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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Doug Roorbach, Sports Information Director 585.567.9556

NJ Runner Signs with Highlanders 

Megan Platt(Houghton, N.Y.)—Megan Platt, standout cross country runner from Wayne, N.J., has signed a letter of intent to run for Houghton College this coming year. Platt earned Northern Hills All-Conference (second team) honors her junior and senior years in cross country and was All-Passaic County (N.J.) honorable mention as well.

            “She has had a solid high school running career,” says Bob Smalley, coach of the Highlanders cross country and track teams, “and we know that she will improve on her times as she trains with the outstanding group of teammates that she will have here at Houghton.”

            Platt was a member of the Wayne Valley High School track team that won the Passaic Valley County championship in three of her four years.

            Platt is the daughter of Ken and Diane Platt of Wayne, N.J. and the sister of Michael

Highlanders Assistant Cross Country Coach Matt Dougherty and Megan Platt at her letter of intent signing.

Platt, recent Houghton College graduate who ran the marathon at the NAIA national championships this spring. She intends to study business and communications at Houghton.

Houghton College has deep and solid roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play and in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference for the Kingdom on campus, in Allegany County, in the Northeast and around the world.  Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door for Houghton to be a leader, both in the Northeast and nationally, in character education. Through hands-on, innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and student-athletes are working together to change the culture of sport and to change our culture through sport.