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Cross Country (M/W)

Scots Fifth at Defiance Invitational

DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Alma College cross country teams ran in the Defiance Invitational Saturday (Sept. 10) as the women finished fifth behind Emily Sias’ (Mt. Pleasant/Sacred Heart) sixth place finish (20:27.1) and the men finished third, paced by Joe Whitman (Davison) and Dirk Callahan’s (Fowler, Ind./Benton Cenral) fourth and eighth place finishes, respectively.

WOMEN’S RESULTS
6th    Emily Sias    20:27.1
14th    Allison Gibson    20:57.4
33rd    Kim Sinclair    22:41.7
41st    Joye Kallgren    23:42.5
45th    Emily Whitmer    24:01.3

Posted: Sat, September 10th, 2005 at 5:51PM

 

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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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