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Grace College, Winona Lake, INFebruary 14, 2013Volume 59, Issue No. 18

“My advice to the Presidential Scholarship Competition (PSC) stu-dents would be this: calm down. You really are your worst enemy,” says Drake Darrah, last year’s Presidential Scholarship Competition winner.

Darrah came to Grace last year with the same dream as many of the high school seniors coming this weekend. Winning the scholarship shows him that he has succeeded against all odds, and he encourages all students to strive for the same.

Drake Darrah is a double major in history and political science, with a minor in pre-law. But what exactly drew Darrah to Grace College? “Oh, you know, just the simple fact that the females outnumbered the males. I thought it would be easier for me to find an Asian girl to date,” Darrah says.

In all reality, it was the fact that Grace was a private Christian liberal arts school that led Darrah here. During his tour at Grace, he was very impressed with the professors and their quality of teaching. The campus seemed to be the perfect size for his taste; the students seemed friendly, and he saw above all, unity.

Darrah applied to Grace College for a few reasons. “I liked the name of the college. No, …. really. The name’s so catchy!” he explains.

“The fact that Grace was a Chris-tian-based college didn’t hurt, either. I really liked the school’s commitment to fostering intentional spiritual growth

in its students. Also, the professors’ dedication to their students, as if they were a part of their own families, really grabbed my attention.”

Finally, there was a pre-law pro-gram, which fit in perfectly with Dar-rah’s dream of being a human traf-ficking rights lawyer. And, according to Darrah, being a winner of the PSC was a blessing from God. He enjoys the financial relief, but most important-ly Darrah sees this success as simply the beginning of his career as a lawyer against human trafficking.

Thinking back, becoming the win-ner of the PSC was shocking, but made all of Darrah’s hard work worth it. “At first when I found out that I won the Presidential Scholarship Competition, I was like, ‘Oh.’ Then when it finally hit me, I was like, ‘Oh, yes! All of those years of slaving away in a dark corner of the library was worth it.’ In short, I was really happy that I won,” says Dar-rah.

Now he has advice for PSC com-petitors this year, since everyone who attended last year knows what a stress-ful event it can be. “Calm down. You really are your worst enemy. It is so easy for you to sabotage yourselves through indecision or fear.

“Remember, Grace College obvi-ously sees something special in all of you. The evidence is right there; you are at the PSC competition. Simply being invited to compete in the PSC is an absolute honor. Be yourself and go show them what you have! I wish you all luck in the competition, and I hope to see you all on campus next year, re-gardless of the result!”

Julia MarshStaff Writer

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An Interview with Drake Darrah,Winner of the 2012

Presidential Scholarship Competition

Approximately 200 off-cam-pus students coming from vari-ous backgrounds attend Grace. Since I myself am an off-cam-pus student, I realize the various challenges and rewards of being off-campus.

Students have many different reasons to take the off-campus route, including age, prior col-lege experience, and the location of family. I did mainly because I am almost thirty and have three children; I figured not too many people would want to be my roommate. However, finances also play a role in the decision to remain off-campus. Kather-ine Barr, a freshman, saves her parents almost $6,000 a year by remaining off-campus, and it also allows her to maintain a part-time job. Michael Sproles, a freshman, also states that financ-es were a big part of his decision to be off-campus. “If I had lived on campus it would have cost me more money.”

Off-campus students also enjoy more freedom compared to their on-campus brethren. Landon Newsome, a freshman, enjoys the fact that he is not stuck in a dorm all day when he has nothing to do, while Kather-

ine Barr enjoys the freedom of having her own room and less restrictions than the on-campus students.

Off-campus students also en-joy being able to spend more time with their families since most of them stay at home or with a relative. Lauren Williams, a freshman, enjoys being able to see her family everyday and par-ticipate in activities that she was part of before attending Grace. Michael Sproles enjoys seeing his family as well as being able to have one-on-one time with God every morning as he drives to Grace.

There are challenges to being an off-campus student, howev-er. Quite a few of the off-cam-pus students drive 20 minutes or more to get to classes, and during the winter, that drive time can be even longer. They also feel less connected to the on-campus community. Lauren Williams says, “I dislike the fact that at times I feel removed be-cause I do not live on a hall or have a roommate.” Katherine Barr has also found it difficult to integrate into the student popu-lation, stating, “I have found that out of all the new friends I have made, 80-90% of them are other off-campus students.” Howev-er, even with these challenges,

many of the off-campus students have found their time at Grace very rewarding. Michael Sproles enjoys the strong, Christ-driven atmosphere at Grace, and Kath-erine Barr realizes that she prob-ably would not have found this kind of Christian atmosphere so close to home anywhere else.

