Alma College

College Career
2024

• Competed in seven races for Alma
• Ran a personal best 5k time of 20:12.6 at the 5th Annual Northwood Invite
• Ran a personal best 6k time of 23:40.3 at the 2025 MIAA Championships
• Ran the 13th fastest 6k in program history (23:40)

2023

• Competed in 7 races for Alma
• Ran a season best 8k time of 24:00 at the NCAA Regional Meet.

High School: Cross Country (2019-2022), Track and Field (2020-2023), Wrestling (2020-2023) Cross country/track, Back to Back Conference Champions in cross country (2021 and 2022), Conference Runner-Up in Track and Field 2022, 2023 Conference Champion in the 1600 and 3200, Runner-Up in the 800. Traverse City Record Eagle All-Region First Team. State Qualifier in the 3200, Paul McMullen Scholarship Winner, 4 year varsity plaque in Cross Country, Track, and Wrestling. Fifth in school history in the 1600 and the 3200. Cross Country 3 time Academic All-State and 3 time State Qualifier, seventh fastest in schools history. Wrestling State Qualifier 4 times, Academic All-State twice, All-State finishes twice (6th in 2020 and 7th in 2021), Most Varsity Points earned by a female in school history, Andy Johnston award ... Valedictorian, National Honor Society Vice President

Community Involvement: Line judging volleyball games, ticket-taking for home basketball, football, and volleyball games, local summer enrichment program for kids, project Christmas, building a cross country course with and for veterans, coaching little kids wrestling

Why Alma?: I chose to attend Alma because of the great people and the opportunities that the college offers.

Personal: Russell "Buckie" Colton, Grandpa, Football, Central Michigan University