Michigan State track & field opened its 2015-16 slate on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Grand Valley State University Holiday Open. The Spartans recorded several top-five finishes, highlighted by four second-place efforts.

Michigan State track & field kicks of its 2015-16 season indoors at the Grand Valley State University Holiday Open in Allendale, Michigan, at the Kelly Family Sports Center. Competition begins at 3 p.m. with 60-meter hurdles.

Junior Alexis Wiersma concluded her cross country season with All-American honors after earning First-Team All-Big Ten and First-Team All-Great Lakes Region accolades earlier this year.

Michigan State cross country wraps up its season on Saturday, Nov. 21, at the NCAA Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Running kicks off with the women's 6,000-meters at noon and concludes with the men's 10K at 1 p.m.

Michigan State’s women’s cross country team, ranked No. 18 in the latest USTFCCCA Poll, earned an at-large big to the NCAA Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, on Nov. 21.

Michigan State’s men’s cross country program earned an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Championships with a second-place finish at the Great Lakes Regional on Friday at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Madison, Wisconsin.

Michigan State travels to Madison on Friday, Nov. 13, for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. The women’s 6,000-meter race takes off at 1 p.m. EDT, while the men’s 10K begins at 2 p.m.

Junior Alexis Wiersma and sophomore Clark Ruiz earned All-Big Ten accolades to lead Michigan State’s cross country program to a pair of top-five team finishes. The No. 21-ranked women’s team finished third, as the No. 19 men were fifth.

Michigan State's No. 19 men's program and No. 21-ranked women's cross country team kick off the 2015 championship season on Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Big Ten Championships in Chicago.

Michigan State men and women’s cross country teams had a solid outing in their final regular-season race Friday afternoon at the Eastern Michigan University Fall Classic at Hudson Mills Metro Park in Dexter, Michigan.