Six extra MIAA occasion titles. One league meet report. And, most essential, a 3rd consecutive MIAA staff championship.
The Hope School girls’s monitor and subject staff made essentially the most of two days at Olivet School, successful the MIAA Outside Championships in commanding vogue with 240 factors.
After Friday, the Flying Dutch completed 74 factors forward of runner-up Calvin College to comb indoor and outside MIAA staff titles for the third time in program historical past together with the 2022 and 2018 groups. Hope gained the 2013 indoor championship by 105 factors at Trine College — the MIAA’s largest margin of victory within the sport.
“It was a enjoyable cap to the season,” head coach Kevin Cole stated. “It is actually among the finest groups I’ve ever had. There are quite a lot of seniors that I’m going to overlook subsequent yr, nevertheless it’s been quite a lot of enjoyable this yr.”
The outside MIAA titles are the ninth in class historical past and seventh outright.
“I used to be evaluating how we did in every one of many occasions to how I anticipated to do,” Cole stated. “Throughout the board, we have been both matching what I anticipated or exceeded it. They did not have any sort of dip being the favorites. They rose to the event and did even higher.”
Within the 4×100 relay, Hope surpassed an MIAA meet report that stood for 21 years earlier than freshman Ava Schmidt (Saline, Michigan / Saline HS), senior Grace Behrens (Mishawaka, Indiana / Trinity College at Greenlawn), senior Helen Dodge (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan / Grosse Pointe South) clocked a school-record time of 47.72 seconds.
Calvin held the earlier MIAA mark of 48 seconds flat since 2002. Earlier within the season, the relay broke the Hope report with a run of 47.82.
The Flying Dutch swept the relays as they closed the meet with the 4×400 senior Julie Timperman (Lafayette, Indiana / Religion Christian), freshman Sara Schermerhorn (Traverse Metropolis, Michigan / Traverse Metropolis West), junior Erin Moran (Arlington Heights, Illinois / John Hersey), and Behrens clocking a first-place 3:54.92.
Schermerhorn captured each MIAA dash titles, recording a successful 100-meter run of 12.15 seconds and a first-place 200-meter title of 24.98 seconds.
Within the 200 meters, three extra Flying Dutch sprinters positioned: Behrens in third at 25.98 seconds, Timperman in fourth at 25.98, and Dodge in sixth at 26.41.
Within the 100 meters, two extra Hope runners scored: Dodge in fourth at 12.84 and Schmidt in sixth at 13.05.
Senior Ana Tucker (Midland, Michigan / H.H. Dow) captured each MIAA distance crowns by successful the 5,000 meters in 17:46.10 on Friday and main a 1-2-3 Hope School end within the occasion. Tucker gained the ten,000 meters on Thursday.
Within the 5,000 meters, junior Rebecca Markham (Hoffman Estates, Illinois / William Fremd) completed second at 18:17.83. Senior Anna Mason (Zeeland, Michigan / Libertas Christian) at 18:19.43.
Hope went 1-2 within the javelin.
Junior Libby Strotman (Park Ridge, Illinois / Maine Township) eclipsed teammate Riki Ediger (Hudsonville, Michigan / Hamilton) on the ultimate try and posted a successful toss of 36.07 meters (118-4). Ediger completed second at 35.72 meters (117-2).
Two extra Hope throwers positioned within the occasion: junior Amanda Timonen (Palatine, Illinois / William Fremd) in fifth at 32.15m (105-5) and senior Lauren Tocco (Traverse Metropolis, Michigan / St. Francis) in eight at 31.33 (102-9).
Hope additionally scored in ## extra occasions.
Within the 400 meters, Behrens clocked a runner-up time of 58.06 seconds. Three teammates additionally positioned: Timperman in fourth at 1:00.02, freshman Hannah Tsiang (Brighton, Michigan / Brighton) in seventh at 1:02.12 and freshman Catherine Leahy (Elk Rapids, Michigan / Elk Rapids) in eighth at 1:02.68.
Within the 3,000-meter steeplechase, sophomore Maddy Struck (Hainesville, Illinois / Grayslake Central) completed MIAA runner-up after recording a season-best time of 11:25.18. Sophomore Kennedy Kuhlmann (Grand Blanc, Michigan / Grand Blanc) was fifth at 11:44.20.
Within the triple bounce, 4 Flying Dutch scored: freshman Elliana Johnson (East Lansing, Michigan / Haslett) in fourth at 10.48 meters (34-4 ¾), junior Taylor Novotny (Batavia, Illinois / Batavia) in sixth at 10.08 meters (33-1), sophomore Allison Schram (Fenton, Michigan / Hartland) in seventh at 9.33 meters (30-7 1/2) and senior Kyria Gowman (Livonia, Michigan / Adlai Stevenson) in eight at 9.30 meters (30-6 1/4).
Within the 1,500 meters, three Hope runners positioned: senior Ellie Jankowski (Granger, Indiana / Penn) in third at 4:45.79, junior Olivia Quillan (Grandville, Michigan / Calvin Christian) in fourth at 4:49.83, and freshman Madison Stern (Saline, Michigan / Saline) in eighth at 4:53.63.
Within the 800 meters, three Flying Dutch scored: Jankowski in fourth at 2:19.18, senior Samantha Schermerhorn (Traverse Metropolis, Michigan / Traverse Metropolis West) in fifth at 2:20.17, and Quillan in sixth at 2:23.16.
Within the 400-meter hurdles, two Hope runners earned factors: freshman Molly Durow (Glenview, Illinois / Glenbrook South) in sixth at 1:09.08 and Johnson in seventh at 1:10.54.
Within the discus, freshman Kamryn Bice (Monroe, Michigan / Monroe) took sixth at 35.71 meters (117-02). Sophomore Greta Robrahn (Zeeland, Michigan / Zeeland East) was eighth at 35.06 meters (115-0).
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