CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 9, 2009
Calvin Sending Nine to NCAA III Indoor Track and Field Championships
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
The Calvin men's and women's track and field teams will be sending nine individuals - one from the men's team and eight from the women's team - the NCAA III Indoor Track and Field Championships this Friday and Saturday at Rose-Hulman Institue in Terre Haute, IN.
Competing for the Calvin men will be senior Jed Christiansen (Greenville, PA/Greenville HS) who will run in the 5,000 meters. Christiansen is seeded second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:31.25.
On the women's side, Calvin will be sending seniors Lauren Bergstrom (Rochester, MN/Century HS), Sarah Wittingen (East Grand Rapids HS), Kristen Van Sickel (Pittsburgh, PA/Trinity Christian HS) and Julie Bratt (Lynden, WA/Lynden Christian HS) and juniors Heather Koning (Kalamazoo Christian HS), and Elizabeth Smit (Kirkland, WA/Bellevue Christian HS) and sophomores Alison Tuuk (Grand Rapids Christian HS) and Rachel Boerner (Bergenfield, NJ/Eastern Christian HS).
Bergstrom will run in the mile run where she is seeded fifth (4:56.81). She will also run on Calvin's distance medley relay which is seeded seventh with a time of 11:57.59.
In addition to Bergstrom, the distance medley relay consists of Koning, Smit and Tuuk.
Calvin's 4x400 meter relay team of Boerner, Koning, Van Sickel and Wittingen is seeded 10th with a time of 3:57.67.
Bratt will compete in the triple jump where she is seeded 12th (38-1 1/2).
This weekend will mark the first time Calvin will send members of its track and field teams to the indoor national meet.
The official meet web site can be found on-line at: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/sports/ncaatrack/
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Tue Mar 10 00:05:32 2009
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