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Cross Country (M/W)


 2007 Men's And Women's Cross Country

 

Alma Men's and Women's Cross Country Compete in the Great Lakes Regional
Men finished 24th and the Women 20th in the competition

MIAA announces their Cross Country All-League teams
Alma places two men and one woman, the first runners to gain the recognition since 2005

Men's and Women's Cross Country Compete in MIAA Championships at Adrian
Both squads finish 5th, Scots have three runners earn All-MIAA second-team honors

BOTH ALMA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS FINISH 5TH IN MIAA JAMBOREE AT HOPE COLLEGE
Teams to compete again October 9 at Michigan Intercollegiates

 

The Alma College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team claimed its ninth consecutive regional championship at the SIFE USA Regional Competition in March 2009. The competition awards the SIFE teams that are most effective in teaching the principals of market economics through outreach projects in their communities.

 

Coach Profile

Gordon Aldrich

Gordon Aldrich was a late addition to the Alma College Coaching Staff in the summer of 2007. Coach Aldrich has joined the Alma College Family as the Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach.

During his 26 years as a varsity Boy’s and Girl’s Cross Country Coach, Aldrich has won a Girls Open State Championship (1978), a Girls State Championship (1995), two Boy’s State Championships (1994, 1997), and was Runner-up on seven other occasions. During the same time, Aldrich coached teams to 17 conference championships, was nominated for the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Coach of the Year 12 times for cross country, and walked away with the award four times (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998). He was also named the Boy’s Cross Country National Coach of the Year in 1999 by the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association.

Aldrich was also honored with Michigan High School Coaches Association Track Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1998, and has received the Charles Sweeney Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame Track and Field Award.