Oct. 25, 2003

Grand Valley State won both the men's and women's GLIAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The men's team tallied 35 points, a 25-point lead over Wayne State, while the women won with 27 points, a 69-edge over Northern Michigan.

Natalie Ewing won the women's race with a time of 21:46.2 and earned GLIAC Women's Runner of the Year and First-Team All-Conference honors for her performance. Kara Egan finished in second place with a time of 21:53.4 and Krista O'Dell took third, running in 22:06.5.

Megan Doerr recorded a ninth place finish with a time of 22:32.4, Steph Sliwinski finished in 12th place (22:39.1) and Adrian Chouinard was right behind her in 13th (22:39.5).

On the men's side, Mark Terpstra finished in second place overall with a time of 25:08.6. Blake Terhune was fourth (25:14.3), Chris Pabst took fifth (25:15.6), and Jeff Vyain finished in sixth place with a time of 25:17.6. Pabst earned GLIAC Men's Freshman Runner of the Year honors for his success in his first season with the Lakers. Casey Abston rounded out the scoring for the Lakers with a 18th place finish in a time of 25:49.9.

Head coach Jerry Baltes was named both GLIAC Men's and Women's Coach of the Year for leading the Lakers to another successful cross country season.

For complete results of the GLIAC Cross Country Championships, click on the link below:
GLIAC Cross Country Championship Results

For the women's all-conference teams and awards, click on the link below: Women's CC Awards

For the men's all-conference teams and awards, click on the link below: Men's CC Awards