Bulldog Cross Country Squads Head To Houghton For GLIAC Championships This Saturday

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's cross country teams will compete in the 2023 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships on Saturday (Oct. 21) in Houghton, Mich.

The annual conference championships will be hosted by Michigan Tech University. The top runners from around the GLIAC will head to the Upper Peninsula for the league championships.

Saturday's event gets under way at 10 a.m. (ET) with the women's 6K race. The men's 8K event will begin at 10:45 a.m. (ET) with the awards ceremony to follow.

Grand Valley State is the defending champion on both the men's and the women's side.

Heading into the league championships, three men's league programs are featured among the nation's top 25 squads and three women's teams are ranked inside the top 30 of the latest United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Rankings.

Following this week's trip to the GLIAC Championships, the Bulldogs will then compete in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Championships on Nov. 4 in Evansville, Ind. The top qualifying teams from each regional will advance to the national championships on Nov. 18 in Joplin, Mo.

For more information on the GLIAC Championships, please visit this link:
https://gliac.org/tournaments/xc/2023-24/index