As the off-campus population

continues to grow, I would just like to encourage the on-campus community to reach out and help the off-campus students feel more connected to the Grace community. We are all here at Grace for the same reasons, and when we reach out and encour-age each other, we make our community that much stronger.

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Ben QuiggleContributing Writer

The Minutes

Senate today cleared up any re-maining orders of business for the spring semester. First, the commit-tees were assigned. The complete list consists of marketing, events, food, campus improvement, Gordon Rec Center, music, recycling, and spirit. Jackie Seal plans to meet with the heads of each committee this week to discuss plans for the upcoming se-mester.

The next big event Senate is hosting is the upcoming Town Hall, set to take place on February 19th. This town hall is designed for all stu-dents in their third year here at Grace, regardless of credit. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in an as yet un-specified location.

Next, there was a discussion regarding a suggestion from Mike Yocum that Senate help fund $500 of the approximately $3,000 cost of

buying the Final Cut video editing software for all of the computers in the Mac lab in Mount Memorial. The software would be available for all students on campus. The motion passed unanimously.

In regards to the ongoing dis-cussion involving later TOL hours, Senate is considering a proposal that student leaders monitor the book-store from 9 p.m. to midnight 3 days a week so students can have a late-night location to study.

As for upcoming events, watch for advertisements regarding show-ings of the movie “Lincoln” in the Little Theatre sometime in March. There is also some talk of an all-girls showing of “Pride and Prejudice” in the library in honor of the book’s 100 year anniversary.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact your senator! The next meeting will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 18, in Mc-Clain 103. All meetings are open to the public.

Ashley BrewsterEditor-in-Chief

Senate Meeting: February 11, 2013

The Off- Campus Experience

In just six days, God created what we see before us. He created the earth we stand on, the water we drink, the animals we watch run through the woods, and the people we interact with. Our Lord left us with a very important task: to uphold His creation. As Environmental Awareness Week approach-es, we are reminded that God has left us with this great task. As stewards of the earth we need to protect the resources we have and provide awareness to other people in our world about current issues.

God expects humankind to be His stew-ard for creation. In Genesis 1:26, it states, “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the live-stock, over all the earth and over all the

creatures that move along the ground.’” God has given humanity earth to rule over and command. Are we doing that? We are ruling and commanding earth, but we are doing it ineffectively and incorrectly. We are allowing our luxuries, such as technol-ogy and insatiable behavior, to stand in the way of our stewarding goals.

Have we really been good stewards of the earth? As Christians, we are not doing our duty to protect the natural resources we have. We are allowing the government to take control of the resources that God has intended us to take care of. We are not speaking up and demanding that we follow through with the wishes of God. Our gov-ernment is abusing the resources we have, exhausting the supply until it is extinct. If the government continues on this path, they will exhaust many of the natural resources

we need to live. We must voice our concern to them about our and their habits to change our usage and limit the exponential devour-ing of our resources.

Environmental Awareness Week is set to raise the attentiveness to the environmen-tal change and disasters that we experience. During this week, I hope you find some way that can make a difference for the envi-ronment. You could recycle that extra water bottle or pick up that piece of trash that you walk by. We have been given one earth, yet we live like we have a thousand. As Chris-tians, we need to fulfill this task that God has set before us and become stewards of earth. Contact your nearest state representa-tive, join in on The Great American Clean-up, or buy a reusable water bottle. Do your part in sustaining God’s creation.

Environmental Awareness WeekLogan Gilbert

Contributing Writer

Alpha FEmale Week

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The term “Alpha dog” refers to the top or dominant dog in a pack. Alpha FEmale Week is the Olympics of Alpha Dorm. It is what separates the top Alpha hall from the rest. Alpha girls look forward to this event all year. How did these games be-gin? What are the Alpha Games?

The Alpha FEmale Games appeared for the first time in the spring of 2010. Sara Hightow-er was the Resident Director of Alpha that year and was the cre-ator of these great games. High-tower was a hardcore Olympics fan, and it just happened that in 2010, the winter Olympics were hosted in Vancouver, British Co-lumbia, Canada. Hightower de-cided that these games needed to

grace the halls of Alpha as well. At the time, House was the

ARD for Alpha, and together, House and Hightower watched various videos of the Olym-pics. They took notes over the opening ceremonies and some of the special things that make each Olympics unique, such as having an opening hymn, flags for each country, specific dis-tinctions for the host country, and the events themselves. The Alpha FEmale Games became Hightower’s baby as she spent most of her time figuring out the games.

