May 10, 2011

Becca Gaarde
Track

OLIVET, Mich. -- Olivet College sophomore Becca Gaarde, of Parma, has earned Comet of the Week honors for May 10.

Gaarde placed third in both the 100 and 200 dashes May 6 at the 2011 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Field Day. She also finished in eighth-place in the 100 hurdles and ran the first leg of the second-place 4x100 relay. Her time of 26.93 seconds in the 200 was a season-best, while the relay team's time of 50.72 seconds broke the school record.

Olivet's sports information office will select a Comet of the Week throughout the remainder of the 2010-11 academic year. The athlete will be featured on the home page of the athletics Web site at www.olivetcollege.edu/athletics.