Calvin University Women's Track & Field

Adam Haldorson heads into his fourth year as head men's and women's track and field coach at Calvin University. Last year, the men's track and field team placed

-A 2019 graduate of Calvin University where he competed in the discus, hammer, and shotput -National qualifier in the discus and hammer and multiple MIAA conference

Brian Bolton Jr joins Calvin track and field for the 2025-26 season as part of a pole vault coaching duo that is hoping to make waves in D3. A 2019 Calvin grad,

Jacob Graham is set to begin his third year as the assistant head men's and women's track and field coach at Calvin University. Last year, the women's track and

Misael Martinez Vasquez began his time as an assistant coach at Calvin for track and field in 2025. He graduated Calvin in the spring of 2023 with a therapeutic recreation and psychology degree and participated as a thrower on the Calvin track and field team. Outside of coaching, Martinez Vasquez works as a recreational therapist at Pine Rest working with adolescents in a secured facility. Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, he enjoys lifting, pickleball, and disc golf in his free time.

Nicole (Farr) Kramer heads into her third year as head Calvin cross country coach. She also serves as the lead distance coach with the Calvin men's and women's track

Began his time as an assistant coach at Calvin for track and cross country in 2005. Started his coaching career at Grand Rapids Christian High School in the 1990s before joining the Calvin coaching staff. A 1989 graduate of Calvin, where he ran the 800 meters during his running career. Otte has coached numerous athletes to mid-distance MIAA titles and All-America honors, including (but not limited to) Camille Medema, Todd Schuster, Lauren Bergstrom, Greg Whittle, Ethan Valentine and Delaney Sall. Otte has been a critical part of the Calvin run of consecutive men's cross country MIAA Championships under coaches Brian Diemer and Nicole Kramer, including helping the men to a national championship in 2006. Also helped the Calvin women's cross country team finish top four nationally every year from 2006-10.

Sam Katon was hired as an Assistant Track & Field Coach at Calvin University prior to the 2025-26 season to work primarily with the throwers. He brings five years of coaching experience from Manchester University, where he coached athletes to 1 first-team All-American performance, 3 second-team All-American awards, 9 NCAA Division III national qualifications, 20 individual conference championships, and contributed to six team conference championships. Previously, Katon coached three seasons at Davenport University, where he coached 1 COVID All-American and 1 NCAA Division II national qualification, among other accomplishments. As a collegiate athlete at Davenport University from 2014-18, Katon was a standout thrower who earned All-WHAC recognition in men's weight and hammer throws and qualified for the 2017 NAIA indoor and outdoor national championships. He graduated from Davenport with a Bachelor's degree in Sports Management in 2018 and earned his MBA from Davenport in 2020. Katon is a native of Chelsea, Michigan, and resides in Byron Center with his wife Jenna and daughter Nora.