CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR JULY 17, 2011
Another Edition of Rival Relay In the Books;
Brent Schuster Completes Basketball Tour Overseas
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
On Saturday morning, another edition of the Rival Relay between the men’s and
women’s cross country teams took place. The event, which dates back to 1919,
involves a seven-leg relay. The competing teams are the Calvin and Hope men’s
cross country teams and the Calvin and Hope women’s cross country teams. The
event is also entirely organized by the student-athletes without any aid from
the coaching staffs of either school.
Saturday’s race began at John Ball Park in Grand Rapids and ended at Tunnel
Park in Holland. The first six legs were five miles each, with the anchor leg
finishing the final 5.85 miles. In between, runners traversed through the
streets of Grandville, past the cornfields of Jamestown, through downtown
Zeeland, past the blueberry patches of north Holland and then concluding at
Tunnel Park.
Both Calvin teams were victorious on Saturday. Members of the Calvin men’s
relay team were Alex VanHaitsma, Steven Haagsma, Job Christiansen, Alex Wrobel,
Greg Whittle, Jacob Kuyvenhoven and David VandeBunte. Ben Lewis also
participated, riding his bike the entire race. Members of the Calvin women’s
relay were Alyssa Penning, Kaitlin Diemer, Jodi Hoekstra, Sarah Fennema, Lydia
Peterson, Samantha Westveer and Nicole Michermhuizen.
At the conclusion of the race, both teams from Calvin and Hope gathered for a
post-race cookout at Tunnel Park.
For a historical look at the race, please read a story written on last year’s
race by Calvin sports information student assistant Andrew Knot at:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/news/comments/calvin-hope-cross-country-teams-team-up-for-another-edition-of-rival-relay/
Photos of Saturday’s race are also online at:
http://www.calvin.edu/gallery/Rival-Relay-2011
In addition, a map of the race can be found online at:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B8xmTKX4GU7HOWE2ZjJjMjktZjVlMC00NjAzLWFkZWQtZjgwM2FjNTFlNWEw&hl=en_US&pli=1
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Recently graduated Calvin senior Brent Schuster spent the early portion of his
summer playing basketball overseas in Europe. Calvin sports information student
assistant Andrew Knot caught up with Schuster and filed the following report:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/news/comments/brent-schuster-gets-taste-of-european-basketball-during-weeklong-trip-overs/
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