It was another big weekend for the Grand Valley State track and field teams, as the Lakers showed off their depth by sweeping the fourth-annual dual meet at Saginaw Valley State. The GVSU men won 83-54 on Friday, while the women returned home with an 85-44 triumph.

“Our depth was key,” said GVSU coach Jerry Baltes. “This was a pretty low-key meet. We held out most of our distance runners; it gave them a chance to train and take a deep breath before the Big Meet next weekend.”

The No. 7 GVSU men came away with nine individual wins on the day.

Leading the way was Mike Moon, who set a SVSU fieldhouse record in the weight throw (18.52 meters). The Lakers also had the second and third place finishers in the same event, as junior Jay Lechner finished second (18.17 meters) and Blake Donson came away in third (17.98 meters).

Many other Lakers came away with victories and hit provisional marks. Other winners were Trent Chappell in the high jump, Patrick Fisch in the pole vault, Samora Nesbit in the triple jump, Chris Saikalis and Darien Thornton in the shot put, Luke Vasilion in the 60 meter dash, Gerald McGee in the 200 meter dash, Mitchell Watkins in the mile and Mark List in the 3000 meter run.

“We did very well today as a team; everyone on the team had to step up in the meet for us to beat SVSU and that’s what happened,” Chappell said. “The overall attitude of the team was great on the day also. We had athletes running in events that might not have been their strength, but I feel that as a team we did our best and gave it our all and the results showed that.”

The No. 4 Laker women also had a very successful day on the track, coming away with a total of 10 wins on the day and four provisional marks. They were led by Jamie Roberts, who tied the SVSU facility record in the pole vault with a mark of 3.94 meters.

Other Laker women who set provisional marks on the day were Kaylyn Hill in the shot put, Laura Schroeder in the weight throw, Michaela Lewis in the 60 meter dash, Carly Scott in the 200 meter dash, Breanna Luba in the 400 meter dash, Allyson Winchester in the mile, Jenna Klynstra in the 3000 meter run and McKenna Mattson in the 60 meter hurdles.

The weekend didn’t stop there for the Laker program.

At the Meyo Invite at Notre Dame, GVSU sprinter Sean Wells broke his own school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60 meter hurdle during Friday’s preliminary round.

On Saturday, he was in the finals with several other top NCAA Division I athletes. Wells placed fourth with a time of 7.89, just .08 seconds out of third place.

Wells and the Lakers return to action this Friday at the GVSU Big Meet inside the Kelly Family Sports Center at 9 a.m.