The games would run from Sunday to Thursday night. Each team would be represented by a color: red, yellow, purple, green, blue, and black. The event would officially open with the ceremo-nial singing of the Alpha Hymn

which was written by Ashley House to the tune of “Almighty Fortress.” Hightower and House would run into the hall wearing wreaths and togas to begin the games. After singing the hymn, the running of the torch would take place where, for the first year of the games, the torch sat lit outside during the entire week.

Since then, Alpha FEmale Week has become such a be-loved event that it is now an an-nual event for the Alpha dorm. Instead of having the RD and ARD take charge, the Resident Assistants of the dorm now host the games. The winners origi-nally got to pie Hightower and House, but now, the winning hall gets the honor of getting to pie their RAs.

“When Hightower and I

created the games, we wanted them to not only give the girls a healthy competition between each hall, but we also wanted the games to bring them togeth-er.” House explained, “Alpha women are up for anything, and the games are really the proof of that fact.”

House and Hightower never expected the games to be as big of a hit as they are, but as House put it, “The upperclassmen have really helped with promot-ing it. They get the freshmen girls pumped up for the games months before they are even in the process of being planned.”

This is a celebrated event that many of the girls look forward to all year long, and they are the games that determine the “Al-pha” girls of Alpha Hall.

Whitney WorthenStaff Writer

Alpha FEmale Week

Above: Alpha females show some hall spirit.Right: Ashley House presents the hall’s colors to the

RAs.

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ENTERTAINMENTFebruary 14, 2013

Intermediate SudokuMaze

Love never ages. This statement resounds off the walls of The Village. Each apartment

represents years of joyous marriage. Countless examples of longstanding, brilliant love flow out of these hallways. It is rare to spend a morning home without seeing a beaming couple walking with no signs of their hardships over the past 50 plus years. I have heard stories of brave young men scrambling up telephone poles to call their sweethearts. I can only imagine the delight of dancing with dashing strangers along the road. Marriages here have stood the tests of African jungles, wars and rebellious children. They are something we all must look forward to having for our own. Grace certainly does have several available men. Since Jordan Wodetzki is taken,

the new most eligible bachelor of Grace is none other than Tanor Joy. He is single-handedly the most big-hearted, talented guy around. If you’re interested, he’d love to have you apply in person!

“Love Never Ages”

Katie VanSlotenRA of the Village

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ENTERTAINMENTFebruary 14, 2013

Yeah, so, it’s Valentine’s Day. We know that every guy who just read that sentence has taken a collective gasp and left a little Hershey Kiss in his drawers—if you know what we mean. Yeah, poop, just so you know what we mean—if you know what we mean.

We have searched high and low and de-cided that cheap candy, insensitive cards, and Victorian secrets (if you know what we mean) are the best way to remember the late Saint Valentine. He was, after all, the king of romance, if you know what we mean. According to our new-ly founded institution, The Foundation of Amended Correctness T-word (FACT for short), just released newly found

facts regarding Saint Val-

e n t i n e . Accord -ing to FACT’s r e -s e a r c h ,

V a l e n -tine often

masqueraded around the streets

of Rome as a naked baby named Cupid. He would shoot people with Love Ar-rows, which were actually just real ar-rows painted pink. People died; it was a real bummer. However, FACT also un-earthed evidence that Valentine invent-ed heart-shaped chocolate and love. It appears that history paints Valentine in many different ways.

One of Valentine’s biggest gaffes was recorded in the Spanish Inquirer, a lo-cal newspaper of the time. It is reported that Valentine gave his “crush” a bear to show his love. To everyone’s great sur-prise, the bear ate the woman whole. She was a rather large woman, thus causing the bear to be stuffed. It was a good thought on Valentine’s part—in fact, that

is why we now say, “It’s the thought that counts.” Obviously, there are still rem-nants of this tradition today; we simply tweaked it a little. You know, stuffed bears, not bears that are stuffed full of your crush.

