Spartan Grand Classic

Cross Country · Spartan Grand Classic series #9

Sep 20, 2026
Lansing, Michigan
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Altitude: 859 ft

Men

8000m

Date of Event: 2026-09-20 Time of Event: 10:00 AM

Temperature: 59F Real Feel: 60F Dew Point: 59F Humidity: 97% Barometric pressure (sea level): 1015 hPa Barometric pressure (venue @ 859 ft): 983 hPa Wind: 8.1 mph @ 50° Visibility: 6.21 mi Rain: 0.75 mm/h Precipitation (total): 0.75 mm/h Wet bulb: 59.2°F Cloud cover: 100% UV index: 0.2 Weather Conditions: Rain Weather Description: light rain
AQI: Good (CO: 208.07, NO: 0.7, NO2: 6.07, O3: 16.51, SO2: 0.13, PM2.5: 8.48, PM10: 8.76, NH3: 0.73)

Team Scores

Place	Team	Score	Average Time (Top 5)
1	University of Michigan	29	26:18.64
2	Michigan State University	43	26:42.72
3	Grand Valley State University	80	28:27.86
4	Saginaw Valley State University	115	30:30.66
5	Central Michigan University	117	30:44.48

Men — 8000m
Place	Name	Grade	University	Result Time
1	Owen Ackerman	Sr	Michigan State University	25:49.30
2	Benjamin Gross	So	Grand Valley State University	25:51.30
3	Spencer May	Gr	University of Michigan	25:54.00
4	Matthew DeMeulenaere	Gr	University of Michigan	26:01.30
5	Colton Blackburn	Fr	University of Michigan	26:15.30
6	Ben Hartigan	Fr	Michigan State University	26:30.50
7	Gavin Wilkins	Fr	Michigan State University	26:38.30
8	James Barch	So	University of Michigan	26:41.00
9	Tramonti Williams	Fr	University of Michigan	26:41.60
10	Cole Winter	So	University of Michigan	26:47.90
11	Ian Cox	Jr	University of Michigan	26:48.30
12	Sean Stein	Jr	Central Michigan University	26:52.60
13	Gavin O'Meara	Fr	University of Michigan	27:01.20
14	Parker Tiethof	So	Grand Valley State University	27:03.00
15	Maxwell Durham	Fr	University of Michigan	27:08.60
16	Liam Elder		Michigan State University	27:16.20
17	Ryan Harper	Fr	University of Michigan	27:19.00
18	Nathan Beemer	So	Michigan State University	27:19.30
19	Josh Hamilton	Jr	Michigan State University	27:20.50
20	Gavin Steele	Sr	University of Michigan	27:24.90
21	Zach Wyderko	Fr	University of Michigan	27:46.90
22	Daniel Bruno	Sr	Michigan State University	27:47.70
23	Eric Overdier	Jr	Michigan State University	27:49.70
24	Giovanni Pardo-Keegan	Fr	University of Michigan	27:52.80
25	Dylan Shoresh	Jr	University of Michigan	27:54.90
26	Brandon Paine	Fr	University of Michigan	28:02.40
27	Prem Koshal	Fr	University of Michigan	28:08.20
28	Caleb Carignan		Michigan State University	28:18.30
29	Nolan Booth		Michigan State University	28:18.60
30	Caedmon Higgins	Fr	Hillsdale College	28:21.10
31	Aaron Putala	Jr	University of Michigan	28:21.80
32	Said Baca Mora	Fr	University of Michigan	28:23.80
33	Zachary Frayder	Jr	Michigan State University	28:34.60
34	Will Vander Lugt	Fr	University of Michigan	28:36.10
