Tim had a fabulous cross-country season! By God's grace, he remained healthy, and really steped up a level this year. After amazing stats at the Great Lakes Regional race (Tim taking first place and setting the course record, and the Calvin team winning as well) Tim went on to place third at Nationals . We were privileged to be there with family and friends to watch him run with courage and heart on a tough curse at Ohio Wesleyan University outside of Columbus, Ohio. There was disappointment on the Calvin team side, as the team placed second. Tim went home from his first cross country Nationals without a National Championship ring-- and we tried to explain to him that most people don't get even one fo those! The team is set-up to run well next year, Lord willing. They return ALL their runners next season. And Tim is already dreaming abut track season.
Tim was interviewed by the Wisconsin-based Division III running sinte, dcrunner. You can read his interview here:
http://www.dcrunner.org/finneganinterview.htm
You can also see pictures from the season on the Calvin website here:
http://webapps.calvin.edu/gallery/sports-2005-06-fall-mencross-country
Monday, December 19, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Fall Update
Well, the summer simply flew by...
Ben had a tremendous time in Turkey, and if he had ever given me copies of the pictures from his trip, I would have posted them here. But, alas, I have no pictures... and we had Ben only two months this summer, when it was all said and done. Never long enough, I guess...
Ben is working on his senior year at Hillsdale-- how could it be?! He will be travelling to Rome and Florence in January for a short course, which likely means a short time home over Christmas break as well, and then finish his classical studies degree. In addition to working on his honors thesis, he is looking at graduate schools, and hopefully will get moving on the application process soon.
Tim is back at school and having a great cross-country season so far. This is his first season to start without any injuries and a good mileage base. He has won his first two races: the UW-Parkside Midwest Collegite Invitational (Results here: http://www.uwp.edu/athletics/stats.cfm?sportID=8 Pictures here: http://www.dcrunnerpics.com);
and the MIAA Conference Jamboree (Results here: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mxc/MIAA_MEN_05jamboree Pictures here: http://webapps.calvin.edu/gallery/jamboree)
Tim is also underway in his junior year as an engineering major, and is doing well in his classes. He is part of a wonderful new program at Calvin called Alliance: for upper-class athletes. It is intentional Christian community and leadership training all rolled into one, and it seems to be challenging and affirming Tim in many important ways.
Marilyn survived our hectic summer, and enjoyed three weeks with her daughter Kathleen and son-in-law Kirk in Pennsylvania.
And we enjoyed about three weeks of a Penssylvanian ourselves: Tim's running collegue and friend, Bill Reynolds, spent three weeks running at altitude at the end of the summer. It was great having him here.
Other hioghlights of the summer included:
~Celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary with a weekend get-away to Colorado Springs
~Meeting our new niece, Zoe Rose Hanson, and visiting with Matt and Maria on a trip through Chicago
~Helping Mom and Dad Hanson move from Iowa to Rio Rancho, NM, just north of Albuquerque
~Having visits from Chris' sisters Annie and Jeni
~Enjoying a trip through the Black Hills and Badlands in South Dakota, and a ferry trip across Lake Michigan on our way to deliver things to the guys at school. And we enjoyed visits with friends along the way (Beth Harvey in Colorado Springs; the Manweilers in Valpo, IN; the Finches in Lindsborg, KS; and Jeni is Cedar Rapids, IA)
Dave continues to stay busy at work, and with teaching an adult Sunday School class on the Larger Catechism of the Westminster Confession of Faith and leading our evening fellowship group on Sundays.
Chris is again teaching a worldviews class for 13 home schooled high schoolers, and is teaching a high school composition class for the first time to 15 home schoolers. She is also directing about 90 students in the homeschool chorus, directing a church choir, and leading the women's bible study.
So as you can see, we are back to the scheduled business of another school year!
Ben had a tremendous time in Turkey, and if he had ever given me copies of the pictures from his trip, I would have posted them here. But, alas, I have no pictures... and we had Ben only two months this summer, when it was all said and done. Never long enough, I guess...
Ben is working on his senior year at Hillsdale-- how could it be?! He will be travelling to Rome and Florence in January for a short course, which likely means a short time home over Christmas break as well, and then finish his classical studies degree. In addition to working on his honors thesis, he is looking at graduate schools, and hopefully will get moving on the application process soon.
Tim is back at school and having a great cross-country season so far. This is his first season to start without any injuries and a good mileage base. He has won his first two races: the UW-Parkside Midwest Collegite Invitational (Results here: http://www.uwp.edu/athletics/stats.cfm?sportID=8 Pictures here: http://www.dcrunnerpics.com);
and the MIAA Conference Jamboree (Results here: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mxc/MIAA_MEN_05jamboree Pictures here: http://webapps.calvin.edu/gallery/jamboree)
Tim is also underway in his junior year as an engineering major, and is doing well in his classes. He is part of a wonderful new program at Calvin called Alliance: for upper-class athletes. It is intentional Christian community and leadership training all rolled into one, and it seems to be challenging and affirming Tim in many important ways.
Marilyn survived our hectic summer, and enjoyed three weeks with her daughter Kathleen and son-in-law Kirk in Pennsylvania.
And we enjoyed about three weeks of a Penssylvanian ourselves: Tim's running collegue and friend, Bill Reynolds, spent three weeks running at altitude at the end of the summer. It was great having him here.
Other hioghlights of the summer included:
~Celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary with a weekend get-away to Colorado Springs
~Meeting our new niece, Zoe Rose Hanson, and visiting with Matt and Maria on a trip through Chicago
~Helping Mom and Dad Hanson move from Iowa to Rio Rancho, NM, just north of Albuquerque
~Having visits from Chris' sisters Annie and Jeni
~Enjoying a trip through the Black Hills and Badlands in South Dakota, and a ferry trip across Lake Michigan on our way to deliver things to the guys at school. And we enjoyed visits with friends along the way (Beth Harvey in Colorado Springs; the Manweilers in Valpo, IN; the Finches in Lindsborg, KS; and Jeni is Cedar Rapids, IA)
Dave continues to stay busy at work, and with teaching an adult Sunday School class on the Larger Catechism of the Westminster Confession of Faith and leading our evening fellowship group on Sundays.
Chris is again teaching a worldviews class for 13 home schooled high schoolers, and is teaching a high school composition class for the first time to 15 home schoolers. She is also directing about 90 students in the homeschool chorus, directing a church choir, and leading the women's bible study.
So as you can see, we are back to the scheduled business of another school year!
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Nationals Update
The NCAA Division III Track and Field Nationals is now behind us, and we enjoyed watching Tim run for two All-American performances. He finished 6th in the 10K, and 8th in the 5K. This was his first real track season, since he was red-shirted last year due to a stress-fracture following cross country season. And to do so well in his first track Nationals is an amazing thing. We praise God for His blessings to Tim!
For more on the meet, you can check out the following sites:
http://www.calvin.edu/archive/calvin-sports/200505/0024.html
http://www.go-knights.net/ncaatrack/index.html
For more on the meet, you can check out the following sites:
http://www.calvin.edu/archive/calvin-sports/200505/0024.html
http://www.go-knights.net/ncaatrack/index.html
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