Sept. 22, 2006

Results

Grand Valley State tallied a fourth place finish with 68 points at the Bulldog Invite hosted by Ferris State on Friday night. The Lakers were led by Nick Polk who won the race in a time of 25:25.00, 28 second ahead of the second place finisher. GVSU will race at the Sean Earl Invite in Chicago, Ill. on Sept. 30.

Nathan Fujioka took fifth place overall with a time of 26:37.00, while Brad Hunter ran a time of 26:45.00 to place seventh. Matt Anderson finished in a time of 28:05.00 for 37th place, Jeff Fujioka ran a time of 28:16.00, and Ross Faase finished the race in a time of 28:52.00.

"This was a nice effort by our second crew of men," said head coach Jerry Baltes. "Nick Polk got back on track after a rough start at Aquinas two weeks ago. I was please with how controlled our men stayed throughout the race, and how they continued to move up."

"The Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invite is a big meet for us as we will go against some of the best teams in the midwest," added Baltes. "We are very excited to see how much our fitness has improved over the last two weeks."