Townsend of Track & Field and Russell of NCAA Softball Collect MIAA Athlete of the Week Recognitions

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) named two Adrian College Bulldogs to its Athlete of the Week list on Monday, tabbing Alysia Townsend of Adrian College Women’s Track and Field and Peyton Russell of Adrian College NCAA Softball as AOW recipients.

On the track, Townsend delivered a standout performance at the MIAA Outdoor Championships over the weekend in the women’s 100-meter dash, finishing second with a personal-best time of 12.41 seconds. She later teamed up with her teammates in the 4×100-meter relay, where the group placed sixth with a season-best time of 51.20. Townsend also made a strong impact on day one of the championships, winning the women’s long jump with a mark of 5.25 meters to earn the title of MIAA Champion.

Russell took to the plate five times over the team’s sweep of Kalamazoo to close the regular season last weekend, grabbing four hits, five RBI, and three runs of her own. Of those four hits, Russell punched two of them over the fence for home runs.

The Adrian College women’s track and field team will head to the Midwest Twilight Final Qualifier on May 14-15, while the NCAA softball squad will travel to Angola, Indiana for the MIAA Softball Tournament from May 7-9.