Alma Travels To MIAA Championship Saturday
ALMA, Mich. - Alma College men's and women's cross country
travels to the MIAA Championships Saturday (Oct. 30) in Grand Rapids.
Calvin College hosts the annual event at its brand new, on-campus
course. The Championships will be the first collegiate races ever run
at the facility. Full race coverage can be found at Calvin's website, http://www.calvin.edu/sports/mxc. The men's 8K race begins at 11 a.m., while the women's 6K race begins at Noon.
The MIAA Championship serves as the final of two conference races of
the season. The MIAA Jamboree, held Sept. 25 at Hope, counts one-third
toward the MIAA Championship while the Championship race makes up the
final two-thirds.
The Alma men's team finished the MIAA Jamboree tied for fifth with
Kalamazoo while perennial MIAA powerhouse Calvin finished atop the
jamboree standings. Individually, Joe Whitman (Davison, Mich.)
finished 20th in a time of 26:45. On the women's side, the Scots took
sole possession of fifth place while Hope took the top spot and
individually Andrea Miller (Cadillac, Mich.) paced the Scots with her 12th-place finish in a time of 19:54.
Alma has been idle since hosting the Alma Invitational on Oct. 16. The
Scots' Miller finished 10th in that race with a time of 24:25.28. For
the men, Whitman was again Alma's top finisher, crossing the line in
27:03.79 for 11th place.
Following the MIAA Championships, the Scots return to Alma where they host the
NCAA Great Lakes Regionals Nov. 13.
Posted: Fri, October 29th, 2004 at 9:47AM
