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2012
CAPTAINS

Will Hewitt

Blake
Rottschafer

Chris Ryan

 

2012 Schedule is Announced
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2011 Season Highlights

Harriers Honored for Academic Achievement (2/17/12)
Both 2011 Hope cross country teams and four members of the MIAA champion women's squad have received All-Academic accolades from the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association of America. continue

2011 Honors and 2012 Captains are Announced (12/6/11)
Awards to members of the 2011 Flying Dutchmen team have been announced by coach Mark Northuis.
Individual Honors
Most Valuable Runner - Nate Love, senior from Midland (Midland HS)
Most Improved Runner - Jesse Henkle, sophomore from Mason (Mason HS)
Best Newcomer - Ben Zank, freshman from Midland (Midland HS)
2012 Captains-Elect
Will Hewitt, junior from Grand Haven (Grand Haven HS)
Blake Rottschafer, junior from Spring Lake (Spring Lake HS)
Chris Ryan, junior from Vicksburg (Vicksburg HS)

Hope Harrier Competes at NCAA Championships (11/19/11)
Results
Senior Nate Love of Midland (Midland HS) concluded his collegiate cross country career finishing 81st among 279 runners with a career-best 8K time of 25:09.5. It was nearly five second faster than his 2010 nationals time (25:13.2) when he placed 61st. Co-captain of the team, Love was a three-time All-MIAA runner. He was a second team honoree as a sophomore and on the first team as both a junior and senior.

Nationals Await Hope Runner (11/12/11)
Results
For the second straight year, senior Nate Love as an individual is headed to the NCAA Division III cross country championships. after competing at the Great Lakes Regionals. Love placed 13th among 243 runners at the regional meet. A year ago he was 61st at the national meet. Hope as a team just missed consideration for an at-large bid to nationals, finishing only two points behind the fifth place team. Meet winner Calvin and runnerup Wabash received automatic bids to nationals. Rounding out Hope's top five finishers were junior Blake Rottschafer, 28th; freshman Ben Zank, 39th; senior Andrew McKeachie, 56th; and junior Chris Ryan, 93rd.

Flying Dutchmen Finish Second at MIAA Championships (10/29/11)
Results
Featuring outstanding team balance, the Flying Dutchmen finished second at the MIAA championships on Saturday. Calvin repeated as champions while the Flying Dutchmen of coach Mark Northuis finished third points ahead of Albion to take the seasonal runnerup spot. Hope top five runners were within 47 seconds of each other. Senior Nathan Love finished sixth in the field with an 8K time of 25:28 and his teammates were right behind -- junior Blake Rottschafer, 11th (25:40); freshman Ben Zank, 12th (25:44); senior Brian Hernandez, 19th (26:14); and sophomore Tom Smeltzer, 20th (26:15).