Calvin Posts NCAA III Indoor Provisional Qualifying Marks at Mike Lints Open
Sunday, January 22, 2012
ALLENDALE - The Calvin men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their indoor campaigns at the Mike Lints Alumni Open hosted by Grand Valley State University Friday night.
Top marks for the Calvin men’s team included:
*Junior Greg Whittle taking third in the mile run with an NCAA III provisional qualifying time of 4:14.23.
*Junior Matt VanderRoest winning the 5,000 meters with an NCAA III provisional qualifying time of 14:45.43.
*Junior Aaron Meckes taking third in the in the shot put with an NCAA III provisional qualifying mark of 53-0 3/4.
Calvin College Graduates Compete at U.S Olympic Marathon Trials
Saturday, January 14, 2012
HOUSTON, TX - Three Calvin College graduates ran in the U.S. Olympic Marathon trials on Saturday. In the men’s race, Calvin graduates Paul Petersen and Jed Christiansen finished 55th and 61st respectively. A 2001 Calvin graduate, Petersen took 55th with a time of 2:20.31. A 2010 Calvin graduate, Christiansen finished 61st in a time of 2:21.09. In the women’s race, 2008 Calvin College graduate Christina Overbeck took 108th in a time of 2:48.25. Her race came just over a month after she had qualified for the trials with a time of 2:44.44 at a last-chance meet in Sacramento, California.
Familiar Cheers Fuel Passion Within Calvin Distance Standout Nick Kramer
Friday, December 23, 2011
By Sports Information Student Assistant Andrew Knot
Coming around the fourth turn at Grand Valley State University’s Early Bird Open, he heard them, the cheers of his teammates.
Calvin! Calvin! Calvin!
These cheers weren’t new to Nick Kramer; he was actually quite familiar with them. For the past three years he’d heard them at conference jamborees and regional meets. He even heard them at last year’s nationals, where just enough Advil and an uncanny amount of focus allowed him to momentarily ignore the pangs of a torn hamstring to finish fourth in the 5000 meters at the 2011 NCAA III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
