{"id":158531,"date":"2026-02-01T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158531\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:10:20","slug":"anderson-wins-pentathlon-oakland-wraps-up-jets-pizza-invitational-at-svsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158531\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Wins Pentathlon; Oakland Wraps Up Jets Pizza Invitational at SVSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">SAGINAW, Mich. \u2013 Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/kylei-anderson\/12599\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12599\" target=\"_blank\">Kylei Anderson<\/a> took home the top spot in the women&#8217;s pentathlon along with two school records as Oakland men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s track and field wrapped up the Jets Pizza Invitational Saturday at Saginaw Valley State University.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Friday morning started with the women&#8217;s pentathlon and men&#8217;s heptathlon in Saginaw. Anderson won four out of the five events, tying the program&#8217;s record in the high jump at 1.69 meters and breaking the women&#8217;s pentathlon record with 3,647 points.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Later that evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/simon-griemert\/12618\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12618\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Griemert<\/a> took home a third place finish in pole vault (4.40m), as <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/genna-golab\/12562\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12562\" target=\"_blank\">Genna Golab<\/a> also concluded in the top-five in the women&#8217;s pole vault (3.32m). <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/elizabeth-rice\/12638\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12638\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Rice<\/a> wrapped up the evening with a top-five performance in the women&#8217;s weight throw, going 17.06 meters in distance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Golden Grizzlies finished strong on Saturday. From the women&#8217;s side, <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/catherine-leahy\/12662\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12662\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Leahy<\/a> ran a 25.48s for a 6th place finish in the 200 meter race as <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/hannah-fisher\/12559\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12559\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Fisher<\/a> picked up a top-10 spot in the 800 meter (2:17.65). <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/haileigh-bissett\/12601\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12601\" target=\"_blank\">Haileigh Bissett<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/makenna-scott\/12644\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12644\" target=\"_blank\">Makenna Scott<\/a> wrapped up the 1 mile (5:05.90) and the 3000m (10:14.87) with podium finishes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Later from the men, Oakland&#8217;s presence in Saginaw was marked by a second place finish from <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/ja-van-poole\/12582\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12582\" target=\"_blank\">Ja-Van Poole<\/a> in the 400 meter race (48.51). <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/collin-mclaughlin\/12664\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12664\" target=\"_blank\">Collin McLaughlin<\/a> ran the 800 meter race in 1:54.09 for a fifth place finish, as <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/track-and-field\/roster\/josiah-magley\/12628\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12628\" target=\"_blank\">Josiah Magley<\/a> completed the mile race in 4:17.69.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Golden Grizzlies are back in action for a split weekend at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor and the Mike Lints Invite in Allendale next Saturday, Feb. 7.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Follow Oakland Cross Country\/Track and Field: For complete information on Oakland Cross Country\/Track and Field teams, follow the team on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OaklandTrackXC\" rel=\"nofollow\">@OaklandTrackXC<\/a>. The team is also on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oaklandtrackxc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; SAGINAW, Mich. \u2013 Junior Kylei Anderson took home the top spot in the women&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-158531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}