No. 11 Men's Cross Country Finishes Third at GLIAC Championships

TEAM RESULTS
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Oct. 25, 2003
Big Rapids, Mich.— The No. 11 Hillsdale men’s cross country team finished third among 12 teams at the 2003 GLIAC Championships on Saturday. The Chargers tallied 61 points, which trailed second-place Wayne State (60) by just one point. Grand Valley won the conference title with 35 points.

Junior Kyle Fujimoto (Rockford, Mich.) was Hillsdale’s top finisher, placing seventh overall with a time of 25:20.6. For his efforts, Fujimoto was named First Team All-Conference.

Following closely behind Fujimoto was a pack of Chargers, who placed 12th through 16th. Junior Michael Nikkila (Kearney, Neb.) placed 12th with a time of 25:30.1, which was followed by freshman Matt Wish (Rockford, Mich.) in 13th (25:31.8), sophomore Scott Kallgren (Trenton, Mich.) in 14th (25:32.7), senior Gordon Fisher (Ocean Springs, Miss.) in 15th (25:37) and sophomore David Sayers (Ocean Springs, Miss.) in 16th (25:39.8). Nikkila, Wish and Kallgren all earned Second Team All-Conference honors for their times.

Hillsdale placed second in last year’s conference championships.

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