Baker selected MIAA Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week

FREELAND, Mich. – Olivet College junior Bruce Baker has been selected as the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week.

In a field of 174 runners, Baker placed sixth at the Lansing Community College Invitational Oct. 7 at Grand Woods Park in Lansing. Four of the runners ahead of him were unattached and the fifth was from an NAIA institution. Baker crossed the finish line of the 8K race in 26:21.9.

Olivet competes Saturday at the Inter-Regional Rumble, hosted by Oberlin (Ohio) College. The men's 8K race starts at 10:30 a.m.