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Runners Top at Alma Invitational

ALMA, Mich. - The Alma College women’s cross country team outran their competition today at the Alma Invitational with a score of 38 total points.

The Scots were led by Emily Sias (Mt. Pleasant/Sacred Heart) with a time of 20:08 and finished in first place.

Other key contributors were fifth place finisher, Erin Hemerling (Hastings) with a time of 20:51, seventh place runner Kim Sinclair (Cheboygan) timing in at 21:41, Sarah Nicholas (Metamora/Lapeer East) placed 11th with a time of 23:22, and Joye Kallgren (Trenton) finished with a time of 23:44 in 14th.

The Scots took six spots in the top 15 runners for a team average of 21: 57.

Alma College runs next at the MIAA Championship meet on Oct. 29 in Kalamazoo.

Posted: Sat, October 15th, 2005 at 4:55PM

 

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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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