Evan Eding - Men's Track and Field - University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

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Evan Eding

Evan Eding

Position:

Jumps
Class:

Senior
Hometown:

Zeeland, Mich.
High School:

Zeeland West

Summary
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Historical

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times

Career Highlights:

4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
3x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
3x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
Horizon League Indoor All-Academic Team (2024)
Horizon League Outdoor All-Academic Team (2024)
2x CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)

2024 Outdoor:

Second in the long jump at the Chippewa Challenge (6.46m), fourth at Oakland's Golden Grizzly Invite (6.48m) and fifth at Michigan's Len Paddock Open (6.27m)
Won the 100m and part of the winning 4x100 at the Chippewa Challenge
Tallied a time of 11.11 in the 100m and a mark of 6.33m in the long jump at Ohio State's Jesse Owens Classic
Ran a career-best in the 100m at 10.95 in the preliminaries at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships, while also taking 11th in the long jump (6.38m) and a leg on the third-place 4x100

2023-24 Indoor:

Took second in the triple (12.56m) and sixth in the long jump (6.08m) at Saginaw Valley
Claimed fourth in the triple jump (12.82m) and sixth in the long jump (6.36m) at Eastern Michigan's Bob Parks Memorial
Earned third at Michigan's Silverston Invitational in the triple jump (12.15m)
Scoring placing fourth at the Horizon League Indoor Championships in the triple jump with a career-best 13.66m, the seventh-best mark in school history

2023 Outdoor:

Personal record in the long jump (6.67m) at Golden Grizzly Invite
Part of the gold medal 4x100 at the Horizon League Championships

2022-23 Indoor:

Personal record in the triple jump 13.48m at the Horizon League Championships

2022 Outdoor:

PR in the 100m at the Bison Classic (11.32)

2022 Indoor:

PR in long jump at GVSU Big Meet (6.56 meters) and took fifth
PR in 200m at Silverston Invitational (23.22) and placed fifth
PR in 60m at Horizon League Championships (7.12)

2021 Outdoor:

PRs in long jump (6.44m, 2^ndplace) & triple jump (12.79m, 2^ndplace) at the Grizzly Classic

2021 Indoor:

Third in the triple jump (12.56m) at Mastodon Invitational #2 (collegiate debut)
2^ndin LJ at SVSU Tune-Up

Prior to Detroit Mercy:

A multi-year letter winner in baseball, basketball, football and track and field
Selected the Zeeland West Athlete of the Year as a senior
Earned First Team All-State, All-Region, All-Area and All-Conference as a junior
Won a state championship on the 4x100 and 4x200-meter relay teams as well as scoring on the third-place 4x400
Was a regional runner-up in long jump in 2019
Helped his team to a MHSAA and MITCA team state championships
In football, he was First Team All-Area 2019 and Honorable Mention All-Conference as a senior and in basketball, he was the team's Defensive Player of the Year as a senior

Personal:

Son of Erica and Greg Eding
His dad played baseball and ran track at Hope College, while his mother was a swimmer there
Has an older sister and brother and a younger sister
His older brother, Gerrit, played baseball at Saginaw Valley and his older sister Rileigh is a swimmer at Albion College
Chose Detroit Mercy because of how close the team is
An Engineering major

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