Cornerstone University

Men's Cross Country Team Qualifies for National Championships

Nov 10, 2009

The men's cross country team earned an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships which will be held on Nov. 21 in Vancouver, Washington. The team received the automatic qualifier by winning the WHAC championship November 7th. By a two point margin, the Golden Eagles held off Aquinas College 42 to 44 points. This is the first time since 2001 that a team other than Aquinas haswon the WHAC championship. The win catapulted the Golden Eagles to 13th in the final NAIA rankings. The race will be held at Fort …

CORNERSTONE WINS THE WHAC

Nov 7, 2009

(Grand Rapids, Mich.) After running their worst race of the season two weeks ago, the Cornerstone Men’s Cross Country team dropped from thirteenth to thirty-second in the national rankings. In the process they went from an almost certain at-large bid to the NAIA National meet to only a slim chance. To make the National meet, Cornerstone needed to win the WHAC or finish very close to the winning team. Since 2001 that team has been Aquinas, who entered the meet ranked third in the latest NAIA poll. Unlike …

Ripley Wins Great Lakes Challenge

Oct 24, 2009

(Grand Rapids, MI) With four of the top fifteen teams in the NAIA entered, the Great Lakes Challenge promised to be a pivotal race going into the national qualifying meets in two weeks. Cold drizzle replaced the steady rain from earlier in the week, giving …

Cornerstone Eighth at Michigan Intercollegiate Championships

Oct 9, 2009

(Grand Rapids, MI) A week’s worth of rain softened the course at the Calvin College Gainey Athletic Complex, the site of the annual Michigan Intercollegiate Cross Country Championships. The preceding women’s 5,000 meter race turned the soft ground …