Calvin X-Country Teams Run Well at Notre Dame
Courtesy of Jeff Febus, Calvin College Sports Information

NOTRE DAME, IN -- The nationally-ranked Calvin men's and women's cross country teams turned in strong performances at the prestigious Notre Dame Invitational Friday afternoon as the top-ranked men's team took second in the 25-team Gold Division with a team score of 106 points while the second-ranked Calvin women's team took fourth in the 27-team women's Gold Division with a team score of 174 points.

Meet Results (Scroll Down for Gold Division)

Grand Valley State, ranked fourth in the latest Division II men's poll, won the men's Gold Division with a team score of 93 points. Calvin's top performer in the men's race was junior Jed Christiansen with a fourth place time of 24:57. Nate Peck of Grand Valley won the race with a time of 24:25. Senior Tad Hulst was next for the Knights with a 12th place time of 25:19 followed by junior Nate DeHaan in 27th (25:34) and senior Jon Gries in 28th (25:34). Calvin's fifth man was junior Erik VanKampen with a 35th place time of 25:42. Rounding out Calvin's finishers were sophomore Aaron Goodman in 77th (26:26), senior Dan VandenAkker in 78th (26:26), freshman Jakeniah Christiansen in 86th (26:32) and junior Andrew Stutzman in 166th (27:49).

In the women's race, Grand Valley State, ranked third in the latest Division II Top-25 poll, took first place with a team score of 126 points with Division I Liberty second (147 points), Division I Santa Clara third (164 points) and Calvin fourth (174 points).

Laura Rolf of Valparaiso took first individually with a time of 17:04. Calvin's top two finishers were senior Christina Overbeck and junior Lauren Bergstrom with Overbeck placing 15th (18:19) and Bergstrom 16th (18:19). Junior Jesi Hale just missed a top-25 finish, placing 26th with a time of 18:31. Calvin's next finisher was junior Calah Schlabach in 57th (18:56) and junior Lynn Marsh in 60th (18:57). Freshman Alison Tuuk was right behind Marsh, finishing 61st in a time of 18:57. Other Calvin finishers included junior Jessi Miller in 82nd (19:08), sophomore Elizabeth Smith in 83rd (19:08) and sophomore Jessica Koster in 125th (19:42).

A group of Calvin cross country runners also competed on Saturday at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational.

Meet Results (Scroll Down for Gold Division)