The Eagles finished in 5th place under windy, but warm conditions at East Grand Rapids Saturday. While there were threatening clouds all day, the rain held off and the Eagles were able to turn in many outstanding performances. The Eagle high jump team of Carter Goodyke and Simon Vandenbroek took first overall in the rare field event relay. Carter had a PR jump of 6' to take first overall, while Simon went 5'10". The distance medley relay also took first. The team members were Micah Small running 1200 meters, Quintin Willis running 400 meters, Nathan Baker running 800 meters, and Simon Triezenberg anchoring with 1600 meters. In the very competitive shot put event, Tony Phillips set a new PR with a 44' 7" put. In the 1600 meter run, both Jacob Voetberg ( 4:51 ) and Elias DeJong ( 4:56 ) set new PR's on the windy afternoon.
The Eagles return to action Wednesday at Forest Hills Northern.
The Eagles finished in 5th place under windy, but warm conditions at East Grand Rapids Saturday. While there were threatening clouds all day, the rain held off and the Eagles were able to turn in many outstanding performances. The Eagle high jump team of Carter Goodyke and Simon Vandenbroek took first overall in the rare field event relay. Carter had a PR jump of 6' to take first overall, while Simon went 5'10". The distance medley relay also took first. The team members were Micah Small running 1200 meters, Quintin Willis running 400 meters, Nathan Baker running 800 meters, and Simon Triezenberg anchoring with 1600 meters. In the very competitive shot put event, Tony Phillips set a new PR with a 44' 7" put. In the 1600 meter run, both Jacob Voetberg ( 4:51 ) and Elias DeJong ( 4:56 ) set new PR's on the windy afternoon.
The Eagles return to action Wednesday at Forest Hills Northern.
The Eagles won both meets at Lowell High, beating the Red Arrows and East Grand Rapids. Simon Vandenbroek and Carter Goodyke tied for first in the high jump to begin the night. Other highlights included the 4x100 relay team of U'maree Talley, Andrew Overvoorde, Charlie King, and Tyler Davis running their fastest time of the season to take the event. The 800 meter run was a clean sweep for the Eagles when Simon Triezenberg, Keegan Hoekstra, and Jonathan Koetje went 1,2, 3. Keegan and Jonathan also PR'ed in the 1600 meter run earlier in the meet. Caebre Baty continued to impress in the 110 high hurdles, remaining unbeaten in the league. Nate Johnson was able to take first in the 400 meter run, then teamed up with Quintin Willis, Micah Small, and Jordan Rodgers to win the 4x400 relay, running 3:33, putting their time in the top 5 in the state.
The Eagles were beaten by Byron Center Wednesday night, but still had several outstanding performances. Micah Small went wire to wire easily winning the 800 meter run. Although second place, sophomore Sean Ryan ran a PR 1600 meter time of 4:35 and in the same race Jacob Voetberg and Elias DeJong also PR'ed, both breaking the 5 minute barrier running 4:56 and 4:59. Then in the longest race in the meet, Simon Triezenberg race to the top time in our region so far, running 9:43, good for first place. Caebre Baty continued his hot streak in the hurdles, winning both the 110 highs and 300 lows, plus he PR'ed in the long jump, leaping just under 19'. Simon VandenBroek took top honors in the high jump by jumping 6'. In the pole vault, both Isaac Witte and Sammy Rauwerda PR'ed with vaults of 9' and 8'.
The Eagles are off until next Wednesday.
The Eagles finished in third place at the annual Christian Schools meet at Unity Christian Saturday. Although sunshine prevailed throughout the meet, the cool temps combined with a brisk wind caused athletes and fans alike to bundle up. The Eagles scored in several of the events in the 14 team field. Andrew Overvoorde was 6th in the 100 and 4th in the 200. Calvin Brinks debut in the 400 and took 6th. Simon Triezenberg took a pair of thirds in the 800 and 1600. His teammate Micah Small was right behind in the 800 in 4th. The two also combined with Sean Ryan and Nathan Baker to take 2nd in the 4x800 relay. Jonathan Koetje took 2nd in the 3200 with Keegan Hoekstra taking 5th in the same race. Caebre Baty finished 2nd in the 110 hurdles. Tony Phillips and Cam Morgan took 2nd and 6th in the shot put while Simon Vandenbroek took 2nd in the high jump. The Eagles head to Forest Hills Central today to take on the Rangers.
The Eagles lost in their dual meet against Forest Hills Central 77.5 to 58.5. There were several outstanding performance over the meet. Jordan Rodgers had a big night winning the 400 meters and the long jump, and getting second in the high jump. Simon Triezenberg PR'ed in his 800 meter run, racing to a first place time of 1:58. Caebre Baty also had a big night, winning the 110 hurdles in a PR time of 15.64, then getting second in the 300 hurdles with another PR time of 44.30, and also taking third in the long jump. Tony Phillips took second in both throws with a PR put in the shot of 40'9" and a discus toss of 105'1". Carter Goodyke made his track debut by winning the high jump in 5'10". Zach Hartemink vaulted 10'6" in the pole vault, good for a PR and first place. Sean Ryan PR'ed in the 3200 with a PR time of 9:55.0.
The Eagles head to Byron Center Wednesday for another OK White meet.
The Eagles won their first track meet of the season 98-39 over Northview. The Eagles won all 4 relays and 8 of the 12 individual events. Winning events were Aaron Gholston in the 100 meters, Jordon Rodgers in the 400 meters, Micah Small in the 800 meters, Simon Triezenberg in the 1600 meters, Keegan Hoekstra in the 3200 meters, Nasir Zimmerman in the 300 hurdles, and Simon VandenBroek won both the 110 hurdles and the high jump. The Eagles return to action Thursday at Forest Hills Central.