The Hillsdale Chargers opened their season on Friday at the Jeff Drenth Memorial in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, where the team placed third overall and junior Joey Humes set a new conference record as he led the pack of 44 runners. The meet included Division I programs Michigan State University and Central Michigan University. Humes’ time...
One hundred and fifteen miles is a considerable distance. In the United States, 115 miles means 202,400 yards. For nearly everybody else in the world, 115 miles means 185,074 meters. For Hillsdale cross country senior Eli Poth, running 115 miles meant a standard week of summer training. Running 115 miles is not quite as physically...
The Hillsdale men’s cross country team has returned from its preseason running camp and will begin its season Friday at the Jeff Drenth Memorial in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Cross country camp lasted four days and took place at the G. H. Gordon Biological Station in Luther, Michigan. For junior Joseph Humes, preseason camp was a...
This fall, the Hillsdale women’s cross country team will be kicking off its season earlier than ever. The team will be racing at the Jeff Drenth Memorial in Mount Pleasant, Michigan on Friday. The race will be a 5k for the women against several Division I schools. “It will be cool that we can get...
Walls of women run the flat circuit, yelling at each other, and fans in body paint and underwear cheer their team on, and sometimes jeer at competitors. Through the commotion, senior Hannah MacIntyre, Hillsdale’s highest-ranking runner and first four-time All-American, emerged fourth in the nation, running what coach Andrew Towne called probably the best race...