Men's Track and Field | 2/11/2024 9:50:00 AM

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – It was a weekend full of national qualifiers and records being broken for track and field at GVSU and AQ. There were 10 total national qualifiers along with three records broken a week before the conference championship. Chase Holwerda highlighted the weekend breaking a freshman record, school record, and a national qualifying run in the 800m with a time of 1:53.13. Cecily Fager earned her first national qualifying mark in pole vault with a 3.47m performance and Tatum Townsend moves to #4 in the country with a pole vault performance of 3.73m. The Golden Eagles will look for another successful weekend like this as they compete in the WHAC Indoor Championships February 16-17 at Aquinas.
 
Men's Results PR's
 
60m
Cody Cain – 7.44
Zach Bitley – 7.68
 
400m
Elijah Wallace – 49.67
 
800m
Chase Holwerda – 1:53.13 (Freshman Record, School Record, NAIA A Standard)
Grayson VerBerkmoes – 1:55.62
Parker Matheny – 1:59.28
Hunter Laven – 2:02.76
 
600m
Spencer VanderZwaag – 1:20.81 (NAIA B Standard)
Grayson VerBerkmoes – 1:21.67
Elijah Wallace – 1:22.06
 
3,000m
Jonathon Miedema – 9:23.39
Nate Oosterhouse – 9:40.65
 
5,000m
Jamin Thompson – 15:19.77
Isaiah Jacobs – 15:32.97
 
60H
Andrew Miller – 8.21 (NAIA A Standard)
 
Weight Throw
Nick Huynh – 18.03m (NAIA A Standard)
 
Long Jump
Cody Cain – 5.71M
Guillermo Ortega – 5.55M
 
Triple Jump
Liam McHigh – 12.27M
 
High Jump
Eldon Arends – 1.77M
 
DMR – 10:02.90 (NAIA A Standard)
Andrew Adams, Chase Holwerda, Spencer VanderZwaag, Elijah Wallace
 
 
Women's Results PR's
 
200m
Katelynn Dix – 26.01
Hallie Kooyer – 26.57
 
400m
Sarah Genzink – 57.85 (NAIA B Standard)
Maddison Haid – 57.93 (NAIA B Standard)
 
600m
Kori Baumann – 1:38.11
 
800m
Lauren VanderLaan – 2:22.83
Faith Kurtz – 2:26.35
Elise Conkel – 2:26.54
Jessica Jarski – 2:28.54
Grace Buscard – 2:40.31
 
3,000m
Rachel Barone – 10:59.56
Kiarra Lambert – 11:03.73
Adelin Patterson – 11:21.54
 
5,000m
Haley Nieuwkoop – 17:23.79 (NAIA A Standard)
 
60H
Katelynn Dix – 9.19
 
DMR – 12:19.80 (NAIA A Standard)
Kori Baumann, Sarah Genzink, Emma Moore, Jacie Remtema
 
Long Jump
Hallie Kooyer – 5.20M
 
Shot Put
Heidi Katz – 9.26M
 
Weight Throw
Makenna Young – 11.75M
 
Pole Vault
Tatum Townsend – 3.73m (NAIA A Standard)
Cecily Fager – 3.47m (NAIA B Standard)
Katelyn LaTour – 2.87M
 
 
What's Next?
The Golden Eagles will be back in action next weekend Friday, February 16 – Saturday, February 17 in the WHAC Indoor Championship over at Aquinas.
 
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