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2012
CAPTAINS
Jacqueline
Kirsch
Kelly
Lufkin
Kristen
Reschke
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2012 Season Reports
2012 Schedule
2012 Roster
Hope Teams Continue Season Preparations (1/28/12)
Results
Hope athletes continued their preparations for the track and field season by competing in a four-team indoor invitational hosted by Calvin College on Friday. The Flying Dutchmen finished third in the men's standings while the Flying Dutch ended fourth among the women. Hope event winners were Kristen Reschke, high jump (5-1) and Christian Calyore, 60-meter hurdles (08.89).
Season Begins With Indoor Open at GVSU (1/20/12)
Results
The track and field season at Hope got underway Friday with the indoor Mike Lints Alumni Open hosted by Grand Valley State University. The non-scoring meeting attracted 900 athletes from all collegiate divisions as well as many non-attached competitors. The indoor meets are an opportunity for Hope track and field aspirants to prepare for their outdoor season which gets underway in March.
Hope athletes who placed in the top ten of an event were: Sheri McCormack, 7th in 800 meters (2:19.82); Joel Rietsema, 7th in 600 meters (1:22.76); Samuel Pederson, 4th in 5,000 meters (15:25.41); Christian Calyore, 9th in 60 meter hurdles (:08.69); men's 4x400 meter relay (Joel Rietsema, Mark Soisson, Cam Holicki, Elliott Barney), 3:28.78; Steffon Mayhue, 6th in long jump (21-4); Jonas Lawson, 8th in triple jump (40-5); David Dolfin, 9th in triple jump (40-0).
2011 Season in Review
MIAA Academic Honor Roll Team
The Flying Dutch finished a strong second in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association standings. Hope crowned champions
in seven events, including both relays.
MIAA CHAMPIONS
Senior Heidi Grooters of (Jenison/Jenison HS) was the hammer champion,
setting Hope and MIAA records of 144 feet, 7 inches.
Freshman Catherine White (Barre, Vt./Spaulding HS) won long jump at
17 feet, 1 inch. It marked the third consecutive year that a Hope
athlete has won the long jump gold medal.
4x100 Relay (Catherine White, freshman from Barre, Vt./Spaulding HS;
Sarah Venlet, sophomore from Zeeland/Holland Christian HS; Emily
Kreichelt, senior from Northville/Northville HS; and Kara Vande
Guchte, senior from
Hamilton/Hamilton HS), :49.79. Hope won the relay for a fourth
consecutive year.
Senior Kara VandeGucthe (Hamilton/Hamilton HS) repeated as champion in the 100-meter hurdles, :14.99.
Junior Katrina Gobrogge (Napoleon, Ohio/Archbold HS) won the 800-meter run (2:18.37).
Sophomore Sarah Venlet (Zeeland/Holland Christian HS) won the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.51)
4x400 Relay (Sarah Venlet, sophomore from Zeeland (Holland Christian HS); Caitlin Schwark, freshman from Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton Warrenville HS); Kate Nelson, junior from Williamston (Williamston HS); and Kara VandeGuchte, senior from Hamilton (Hamilton HS), 4:02.95.
History was recorded when Hope athletes received both MVP awards from
the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Senior Kara
Vande Guchte of Hamilton (Hamilton HS) was honored as the outstanding
female track
performer and while senior Heidi Grooters of Jenison (Jenison HS) was named the
outstanding female field performer. An All-American heptathlete, VandeGuchte
competed in eight events at the MIAA championships, winning the 100-meter
high hurdles, scoring in
five other individual events, and running the anchor leg on Hope's two
champion relays. Grooters set the MIAA and Hope record in winning the
hammer at the championships. Six Hope athletes were named to the coaches' All-MIAA
team. Joining Vande Guchte and Grooters were junior Katrina Gobrogge
of
Napoleon Ohio (Archbold HS), junior Kate
Nelson of Williamston (Williamston HS); junior Sarah Venlet of Zeeland (Holland
Christian HS); and freshman Catherine White of Barre,
Vt./Spalding HS).
Senior Kara Vande Guchte of Hamilton (Hamilton HS) finished 10th among
22 heptathletes at the NCAA Division III national championships. Her point total in the seven-event competition was 4,557. Vande Gutche was competing at nationals for a
third straight year. In 2010 she placed third and in 2009 was 20th. She entered the 2011 competition seeded 12th
HEPTATHLON RESULTS
100 Meter Hurdles: 13th place, :15.39 (791 pts.)
High Jump: tied for 7th place, 5-1 3/4 (701 pts.)
Shotput: 19th place, 30-0 3/4 (475 pts.)
200 Meters: 4th place, :25.99 (798 pts.)
Long Jump: 16th place, 16-2 1/4 (540 pts.)
Javelin: 6th place, 113-9 (566 pts.)
800 Meters: 14th place, 2:30.54 (686 pts.)
Final Heptathlon Standings: 10th place, 4,557 points
Sophomore Sarah Venlet of Zeeland (Holland Christian HS) competed at nationals
in the 400-meter hurdles, but did not place. She tied her alltime Hope record
time (1:02.66) by placing 14th.
Three school records were established during the season -- senior Heidi Grooters of Jenison (Jenison HS), hammer throw, 144 feet, 7 inches; junior Kelly Lufkin of Houghton (Houhton HS), 3,000-meter
steeplechase (11:01.92), and sophomore Sarah Venlet of Zeeland (Holland Christian HS), 400-meter hurdles (1:02.64).
The Flying Dutch were honored for academic excellence by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCA).
Honored as national Scholar Athletes were junior Kelly Lufkin of Houghton (Houghton HS), senior Kara Vande Gutche of Hamilton (Hamilton HS), and sophomore
Sarah Venlet of Zeeland (Holland Christian HS).
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