Ana Tucker
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
Ana Tucker chased down another school record for the Hope College women’s indoor track and field team.
The sophomore from Midland, Michigan (H.H. Dow HS) clocked an NCAA Division III-leading time in the 5,000 meters of 17 minutes, 4.09 seconds on Friday at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet. Tucker also owns the top performance in Division III in the 3,000 meters this season.
For NCAA Championship consideration, Tucker’s 5,000-meter time is converted to 17:11.98 because of GVSU’s oversized track that creates faster times. The 17:11.98 converted run is 33 seconds faster than the previous Hope record of 17:44.02 held by Emily Hamilton since the 2018 season.
MEN’S SWIM/DIVE
The Hope College men’s swimming and diving team claimed victory in Friday’s Senior Day win against Kalamazoo, 163-109, and Alma, 191-64. During a pregame ceremony, the men’s and women’s teams recognized their seniors, including men’s diver Zack Theis.
The Flying Dutchmen closed out the regular season with nine first-place finishes and swept the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly.
Ben Catton took first in both events. The freshman from Holland (Holland Christian HS finished the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:48.94 swim and led the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 50.59 seconds. His 100-yard butterfly time is also the third all-time performance in program history.
WOMEN’S SWIM/DIVE
The Hope College women’s swimming and diving team closed out the regular season with a Senior Day win against Kalamazoo, 180.50-105.50, and Alma, 200-83, on Friday evening at Holland Community Aquatic Center. The Flying Dutch honored seniors Mackenzie Ralston and Hope Reynolds during a ceremony prior to the start of the meet.
Freshman Cameron Hamilton of Libertyville, Illinois (Libertyville HS), pictured right, swept diving with two wins, scoring 205.75 points on the 1-meter board and 213.65 points on the 3-meter board.
The Flying Dutch also won nine events, claiming 1-2 finishes in three of them.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
The Hope College women’s tennis team returned to the court in triumphant fashion on Friday.
Playing for the first time in 342 days, the Flying Dutch served up a 6-3, season-opening victory against Cornerstone University at DeWitt Tennis Center.
In singles, the Flying Dutch claimed victories in the top two flights as well as the fourth and fifth ones. At No. 1 singles, junior Sydney Jackson (Fort Wayne, Indiana/Carroll HS) won 6-0, 6-1 against Cornerstone’s Alayna Bowman.
MEN’S TENNIS
The Hope College men’s tennis team was edged in its season opener, 5-4, by Cornerstone University on Friday at DeWitt Tennis Center.
It was the first match for the Flying Dutchmen in 343 days.
In singles, sophomore Jacob Burkett (Clarkston, Michigan/Clarkston HS) recorded a 6-1, 6-4 victory at the No. 1 flight against Cornerstone’s Aliaksei Kanstantsinau.
ICE HOCKEY
Brendan Sanders opened the scoring and finished it for the Hope College ice hockey team in a 6-0 victory against visiting Davenport University on Friday at Griff’s IceHouse West.
Sanders scored the first goal of the game unassisted.
He added the final one on assists from Kevin Healy and Lucas Barber.
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