Men's Cross Country Puts Record 10 on All-MIAA Teams, Including Most Valuable Runner

11/6/2025 11:06:00 PM | By: Alan Babbitt

Led by Most Valuable Runner Logan Begeman, the MIAA champion Hope College men's cross country team produced the largest number of All-MIAA selections in program history.

Ten Flying Dutchmen made the 2025 All-MIAA Teams, including a record six first-team selections: Begeman, seniors Carston Cole and Lucas Guidone, sophomores Cooper Jacobsen and Elias Kretchmar, and freshman Aiden Moore.

Four earned Second Team honors: senior Jonathan Harlow, juniors Nile Devers and Ian Petruska, and freshman Elijah Forbord.

All-MIAA honors are determined by runners' individual finishes at the MIAA Championships. The top eight finishers earn First Team recognition; the next eight make the Second Team.

Begeman (Portage, Michigan / Portage Central) became Hope's 14th MIAA Most Valuable Men's Runner by clocking a winning 8K personal-record time of 25 minutes, 4.5 seconds at Broadway Acres Golf Course in Charlotte. The mechanical engineering major earned All-MIAA honors for the second time after claiming Second Team recognition in 2024.

Moore (Battle Creek, Michigan / Lakeview) finished third in his first MIAA Championships appearance and recorded a PR run of 25:09.3.

Cole (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa) repeated as an All-MIAA First Team honoree with a fifth-place time of 25:16.4. The exercise science major was also a Second Team selection in 2023.

Kretchmar (Granville, Ohio / Granville) posted his first All-MIAA First Team performance with a sixth-place run of 25:24.6. The mechanical engineering major was a Second Team honoree in 2024.

Guidone (Chicago, Illinois / Taft) finished seventh for his first All-MIAA award as a First Team honoree. The biochemistry and molecular biology major recorded a season-best 25:24.9.

Jacobsen (Grand Rapids, Michigan / Forest Hills Eastern) placed eighth for his first All-MIAA selection as a First Team recipient. The exercise science major ran a PR of 25:29.3.

Harlow (Holland, Michigan / Home School) took ninth and earned his first All-MIAA honor with a PR of 25:29.9. The mechanical engineering major was the top Second Team finisher.

Devers (Gobles, Michigan / Gobles) finished 11th and claimed his first All-MIAA accolade as a Second Team recipient with a season-best 25:33.5.

Forbord (Howell, Michigan / Brighton) earned Second Team honors in his first collegiate season, placing 15th with a PR of 25:52.2.

Petruska (Fort Collins, Colorado / Fort Collins) placed 16th in 25:52.9 to secure his first All-MIAA honor. The business major was previously a First Team selection in 2023 and 2024.

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