MIAA Champion Men’s Cross Country Puts Six on All-MIAA Teams

The MIAA champion and nationally ranked Hope College men's cross country team placed six runners on the All-MIAA Teams, including two first-team selections and four second-team honorees.

Junior Joe Waalkes and sophomore Aiden Moore claimed first-team accolades. Senior Nile Devers, junior Cooper Jacobsen, Elias Kretchmar, and sophomore Elijah Forbord earned second-team honors.

The Flying Dutch's recipients all finished in the Top 16 at the MIAA Championships, presented by Collegiate Credit Union, on Saturday at Marshall Country Club in Marshall.

Moore (Battle Creek, Michigan / Lakeview) repeated as an All-MIAA First Team honoree after a runner-up 8K time of 25 minutes, 1.7 seconds, a personal-best run.

Waalkes (Grand Rapids, Michigan / Grand Rapids Christian) earned his first All-MIAA distinction by placing sixth at 25:14.9.

Forbord, a biochemistry and molecular biology major from Howell, Michigan (Brighton) captured his second-team distinction by finishing ninth at 25:19.9.

Devers, an exercise science major from Gobles, Michigan (Gobles), received his first All-MIAA recognition by recording a 10th-place, personal-best effort of 25:21.7.

Jacobsen, an exercise science major from Grand Rapids, Michigan (Forest Hills Eastern), claimed his second All-MIAA accolade by clocking a 13th-place time of 25:30.4, a season-best.

Kretchmar, a mechanical engineering major from Granville, Ohio (Granville), earned his third All-MIAA award by placing 14th after a run of 25:34.4.

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Players Mentioned

Nile Devers: Senior; Exercise Science

Elijah Forbord: Sophomore

Cooper Jacobsen: Junior; Exercise Science

Elias Kretchmar: Junior; Mechanical Engineering

Aiden Moore: Sophomore

Joe Waalkes: Junior

Players Mentioned

Nile Devers
: Senior; Exercise Science

Elijah Forbord
: Sophomore

Cooper Jacobsen
: Junior; Exercise Science

Elias Kretchmar
: Junior; Mechanical Engineering

Aiden Moore
: Sophomore

Joe Waalkes
: Junior