We would now like to take this op-portunity to dispel the notion that Val-entine’s Day is also Singles Awareness Day. Everybody knows Singles Aware-ness Day is Prom Night, or any day you are alone. Don’t worry, though; Valen-tine’s Day does not have to be as scary as you think. It all comes down to the wording. Do not ask someone to be your Valentine. Tell them to be your Valentine. Instead of saying, “Will you be mine?” say, “You will be mine.” If that doesn’t work, throw in an “or else.” Don’t worry, it’s not creepy, it’s just aggressive pursu-ing. This could be done on any day of the year, but card and chocolate compa-nies needed another holiday to sell cheap crap. Therefore, they looked through the annals of history, found Saint Valentine, and gave him a day. February 14, Val-entine’s Day! Notice it is ValenTINE’s Day, not times, not ValenTIMES. That bugs us. Happy Valentine’s Day!

What They Would Say Stephen Hartman

“You’re My Valentine”

Brock and BrunnerProducers of all Barry White CDs

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OFFFACE

“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fath-om all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:2 NIV

As humans we are, and always have been, fascinated by love. So much so that searching for love on Google will reveal 1,510,000,000 results in only 0.16 seconds. However, as is clearly visible in the verse above, this phenom-enon of love is not only something that fasci-nates us, but something that is of dire impor-tance to our God. After all, it is only through His infinite love that we can live. As children of God we are called to love God with all our hearts, mind, and strength, and love our neigh-bor as we love ourselves. (Mark 12: 29-31)

Of course, when we humans think of love our minds generally jump first to the love that

one man and one woman share. In my opinion this is one of the greatest gifts God gave us. God in His wisdom saw that it was not good for man to be alone, and so He created the woman. God intended for man and woman to unite, share a life and bask in the magnificent gift of love, thereby honoring and worshipping Him. Love is something marvelous that defi-nitely deserves to be honored and celebrated. This is why I think the concept of Valentine’s Day is a good one; it is a day to meditate upon love and take time and effort to show others what they mean to us. Now, there are those that would say that Valentine’s Day is noth-ing more than a money-making machine and has been so commercialized that it has lost its meaning.

First of all, florists need to live too. Second, Valentine’s Day will only ever have as much meaning as you allow it to have. If you grudg-ingly buy your girlfriend a rose or two (or just let your mother pick out something for you) and do nothing special all day, then yes, Valen-tine’s Day will have no meaning for you and I

understand why you don’t enjoy it. At this point I would like to suggest an al-

ternative (I am speaking primarily to my male audience). Valentine’s Day offers an enormous opportunity. This is a day where you can con-template what love really means in a biblical sense and also spoil your woman in any way you can imagine. I do not understand the men that complain about “having” to buy their girl-friends presents on Valentine’s Day. Our girl-friend’s happiness should always be first and foremost on our minds, and our constant mis-sion should be to conjure a smile on their fac-es. Valentine’s Day gives us a chance to dream up something extraordinarily special and ro-mantic to amaze them and let them know how special they are to us.

Let us as Christians move beyond what commercialism has made Valentine’s Day and use February 14 to celebrate God’s love for us (which you can do even if you’re single) and show our significant others that we appreciate and love them.

I never really understood the idea behind Valentine’s Day. People try to tell me that it’s about St. Valentine, but what did the guy even do? I’ve researched it. It’s a bunch of rumors and speculation about a guy who died. That’s all, folks. Others tell me it’s about the celebra-tion of love—that whether you’re single or in a relationship, you can show appreciation for the special people in your life. Heck, if we need to create a holiday to prove that we love people, this world has bigger problems than we realize.

Everyone has a different reason for hating Valentine’s Day. For some, it’s the consumer-ism. Others just hate being single. Some are too dang poor to spend any money (we’re college students after all). And then there’s the people who lack any kind of romance and think the day is a big waste.

I definitely don’t fall into that last catego-ry. I’m about as romantic as they come, but I don’t need a nationally recognized day to tell me that. The fact remains that I can show my

love and appreciation for my friends and fam-ily outside of the day of love. Once you take that away, Valentine’s Day just becomes an overdone excuse to make people buy things. Candy, flowers, cards, expensive gifts, dinners, and event tickets.

So maybe I fall into that first category. Con-sumerism galore: Just what I needed.

It was barely January 2nd, and all the major franchises were soaking their shelves in a hue oddly resembling that of blood and gore. We’re supposed to literally buy into it hook, line and sinker. Maybe there’s something mesmerizing about fuzzy bears holding hearts, and heart-shaped everything. Maybe naked winged ba-bies with arrows (seriously, can we call DCFS on that one?) are just too adorable to pass up.

And honestly, what makes all the mass-pro-duced merchandise so special? A card with a cheesy line here, a splash of glitter there. Throw in some red and pink doilies and a heart-shaped box, and you have the essence of every Valentine’s Day gift ever to roll out of a factory.

