Lights will run in Michigan

The Montana State University-Northern men's cross country team received votes in this week's NAIA Coaches Poll. And that rise in the ranks has prompted head coach Chad Spangler to take the Lights on a new adventure.

Northern will attend a big, NAIA meet in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Lights are currently ranked third in the Frontier Conference behind Lewis-Clark State College and Rocky Mountain College.

"Looking at performances in the midwest where a lot of the nationally ranked teams are, I just think we can compete with them," Spangler said. "If we go out there and upset a couple of the curr...