January 28 - MIAA Athletes of the Week
Last Week's Results
| Date | Teams | Event | Results | Links | Notes |
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| Jan. 25 | Hope | Aquinas Quad - Grand Rapids, Mich. |
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| Hope, Trine | GVSU Open - Allendale, Mich. |
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| Jan. 26 | Albion, Calvin | Dr. Taraschke Team Challenge - Berea, Ohio |
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| Adrian, Alma, Olivet | Defiance College Invitational - Defiance, Ohio |
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RSS FeedNext Week's Events
| Date | Teams | Event | Results | Links | Notes |
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| Feb. 01 | Calvin | GR Sports Hall of Fame Classic - Grand Rapids, Mich. |
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| Olivet | Hillsdale Wide Track Classic - Hillsdale, Mich. |
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| Feb. 02 | Albion | Indiana Wesleyan Midwest Classic - Marion, Ind. |
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| Adrian, Trine | IWU Midwest Classic - Marion, Ind. |
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| Olivet | Hillsdale Wide Track Classic - Hillsdale, Mich. |
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| Hope | Windy City Invitational - Chicago, Ill. |
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Around the MIAA
Adrian
The Bulldogs won the Defiance College Invitational and set three new school records in the process. Last week’s MIAA Men’s Field Athlete of the Week Nicholas Jackson set a new AC indoor record in the high jump at 6’8”. Jackson is now fourth in the country. John Hamilton broke the school’s triple jump record at Defiance, with a distance of 44’0.5”. The last record to fall was the 4x200 relay, comprised of Donavan Ervin, Derek Plitt, Jordan Davis, and Randy Fry. The team ran a time 1:30.40 for the new record. The Bulldogs had one more PR as Denzel Tinsley set a new personal best in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.26, moving Tinsley into 19th in the nation.
No. 41 Albion
Alma
The Scots finished third at the Defiance Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 26). Distance runner junior Luke Reed (Benzonia, Mich.) took first in the 3000-meter run and sophomore Nolan Rowland (Battle Creek, Mich.) won the pole vault event with a four-meter jump.
Calvin
The Knights took fourth place at the Dr. William Taraschke Team Challenge on Saturday at the Lou Higgins Recreation Center. The Knights had some key performances on the day. In the weight throw senior Brendan VanHouten finished second-place with a throw of 56-2. Junior Jonathan Walt finished third place in the pole vault with a vault of 12-11 1/2. Finishing in second place in the 5,000 meter run was junior Addison Smith with a time of 15:09.78. Junior Tyler Johnson claimed the third-place spot in the mile run crossing the line in a time of 4:18.91. Claiming the top spot in the 800 meters was senior James Jeninga with a time of 1:57.70. Coming in second was senior Luke Peterson who recorded a time of 1:50.84. The Knights return to action on Friday as they compete in the GR Sports Hall of Fame meet at Aquinas College.
Hope
Nathan Schloff and Owen Ljung ran away with first-place performances for the Flying Dutchmen at Aquinas College on Friday. Schloff won the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:8.48. Ljung led a 1-2-3 Hope finish in the 800 meters with an effort of 1:58.73. Senior Collin Thomas finished second in 2:01.03, and junior Ty Hergenreder had the third-fastest run at 2:01.56. Hope placed third as a team.
Olivet
The Comets were sixth at the Defiance (Ohio) College Invitational. Junior Noah Bailey took first-place in the triple jump with a leap of 46 feet, 2-1/2 inches. Sophomore Jacob Smith achieved a school-record mark of 51 feet, 3 inches in the shot put. The performance placed Smith second of 32 throwers in the event. The distance medley relay team of Kyle Markley, Aaron Wilson, Brandon Bell, and Jaden Costa finished first with a time of 11:44.32.
No. 32 Trine
Trine finished 10th out of 17 teams as the lone non-scholarship school in the field at the Grand Valley State University Open. Nick Zak improved upon his own school record in the mile with a time of 4:17.51. He bettered the previous all-time mark in the mile run by a full second set during the 2016 season.
