MIAA Men's Track & Field Week #6 Wrap-Up

Posted: Apr 24, 2019

April 22 - MIAA Athletes of the Week

Track Athlete of the Week - Simon Detmer, Calvin

Field Athlete of the Week - Noah McClellan, Trine

USTFCCCA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Week 1 - April 23

Last Week's Results

Date	Teams	Event
Apr. 18	Adrian	Don Kleinow Invitational - Adrian, Mich.
Apr. 19	Albion	Wittenberg Invitational - Springfield, Ohio
	Calvin, Hope, Olivet	Al Owens Classic - Allendale, Mich.
Apr. 20	Calvin, Hope, Olivet	Al Owens Classic - Allendale, Mich.
	Trine	Indiana Little State Championships - Marion, Ind.

Next Week's Events

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Date	Teams	Event
Apr. 25	Adrian, Albion, Alma, Calvin, Olivet, Trine	Gina Relays - Hillsdale, Mich.
Apr. 26	Adrian, Albion, Alma, Calvin, Olivet, Trine	Gina Relays - Hillsdale, Mich.
	Alma, Calvin, Hope	Calvin Invite - Grand Rapids, Mich.
Apr. 27	Adrian, Albion, Alma, Calvin, Olivet, Trine	Gina Relays - Hillsdale, Mich.
	Alma, Calvin, Hope	Calvin Invite - Grand Rapids, Mich.

Around the MIAA

The Adrian College men’s track and field team did not compete last week due to weather. The Don Kleinow Invitational hosted by Siena Heights was cancelled due to heavy rain and high winds. AC is back in action this week with the Gina Relays, a three-day event hosted by Hillsdale College.

Albion

Richard Annorat won the 100-meter dash and finished second in the long jump and the 4x100 relay to help Albion to a second place finish in an invitational meet at Wittenberg University. Annorat was joined on the relay by Cullen Cox, Markeese Boyd and Riley Barrett. Kiehl Smith also had a good day, winning the 1,500 meters, helping the 4x400 relay to first place and finishing second in the 800. Kaylen Brandon also finished first on the track, winning the steeplechase.

Alma

Did not compete.

Calvin

Calvin senior Brendan VanHouten shattered his own school record in the hammer throw Friday afternoon at the Al Owens Classic hosted by Grand Valley State University. VanHouten unleashed a throw of 193-3 in the hammer throw to shatter his previous school record of 183-9 set earlier this year. The throw was good for second place on Friday also vaulted VanHouten up to eighth on the NCAA III performance list. VanHouten was part of a powerful one-two punch for the Knights in the hammer throw as sophomore Bryce Reynolds was sixth with a career-best throw of 170-11. The throw was a career-best by more than eight feet for Reynolds and places him 42nd on the NCAA III performance list. The Knights had a strong weekend in the field events. Senior Lee Barents had a career-best throw of 22-8 in the long jump that was good for second place. He just missed a season-best in the triple jump with a leap of 42-3 1/4 that was good for fifth place. In the pole vault, junior Jonathan Walt was ninth (14-3 1/4). Simon Detmer, who has right side paralysis due to cerebral palsy, broke the National USA Adaptive Track and Field Under 20 age record for the 1,500m run while competing at the Al Owens Classic. Detmer ran in 4:51.04, breaking the previous record of 4:52.0.

Hope

Hope College's Justin Freeman (Holland, Mich.) led the way for the Flying Dutchmen this weekend at Grand Valley State University's Al Owens Classic, where the senior placed second out of 32 runners in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.72. Freeman also anchored Hope's 4x100 meter relay team, which also placed second. Freeman was joined in the relay by teammates Korey Derr (Grand Rapids, Mich.), David Clark (Sterling Heights, Mich.), and Adam Howard (Jacksonville, Ill.).

Olivet

The Olivet College men's track and field team participated in the GVSU Al Owens Classic. Junior Noah Bailey won the triple jump with a 46 feet, 1-1/2 inch leap and the long jump with a 23 feet, 1/2 inch leap. Freshman Joshua Johnson was fourth in the long jump, leaping 22 feet, 3-1/2 inches. Senior Kory Slaby broke the school record in the hammer throw with a 147 feet, 11 inch toss. Sophomore Jacob Smith finished seventh in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 48 feet, 11-1/2 inches. On the track, freshman Kyle McDowell placed third in the 400-meter dash in a season-best time of 50.01 seconds. Senior Chris Womack had the sixth-fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles at 56.34 seconds, which was a season best.

Trine

Team finished second at the Otterbein (Ohio) University Twilight Meet...The Thunder captured a total of five events with four individual wins and one relay...Jasper Bassett (400m - 51.23 seconds) and Neil O'Brien (3000m Steeple - 9:45.41) captured a pair of running events, while Jeffery Barnett (long jump - 22' 7.25") and Noah McClellan (triple jump - 41' 5.00") each recorded winning distances in the field events...Barnett, Josh Davis, Eric Townsend and Jacob Root combined to win the 4x100-meter relay in a time of 43.35 seconds.

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