CALVIN WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 2, 2008
Erica Duer Headed Back to NCAA III Championships;
Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams Post Strong Efforts At Anderson University Fred Wildt Invitational
WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
For the third straight year, Calvin College junior diver Erica Deur has qualified for the NCAA III Championships. A native of Holland and a graduate of Holland Christian High School, Deur will compete in both the one and three-meter diving competitions. A four-time All-American, Deur is the defending national champion on the one-meter board. She also was the national runner-up on the three-meter board last year and received Division III National Diver of the Year honors for her performance at the national meet.
As a first-year diver in 2006, Deur was the national runner-up on the one meter board and took fourth place on the three-meter board.
The 2008 NCAA III Champioships are scheduled to be held March 13-15 in Oxford, Ohio. The competition will be held at the University of Miami of Ohio.
Deur is the only diver from Calvin to qualify for the national meet. Calvin senior Lis Beal (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) and sophomore Casey Herman (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville HS) had NCAA III conditional qualifying scores but did not make the final cut.
Deur will be one of nine athletes from Calvin scheduled to compete at the national meet. She will be joined by seniors Kat Vinson (Kaneohe, HI) and Stephanie Duncan (Long Grove, IL/Adlai E. Stevenson HS), juniors Cara VanWoerkom (Wyoming/Calvin Christian HS) and Julie Wolfe (Westerville, OH/Westerville North HS), sophomores Laura Price (Warren, PA/Warren HS), Emily Roberts (DeKalb, IL/DeKalb HS) and Maggie Vail (Portage/Portage Northern HS) and freshman Kendra Kinzer (Fort Wayne, IN/Homestead HS).
A year ago, Calvin took fourth at the NCAA III Championships with 251 points, recording its best-ever national team finish.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
ANDERSON, IN -- The Calvin men's and women's track and field teams had strong efforts at the Fred Wildt Indoor Track and Field Invitational hosted by Anderson University on Saturday afternoon with the women's team taking second in a field of seven teams with 118 points while the men's team took second in a field of eight teams with 94 points.
A highlight for the Calvin women came in the distance medley relay as the quartet of freshman Alison Tuuk (Grand Rapids Christian HS), junior Laura Jackson (Decatur, IL), freshman Kristen Fletcher (Fort Wayne, IN) and junior Lauren Bergstrom (Rochester, MN) posted an NCAA III Indoor provisional qualifying time of 12:10.18. The distance events were a strength for the Knights as junior Calah Schlabach (St. Michaels, AZ) and sophomore Liz Smit (Kirkland, WA) went 1-2 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with Schlabach clocking a time of 11:00.42 and Smit a time of 11:17.34.
In the 5,000 meters, sophomore Jessica Koster (Grand Rapids Christian HS) led a one-two finish by winning with a time of 17:43.27 while senior teammate Christian Overbeck (Seattle, WA) was second with a time of 17:43.91. Junior Jesi Hale (Rehoboth, NM) was fourth (18:27.91), junior Kelly Edwards (Grand Blanc HS) fifth (18:29.55) and senior Lynn Marsh (New Vernon, IN) sixth (18:30.26). In the field events, freshman Rebekah VanDyk (Bellflower, CA) won the high jump (4-11 3/4) while junior Julie Bratt (Lynden, WA) won the triple jump (34-7 1/2) and was third in the long jump (15-3 1/2)
In the sprints, Calvin took third and fourth in the 55 meter dash with freshman Bethany Beachum (Fruitport HS) taking third (7.69) and freshman Kim Holtrop (Calvin Christian HS) taking fourth (7.73). In the 200 meters, Calvin went 3-4-5 with Holtrop taking third (27.49), sophomore Heather Koning (Kalamazoo Christian HS) fourth (27.61) and Beachum fifth (27.71).
On the men's side, Calvin was led by the performance of junior Jed Christiansen (Greenville, PA) who captured first place in the 5,000 meter run with an NCAA III Indoor provisional qualifying time of 14:39.19 while senior Tim Finnegan (Los Alamos, NM) also had a provisional qualifying time of 14:50.98 that was good for second place. Senior Tad Hulst (Zeeland HS) was next with a third place time of 14:58.14.
Calvin also went 1-2-3 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with junior Nate DeHaan (South Christian HS) winning the race with a time of 9:15.78 while sophomore George Visser (Chicago, IL) was second (9:30.99) and senior Dan VandenAkker (South Christian HS) third (9:34.69).
In the field events, junior Caleb Rottman (Fargo, ND) was third in the high jump (6-4) while freshman Eric Michel (Naperville, IL) was second in the pole vault (13-6).
In the sprints, senior Jared Cok (Bozeman, MT) had a solid showing in the 400 meters, recording a fifth place time of 50.86 while Calvin's 4x400 meter relay team of Cok, senior Joel Baker (Kalamazoo Christian HS), junior Brad Stroner (Lakewood-Lake Odessa HS) and freshman Alex Wrobel (Arden Hills, MN) was third in a time of 3:29.31. Junior Brian Odegaard (Stillwater, MN) also turned in a fourth place time of 2:01.53 in the 800 meters.
Full meet results can be found on-line at: http://www.anderson.edu/athletics/mtrack/fredwilt.html
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
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