And these days, when it comes to hand-made gifts, we don’t even have to be creative

or original! There’s Pinterest for that! Just type in “Valentine” and voila, a thousand neatly packaged ideas that you can use to create the perfect gift for that special someone. Can it get any more lazy? Zero brainpower, all of the credit. Winners all around.

But if a guy is going to be really classy, he gets his girl flowers—specifically roses. Tell the lucky lady you love her with blood-red blossoms that will wither and die within a week. That there speaks volumes about your relationship.

In the end, the only irrefutably amazing, wonderful part of Valentine’s Day is Febru-ary 15th, when ALL the candy goes on clear-ance. This is where we single people get to have some fun while all the couples wake up with regrets of overspending and having one too many bites of chocolate cake. Nothing says “I love me” like indulging in college-stu-dent-priced goodies with none of the hassle of dates and drama.

So happy day of consumerism and over-priced trinkets! Make it “special” like you do every year by buying all the same things. I’ll be at Walmart first thing Friday morning.

Celebrating Love

Killing Cupid with His Own Arrows

Valentine’s Day

Zachary PappasContributing Writer

Kay DeVriesContributing Writer

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Juaneice Jackson, Juaneice is this week’s Player of the Week with her

performance in Grace’s victory against Marian. In the game, she tallied 27 points on 11-of-19 shooting, 6 re-bounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals. She led the Lady Lanc-ers to a 72-63 victory. She looks to continue her success on the court at No. 1 IWU on Wednesday night in a tough conference matchup.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Major: Counseling and Crimi-nal Justice

Favorite Grace College memo-ries: My favorite moment at Grace has been traveling with my team and facing my fear of heights.

Future Career Aspirations: I see myself working with kids after college.

Major: Business Administration and Sports Management

Favorite Grace College Memory: My favorite memories have been the friendships and memories I have made. Being surrounded with a wonderful group of girls as my team-mates and getting to be around them every day has brought so many memories in itself.

Career Aspirations: Honestly, I am real-ly not sure. I would love to be in a marketing position somewhere in this area, or I would love to be doing something with event plan-ning.

What have you learned over the past four years: I have learned a lot of things while being at Grace. The main thing is that I have learned that basketball is not everything. Basketball is such a short chapter, but it has taught me so much.

Lady lancers basketball wins twoin a row

The Lady Lancers faced off against Marian University (13-7, 3-6 CL) on Wednesday. Be-hind 27 points from Juaneice Jackson, Grace controlled the game, winning 72-63. The Lanc-ers had contributions all through the team with Allison Kauffman scoring 19 points. Emily Bidwell added 11 rebounds and Jayla Starks contributed 6 points, 6 assists, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals. After this victory, Grace hosted Mount Vernon Nazarene on Saturday. Juaneice Jack-son continued her great success on the court, leading the Lady Lancers (15-7, 6-4 CL) with 23 points, 16 of which came in the second half to lead them to a 55-49 victory. With the win, the Lady Lancers take sole possession of fourth place in league standings. Jackson had game-highs in assists (4) and steals (6). Allison Kauffman added 13 points and 6 rebounds of her own. Jayla Starks contributed 7 points and 9 rebounds and Lindsey Schaefer rounded out the scoring with 6 points and 9 rebounds.

Lancers win two after dropping to No. 22 in NAIA poll

Hosting Marian (12-7, 4-5 CL) on Tuesday, Grace found a way to win, despite flat per-formance. Greg Miller continued his string of great performances with 22 points and 10 re-bounds as Grace pulled out a 59-54 victory in overtime. Bruce Grimm added 20 points of his own to go along with 7 assists and 3 steals. Dennis Williams contributed his best perfor-mance of the season with 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Karl Columbus rounded out the scoring with 4 points and 3 rebounds. After this close victory, Grace traveled to Mount Vernon Nazarene (10-12, 2-8 CL). After beginning the game cold, Grace heated up with six minutes left to go in the first half, rolling to a 67-48 vic-tory. The Lancers (15-6, 7-3 CL) were led by Greg Miller (19 points) and Bruce Grimm (19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals). Karl Columbus (10 points and 5 rebounds) and Elliot Smith (9 points and 5 rebounds) rounded out the scoring.

