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  Hope All-time MIAA Women's Track & Field Champions

Updated thru 2011 season

Athletes of Distinction

Sprints | Distances | Hurdles | Relays | Field Events 
100m Dash | 200m Dash | 400m Dash 

100 Meter Dash
1980 Debbie Bussema, :12.58
1996 Amanda Hill, :12.92
2006 Nora Kuiper, :12.45
2007 Nora Kuiper, :12.33
2008 Nora Kuiper, :12.13
2009 Nora Kuiper, :12.10

200 Meter Dash
2006 Lindsay Lange, :25.41
2008 Nora Kuiper, :25.62
2009 Nora Kuiper, :25.03

400 Meter Dash
1982 Lisa DeVette, :59.88
1987 Julie Darling, :57.86
1997 Amanda Heydon, :59.58
2003 Brooke Oosting, :58.82
2005 Lindsay Lange, :57.35

800m Run | Mile Run | 1,500m Run | 3,000m Run | 5,000m Run | 10,000m Run 
Sprints | Distances | Hurdles | Relays | Field Events 

800 Meter Run
1980 Val Matthews (Hendrickson), 2:22.91
1981 Val Hendrickson, 2:21.5
1988 Lynn Kingma, 2:19.77 (E)
1990 Julie Darling, 2:20.7
1992 Dana Thomson, 2:17.74
1996 Jannah Thompson, 2:19.56
2001 Jennifer Price, 2:12.85
2002 Jennifer Price, 2:13.42
2004 Jennifer Price, 2:19.90
2011 Katrina Gobrogge, 2:18.37

1,500 Meter Run
1980 Gloria DeWaard, 4:52.30
1981 Val Hendrickson, 4:52.1
1994 Alicia Mendenhall-Elmore, 4:45.5
2004 Leslie Tableman, 4:50.91

3,000 Meter Run
1980 Kim Brown, 11:41.07
1987 Sandra Lake, 10:35.38
1988 Tauna Jecmen, 10.37.0
1989 Tauna Jecmen, 10.21.13
1991 Marcia Vandersall, 10:22.86
1992 Marcia Vandersall, 10:16.95
1993 Marcia Vandersall, 10:14.81
1994 Alicia Elmore, 10:22.08

5,000 Meter Run
1982 Diane Boughton, 19:01.28
1984 Ann Lootens, 18:38.2
1987 Sandra Lake, 18:27.03
1988 Tauna Jecmen, 17:52.5
1989 Tauna Jecmen, 18:03.5
1990 Marcia Vandersall, 17:47.04
1991 Marcia Vandersall, 17:43.9
1992 Marcia Vandersall, 17:50.8
1993 Marcia Vandersall, 17:19.90
1997 Ellen Schultz, 18:42.18
1999 Jenny Ernst, 18:18.93
2005 Tine Pike, 18:36.21
2010 Taylor Mattarella, 18:04.75

10,000 Meter Run
1999 Jenny Ernst, 37:42.44
2005 Tina Pike, 39:23.74

100m | 400m 
Sprints | Distances | Hurdles | Relays | Field Events 

100 Meter Hurdles
1980 Margie Deckard, :16.21
1981 Dab Lockhart, :15.2
1982 Dab Lockhart, :15.39
1985 Becky Herin, :15.5
1986 Amy McQuillan, :16.0
1991 Ann Fenwick, :15.64
2005 Lindsay Lange, :14.57
2010 Kara VandeGuchte, :15.59
2011 Kara VandeGutche, :14.99

400 Meter Hurdles
1982 Uli Peinelt, 1:06.53
1983 Marge Deckard, 1:08.6
1986 Becky Herin, 1:07.4
1987 Julie Darling, 1:04.60
1991 Abby Van Duyne, 1:05.28
2000 Erica Torgerson, 1:06.14
2011 Sarah Venlet, 1:04.51

400m Relay | Mile Relay | 1,600m Relay 
Sprints | Distances | Hurdles | Relays | Field Events 

400 Meter Relay
2008 :48.71
2009 :48.98
2010 :50.38
2011 :49.79

Mile Relay
1982, 4:08.33

1,600 Meter Relay
1989, 4:04.11
2011, 4:02.95

High Jump | Long Jump | Triple Jump | Shot Put | Discus | Javelin 
Sprints | Distances | Hurdles | Relays | Field Events 

High Jump
1982 Uli Peinelt, 5-4
1988 Sue Buikema, 5-4 (co-champion)
1995 Kelly Etheridge, 5-4
1999 Kim Richardson, 5-2
2002 Shanna Van Zyl, 5-2
2008 Christina Lis, 5-5

Long Jump
1980 Carol Miknis, 16-1 1/2
1982 Uli Peinelt, 17-3
1983 Paula Smith, 15-8
1984 Paula Smith, 16-4 1/2
1985 Paula Smith, 16-10
1986 Paula Smith, 16-10 1/4
1997 Amy Cook, 16-10
2002 Christy Watkin, 17-11 1/2
2003 Christy Watkin, 17-2 1/4
2004 Christy Watkin, 18-1
2009 Leonie Grosse, 16-10
2010 Shaelie Harper, 17-8 3/4
2011 Catherine White, 17-1

Triple Jump
2002 Kara VanAssen, 35-8 1/2
2003 Christy Watkin, 34-8 3/4
2004 Kara VanAssen, 36-1 1/2
2010 Shaelie Harper, 35-11 1/4

Pole Vault
2007 Jennifer VanderMeer, 12-2 3/4
2008 Emily VanderMeer, 10-11 1/2

Shot put
1984 Cathy Fox, 35-10 1/2
1987 Mary Busscher, 41-5 1/2
1988 Mary Busscher, 41-3 3/4
1989 Mary Busscher, 43-1 1/2
1999 Sarah Burgess, 38-6
2000 Sarah Burgess, 41-3 1/2
2001 Emily Sowers, 41-1
2008 Lindsay Lange, 40-0 1/2

Discus
1979 Sue Williams, 99-0
1987 Mary Busscher, 124-1
1988 Mary Busscher, 135-5
1989 Mary Busscher, 125-8
1998 Emily Sowers, 145-7
1999 Emily Sowers, 137-9
2000 Emily Sowers, 151-9

Javelin
1983 Cathy Fox, 106-0
1985 Karen Gingras (Hoekstra), 123-10
1987 Karen Hoekstra, 133-0
1995 Amy Meyers, 119-5
2002 Emily Schlitz, 125-9
2003 Emily Schlitz, 121-11
2009 Leonie Grosse, 134-7

Hammer
2011 Heidi Grooters, 144-7