The BG women’s track team hits the road once again this week as they travel to Hillsdale College for the Hillsdale Gina Relays.

The meet begins today at 3:30 and continues through Saturday evening. Several teams from Michigan as well as from the Mid-American Conference will be competing.

“[Hillsdale] has a great facility and we expect to run a good meet.

There will be many schools from Michigan as well as some MAC schools so it should be a good, challenging meet for our team,” coach Scott Sehmann said.

The Falcons took fifth place in last weekend’s All-Ohio Championship meet.

After that meet, Sehmann noted that some improvements needed to be made for future meets.

“We need to concentrate harder in longer races. We’re out there running and not necessarily racing. Racing comes first. We still have a few individuals who are learning what it takes to be successful,” he said.

The Falcon 4×100 meter relay team will have another chance to shine on Saturday, after breaking the school record last weekend.

The Falcons will also be competing in several individual events. Host Hillsdale is coming off a successful outing in last weekend’s Eastern Michigan Twilight meet as they chalked up 16 personal bests, one school record, 10 seasonal best times and two qualifiers for Nationals. The Chargers are a Division II school competing in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and will have several competitive athletes competing this week.

With just a few weeks left before the MAC Championships, the Falcons will be using practices and meets to continue improving and preparing for the end of the season. The Hillsdale Relays are one of only three meets left before the conference meet.