CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1, 2010
Men's and Women's Cross Country Earn Top Six Finishes at Notre Dame Invitational;
New Lockerroom for Calvin Hockey Team
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
NOTRE DAME, IN - The nationally-ranked Calvin men's and women's cross country teams posted top-six finishes at the Notre Dame Invitational as the 11th-ranked women's team took sixth in the women's 5K Gold Division race with a team score of 170 points while the seventh-ranked men's team took fourth in the men's 8K Gold Division race.
In the women's competition, Calvin was the second-highest finishing Division III school, surpassed only by sixth-ranked Wisconsin-Oshkosh which placed third with 115 points. Oakland University won the women's race with 91 points. Junior Jodi Hoekstra (Homer Glen, IL/Chicago Christian HS) had an oustanding day for Calvin, finishing sixth individually with a time of 18:04. Sophomore Alyssa Penning (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) was Calvin's next finisher, placing 36th (18:46) followed by senior Alison Tuuk (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) in 39th (18:49), senior Gretchen Braymer (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) in 44th (18:50) and senior Samantha Westveer (Kentwood/East Kentwood) in 45th (18:51). Rounding out Calvin's finishers were junior Kaitlin Diemer (Caledonia/South Christian HS) in 64th (19:12), freshman Alyssa Oram (Cheboygan/Home Schooled) 74th (19:17), senior Andrea Beukema (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) 75th (19:17) and sophomore Christine Hartley (Pewaukee, WI/Lake Country Lutheran HS) 96th (19:38).
On the men's side, Calvin's Nick Kramer (Dyer, IN/Illiana Christian HS) continued his outstanding junior campaign, finishing seventh individually with a time of 25:19. Calvin's next finisher was senior Alex Wrobel (Arden Hills, MN/Mounds View HS) in 36th (25:55) with senior Ben Van Wyk (Sussex, NJ) 37th (25:56), senior Jake Christiansen (New Ipswich, NH/New Ipswich HS) 42nd (26:02) and junior Dan Kerr (Petoskey/Petoskey HS) 43rd (26:03). Junior Rhett Morici (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North HS) also had a strong finish, placing 53rd (26:15). Rounding out Calvin's finishers were sophomore David Vande Bunte (Byron Center/Byron Center HS) in 75th (26:56) and sophomore Job Christiansen (New Ipswich, NH/New Ipswich HS) in 104th (27:48).
In the women's open divisision race, junior Eva Kort (Colorado Springs, CO/Doherty HS) was 26th (19:41), freshman Devin Van Doornik (Zeeland/Zeeland East HS) 35th (19:56), senior Elizabeth Feenstra (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) 38th (20:06); freshman Rebekah Folkema (Renfrew, ON/Renfrew Collegiate Institute) 42nd (20:22), senior Kristen Fletcher (Fort Wayne, IN/Concordia Lutheran HS) 45th (20:29) and senior Anna Van Wyk (Dorr/South Christian HS) 62nd (21:45).
In the men's open division race, sophomore Greg Whittle () was sixth (26:10), sophomore Matt Vander Roest (Ann Arbor/Ann Arbor Huron HS) 15th (26:53), sophomore Kevin Peterson (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) 16th (26:53), junior Ben Lewis (South Haven/South Haven HS) 27th (27:28), junior Martin Avila (Cicero, IL/Waulter Lutheran HS) 28th (27:30) and senior Jake Baker (Grand Rapids/South Christian HS) 34th (27:41).
A group of Calvin College runners will compete at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational on Saturday.
ACHA ICE HOCKEY
Calvin's ACHA Division III hockey team will kick off its season next Friday when it hosts Delta College at 7:30 p.m. at the Jolly Roger Ice Rena. Calvin recently unveiled a new lockerroom complex at the Jolly Roger Ice Arena.
Calvin Associate Director of Communications and Marketing Lynn Rosendale caught up with Calvin head coach Mike Petrusma as well as a handful of players to talk about the new facilities at the Jolly Roger Ice Arena. Her report can be found on the Calvin website at: http://www.calvin.edu/news/2010-11/new-jolly/
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