ALLENDALE, Mich. - The IU Kokomo women's indoor track and field team competed in Grand Valley State's Big Meet on Friday and Saturday, highlighted by impressive performances from Leslie Sprankles and Sydney Duncan.

FAST FACTS - GVSU Big Meet Friday | GVSU Big Meet Saturday

• LOCATION: Kelly Family Sports Center | Allendale, Michigan
• NAIA TOP 25 RANKINGS: IU Kokomo: N/A

THE RUNDOWN

• Senior distance runner Leslie Sprankles turned in one of the strongest weekends of her collegiate indoor career in Michigan, setting new school records in both the 600 meters and 800 meters with personal-best performances. She posted a time of 1:41.61 in the 600 meters on Friday before following it up with a 2:20.54 finish in the 800 meters on Saturday.
• Senior thrower Faith Rock moved up to second all-time in program history in the shot put, placing sixth on Saturday with a personal-best mark of 13.27 meters.
• Fellow upperclassman thrower Sydney Duncan continued her dominant season, even without recording a personal best in either the shot put or weight throw. She delivered an "A" standard mark of 17.40 meters in the weight throw on Saturday to place second, after taking third in the invite-only shot put on Friday with a mark of 17.18 meters. Duncan capped the weekend by winning the shot put on Saturday with a throw of 16.50 meters.
• Freshman Erica Grubbs continued her impressive debut season with strong performances in the 600 and 800 meters at Grand Valley State over the weekend. She moved up to third all-time in school history in the 600 meters with a time of 1:43.21, while also climbing to second all-time in program history in the 800 meters with a mark of 2:24.13.
• Both Alysha Crouch and Amber Detmer recorded personal-best times in the 3,000 meters over the weekend, with Crouch moving up to fourth all-time in program history and Detmer climbing to fifth all-time on the school's performance list.
• Olivia Newcom also recorded a personal best in the shot put on Saturday, posting a throw of 12.55 meters to move into fourth all-time in program history.
• For full results from the GVSU Big Meet - Friday, click HERE. For full results from the GVSU Big Meet - Saturday, click HERE.

INSIDE THE HUDDLE

• "Leslie had a monster day with two school records in her two events. Erica Grubbs also had two pr's in her two events plus set the 800m freshman record. Alysha and Amber both looked real strong in the 3k. Faith throwing a pr in the shot put and putting herself in position to qualify for nationals in her final indoor season of her career is impressive.  Sydney threw A Standard in shot put and weight throw but not getting a pr just goes to show all of us how talented she is.  Our women's shot put squad is ranked #2 in the nation but hopefully we can close in on #1 with Faith's pr and Olivia's pr.  We are gearing up for indoor conference this weekend and our goals are to score as many points as we can, get as many all-conference and conference champions as we can." - Head Coach Josh Colvin

THE ROAD AHEAD 

• The Cougars are set to compete at the 2026 River States Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships this Friday and Saturday in Marietta, Ohio at the Dyson 

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