CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR June 25, 2013
Calvin Lands Four on Capital One Academic All-America Track and Field/Cross
Country Teams
CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD
Four members of the Calvin men’s and women’s cross country and track and field
teams have received Division III Capital One Academic All-America honors. On
the men's side, seniors Dan Kerr and Greg Whittle have been named Capital One
First Team Academic All-Americans while senior Job Christiansen has been named
a Capital One Second Team Academic All-American. On the women's side, junior
Nicole Michmerhuizen has been a Capital One First Team Academic All-American.
A native of Petoskey and a graduate of Petoskey High School, Kerr is receiving
first team Capital One Academic All-American honors for the second straigth
year. At Calvin, he was an exercise science major at Calvin and will attend
graduate school at Wake Forest University next fall. At Calvin he carried a
3.74 grade point average and was a regular member of the MIAA Academic Honor
Roll and the Calvin Dean’s List. He is making his second straight appearance on
the Capital One Academic All-District team.
Last month at the NCAA III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he claimed
All-America honors in the 10,000 meters for the second straight year, placing
third. In 2012, he was an NCAA III All-American in the 10K with a fifth place
finish. In 2011, Kerr claimed an All-America plaque at the NCAA III Cross
Country Championships, placing 21st individually. This past cross country
season, Kerr was named the MIAA’s Most Valuable Runner for the second straight
year and earned a spot on the All-MIAA team for the third straight year. He
later placed second at the Great Lakes Regional meet and 46th at the NCAA III
Cross Country Championships.
Whittle is from Galesburg, Illinois. He is a graduate of Galesburg High School
and is receiving first team Capital One Academic All-America honors for the
second straight year. A civil and environmental engineering major, Whittle
carried a 3.69 grade point average. He has also been a regular member of the
MIAA Academic Honor Roll and Calvin Dean’s List. He is making his second
straight appearance on the Capital One Academic All-District team.
Whittle is a three-time NCAA III track and field All-American, placing second
in the mile run at the 2011 NCAA III Indoor Track and Field Championships and
fourth in the 1,500 meters at the 2011 NCAA III Outdoor Track and Field
Championships. Last month, he claimed All-America honors once again in the
1,500 meters, placing fifth at the NCAA III Outdoor Track and field
Championships.
Whittle also qualified in the mile run for the 2012 Indoor Track and Field
Championships as well as the 1,500 meters at the 2012 NCAA III Outdoor Track
and Field Championships. In 2011 and 2013, Whittle was the MIAA champion in the
1,500 meters and earned a spot on the All-MIAA team.
He has also made a mark on the cross country course, earning Great Lakes
All-Region honors this past fall for the second straight year, finishing 26th
at the Great Lakes Regional meet. He then ran on Calvin’s cross country team at
nationals that finished second.
Christiansen is from New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He is a graduate of Mascenic
Regional High School. This past fall, Christiansen had a breakout season in
cross country, claiming NCAA III All-America honors with a 35th place finish at
the national meet, helping Calvin finish second as a team. He also took third
at the MIAA Cross Country Championships and sixth at the NCAA III Great Lakes
Regional meet to earn first team All-MIAA and Great Lakes All-Region honors for
the second straight year. At the MIAA Field Day in track and field earlier this
month, he placed third in the 5,000 meters.
A history major at Calvin, Christiansen carried a 3.71 grade point average and
will attend graduate school at Kent State University next fall. He is
receiving Capital One Academic All-America honors for the first time.
On the women’s side, Michermhuizen hails from Holland and is a graduate of
Holland Christian High School. She holds a double-major of chemical engineering
and biochemistry while maintaining a grade point average of 3.99. She is
receiving Capital One Academic All-America honors for the second straight year
as she was named to the third team last year.
Earlier this spring, she was named the recipient of a prestigious Goldwater
Research Scholarship.The Goldwater Scholarship is the premiere undergraduate
award of its type in the field of mathematics, the natural sciences and
engineering. The program was designed to foster and encourage outstanding
students to pursue careers in those areas.
Last month, Michmerhuizen completed a sensational track and field campaign,
capturing the national title in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA III Outdoor Track
and Field Championships with a time of 35:45.08. Earlier in the spring, she
established a new school record in the 10K with a time of 34:09.96 which ranks
as the seventh-fastest time in NCAA III women’s track and field history. For
her efforts, she was named the USTFCCCA Division III National Runner of the
week. She was the 2013 MIAA champion in the 5,000 meters and landed a spot on
the All-MIAA team for the second straight year. In March, she qualified for the
NCAA III Indoor Track and Field Championships and claimed a national runner-up
spot in the 5,000 meters.
During the cross country season, she was the MIAA’s Most Valuable Runner and
later earned Great Lakes All-Region honors, placing fifth at the Great Lakes
Regional meet.
Calvin has now had its athletes receive CoSIDA (Capital One) Academic
All-America accolades 103 times including 71 times in the last 16 years. Calvin
currently ranks sixth on the all-time NCAA Division III list for CoSIDA
Academic All-Americans.
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