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Cross Country (M/W)

Scots 20th at NCAA Great Lakes Regional

The Alma College men's cross country team finished 20th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional held at Wilmington College in Mason, Ohio, Saturday.

The team was led by Joe Whitman (Davison) who finished 82nd with a time of 26:54.5, en route to 579 total team points in the 34-team race.

Other top finishers for the Scots included Dirk Callahan (Fowler, Ind./Benton Central), Steve Kuhlman (Battle Creek/Lakeview), Kyle Hill (Midland/Dow) and Steve Rose (Essexville/Garber).

ALMA'S TOP FIVE FINISHERS
Joe Whitman - 82nd overall - 26.54.5
Dirk Callahan - 89th overall - 27:03.6
Steve Kuhlman - 117th overall - 27:62.2
Kyle Hill - 137th overall - 27:43.2
Steve Rose - 154th overall - 28:14.3

Posted: Sat, November 12th, 2005 at 7:53PM

 

Alma College’s partnership with the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force, an EPA-sanctioned Community Advisory Group (CAG), received the 2008 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration, sponsored by Michigan Campus Compact.The Task Force is recognized as one of the most influential and active CAGs nationally and as having the largest membership of any CAG in the United States.

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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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