35	Jacob Howes	Jr	Saginaw Valley State University	28:44.20
36	Ryan Zannetti	Sr	Grand Valley State University	28:46.20
37	Rajan Fisher	Fr	University of Michigan	28:59.50
38	Andrew Harms	Sr	Michigan State University	29:19.90
39	Jack Zaske	Sr	Michigan State University	29:20.20
40	Caden Amy	Fr	Michigan State University	29:29.90
41	Ryan Widmer	Fr	University of Michigan	29:37.90
42	Austin Van Ek	Fr	Grand Valley State University	29:40.20
43	Zachary Becker	So	Michigan State University	29:42.60
44	Benjamin Beemer	Gr	Michigan State University	29:57.00
45	Miles Albert	Jr	Michigan State University	29:58.30
46	Michael Rossi	So	Central Michigan University	30:03.80
47	Jackson Edison	Fr	Hillsdale College	30:09.30
48	Allan George	So	Saginaw Valley State University	30:15.70
49	Johnny McKellar	Fr	Saginaw Valley State University	30:32.60
50	John Whitman	Jr	Saginaw Valley State University	30:41.00
51	Bailey Wiggins	Jr	University of Michigan	30:44.00
52	Collin Eckermann	So	Michigan State University	30:51.10
53	Joseph Sturtevant	Fr	Central Michigan University	30:51.70
54	Blake Elliot	So	Grand Valley State University	30:58.60
55	Jayden Zhang	So	University of Michigan	31:24.60
56	Owen Mantie	So	Michigan State University	31:24.90
57	Jack Huntington	So	University of Michigan	31:27.20
58	Gabe Rowell	Jr	Grand Valley State University	31:35.00
59	Ryan Holler	Fr	Hillsdale College	32:12.40
60	Noah Redman		Michigan State University	32:12.90
61	Duane Davis	Fr	Saginaw Valley State University	32:19.80
62	Carter Upper	So	Central Michigan University	32:27.70
63	Ben Boggs		University of Akron	32:33.40
64	Jack Brach	So	Michigan State University	32:33.70
65	Jonah Beauchamp	So	Michigan State University	32:55.00
66	Colin Coole	Fr	Central Michigan University	33:26.60
67	Elliot Cole	So	Grand Valley State University	34:02.30
68	Lucas Cox	Fr	Central Michigan University	34:09.20
69	Jason Xi		University of Akron	34:57.00
70	Ryan Montgomery	Jr	Grand Valley State University	35:42.20
71	Jayce Hyde	Fr	Michigan State University	35:59.70
72	Luke Schultz	Fr	University of Michigan	36:16.30
73	Tyler Kravitz	Fr	University of Michigan	36:17.60
74	Jace Vail	Fr	Central Michigan University	36:30.90
75	Aiden Callahan	So	Michigan State University	36:40.00
76	Denton Starkweather	Jr	Michigan State University	36:46.80
77	Jonathan Taylor	Fr	Hillsdale College	36:55.20
78	Andrew Young	Sr	Central Michigan University	37:29.00
79	Nathan Blondke	So	Michigan State University	38:59.60
80	Andrew McLear	Sr	Saginaw Valley State University	40:10.00
81	Blake Matthews	Jr	Central Michigan University	42:18.30
82	Jordan Bruwier	So	Central Michigan University	43:26.00
83	Anderson Howard	Gr	University of Akron	45:20.60
84	Cameron Kelly	Gr	University of Akron	46:21.70
85	Robert Arce	Sr	University of Michigan	51:53.20

