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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

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Women's cross country team after winning the conference. Photo courtesy Dillion Baumchen.

Women’s cross-country team named MIAA conference co-champions

Dillion Baumchen, Sports Reporter
November 7, 2023

Calvin’s women’s cross-country team shared the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) conference championship with Hope College on October 28. It marks the first time the team has won...

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Cross country teams finish seventh, 27th at nationals

Andre Otte
November 25, 2013

The 2013 NCAA national championships ended in disappointment for both the men’s and women’s cross country teams this past weekend. Neither team accomplished all of the goals that that they set for...

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Men’s cross country wins 27th straight conference title, women win eighth of last nine

Andre Otte
November 4, 2013

The men’s and women’s cross country teams both took home first place trophies at the MIAA championship races this weekend, as well as 18 all-conference plaques between the two squads. On a soggy course...

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Women’s cross country wins meet, men top regional rival

Andre Otte
October 22, 2013

For the second year in a row, the women’s cross country team won the UW Oshkosh Invitational. On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Knights finally got their first cool racing weather of the season. The women took...

Opinion: "We've come a long way"

Opinion: “We’ve come a long way”

Nancy Meyer
November 30, 2012

Nancy Meyer has been the director of women's athletics at Calvin College since 1996. She also earned seven top-four national finishes as Calvin's women's cross country coach. Title IX, the mandate that...

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Cross country men finish season as national runners-up

Jeff Meitler
November 28, 2012

For six seniors on Calvin’s men’s cross country team, this was it. The culmination of their celebrated running careers ended at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country course in Terre Haute, Ind., landing...

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Men’s cross country takes regional championship, women take third

Jeff Meitler
November 13, 2012

The Yule Golf course in Alexandria, IN was the setting for the second-place nationally ranked men’s team to win their 17th consecutive regional title and qualify for nationals while the No. 6 ranked...

Former Olympic medalist brings faith into coaching

Kyle Rodriguez
October 31, 2012

Brian Diemer was given little chance to medal in the 1984 Olympics men’s 3000-meter steeplechase. Placed in the eighth lane to start the race, Diemer was in sixth place with less than a lap to go....

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Cross country men and women clinch MIAA championship

Jeff Meitler
October 27, 2012

The weather was perfect at the Wiffletree Hill golf course for the MIAA Conference Championships. Senior Dan Kerr and junior Nicole Michmerhuizen took the men’s and women’s individual championships,...

Senior Alyssa Penning finished sixth in 21:54.11. Photo courtesy calvin.edu.

Cross country wins Oshkosh Invitational, takes down defending champs

Jeff Meitler
October 15, 2012

When the weather is awful, Calvin runs well. This held true on Saturday as both the men’s and women’s teams took home the team titles in a race filled with nationally-ranked teams. Even without...

Job Christenson took sixth place on Friday. Photo by Jess Koster

Cross country places second at Michigan Intercollegiates

Jeff Meitler
October 9, 2012

It was a blustery day on Calvin’s Gainey cross country course Friday afternoon at the Michigan Intercollegiate Invitational.  Both the men and women placed second in their respective races against the...

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XC men and women place third at Notre Dame Invitational

Jeff Meitler
October 1, 2012

The varsity men’s and women’s cross country teams placed third in a stacked field which boasted some of the nation’s best NCAA Division III competition on Friday. The varsity teams spent the day...

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