Trevor Christie has been named 2008 Male Athlete of the Year. Christie was afour year starter and a three year captain for the Men's Soccer Team. Trevor was an NAIA Scholar-Athlete two times and received the WHAC Champions of Character Award three times during his career. He sustained a broken collar bone early in the season and was told that he would be out for the season but he vowed to be back to finish the season and that is exactly what he did. He showed much of his leadership during this time when he …
Nicole Daniels (senior from Grandville, MI) has been named 2008 Female Athlete of the Year. Daniels has served as captain for the Women's Track & Field Team the past two seasons. Nicole scored 20 points and led her team to the 2008 Indoor Track & Field WHAC Championship. Daniels holds the school record in the 60 Hurdles and set Freshmenrecords in the 60 Hurdles (indoor), Javelin (outdoor), and Heptathlon (outdoor). Nicole qualified for NAIA National5 times during her career. Coach Wortley said, "Nicole …
Sophomore Matt Kingshott was named All-WHAC First Team by the WHAC coaches. Kingshott led the WHAC in scoring this season averaging (19.2) points per game. Kingshott finished 2nd in Field Goal Percentage (58.9%) and 3rd in Total Rebounds (7.63) per game.Caleb Simons was also honored by being named All-WHAC Third Team and Freshmen of the Year. Sophomore Corbin Donaldson was named to the All-WHAC Defensive Team. Kingshott was also Cornerstone's member of the Champions of Character Team. For a complete list …
Junior Kay-de Vaughn won the WHAC Female Athlete of the Meet based on the total number of points she earned during the WHAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. Vaughn won both the long jump (17’10) and triple jump (37’5). Her triple jump mark was a WHAC Meet record. Both of the these jumps were NAIA Automatic qualifying marks.She also earned pointsin the high jump (2nd at 5’3) and pole vault (tied for 5th with a 7’0 mark). Her high jump was an NAIA provisional mark. Her point total …
Coach Rod Wortley was named WHAC Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year by the WHAC. Wortley guided the Golden Eagles to their first ever WHAC Indoor Track & Field Championship last Saturday. Cornerstone upset the favored Indiana Tech to claim the first indoor title since 2004. The WHAC didn't have enough teams to have a WHAC Championship in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Coach Wortley led the women's team to two Outdoor Championships in 2002 and 2004.
Ypsilanti, MI - The Cornerstone University Women’s Track & Field team made the most of the first WHAC Indoor Championship meet since 2004 by upsetting Indiana Tech to win their first indoor title. Going into the meet, Indiana Tech was the favorite on paper. The Golden Eagles found a way to win using every available woman in every possible event.
Kay-De Vaughn led the way winning both the long jump (17’ 10”) and the triple jump (37’ 5”). Both marks bettered the NAIA automatic …
Sophomores Kendra Ross and Katey Kingsbury were involved in a three car crash that claimed the life of Ross and left Kingsbury in critical condition on Wednesday, January 23rd around 9:40 a.m. Ross and Kingsbury were on their way to Cornerstone from Ross's home in Alto when the accident took place. Ross was driving the vehicle when she apparently hit some ice and slid across road into the southbound lane and was struck by two vehicles. Ross died at the scene and Kingsbury was taken to the hospital where she …
The Golden Eagles started out slow and dug a bit of a hole against #7 Ranked Davenport tonight and couldn't ever work their way out. They fell behind by 12 in the first half and worked their way back to asix point deficit (32-38) at the half. Davenport built the lead back to 13 with 14:11 remaining in the game on a Sara Haverdink 3-pointer. The Golden Eagles responded and gradually cut into the lead over the next seven minutes and got the lead down to two with 7:04 on a field goal by Kara Overbeek. That would …
SAGINAW (12/7) The Indoor Track & Field season got off to a fast start at the 14th Holiday Indoor Classic hosted by Saginaw Valley State University. In a great demonstration of early season fitness, CU women set three freshmen records, two school records and hit two automatic NAIA national qualifying standards. Two freshmen records went to Danielle Rowe. The Polson, MT native ran 8.27 on the 60 meter dash prelims, lowering the mark of 8.42 by Solena Helm in 2004. Rowe went on to take second in the high …
SAGINAW (12/7) Typically, the first meet of the Indoor Track & Field season doesn’t produce much drama. After sixteen weeks of general conditioning, athletes can see what kind of fitness they possess, but competitive sharpness is usually not there. Two significant factors proved conventional wisdom wrong at the 14th Holiday Indoor Classic hosted by Saginaw Valley State University. First, the CU men’s 4 x 4 planned to run a national qualifying time in the first meet of the season and second, …
The Golden Eagles defeated Grace (IN) 59-45 tonight at the Santa Lucia Tournament at Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL. The win marked the 200th win for Coach Carla Fles in her 9th season at Cornerstone. Brooke Carter led the Golden Eagles with 16 points and 9 rebounds. Jenna Plewes and Tami Thelen scored 11 each for Cornerstone. The Golden Eagles shot 45.2% from the field in the first half and built a 16 point lead over the Lancers. Grace battled back in the second half but the Golden Eagles …