CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR DECEMBER 21, 2006
Men’s Cross Country Team To Be Part of CBS Fall Sports Special December 30;
Calvin Leads Director’s Cup Standings Through Final Fall Sports Standings;
Volleyball Among Final NCAA III Statistics Leaders;
Members of Women’s Swim Team on NCAA Leaderboard
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
The Calvin College men's cross country team will be included in a special that will be broadcast on the CBS Television Network on Dec. 30 at 1 PM (EST). The special will feature footage, clips and features from some of the NCAA's Fall Championship events and will include footage of the NCAA III Cross Country Championships held back on November 18 in West Chester, Ohio.
Calvin captured the national title on November 18, claiming its third national crown in the last four years and its fourth overall.
The Calvin men's cross country team was also mentioned prominently on a state-wide list by the Detroit Free Press. To see what list the Knights were on, check out the Free Press web site at: www.freepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061217/SPORTS08/612170586/104
CALVIN LEADS U.S. SPORTS ACADEMY DIRECTOR’S CUP CHASE
The final set of U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup fall sports standings have been released and once again, Calvin College stands alone in first place.
Calvin has a first place total of 323 points, holding a 39-point lead over second place Washington University (Mo.). Calvin scored in four of a possible eight sports in the U.S. Sports Academy Director’s Cup standings.
Calvin picked up 100 points from its men’s cross country team which captured the national championship. The Calvin women’s cross country team took third at the NCAA III Championships which was worth 85 points in the Director’s Cup standings. Calvin also received 73 points from its women’s soccer and 64 points from its women’s volleyball team. The women’s soccer team reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA III Tournament while the women’s volleyball team advanced to the Round of 16 of the NCAA III Tournament.
The final set of fall sports standings includes the sports of football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, women's volleyball and women's field hockey.
The U.S. Sports Academy Director's Cup is based on points earned by teams that compete in NCAA Championship events and is presented annually by the National Association of Collegiate Director's of Athletics (NACDA) to the best overall collegiate athletics program in the country. The NACDA Director's Cup race is held at the NCAA I, II and III levels and also for NAIA institutions.
Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA III Championship competition in up to 18 sports -- nine for men and nine for women. Each national champion receives 100 points with a national runner-up finish worth 90 points. Third place is worth 85 points and fourth place finishes count for 80 points with a sliding point scale continuing on down by order of finish.
Competition will continue with the winter sports season and finish with the conclusion of the spring sports season in May.
A year ago, Calvin finished ninth in the final Division III standings with a total of 561.25 points. Calvin is one of only eight schools to finish in the top-25 every year that the competition has been held at the NCAA III level.
The latest set of standings can be found on-line at : http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/d31221relstand
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
The final NCAA III volleyball statistics have been released and Calvin is ranked in several team and individual categories.
As a team, Calvin finished as the national leader in assists-per-game (15.20) while finishing third in kills-per-game (16.27), won-loss percentage (.944); seventh in hitting percentage (.283); 13th in digs-per-game (23.59) and 35th in blocks-per-game (2.69).
Individually, Calvin junior setter Katie Zondervan (Lakewood, CA) finished second in assists-per-game (14.13) while junior middle-hitter Molly Krikke (Greenwich, OH) placed 14th in hitting percentage (.378).
In addition, senior Kaity Luimes (Caledonia, ON) finished 44th in blocks-per-game (1.30) and sophomore libero Lauren DeGroot (Tulare, CA) 44th in digs-per-game (6.01).
Under the direction of head coach Amber Warners, Calvin finished the 2006 season with a 34-2 record, winning the MIAA regular season title, MIAA Tournament title and advancing to the Round of 16 of the NCAA III Tournament.
MEMBERS OF WOMEN’S SWIMMING/DIVING TEAM ON NCAA III BEST TIMES/PERFORMANCE LIST
Several members of the Calvin women’s swimming and diving team are on the recent NCAA III best times/performance list.
Senior Becky Weima (Grand Rapids Christian HS) leads the Calvin contingent as she is ranked third on the NCAA III list in the 500 freestyle (5:01.92), fourth in the 200 freestyle (1:52.27), ninth in the 50 freestyle (24.24) and 10th in the 100 freestyle (52.99).
Weima is also part of a Calvin 200 freestyle relay team that is ranked fifth with a time of 1:37.27. Other members of the Calvin relay include freshman Katie White (Grand Rapids Christian HS), sophomore Cara VanWoerkom (Calvin Christian HS) and junior Kat Vinson (Kaneohe, HI).
Sophomore diver Erica Deur (Holland Christian HS) is also ranked highly on all four diving lists. Deur is ranked number-one on the one-meter list for 11 dives with a score of 430.25 and ranked second on the three-meter board for 11 dives with a score of 466.50. She is ranked sixth on the one-meter board for six dives (258.60) and fifth on the three-meter board for six dives (271.20).
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
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