8/29/05
Miller Joins SVSU Coaching Staff

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - Saginaw Valley State track and field head coach Jim Nesbitt has announced the hiring of assistant coach Melissa Miller for the 2005-06 school year effective immediately.
    "Melissa will be a welcome addition to the program," said Nesbitt. "She is a hard worker and brings experience being a student-athlete at Central Michigan." (More)

5/29/05
GALLIER EARNS ALL-AMERICAN STATUS IN 400 HURDLES

ABILENE, Tex. - The Saginaw Valley State track and field squads were well represented with six student-athletes competing at the 2005 NCAA II Outdoor Nationals this weekend and the top performance of the nationals for SVSU went to Mandie Gallier (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) who for the second straight outdoor season was an All-American in the 400 meter hurdles. Gallier finished third in the event on Saturday from Elmer Gray Stadium in Abilene, Texas on the campus of Abilene Christian University. She ran the hurdles in a time of 59.73 in the finals and earned six team points for the Cardinals. Gallier qualified sixth on Thursday for the finals with a time of 1:00.54. (More)

5/19/05
CARDS PREPARE FOR NATIONALS

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. -The Saginaw Valley State University track & field program is proud to have six of their athletes make qualifing marks to participate in the Outdoor National Championships which will take place from May 26 to May 28. On the women's side, senior Mandie Gallier (Medford, N.J.) qualified in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.11, giving her the fifth overall seed in that event. Joining her from the women's team will be freshman Becca Rudey (Wixom, Mich./Walled Lake Western HS) who will compete in the 5000 meter run, qualifying with a time of 17:32.14. (More)

5/6/05
CARDS FINISH FIFTH AT GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIP

ALLENDALE, Mich. - The SVSU Cardinals finished fifth in the 2005 GLIAC Outdoor Championships with a team total of 65 points. The women had two second-place finishes on the track as senior Diane Johnston (Grand Blanc, Mich.) ran a time of 38:29.04 in the 10,000 meters and senior Mandie Gallier (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) ran a time of 1:00.44 in the 400 hurdles. Junior Lisa Fair (Troy, Mich./Athens) also had a strong showing in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:02.65 which was good for third place. (More)

4/30/05
GUERRERO AND GALLIER SHINE AT "GINA" RELAYS

HILLSDALE, Mich. - Senior Mario Guerrero (Saginaw, Mich./Swan Valley) and senior Mandie Gallier (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) each had big meets at the "Gina" Relays on Friday and Saturday. Guerrero participated in the decathlon for the first time and managed to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships with 6,561 points. He has the 11th-best point total among Division II athletes and won the event by more than four hundred points. Gallier finished in the top 10 in three events including a first place finish in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:00.11. In addition, she was sixth in the 400 dash (57.82) and ninth in the 100 hurdles (14.87). (More)

4/11/05
Ladies Have Strong Showing at Ferris State Invite

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State Cardinals competed at the Ferris State Invite on Saturday in Big Rapids. Junior Ashley Bishop (Pickford, Mich.) placed in the top six in three throwing events, including a second place in the hammer throw (156-3), third place in the discus (132-10) and sixth in the shot put (42-0.5). Senior Mandie Gallier (Medford, N.J.) had a good day in the hurdles placing first in the 400 hurdles (1:01.63) and second in the 100 hurdles (14.97). (More)

4/4/05
Briggs Wins Two Events at Edmonds Invitational

RENSSELAER, Ind.. - SVSU began the outdoor track season at the Gene and Rose Edmonds Invitational on Saturday hosted by St. Joseph's College. The Cardinal men won the invitational with 200 team points, better than 31.50 team points by the second place Pumas of St. Joseph's. The women's team placed fourth out of five teams and scored 119 team points. Freshman Kali Briggs (Jackson, Mich./Vandercook Lake) won two events including the high jump (5' 0") and the javelin throw (118' 2") for the ladies. (More)

3/12/05
Pouillon Earns All-American Honors

BOSTON, Mass. - Senior Mary Jo Pouillon (Owosso, Mich.) and freshman Eltaro Hooper (Ypsilanti, Mich./Lincoln) both earned All-American honors based on their performances at the 2005 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships. On Friday, Hooper placed seventh in the high jump (6' 9.5") and earned 1.5 team points for the Cards. On Saturday, Pouillon also placed seventh in the shot put (45' 6.5") earning two team points. (More)

2005 GLIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

2004 Outdoor Photos

2004 Winter Honor Roll
Cardinal All-Americans (.pdf)
Athletic Questionnaire
Women's Outdoor Records
Women's Indoor Records
Interviewing Coach Jim Nesbitt Video
Recruiting Checklist (.pdf)