Women

6000m

Date of Event: 2026-09-20 Time of Event: 11:00 AM

Temperature: 58F Real Feel: 58F Dew Point: 57F Humidity: 96% Barometric pressure (sea level): 1016 hPa Barometric pressure (venue @ 859 ft): 984 hPa Wind: 8.3 mph @ 53° (gust 17.4 mph) Visibility: 6.21 mi Rain: 1.78 mm/h Precipitation (total): 1.78 mm/h Wet bulb: 57.6°F Cloud cover: 100% UV index: 0.4 Weather Conditions: Rain Weather Description: moderate rain
AQI: Good (CO: 209.35, NO: 1.31, NO2: 5.05, O3: 15.94, SO2: 0.13, PM2.5: 7.89, PM10: 8.16, NH3: 0.65)

Team Scores

Place	Team	Score	Average Time (Top 5)
1	University of Michigan	17	22:25.00
2	Michigan State University	50	24:51.98
3	Grand Valley State University	93	26:23.82
4	Central Michigan University	111	27:54.48
5	Saginaw Valley State University	117	28:27.94

Women — 6000m
Place	Name	Grade	University	Result Time
1	Analeise Shact	Sr	University of Michigan	21:07.70
2	Laney Alig	Jr	University of Michigan	21:33.30
3	Hope Miller	Fr	University of Michigan	22:44.60
4	Natalia DeMea	So	Michigan State University	23:10.90
5	Pallavi Fisher	Jr	University of Michigan	23:15.00
6	Ayla Balazer	So	University of Michigan	23:24.40
7	Lucy Paliani	So	University of Michigan	24:06.70
8	MK Coates	Fr	Michigan State University	24:09.00
9	Lydia Binelli	Fr	University of Michigan	24:09.40
10	Jennifer Gage	Sr	University of Michigan	24:13.80
11	Jeralding Olivas	Jr	University of Michigan	24:17.60
12	Brenna Wendell	Sr	University of Michigan	24:31.70
13	Diane Weber	Jr	University of Michigan	24:33.30
14	Adysen Daman	So	Grand Valley State University	24:39.00
15	Olivia Morabito	Fr	University of Michigan	24:47.20
16	Alyssa Defields	Jr	University of Michigan	24:48.10
17	Olivia Meisner	Fr	University of Michigan	25:10.30
18	Stella Phillips	So	University of Michigan	25:16.60
19	Kaygan Dreasky	Jr	Michigan State University	25:22.40
20	Jane Barnett	Sr	University of Michigan	25:26.70
21	Julieta Turon	So	University of Michigan	25:31.90
22	Liana Salazar	Jr	Michigan State University	25:37.40
23	Natalie Bales	Jr	Saginaw Valley State University	25:39.60
24	Nora Hoekert	Sr	Central Michigan University	25:55.40
25	Lizzy Wiessinger	Fr	Michigan State University	26:00.20
26	Elizabeth Ambroggio	So	Michigan State University	26:04.90
27	Kate Varitek	Jr	Michigan State University	26:07.90
28	Anika Bery	Jr	Michigan State University	26:10.10
29	Emily Graves	Fr	Grand Valley State University	26:11.80
30	Emily Grob	Jr	Grand Valley State University	26:14.20
31	Lily Connors	Jr	Michigan State University	26:15.90
32	Janeen Alheleal	So	University of Michigan	26:20.40
33	Tess Scicluna	So	Central Michigan University	26:32.10
34	Maya Rohrer	Fr	Grand Valley State University	26:34.60
35	Chelsi Eisenga	So	Saginaw Valley State University	26:43.70
36	Mikayla Pietraszkiewicz	So	Michigan State University	26:47.80
37	Nora Schley	Jr	Michigan State University	26:53.20
38	Anika Petersen	Fr	Michigan State University	27:00.50
T39	Gwendolyn Kilpatrick	Sr	Central Michigan University	27:04.40
T39	Brianna Agon	Jr	Michigan State University	27:04.40
41	Gianna D'Angelo	Fr	Michigan State University	27:11.30
42	Hannah Sisson	So	University of Michigan	27:12.60
43	Mercedes Dziendziel	Fr	Michigan State University	27:17.00
44	Elaine Burkmyre	Jr	Michigan State University	27:21.00
45	Piper Williams	Fr	University of Michigan	27:23.10
46	Emma Underhill	Fr	Hillsdale College	27:43.00
47	Madelyn Sillman	So	Saginaw Valley State University	27:51.00
48	Aubrey Burke		Michigan State University	27:56.00
49	Grace Brown	Fr	Michigan State University	27:56.60
50	Lucy Johnson	So	Grand Valley State University	28:19.50
51	Katherine Paluszewski	So	University of Michigan	28:28.70
52	Jordan Smyth	Jr	Michigan State University	28:31.70
53	Rachael Wychuyse	Fr	University of Michigan	28:34.20
54	Athiei Manyang	So	University of Michigan	28:34.80
55	Kendal Swatosh	Jr	Central Michigan University	28:35.10
56	Lexy Andres	So	Saginaw Valley State University	28:41.90
57	Allison Giroux	Jr	Michigan State University	29:04.80
58	Alyssa Brown		Michigan State University	29:07.00
59	Katherine Kim	Jr	Hillsdale College	29:13.20
60	Charlotte Brach	So	Michigan State University	29:15.40
61	Ela Khasnabis Upton	So	University of Michigan	30:07.40
62	Jessica Kemnitz	Sr	Michigan State University	30:52.70
63	Libby Butchart	Jr	Central Michigan University	31:25.40
64	Rachel Vandergraaf	Fr	University of Michigan	31:43.10
65	Sawyer Collins	So	Central Michigan University	32:11.10
66	Sarah Weber		Michigan State University	32:33.20
67	Maya Zaleski	Jr	Michigan State University	32:39.30
68	Lily Starr	Gr	Central Michigan University	33:19.20
69	Alexis Kierpiec	So	Saginaw Valley State University	33:23.50
70	Paige Meister	Sr	Saginaw Valley State University	34:48.20
71	Elise Finkbeiner		Grand Valley State University	35:55.70

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