Women's Track & Field Earns 11 Top-10 Finishes at GVSU Bob Eubanks Open

The Hope College women's indoor track and field team recorded 11 Top 10 finishes at the Grand Valley State University Bob Eubanks Open on Saturday.

Senior Jacinda Cole (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa HS) led the Flying Dutch at the non-scoring meet with a fourth-place run in the 1-mile of 5 minutes, 8.78 seconds on GVSU's oversized track. Junior Ellie Jankowski (Granger, Indiana / Penn) placed 10th at 5:19.68. Junior Heleyna Tucker (Midland, Michigan, H.H. Dow) was 11th at 5:21.06.

Cole teamed on the 4x400 relay with junior Julie Timperman (Lafayette, Indiana / Faith Christian), sophomore Madeline Moore (Hillsdale, Michigan / Hillsdale), and junior Grace Behrens (Mishawaka, Indiana / Trinity School at Greenlawn) for a fourth-place run of 4:21.21.

Photo of Jacinda Cole by Lynne Powe

Hope's 4x400 relay of freshman Madalyn Arsenault (Gallup, New Mexico / Rehoboth Christian), senior Anna Haseley (Jenison, Michigan / Hudsonville), senior Erin Kloostra (Kalamazoo, Michigan / Loy Norrix), and senior Sophie Hall (Holt, Michigan / Haslett) took sixth place with a time of 4:23.21.

The Flying Dutch's 4x400 relay of Jankowski, sophomore Erin Moran (Arlington Heights, Illinois / John Hersey), sophomore Jessie Schamanek (Rochester, Michigan / Stoney Creek), and Rachel Fusik (Brighton, Michigan / Brighton) had an eighth-place effort of 4:26.16.

Three Hope runners finished in the Top 10 in the 800 meters: Schamanek in fifth at 2:22.44, Cole in sixth at 2:23.31, and Jankowski in ninth at 2:25.01. Freshman Audrey White (Muskegon, Michigan / Mona Shores) was 15th at 2:40.01.

Sophomore Rebecca Markham (Hoffman Estates, Illinois / William Fremd) clocked a seventh-place effort in the 3,000 meters at 10:21.86.

Fusik took ninth in the 600 meters at 1:51.67.

Freshman Allison Schram (Fenton, Michigan / Hartland) posted a ninth-place lea;p of 1.50 meters (4 feet, 11 inches).

Junior Amanda Lines (Naples, Florida / First Baptist Academy) recorded an 11th-place 60-meter dash of 8.31 seconds. Behrens was 17th at 8.44.

Lines finished 15th in the 200 meters at 26.92 seconds. Behrens was 19th at 27.56.

Sophomore Taylor Novotny (Batavia, Illinois / Batavia) took 17th in the long jump at 4.40 meters (14-5 ¼). Schram was 18th at 4.25 meters (13-11 ½).

Hope's next meet is Friday, Jan. 21, at 3 p.m. at Aquinas College.

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