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Calvin Women’s Track & Field Wins Calvin Invitational - Men’s Team Takes Second
The Huizenga Tennis and Track Center (Sturrus Track) was the site of the Calvin Indoor Track and Field Invitational Friday night for the second year and both Calvin teams had strong performances. On the women’s side, Calvin defended its own invitational title with a first place total of 175 points, 20 points ahead of Aquinas. On the men’s side, Calvin took second with 130 points, 22 points behind Aquinas.
Calvin Track & Field Coach Bret Otte Audio Interview
Calvin Posts NCAA III Indoor Provisional Qualifying Marks at Mike Lints Open
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
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.
