CALVIN KNIGHT WEEKEND SPORTS WRAP-UP FOR MARCH 2, 2014
Track and Field Teams Take First Place at Calvin Collegiate Indoor Championships;
Amber Warners to Work With U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team;
NCAA III Basketball Pairings Set to Be Unveiled Monday at 12:30 p.m.
Spring Sports Breakfast Scheduled to Tuesday Morning
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
The Calvin men's and women's track and field teams hosted the Calvin Collegiate Indoor Track and Field Championships and both Calvin teams took first place.
The Calvin men's team took first place in a field of nine teams with 180 points while the Calvin women's team took first place in a field of eight teams with a team score of 203.5 points.
MEN'S RECAP
Calvin took first place in five events and took second in four more in finishing nearly 80 points ahead of Trine University which garnered 104.5 points.
Junior Erik Holstege took first place in the men's heptathlon with 4,653 points and then placed second in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.68.
Calvin's distance crew had a strong day as its distance medley relay team of junior Josh Ferguson, senior Stephen Tubergen, sophomore Andre Otte and freshman Andrew Woznick won in a time of 10:34.30.
Sophomore Jeff Meitler had a season-best time of 4:26.47 in winning the mile run while senior Philip Spitzer won the 5,000 meters in 15:18.77. Sophomore Ethan Anderson also claimed second place in the 5,000 meters in 15:35.70.
In the high jump, freshman Jeiel Burrell took second in the high jump at 6-2 3/4.
Perhaps the biggest performance of the day came from sophomore Eric Jipping who unleashed a career-best throw of 52-6 in winning the shot put competition.
WOMEN'S RECAP
Calvin took first place in five events and placed second or third in several other events to pile up a first place total of 203.5 points, finishing nearly 90 points ahead of second place Hope.
Freshman Bethany VanEck won the pentathlon held on Friday. Calvin's first running event on Saturday was the distance medley relay and its team of sophomore McKenzie Diemer, seniors Olivia Butler and Rebekah Folkema and junior Kate Ardinger won in a time of 12:33.68.
Folkema also took second in the 800 meters (21:94) while Ardinger was second in the mile run (5:25.35).
In the 5,000 meters, senior Nicole Michmerhuizen took first place in 17:09.20 while junior Sarah Danner was second (17:50.97).
In the 3,000 meters, junior Paige McGahan turned in a second place time of 10:29.20.
In the sprints, senior Julie Busscher had a strong day, winning the 200 meters in a season-best time of 25.86 while placing third inthe 60 meters (8.00).
Calvin also picked up points in the field events as senior Hilary Banning had a career-best leap of 37-2 1/2 to win the triple jump while also taking second in the long jump with a leap of 16-10 3/4. Freshman Carissa Weis was also second in the triple jump (34-7 3/4) while sophomore Daisy Peters was second in the pole vault (9-6 1/4).
A group of Calvin athletes will now compete at last-chance meets next weekend with the intentions of attempting to qualify for the upcoming NCAA III Indoor Track and Field Championships March 15 and 16 at Nebraska Wesleyan.
VOLLEYBALL
Calvin College head volleyball coach Amber Warners will be departing soon for a two-week trip to Anaheim, California. While there, Warners will be working on a unique project with the U.S. national women's volleyball team that is training for the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Warners will be working with legendary volleyball player Karch Kiraly who is serving as head coach of the U.S. women's team.
To read more about the project Warners is pursuing, please visit the Calvin student newspaper Chimes website at: http://www.calvin.edu/chimes/2014/03/01/calvins-volleyball-coach-warners-to-work-with-us-national-coach-karch-kiraly/
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Calvin men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA III Tournament for the 19th time in school history. The Knights received an automatic bid to the NCAA III Tournament by winning the MIAA Tournament title Saturday afternoon with a 78-53 victory over Hope.
The NCAA III Tournament pairings are scheduled to be unveiled for men's basketball at 12:30 p.m. Monday afternoon via a live video selection show on the NCAA website at: http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2014/03/03
For projections, analysis and detailed information about the tournament, please visit Pat Coleman's indepth website: D3hoops.com at: http://www.d3hoops.com<http://www.d3hoops.com/>
C' CLUB SPRING SPORTS/NCAA III TOURNAMENT PREVIEW BREAKFAST SET FOR TUESDAY MORNING
Join the C Club for the annual Spring Sports Breakfast on Tuesday, March 4, in the Spoelhof Fieldhouse upper lobby to hear from winter and spring coaches about their teams and prospects for the future. Of note, a preview of Calvin's upcoming opponent in the NCAA III men's basketball tournament will be part of the morning program.
The Knight Way Café will be open at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast specials and the program will begin at 8 a.m. Show your support for the Knights and come hear the latest Knight News!
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