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Grand Valley State University Athletics

2012 Men's Track and Field

Nathaniel Hammersmith

Nathaniel Hammersmith

  • Ht./Wt.:
    0-0 / 0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Stryker, Ohio

Summary

Biography

2012-13: Helped the 4x400 meter relay team to three first-place finishes during the indoor season, including at the Holiday Open (3:18.08), Mike Lints Alumni Open (3:15.90) and the GLIAC Indoor Championship (3:12.42)...Ran a season-best 200 meter time of 21.90 seconds at the GLIAC Indoor Championship...Had a season-best 400 meter time of 48.92 seconds at the GVSU Tune-Up...Earned two USTFCCCA All-American honors at the 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor Championship, helping the 4x400 meter relay team (3:13.06) and DMR team (9:51.17) to third-place finishes...During the outdoor season, he was part of 11 first-place finishes...Helped the 4x400 meter relay team to victories at the GVSU-SVSU Dual (3:19.40), Hillsdale Invite (3:22.26), Hillsdale Gina Relays (3:14.58) and the GVSU Second to Last Chance Meet (3:14.00)...Helped the 4x100 meter relay team to victories at the GVSU-SVSU Dual (41.85), Hillsdale Invite (42.56) and Hillsdale Gina Relays (41.46)...Won the 200 meter dash at the GVSU-SVSU Dual (21.55-w) and Spartan Invite (21.57-w)...Won the 400 meter dash at the Hillsdale Invite (48.90) and Hillsdale Gina Relays (47.95), which was a season-best time.

2011-12: During the indoor season...Finished second with the 4x400 relay teams at both the GVSU Holiday Open (3:17.63) and Bob Eubanks Open (3:15.36)...Finished seventh in the 200 meter dash at the GVSU Big Meet with a time of 22.09 seconds...Helped 4x400 relay team to a win at the GVSU Tune-Up with a time of 3:15.15...At the GLIAC Indoor Championships, he finished fifth in the 200 (22.38) and helped the 4x400 relay team to a third-place finish (3:19.01)...During the outdoor season, he finished below fourth only once the entire season...Won the 200 (21.92), 4x100 (41.95) and 4x400 (3:21.50) events at the GVSU-SVSU Dual Meet...Won the 400 (48.27) and 4x100 (41.33) at the Hillsdale Invite, while finishing second in the 4x400 (3:17.68)...Won the 200 (21.48) and 4x100 (41.35) at the Al Owens Classic, while finishing second in the 4x400 (3:14.74)...Won each of the 400 (48.10), 4x100 (41.22) and 4x400 (3:16.82) at the Hillsdale Gina Relays...At the GLIAC Outdoor Championships, he finished fourth in the 400 (47.44), third in the 4x400 (3:13.56) and second in the 4x100 (41.37)...Helped the 4x400 relay team to a victory at the Aquinas Twilight Meet (3:14.52) and GVSU 2nd to Last Chance Meet (3:12.23)...Won the 400 at the GVSU Last Chance Meet (47.43) and helped the 4x100 relay team to a win with a time of 41.18 seconds.

2010-11: During the indoor season, he won the 200 meter dash at the Bob Eubanks Open with a time of 22.11 seconds...Finished second in the 60 meter dash at the GVSU Tune-Up with a time of 7.07 seconds and finished ninth in the 200 meter dash at the GLIAC Indoor Championships (23.01 seconds)...During the outdoor season, he never finished lower than seventh in any event...Finished second at the Spartan Invite in both the 200 meter dash (22.35) and as part of the 4x100 relay team (42.01)...Finished second in the 200 meter dash at the Purdue Dave Rankin Invite (22.96)...Third in the 200 meter dash at the ISU Pacesetter Invite (21.93)...Helped the 4x100 relay team to a fourth-place finish at the GLIAC Outdoor Championship with a time of 41.63 seconds...Finished third in the 200 meter dash at the conference championships with a time of 21.71 seconds...Helped the 4x100 relay team to three victories following the conference championships with times of 41.45 (Aquinas Twilight), 41.46 (Dr. Keeler Invite) and 42.03 (Chicago Penultimate).

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