ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland University Men's and Women's Track & Field will once again travel north on I-75 to University Center for the third time this season for the Doug Hansen Invitational hosted by Saginaw Valley State on Saturday, January 21. 

On Tuesday, Alex-Hugh Plott was named Nike #HLTF Field Athlete of the Week by the Horizon League following his 2.15m (7'0.5"), school-record-breaking Men's High Jump performance at the Michigan Invitational last weekend. Hugh-Plott's height also puts him in a tie for seventh across the entirety of NCAA Division I. 

Hugh-Plott wasn't the only school record breaker last week as Makiya Worthy slayed the Women's 300m at the same track as this weekend, SVSU Fieldhouse, with a blazing time of 39.10 seconds.

This will be the third time this season that Oakland will take to the 300m, eight-lane oval in University Center with the other two meets coming in the SVSU Holiday Open and the SVSU Classic on December 3 and January 13.

Currently, Ashley Quinn and Grace Nolan are the only Golden Grizzly individuals to post a Horizon League-leading mark while the Women's 4x400m Relay team of Worthy, Samari Finney, Azsah Bradley, and Payton Sabourin hold onto the No. 1 spot in the event after the Michigan Invitational.

On the men's side, five individuals and one relay post conference-leading times and heights in Justin Kudera (Men's 400m), Eddie Harrell III (Men's 800m), Shawn Slater (Men's Mile), Yami Albrecht (Men's 5000m), and Hugh-Plott (Men's High Jump). The Men's 4x400m Relay squad's 3:18.53 performance in Ann Arbor on Saturday is leading the conference as well.

 

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THREES ACROSS THE BOARD
Both the men's and women's squads were ranked third in the annual #HLTF Preseason Indoor Coaches Poll. 

ALBRECHT - THE CHAMPION
At the 2022 #HLXC Championships in Rochester, Albrecht won the individual crown through the 8,000-kilometer course with a kick down the final stretch in 24:44. 

RUNNERS OF THE WEEK SWEEP
After only one meet on the course this season, Albrecht and Nolan earned Nike #HLXC Runners of the Week in the Horizon League's first edition this September.

NO. 1 ON THE COURSE
The Golden Grizzlies women's squad is predicted to win the Horizon League championship this October with the men's team slated for third overall.

RETURNING FORCE
Six of the top seven finishers for the men and five of the top seven for the women return to the team for the 2022 fall season.