by Mackenzie McMahon

The Hope College men's indoor track and field team took home five top five finishes at the Bill Clinger Classic hosted by Grand Valley State University on Friday. Joining those five finishes, was 20 top ten finishes by the Hope men as well.

Senior Nick Hoffman broke the 800m Indoor Track record, clocking a converted time of 1:53.76 on GVSU's oversized track. He passed Joel Rietsema's 2012 mark of 1:55.27.

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. 

Hope College Men's Indoor Track and Field Records

Senior Drew Dow grabbed a top five finish in the 400 meter dash after running  a time of 51.17. Dow (Bridgeman, MI / Bridgeman) 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 Alex Daniels (5.64 meters) and Nathan Colbrunn (5.48 meters) also competed and earned 7th and 8th place, respectively. 

Other Hope College finishers:

• 60m dash - Daniels, 15th, 7.30

• 400m dash - David McNiff, 13th, 52.74; Aidan Kyle, 15th, 53.10

• Heptathlon - Jackson Player, 7th, 2269; David McHugh, 8th, 2248; Nathan Woolum, 10th, 2078

• 1 mile - Connor Vachon, 8th, 4:16.40; Dan Campbell, 14th, 4:22.83

• 5000m - Gabe DeYoung, 8th, 15:35.89

• 60m hurdles - Ashish Duvvuru, 8th, 9.98

• 4x400 relay - Connor Vachon, Samuel Miller, Aidan Kyle, Tyler King, 9th, 3:35.30

• High Jump - Case VanderZee, 7th, 1.80m

• Pole Vault - Zach Elmore, 8th, 4.20m

• Shot put - Aidan Kyle, 7th, 10.58m

• Weight Throw - Tyler Hicks, 8th, 10.26m