Kalvelage Earns Outstanding Performance, Raiders Receive 18 All-Conference Honors

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Northwestern picked up three conference titles at the 2024 GPAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted at De Valois Stadium on May 3-4. Long jumper Braden Kalvelage received the men's field outstanding performance with his school-record 7.64m leap. Other GPAC Champions included Justin Gleason in triple jump and the men's 4x100m relay team of Kalvelage, Grant Palmer, Braden Jahn, and Ashton Sandbulte.

The top eight finishers in individual events and top three in relays are considered All-Conference performers.

2024 ALL-CONFERENCE ATHLETES
Braden Kalvelage – GPAC Champion, Long Jump; Men's Field Outstanding Performance
Justin Gleason – GPAC Champion, Triple Jump
4x100m Relay (Kalvelage, Palmer, Jahn, Sandbulte) – GPAC Champion
4x400m Relay (Ashley, Jahn, Palmer, Engelmann) – 2^nd place
Justin Gleason – 2^nd place, Long Jump
Ben Thelander – 2^nd place, Javelin
Simphiwe Mashaba – 3^rd place, Long Jump
Braden Jahn - 4^th place, 400m
AJ Bomgaars – 4^th place, 400m Hurdles
Drew Geetings – 5^thplace, Javelin
Braden Kalvelage – 6^th place, 200m
AJ Bomgaars – 6^th place, 110m Hurdles
Elijah Weaver – 6^th place, Decathlon
Vance Hayenga-Johnson – 7^th place, 100m
Ashton Sandbulte – 7^th place, 200m
Ben VanDeBerg – 7^th place, 10,000m
Trey Engelmann – 8^th place, 800m
Drew Geetings – 8^th place, High Jump

Dordt won the GPAC men's title, scoring 185 team points. Craig Heynen of Dordt was named the Fred Beile/Hauff Mid-America Sports GPAC Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year.

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Players Mentioned

AJ Bomgaars: Hurdles; 6' 5"; Sophomore

Trey Engelmann: Mid-Distance; 6' 1"; Junior

Drew Geetings: High Jump; 6' 4"; Sophomore

Braden Jahn: Sprints; 5' 10"; Senior

Braden Kalvelage: Jumps; 6' 0"; Sophomore

Grant Palmer: Sprints; 6' 2"; Junior

Ashton Sandbulte: Sprints; 5' 11"; Freshman

Ben Thelander: High Jump/Hurdles; Senior

Ben VanDeBerg: Distance; 6' 1"; Sophomore

Elijah Weaver: Multis/Hurdles; 6' 0"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

AJ Bomgaars
: 6' 5"; Sophomore
: Hurdles

Trey Engelmann
: 6' 1"; Junior
: Mid-Distance

Drew Geetings
: 6' 4"; Sophomore
: High Jump

Braden Jahn
: 5' 10"; Senior
: Sprints

Braden Kalvelage
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: Jumps

Grant Palmer
: 6' 2"; Junior
: Sprints

Ashton Sandbulte
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: Sprints

Ben Thelander
: Senior
: High Jump/Hurdles

Ben VanDeBerg
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: Distance

Elijah Weaver
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: Multis/Hurdles