Men's Track and Field Claims USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Distinction, Six All-Academic Athletes

The Hope College men's track and field team earned 2025 All-Academic Team distinction from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

In addition, six Flying Dutchmen student-athletes received All-Academic Athlete honors from the USTFCCCA: seniors Alex Daniels, Joshua Ennen, Lucas Guidone and Connor Vachon, and juniors Erickson Kunzler and Ian Petruska.

Led by head coach Kevin Cole in his final season, Hope finished the academic year with a 3.427 team grade-point average. Teams were required to have at least a 3.1 GPA using the USTFCCCA's formula.

To qualify individually, student-athletes must have recorded a GPA of 3.30 or higher and either been ranked among the top 50 in an individual event on TFRRS or competed on a top-35 ranked relay team.

Daniels (Holland, Michigan / Holland HS), an exercise science major and sprinter, earned all-region honors in 2025 in the outdoor 4x100 relay, indoor distance medley relay and indoor 4x400 relay.

Ennen (Zeeland, Michigan / Zeeland West), a social work major and middle-distance runner, received all-region recognition in the indoor 4x400 relay and was an All-MIAA First Team honoree as part of the league-champion 4x400 relay.

Guidone (Chicago / Taft), a biochemistry and molecular biology major and middle-distance runner, earned all-region honors in the 800-meter run and the distance medley relay in 2025.

Vachon (Jenison, Michigan / Jenison HS), a secondary education major and middle-distance runner, collected all-region distinction in three events: the outdoor 1,500 meters, indoor mile and indoor distance medley relay.

Kunzler (Marne, Michigan / Grand Rapids Catholic Central), an exercise science major and middle-distance runner, claimed all-region accolades in the indoor and outdoor 800 meters as well as the indoor distance medley relay.

Petruska (Fort Collins, Colorado / Fort Collins), a middle-distance runner, earned all-region honors in the outdoor 1,500 meters.

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