Calvin Track and Field Athletes Receive MIAA Athlete of the Week Awards
Saturday, March 24, 2012
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – For the first time in its history, the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association is recognizing outstanding athletes in track and field with its Athlete of the Week award.
The MIAA has announced its first recipients of those awards for the 2012 season. Each week, the conference will name an outstanding performer in track events and field events.
For the week of March 17, Calvin’s Nick Kramer is men’s Track Athlete of the Week, while the Knights’ Jodi Hoekstra is women’s Track Athlete of the Week. Calvin’s Aaron Meckes is the men’s Field Athlete of the Week, while Hilary Banning of the Knights is women’s Field Athlete of the Week.
Kramer, a senior from Dyer, Ind. (Illiana Christian HS), led a Calvin sweep of the first three places in the men’s 10,000 meters at the Rhodes, Tenn., Open, as he ran a time of 30:16.42.
Hoekstra, a senior from Homer Glen, Ill. (Chicago Christian HS), won the women’s 10,000 meters at the Rhodes Open with a time of 37:01.90.
Meckes, a junior from Bay City (Saginaw Valley Lutheran HS), won the men’s shot put at the Rhodes Open with a toss of 50 feet, 4 inches, and finished second in the discus with a throw of 150 feet, 5 inches.
Banning, a sophomore from Whitinsville, Mass. (Whitinsville Christian HS), placed third in the women’s triple jump at the Rhodes Open with a jump of 34 feet, 11-3/4 inches.
