of an extra sweet Valentine's Day with the opportunity to see everyone from GVSU, and CMU competing as we move forward toward our conference championship," Johnson said. "The sugar on top is being able to show my former team and coaches what I have been up to for the past few months."
At the "Big Meet," the Chippewas will compete against Eastern Michigan and Grand Valley for a second time and Miami University for the first time this season.
"Miami is a MAC school that we have not seen before and Eastern has some great runners," said Erin Dillon, middle distance runner and team captain. "This meet gives us another opportunity to see how we are matching up against the other MAC schools. We are looking forward to this weekend because it is our big meet before the MAC championship."
Although the Chippewas have yet to see Miami this year, they seek to match up with them all around the track.
The Chippewas are also using the first-place finish last weekend at the MAC-Quadrangler meet as motivation.
"We are really looking forward to competing on their surface," Dillon said. "Our whole team has been working hard this whole season and it is another opportunity to cash in against great competition."
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