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Amanda Putt wins the Division II/III race at the Michigan Intercollegiates
Charger men take first place at meet
Men’s Results

Women’s Results

Women’s Division 1 Results

Men’s Division 1 Results

Open Race Results




October 7, 2011 – The brand-new Hayden Park cross country course was dedicated at a gala ceremony Friday afternoon, news story imagepreceding the Michigan Intercollegiate Cross Country Meet.


For their part, the cross country runners from the Chargers performed extremely well at the meet. The meet was divided up among Division I teams, with Division II and III schools competing against one another, followed by an open meet.

Hillsdale College junior Amanda Putt won the D-II/III race with a time of 18:10.51. She finished an amazing 12 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor. She earned All-American honors in indoor and outdoor track last year, and with a performance like this, is taking aim at the trifecta this year.

Putt's time was the top overall time on the women's side in the entire meet, including the Division I race, and the open race.

Victoria McCaffrey took seventh place overall at the meet and was Hillsdale’s no. 2 runner. Freshman Amy Kerst also had a fine race, taking 17th overall with a time of 19:30.33.

As a team, the Charger women finished in fourth place with 58 points. Saginaw Valley State took first overall with 22 points. Calvin College and Grand Valley State rounded out the top four by finishing second and third, respectively.

On the men’s side, Hillsdale’s duo of Jacob Secor (second) and Joshua Mirth (third) were among the top five runners in the meet. Secor finished the race in 26:14, just six seconds behind the winner from Grand Valley State.

Those high finishes helped the Chargers to a first-place finish at the DII/III portion of the meet, with 22 points. GVSU was second with 28, and Wayne State finished third with 47 points.

Jordan Eccleston ran one of his best races on the college’s home course, finishing seventh overall with a time of 26:42.

Please visit the links above for complete Division II/III meet results.
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