2 Hope College track & field athletes break school records
Two Hope College track and field athletes broke school records Friday at the Bill Clinger Classic at GVSU.
Senior Nick Hoffman broke the 800m Indoor Track record, clocking a time of 1:52.15. This is the Holland, MI (Holland HS) native's second time breaking a time record this season. Hoffman took fourth in the mile on Friday. Elijah Meder grabbed 10th place, also in the 1 mile, with a time of 1:56.02.
On the women's side, freshman Greta Robrahn notched a new Hope College record in the indoor women's shot put event. The Zeeland native (Zeeland East HS) sent a throw for 12.59 meters to come in second place. Robrahn surpassed Jenna Brueker who set the bar at 12.26 meters in 2020.
The rest of the meet was quite successful for both the men and women's team. For the men, senior Drew Dow grabbed a top-five finish in the 400 meter dash after running a time of 51.17. Dow would take home 4th place for the Flying Dutchmen.
Senior Eric Salisbury took home the highest placement for Hope College on Friday, as he earned the third spot in the men's Triple Jump. Salisbury recorded an 11.83 meter jump.
Two other top five finishers for the orange and blue came were represented by junior Case VanderZee (Holland, MI / Holland Christian) in the long jump with a 5.92 meter jump, and the 4x400 relay who took home fourth place. The relay squad was composed of Dow, Meder, Hoffman and David McNiff who ran a time of 3:27.44.
Salisbury (Zeeland, MI / Zeeland East) also competed in the long jump for Hope College, finishing with a 5.90 meter jump to take home 6th place, while Ale Daniels (5.64 meters) and Nathan Colbrunn (5.48 meters) also competed and earned 7th and 8th place, respectively.
The women's team saw 19 top ten individual finishes and six top 5 finishes after 15 events.
Grace Behrens placed third in the 400 meter dash with a clocked time of 1:00.40.
In the long jump, Hope College produced three top-ten finishes, two coming in the top five. Helen Dodge (4.64) grabbed fourth place, and Lily Kueber (4.35) placed fifth. Lauren Tocco would take home 6th place in the long jump with a distance of 3.54 meters.
Allison Schram grabbed the third spot in the triple jump at 9.46 meters.
Joining Robrahn in placement for shot put, Alana Policastro (10.32 meters) and Marlie McDonald (9.14 meters) came in seventh and tenth, respectively.
In the women's weight throw, Hope College had three finishers in the top ten with Emma Althouse (12.82 meters) taking home third place, Policastro (11.29 meters) grabbing seventh and Robrahn earning ninth place with a 10.73 meter throw.
The Naples, Florida native, Amanda Lines, topped the Hope 200 meter runners, placing eighth with a time of 27.03.
In the distance races, Heleyna Tucker clocked a 5:16.66 time in the one mile to come in sixth. Emily Scott finished in 10th place with a time of 5:22.42.
The 3000 meter run saw Rebecca Markham take home ninth place after running a time of 10:12.66 for the Flying Dutch.
In the only non-individual event, Hope College saw an eigth place finish in the 4x400 relay by a group made up of Grace Behrens, Julie Timperman, Anna Haseley, and Madeline Moore. The top ten finish by the foursome had a time of 4:13.36.
The women's high jump saw an 8th place finish from Allison Schram (1.47 meters), and a tenth place finish from Lindsay Lane (1.37 meters).
This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: 2 Hope College track & field athletes break school records
