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Alma Opens 2005 Season at Bill Vanderbilt Invite

HOLLAND, Mich. - The Alma College women's cross country team opened the 2005 season Saturday (Sept. 3) in action at Hope's Bill Vanderbilt Invitational.

The Maroon and Cream scored 98 points in their first race of the season.

Junior Emily Sias led the Scots with a time of 20:46 to finish 12th overall. Allison Gibson 16th with a time of 21:02.

Alma returns to action Sept. 10 at the Defiance Invitational.

Posted: Sat, September 3rd, 2005 at 5:29PM

 

Since 2003, twenty-three Alma College students have won prestigious national fellowships, scholarships and awards, including 13 Fulbright fellowships and multiple Udall, Truman, Marshall and Gates-Cambridge scholarships.

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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.

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