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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS

2013-14 Track and Field Roster

Kelsee VanderBaan

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-7
  • Position Distance
  • Hometown Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Highschool Jenison

Biography

Accomplishments:
NAIA All-American 4x800 (2012-13, 2013-14 Indoor)
WHAC Champion 800m (2010-11 Indoor, 2013-14 Indoor)
WHAC Champion 4x800m (2013-14 Indoor & Outdoor)
Conference Top-3 1000m (2011-12 Indoor)
Conference Top-3 1500m (2013-14 Outdoor)
Conference Top-3 800m (2013-14 Indoor & Outdoor)
Conference Top-3 3000m (2013-14 Indoor)
Conference Top-3 4x400m Relay (2013-14 Outdoor)
Conference Top-3 4x800m Relay (2010-11 Outdoor, 2011-12 Indoor, 2011-12 Outdoor, 2013-14 Indoor & Outdoor)
 
As A Senior (2013-14): Named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District team…Also named to the academic All-WHAC team…Indoor – Became an All-American in the 4x800m after running a time of 9:22.64 for a seventh-place finish at the NAIA Championships…Finished 15th in the 800m prelims (2:17.54) at the NAIA Championships…Won WHAC event championships in the 4x800m relay (9:31.65) and 800m (2:19.25)…Placed third in the 3000m (10:50.62) at the WHAC Championships…Outdoor – Earned a WHAC Runner of the Week award…Won WHAC event championship in the 4x800m in 9:27.60 while finishing in the top three in the 4x400m relay (4:00.50), 800m (2:21.40) and 1500m (4:52.80)…Placed 15th in the 4x800m preliminaries (9:24.93) at the NAIA Championships…Also finished 21st in the 800m at the NAIA meet
 
As A Junior (2012-13): Indoor – Named NAIA All-American in 4x800 after posting a school record time of 9:22.74…Broke her own school record in the mile, clocking in 5:31.55 at the Trine Open…Turned in a time of 2:21.26 in the 800m at GVSU’s Big Meet…Broke her own school record in the 3000m at Indiana Wesleyan’s Wildcat Invitational, turning in 11:00.00…Also finished the 1000m in 3:06.19 at the Wildcat Invitational…Outdoor – Finished 10th in 9:33.14 in the 4x800m relay at the NAIA Championships…Qualified for the NAIA Championships in the 4x800 relay at the Gina Relays…Turned in a season-best 2:21.29 in the 800-meter race at GVSU’s Second to Last Chance Meet
 
As A Sophomore (2011-12): Indoor – Part of the 4x800m relay team that ran a time of 9:38.26 at the NAIA Championships…ran the 800m in 2:25.37 at the Bob Eubanks Open…ran the 1000m in 3:14.77 at the January Classic…ran the mile in 5:35.40 at The Cardinal…WHAC runner-up and set then a new school record as a member of the 4x800m relay team with a time of 9:45.11…Part of the 4000m distance medley relay team that then set a new school record with a time of 12:58.47 at the GVSU Big Meet…Outdoor – Part of the 4x800m relay team that finished second at the WHAC Championships and set a school record time of 9:35.34 at the Aquinas Twilight event…Ran the 400m in 1:03.75 at the Lyle Bennett Open…Finished the 800m in 2:25.84 at the Al Owens Invitational
 
As A Freshman (2010-11): Indoor – set a school record in the 800m with a time of 2:24.70 at the GVSU Big Meet…set a school record in the 1000m with a time of 3:26.66 at the IWU Invitational…set a school record in the mile with a time of 5:43.85 at the SVSU Doug Hanson Open…set a school record in the 3000m with a time of 11:22.69 at The Cardinal…Outdoor – ran the 800m in 2:26.76 at the Ernie Mousseau…part of the 4x800m Relay team that ran a time of 10:01.76 at the WHAC Championships…ran the 1500m in 5:21.23 at the GR Open…part of the 4x400m Relay team that ran a time of 4:19.18 at the Ernie Mousseau
 
High School Highlights: State qualifier in the 3200m relay
 
Personal Information: Parents: Karla and Rich
 
Collegiate Bests:
400m – 1:03.75
800m – 2:16.86 (Indoor); 2:21.29 (Outdoor)
1000m – 3:03.83 (Indoor)
1500m – 5:21.23 (Outdoor)
3000m – 10:50.62 (Indoor)
Mile – 5:12.49 (Indoor)
4x400m Relay – 4:19.18 (Outdoor)
4x800m Relay – 9:17.07 (Indoor); 9:23.94 (Outdoor)
4000m DMR – 12:58.47 (Indoor)

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2012-13Junior

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2013-14Senior

    Distance
    5'7"