Ferris State Cross Country Teams Head To GLIAC Championshps This Saturday

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's cross country teams will compete in the 2015 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships on Saturday (Oct. 25) in Milford, Mich.

The annual conference championships will be hosted by Wayne State University at the Kensington Metropark. The top runners from around the GLIAC will head to the Detroit area for the league championships.

Saturday's event gets under way at 11 a.m. (ET) with the women's 6K race. The men's 8K event will begin at 11:45 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.

On the women's side, five league schools are found in the top 25 of the latest United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Rankings, including three in the top 10 overall.

In the men's field, a pair of GLIAC schools are in the top 25 nationally and seven are found in the top 10 of the regional rankings, including Ferris State at number 10.

A year ago, the Bulldog men's squad placed seventh and the women took eighth place at the GLIAC Championships in Tiffin, Ohio. The FSU men eventually went on to place seventh at the NCAA-II Midwest Regional Championships while the women's squad placed 14th in regional competition.

Following this week's trip to the GLIAC Championships, the Bulldogs will then compete in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Championships on Nov. 7 in Evansville, Ind. The top qualifying teams from each regional will advance to the national championships on Nov. 21 in Joplin, Mo.

For more information on the GLIAC Championships, please visit this link:
http://www.gliac.org/sports/xc/2015-16/championships/2015