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Cross Country (M/W)

Alma Sixth at MIAA Championships

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The men's cross country team finished sixth in the MIAA season-ending championships at Kalamazoo with 158 team points.

The team was led by senior Joe Whitman (Davison) who crossed the line in a time of 26:32.4 to finish 18th overall. Dirk Callahan finished 28th with a time of 27:27.6 and Kyle Hill finished 32nd with a time of 28:02.8. Other finishers for the Scots included Steve Kuhlman and Steven Rose.




Posted: Sat, October 29th, 2005 at 4:37PM

 

The Corporation for National and Community Service named Alma College to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. The Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.

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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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