PAINESVILLE, Ohio—Lake Erie College Athletic Director Reid Guarnieri announced the hiring of Grant Lofdahl as the head coach of the Track & Field and Cross Country program on Monday (July 20).
AUSTIN, Texas – Eight Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) cross country and track and field student-athletes earned 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II recognition on Wednesday (June 24), as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
BIG RAPIDS, Mich.- Ferris State University Athletics has officially announced the appointment of Bulldog alum Jared Kelsh, who has been tabbed as the school's head men's and women's track and field/cross country coach after serving this past year as the program's interim coach.
NEW ORLEANS – The Grand Valley State women's cross country/track & field teams earned their sixth all-time Program of the Year Award, presented Thursday afternoon by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
BAY CITY, Mich. – Grand Valley State women’s tennis student-athlete Leah Dancz and Hillsdale runner Joshua Mirth have been named the recipients of the 2014-15 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Postgraduate Scholarship. The honor, which awards each recipient $5,000 in aid to the graduate school of their choice, was voted on by the Faculty Athletic Representatives of the GLIAC member institutions.
ALLENDALE – Grand Valley State track & field athlete Ethan Barnes is the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2015 NCAA Division II Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship.
NEW ORLEANS – Following the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships this past weekend in Birmingham, Alabama, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Thursday the 2015 class of NCAA Division II National Athletes of the Year, as voted on by the coaches.
NEW ORLEANS – All-America honorees for the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field season were announced Monday afternoon by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Despite coming up short on the team titles, GLIAC student-athletes collected 84 First-Team awards, 37 more than the next closest conference.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- 119 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference student-athletes have earned trips to the 2015 NCAA Division II Championships on March 13-14 in Birmingham, Ala.
NEW ORLEANS – Regional Athletes and Coaches of the Year for the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field season were announced Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
NEW ORLEANS - The Findlay men and the New Mexico Highlands women both moved to the tops of their respective genders’ U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Computer Rankings with just days left until the national team titles are on the line at the CrossPlex in Birmingham.
XX Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference student-athletes have earned trips to the 2015 NCAA Division II Championships on March 13-14 in Birmingham, Ala.
NEW ORLEANS — The 2015 GLIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships brought out the best in Tiffin sophomore sprinter Lamar Hargrove on his way to being named USTFCCCA NCAA Division II National Men's Track Athlete of the Week.
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the All-Region honorees for the 2014-15 NCAA Division II indoor track & field season. The top five individuals in each event from each region earned the All-Region distinction, in addition to each of the members of the regions’ top three relay teams. The regions used for this award match those used during the cross country season.
UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – Grand Valley State women’s track and field team captured its 16th consecutive indoor conference title after scoring 156.5 total points, while the GVSU men captured their sixth straight league trophy with 155 total points after an exciting weekend of action at the 2015 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Indoor Track and Field Championship.
UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The University of Findlay men and the Grand Valley State women’s track and field teams are in the lead after the first day of competition at the 2014 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Saginaw Valley.
BAY CITY, Mich. - The 2015 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) men's and women's indoor track and field championships will take place Saturday (Feb. 28) and Sunday (March 1) inside the newly constructed SVSU Fieldhouse on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University. Grand Valley State will be looking to claim its 16 consecutive conference title on the women's side, while the men seek their sixth straight league trophy. The GLIAC has dominated the indoor track and field landscape at the national level with Ashland holding the top spot in the national rankings in both men's and women's, while both GVSU squads sit in the No. 3 position. Findlay's men enter GLIACs ranked second along with Hillsdale's women who are fifth nationally.
BAY CITY, Mich. - The Hillsdale distance medley relay team consisting of seniors Drew Windle, Joshua Davis and Elijah Owens along with junior Nick Hall have been named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Men's Track Athletes of the Week and Grand Valley State junior thrower Darien Thornton earned GLIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors.
NEW ORLEANS—Field events made a clean sweep of the National Athlete of the Week honors for the final weekend before conference championships kick off this weekend.
NEW ORLEANS – It took a couple weeks longer than their female teammates, but the Ashland men have joined the AU women atop the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings, which were announced Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Bay City, Mich.--The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has announced the 2014-15 Winter All-Academic & All-Academic Excellence Teams. Criteria states the student-athlete must be an active member on the roster at the end of the season, not a freshman or a first year transfer student. All-Academic Teams are comprised of those student-athletes that meet criteria and carry a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0-3.49. Academic Excellence Teams are comprised of student athletes that have a cumulative GPA of 3.50-4.0.
BAY CITY, Mich. - Findlay sophomore sprinter Sergi Torres was named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Men's Track Athlete of the Week and Grand Valley State redshirt sophomore thrower Chris Saikalas earned GLIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors.
NEW ORLEANS – It’s a GLIAC sweep atop NCAA Division II indoor track & field as the Grand Valley State men and the Ashland women both moved to No. 1 in this week’s National Team Computer Rankings released Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
NEW ORLEANS – Findlay may be a program known most predominantly for the prowess of its throwers, but it was freshman sprinters and jumpers who put its men’s team over the top for the No. 1 spot in the third regular-season edition of the NCAA Division II National Team Computer Rankings released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
BAY CITY, Mich. - Hillsdale freshman sprinter Colby Clark was named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Men's Track Athlete of the Week and Lake Erie senior jumper Michael Bruce earned GLIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors.
BAY CITY, Mich. - Ashland senior runner Drew Windle was named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Men's Track Athlete of the Week and Lake Erie senior jumper Joe Postwaite earned GLIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors.
BAY CITY, Mich. - Findlay senior middle distance runner Dillon Webster was named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Men's Track Athlete of the Week and Lake Superior State high jumper Robert Valdez earned GLIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors.
BAY CITY, Mich. - Hillsdale junior hurdler Corinne Zehner was named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Track & Field Runner of the Week and Ashland senior thrower Jessica Bridenthal earned GLIAC Field Athlete of the Week honors. Zehner set a pair of school records, while Bridenthal earned an NCAA Automatic mark in the weight throw.
BAY CITY, Mich. - Hillsdale senior runner Joshua Mirth was named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Track & Field Runner of the Week after a victory in the 5,000-meter run at the 2014 Hoosier Open in Indiana.
BAY CITY, Mich. - Grand Valley State junior sprinter Sean Wells and Ashland senior thrower Jared Conklin were named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Track & Field Athletes of the Week after standout performances during the opening weekend of action.