ALLENDALE, Mich. – The Calvin men's indoor track and field team had a record-breaking afternoon at the Mike Lints Open hosted by Grand Valley State.

Sophomore Thaine Nederveld (Columbus, Oh./Columbus Alternative School) led the way by winning the 3000 meter run in a school-record time of 8:20.99. His time crushed the previous school record of 8:24.41 set by current teammate Brandan Knepper (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg Area HS) who was right behind Nederveld in a second place time of 8:23.32 that also surpassed the previous school mark. Senior William Hofmann (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North HS) also had a big race, taking fourth in 8:42.29.

Nederveld and Knepper currently have top times in the race in the MIAA with Nederveld's time ranking sixth nationally in Division III and Knepper ninth. Hoffman's time currently ranks fifth in the MIAA.

The men's mile run also provided a highlight as sophomore Nicholas Henz (Oswego, Il./Oswego East HS) took second in a career-best time of 4:14.09 that leads the MIAA, is second-best on the all-time Calvin list and currently ranks 23^rd in Division III.

Senior Lucas VanderPloeg (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) opened his indoor campaign by placing eighth in the 800 meters with a strong time of 1:55.94 that ranks third in the MIAA and 45^th in Division III.

The Knights flashed their spikes in the 400 meter dash with junior Corbin DeBoer (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) taking third with a time of 50.58 while freshman Connor Lubberts (Jenison, Mich./Jenison HS) taking sixth with a time of 51.78 in his collegiate debut. DeBoer's time currently ranks second on the MIAA performance list.

Calvin's 4x400 meter relay team of VanderPloeg, sophomore Caleb Schillinger (North Liberty, Ia./North Liberty HS), freshman Landon Culver (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) and Henz took sixth in a time of 3:32.93.

In the shot put, senior Misael Martinez Vasquez (Chicago, Il./Chicago Hope Academy) was third with a career-best throw of 41.06.

Calvin also had a big set of performances in the weight throw as senior Isaac Jonker (Denver, Co./Denver Christian HS) took second (53-2 ¼) while Martinez-Vasquez was fifth (46-2).

COACHES COMMENT: "It was another great day for Calvin Track and Field," said Calvin head track and field coach Adam Haldorson. "33 of 44 athletes competing for Calvin hit lifetime PRs! Thaine Nederveld and Brandan Knepper both dipped under the previous 3000m record with Thaine just edging Brandan with the time of 8:20.99 to win the meet; this also ranks both athletes inside the top 10 nationally. Nick Henz in the mile moved up to #2 on the Calvin All-time top 10 list to #2 and is currently ranked #23 nationally. Additional to these great national caliber marks we have 22 marks inside the MIAA top 5.The team built on the momentum of last week's phenomenal season openers and took it to an even higher level today; and we're just getting started! We're very proud of the hard work these student-athletes have been putting and we're even more excited to see what comes next!"

NEXT UP: Calvin will now prepare for meets next weekend at Aurora University and Hillsdale College.