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Hillsdale's Gabriel Phillips approaches the finish line in first at the Chargers Invitational on Sept. 5, 2025.

Men's Cross Country

Phillips wins; Chargers second at season-opening home invitational

As an impact transfer in 2024, Gabriel Phillips helped the Hillsdale College men's cross country team bring home its first conference title in 24 years.

This year, as a senior, Phillips has his sights set on even more, and showed it with an impressive performance at Hillsdale's season-opening home invitational on Friday evening.

Phillips ran away from the field, taking first place in a five mile race by nearly 13 seconds over his closest competitor, Glen Davis of Wayne State. The senior finished in 20:10.3 to kick off what should be an exciting campaign.

As a team, the Chargers took second behind the Warriors, with 40 total points. Junior Caleb Youngstedt was Hillsdale's top finisher behind Phillips, placing ninth in 21:13.7. He was followed closely by freshman John Richardson, who ran an impressive first collegiate race to place 10th in 21:20.9, and sophomore Zach Self, who took 11th in 21:24.4.

Senior Nathaniel Osborne rounded out Hillsdale's scoring runners with a 13th place finish in 21:25.9, and Emil Schleuter took 23rd in 21:53.7 and Daniel Johnson 27th in 22:03.4 for the Chargers.

Hillsdale will be in action again a week from Friday, heading to East Lansing to run against a strong field at the annual MSU Spartan Invitational on Sept. 12.

 
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Players Mentioned

Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson

Sophomore
Nathaniel Osborne

Nathaniel Osborne

Senior
Gabriel Phillips

Gabriel Phillips

Senior
Zach Self

Zach Self

Sophomore
Caleb Youngstedt

Caleb Youngstedt

Junior
John Richardson

John Richardson

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson

Sophomore
Nathaniel Osborne

Nathaniel Osborne

Senior
Gabriel Phillips

Gabriel Phillips

Senior
Zach Self

Zach Self

Sophomore
Caleb Youngstedt

Caleb Youngstedt

Junior
John Richardson

John Richardson

Freshman