For just the second time since Hillsdale College fully joined NCAA Division-II in 1996, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams have qualified for the National Cross Country Championships in the same season. On the men’s side, seniors Caleb Gatchell and Luke Daigneault both stepped up in a big way at the Midwest Region...
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — The Hillsdale College men’s and women’s cross-country teams finished their final GLIAC competition on a high note this past Saturday — both teams coming in third. This was the team’s last season competing in the GLIAC Championship because Hillsdale is joining the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) on July 1, 2017. Though...
Emily Oren had never run a race over six kilometers before she ran the Detroit Half Marathon last Sunday. But it didn’t matter for the 2016 graduate and nine-time NCAA division II National Champion as she beat out over 6,900 other women to win the race by more than two minutes. Oren said that after...
Looking forward to the last GLIAC Conference Championship race in his cross-country career, senior Caleb Gatchell said he’s excited to see what his team will be able to accomplish. “It’s the point of the year where we’re getting close to where the hay is in the barn,” Gatchell said. “We’ve had some stuff happen this...
Though injuries kept top runners on both the men’s and women’s teams from competing, each squad showed improvement compared to the first meet of the season. Transfer-sophomore Nick Fiene sprained his ankle about halfway through last Saturday’s Louisville Classic after getting his leg stuck in a deep patch of mud, and freshman standout Arena Lewis...