Eight Lancers qualify for NCCAA National Championships in first meet

Eight Lancers qualified for the NCCAA National Championships on Friday. Nathan Brown (high jump and long jump), Seth Booker (60-meter hurdles), Lance Taylor (400 m), Zach Speckman (60 m hurdles), Luke Frauhiger (pole vault), Rebekah Younkin (throws), Kaitlyn Mikel (throws) and Kathleen Reinke (pole vault) all qualified for the NCCAA National Championships.

THIS WEEK...In Lancer Athletics

Jayla Starks Emily Bidwell

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SPORTSFebruary 14, 2013

Credit to Sports Information

Josh NeuhartSports Information

Upcoming Home Sports EventsWomen’s Basketball SoftballMarch 13-16- NCCAA Nationals March 14- vs. Indiana Tech (DH) (3 p.m.)

Men’s Basketball March 18- vs. PNC (DH) (3 p.m.)

February 16- vs. Taylor (3 p.m.)

March 13-16- NCCAA Nationals

BaseballFebruary 21- vs. Trinity Christian (DH) (12 p.m.)

March 19- vs. Mt Vernon Nazarene (DH) (2 p.m.)

Come out and support Lancer Athletics!

Women’s Soccer Wins Prestigious NCCAA

Scholar Team Award

Grace’s women’s soccer team experienced its finest season in program history on the pitch in 2012. They also proved to be outstanding in the classroom when they were named a Scholar Team by the NCCAA.

Grace was one of 62 fall teams to be named an NCCAA Scholar Team. In order to achieve Scholar Team distinction, a team must post a collective GPA of 3.4 on a 4.0 scale.

The Lady Lancers led all soccer teams in the nation (men or women) with a 3.74 GPA. They were second in the NCCAA for all fall sport teams, only trailing the 3.75 GPA from the women’s cross country team of Manhattan Christian College.

“I am pleased to see the women doing so well in the classroom. They have worked extremely hard to achieve this team GPA,” said Grace head coach Michael Voss. “These are bright, intelligent athletes who love the Lord and play great futbol, too.”

According to the NCCAA, the Scholar Team award is designed to honor NC-CAA teams that demonstrate academic success and to emphasize the importance of academics within the national organization.

Grace produced a program-record 17 wins during their 2012 campaign. They also finished third at the NCCAA National Championships – the highest finish in team history.

Grace Preps for NCCAA Nationals at Taylor Invite

One week before the NCCAA Indoor Championships in Marion, Ind., Grace’s track and field team had one final tune-up with the Taylor Invitational on Satur-day.

Allison Zylstra tied the school record in the 600 meters, and the women’s 4x200 relay missed setting a second school record on the day by 0.17 seconds.

“This wasn’t our best meet overall, but we still managed some good perfor-mances and nearly a couple of school records,” said Grace head coach Jeff Ray-mond. “We have several qualified to compete next week at NCCAA champion-ships, so we will prepare for another high-quality meet.”

Zylstra’s mark of 1:43.31 in the 600 tied MariJean Wegert’s 2009 school re-cord.

The women’s 4x200 squad of Erin Jones, Sabrina Whitaker, Alicia Hertzler and Lindsey Young posted a time of 1:51.84, less than a quarter of a second off the school record pace.

The men’s 4x800 relay of Jonathan Rex, Collin Chupp, Ben Drew and Lance Taylor won their race with a 8:15.43, and Donovan Graham was second in the 800 at 2:00.26.

Jenna McClellan also posted a solid time in the 3000 with a time of 11:17.51, and Nathan Brown finished fourth in the long jump at 6.44m.

NAIA Rankings (Men)1 Eastern Oregon 26-1 2 William Penn (Iowa) 24-1 3 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 24-3 4 Northwood (Fla.) 22-25 Northwestern (Iowa) 19-5 6 Indiana Wesleyan 22-4 7 Mount Mercy (Iowa) 22-3 8 Indiana Southeast 19-3 9 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 22-4 10 Davenport (Mich.) 21-5 11 Rochester (Mich.) 16-3 12 St. Thomas (Fla.) 18-6 13 Warner Pacific (Ore.) 20-6 14 Bethel (Ind.) 20-6 15 Dordt (Iowa) 20-6 16 York (Neb.) 20-4 17 Doane (Neb.) 21-5 18 Ave Maria (Fla.) 20-4 19 Valley City State (N.D.)19-5 20 Taylor (Ind.) 19-721 Embry-Riddle(Fla.) 19-6 22 Madonna (Mich.) 18-8 23 Tennessee Wesleyan 18-7 24 Southern Oregon 18-8 25 Grace (Ind.) 18-7

Josh NeuhartSports Information