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2024 Men's Track and Field Roster

Spencer Hielkema

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Rockton, Ill.
  • Position Distance

Biography

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Career Bests

Indoor:
MILE:
4:35.16
3,000:
8:46.25
5,000:
15:08.04

Outdoor:
1,500:
4:13.48
3,000:
8:56.27
5,000:
15:01.79
10,000:
31:02.17

2023 Outdoor: Set an outdoor career best time at 31:02.17 during the Wash U Distance Carnival (4/1) … Earned ninth overall during the OVC Outdoor Championship (5/11-5/13) with a 32:50.31 time in the 10,000m.

2023 Indoor: Ran a PR during the 3,000m at 8:46.25 during the Hoosier Hills (2/10) ... Finished 16th overall during the 5,000m during the OVC Indoor Championship (2/22-2/23) with a 15:21.45 mark.

2022 Outdoor: Posted career PR in the 5000 (15:01.79) at the Wash U Distance Carnival (4/1/22) ... Placed 12th in the 5000 (15:17.16) at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships (5/13/22)

2022 Indoor: Set career PRs in three events during the season beginning with a 9:03.20 3,000 at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/22) ... Finished third and set PR in the mile (4:35.16) at the Don DeNoon Invite (2/5) ... Top 5000 for the season was 15:08.04 at the Ichabod Invite (2/12).

2021 Outdoor: Finished 16th in the 5,000 at the 2021 OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (15:34.11) ... Placed 18th in the 1,500 (3/26/21) at the Billiken Invitational ... Took 30th at the Gibson Invite in the 5,000 (15:30.36).

2021 Indoor: Ran second-best 3,000 for the Cougars (9:11.51) at Indiana Tech.

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled

2020 Indoor: Competed in 3 events...11th place top finish at the Mizzou Open in the mile (4:44.96)

Prep: First team All-Conference his junior and senior season at Hononegah High School ... Named team Most Valuable Player ... Led Hononegah to first cross country conference title in four years ... Earned four letters for track and field and one for cross country ... Part of school record 4X800 at Hononegah ... Son of Jerry and Laura Hielkema.

Historical Player Information

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