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2008 Men's Cross Country Schedule and Results

Game Date Opponent Location Time/Result
Sep. 12 Spartan Invitational Lansing, Mich. No Team Score Kept
Sep. 20 Calvin Invitational Grand Rapids, Mich. 10th Place, 302
Sep. 26 MIAA Jamboree #1 South Bend, Ind. 6th Place, 138
Oct. 11 Parkside Invitational Kenosha, Wis. Cancelled
Oct. 18 Pre-Nationals Oberlin, Oh. 24th Place, 726
Nov. 1 MIAA Championship Kalamazoo, Mich. 6th Place, 146
Nov. 15 NCAA DIII Regionals Hanover, Oh. 20th Place, 534

2008 Women's Cross Country Schedule and Results

Game Date Opponent Location Time/Result
Sep. 12 Spartan Invitational Lansing, Mich. No Team Score Kept
Sep. 20 Calvin Invitational Grand Rapids, Mich. 10th Place, 287
Sep. 26 MIAA Jamboree #1 South Bend, Ind. 7th Place, 166
Oct. 11 Parkside Invitational Kenosha, Wis. Cancelled
Oct. 18 Pre-Nationals Oberlin, Oh. 21st Place, 642
Nov. 1 MIAA Championship Kalamazoo, Mich. 6th Place, 145
Nov. 15 NCAA DIII Regionals Hanover, Oh. 19th Place, 549

 

The $10.2 million Hogan Center renovation and building project includes the construction of a new sports arena and convocation center along with renovated locker rooms, athletic training space, natatorium, coaches' offices and classrooms. The "new" Hogan is designed to be Alma College's first LEED-certified building for sustainable construction. The estimated completion date is August 2010.

 

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.