CSR (Academic Honors for Calvin Track & Field Teams/Rhode to Represent Canada at Commonwealth Games)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR AUG. 6, 2010
 
Academic Honors for Calvin Track and Field Teams;
Megann Rhode to Represent Canada at Commonwealth Games
 

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
 
The Calvin men's and women's track and field teams have again achieved
academic and athletic excellence.
 
For the 10th straight year, the Calvin women's track and field team has
received the all-academic team award from the United States Track and Field
Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Calvin men's track and field
team has also received the award for the second straight year.
 
Teams were eligible for the for honor if they recorded a minimum 3.00 (4.00
scale) cumulative grade point average as a group. The Calvin women's track and
field team posted a 3.46 cumulative grade point average while the Calvin men's
track and field team recorded a 3.18 cumulative team grade point average.
 
Both teams were led by first-year head coach Bret Otte and captured their
respective MIAA titles this past spring.
 
The Calvin women's track and field team also had 10 individuals receive
all-academic honors from the USTFCCCA while the Calvin men's track and field
team had three individuals receive the honor.
 
MORE WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
 
Megann Rhode, a 2007 Calvin College graduate, has been selected to represent
Canada in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Dehli, Indiana. Rhode will
compete in the hammer throw for Canada with the games scheduled to be held
October 6-12.
 
Rhode is one of three hammer throwers on the Canadian track and field team
that will travel to India for the Commonwealth Games.
The Commonwealth Games competition is a multinational, multi-sport event which
features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the
Commonwealth of Nations. Organized every four years, they are the third-largest
multi-sport event in the world, after the Summer Olympic Games and the Asian
Games.
As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are
played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and
netball.
Rhode is currently training with the Kamloops Track and Field Club in
Kamploops, British Columbia. Last weekend, she took third in the hammer throw
at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Toronto, Ontario.
Received on Fri Aug 6 11:50:10 2010