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GVSU Open Begins Indoor Season

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ALLENDALE, Mich. - The women's track and field team opened its indoor season Friday at the GVSU Open in Allendale, led by Emily Sias' eighth place finish in the mile run, finishing in 5:34.14.

Alma runners finished seventh, eighth, ninth in the 400 meter dash as Kristina Fuehring, Kyla Crawford and Kim Sinclair led the way.

Kyla Crawford led the women in field events, finishing 13th in the long jump with a mark of 4.77m.

Alma returns to action Feb. 17 at the CMU Invitational.

Posted: Sat, February 11th, 2006 at 4:10PM

 

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Coach Profile

Chris Hamstra

Chris Hamstra

Coach Hamstra graduated from Hope College in 2004 with a B.A. in Accounting. During his time at Hope, Hamstra was a four year student-athlete, received All-MIAA honors and was also named to the All-American team. Hamstra was also a member of MIAA Championship teams and brings that winning attitude and work ethic to his new position.

After graduation, Hamstra served as an assistant coach for Hope’s Swimming and Diving Program under Dr. John Patnott. Hamstra credits Dr. Patnott with helping him to understand the science of swimming and also the importance of season long work out plans. “As an assistant in his program, I was given the freedom to implement my own workouts into the system, providing me with insight into what it takes to develop season long plans."

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