Braden Kalvelage from Northwestern College is this week’s GPAC Men’s field athlete-of-the-week. Kalvelage, a senior from Hastings, Nebraska, was part of two record-breaking performances last weekend, winning the long jump at the Concordia Classic with a school-record mark of 7.62m. He also opened the 4x400m relay on a team that broke the school record at 3:20.00. Kalvelage’s long jump mark is currently third in the NAIA.It is the third time this season that Kalvelage has been named the GPAC Field Athlete of the Week.
Isaac Davelaar of Dordt University is this week’s track athlete-of-the-week. Davelaar, a junior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hit the ‘B’ standard in three events at the Mark Schuck Open last weekend. On Friday, Davelaar ran the 800m leg of the Defenders first-place Distance Medley relay team that hit the provisional standard with the sixth-best time in the NAIA. Davelaar came back on Saturday with a pair of outstanding performances. In the 400 he finished second in a loaded field with a ‘B’ standard time of 48.28. He is currently ranked 13th in the NAIA in the event. Davelaar concluded the weekend by anchoring the Defenders 4×400 relay to a second-place finish with the eighth-best time in the NAIA.
