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PORTAGE, Mich, November 3, 2009 — Attached is the week eight/final MichiganCrossCountry.com Prep Ranking. Our rankings were the first to cover both boy’s and girl’s prep cross country teams for both the Lower and Upper Peninsula for all schools by division. The rankings are released weekly during the high school season.

The MichiganCrossCountry.com Prep Ranking is compiled for each high school division by a vote of 28 high school coaches or officials who review all available meet results in an effort to provide the most accurate ranking possible. A complete list of our panelists is at the end of this release.

The criteria utilized for ranking by the panel is projected finish at either:

* the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals scheduled for November 7, 2009 at Michigan International Speedway in Brookyln, MI

- or -

* the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals scheduled for Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Ludington Park, Escanaba, MI. (completed).

We include numerical scores reflecting the relative strength of teams in the opinion of the rankers. One hundred points signals a unanimous decision by all rankers that a particular team is number one.

MichiganCrossCountry.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula)
Week of November 2, 2009

MichiganCrossCountry.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
D1 LP Boys
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer 99
2 Pinckney 96
3 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central 89
4 Saline 80
5 Saginaw-Heritage 78
6 Rockford 72
7 Troy 67
8 Temperance-Bedford 65
9 Lake Orion 49
10 Monroe 38
HM East Kentwood 21
HM Canton-Plymouth 18


D1 LP Girls
1 Rockford 100
2 Saline 91
3 Pinckney 89
4 Grosse Pointe South 84
5 East Kentwood 70
6 Grand Haven 64
7 Traverse City Central 63
8 Troy 61
9 Ann Arbor-Pioneer 37
10 Livonia-Churchill 33
HM Birmingham-Seaholm 31
HM Brighton 14
HM Grand Ledge 14


D2 LP Boys
1 Ionia 97
2 Vicksburg 91
3 Linden 86
4 Ada-Forest Hills Eastern 85
5 Flint-Luke M Powers Catholic 83
6 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern 73
7 Grand Rapids-West Catholic 68
8 Fremont 63
9 Dexter 52
10 Williamston 42
HM Alma 24
HM St Joseph 22
HM Sturgis 22


D2 LP Girls
1T East Grand Rapids 98
1T Grand Rapids-Christian 98
3 Williamston 89
4 Hamilton 86
5 DeWitt 81
6 East Lansing 79
7 Cedar Springs 70
8 Ada-Forest Hills Eastern 66
9 Dearborn-Divine Child 60
10 Otsego 49


D3 LP Boys
1 Grandville-Calvin Christian 98
2T Benzonia-Benzie Central 94
2T Hillsdale 94
4 Kent City 84
5 Jackson-Lumen Christi 79
6 Chesaning 78
7 Freeland 65
8 Albion 63
9 Durand Area 48
10 Scottville-Mason County Central 46


D3 LP Girls
1 Hanover-Horton 100
2T Benzonia-Benzie Central 93
2T Leslie 93
4 Allendale 85
5 Kent City 78
6 Jackson-Lumen Christi 74
7 Schoolcraft 73
8 Caro 61
9 Macomb-Lutheran North 59
10 Lansing-Catholic Central 48


D4 LP Boys
1 Concord 98
2 Bridgman 95
3 Potterville 88
4 North Muskegon 86
5 Saranac 78
6 Harbor Springs 73
7 Hesperia Community 56
8 Bellevue 34
9T Bear Lake (Onekama ) 31
9T Hudson Area 31
9T Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy 31


D4 LP Girls
1 Manton 99
2 Harbor Springs 95
3 Mt Pleasant-Beal City 84
4T Battle Creek-St Philip Catholic Central (Battle Creek-Calhoun Christian School) 74
4T Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy 74
6 Hesperia Community 69
7 Saugatuck 64
8 Traverse City-Grand Traverse Academy 46
9 Royal Oak-Shrine Catholic 44
10 Saranac 34
HM North Muskegon 33
HM Boyne Falls 31


MichiganCrossCountry.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings (completed for 2009)


Now in our third year, MichiganCrossCountry.com was formed in 2007 by Dan Wytko and Don Passenger to bring recognition to the sport by accurately ranking Michigan teams and to provide a venue for discussion of cross country and track and field issues.

Dan Wytko has coached track & field and cross country at Portage Central High School since 1994. Don Passenger has been involved in Michigan track and field since the mid-1970s when he competed at Caledonia High School and from 2003 to present Passenger has coached the Grand Rapids West Catholic girls cross country team and the girls distance program in track and field.


Ranking Panel as of this release:
Ray Antel East Kentwood
Scott Banghart Mattawan
John Carlson Belding
Amy Coughlin Waterford Mott
Jill Evers Kent City
Rudy Godefroidt Hemlock
Jeff Harding Manton
Mike Holik Chelsea
Fred Hutchinson Grand Ledge
Doug Jager Grand Rapids Christian
David Jordan Concord
Mike Jurasek Albion
Asa Kelley Benzie Central
Grant Lofdahl Allendale
Steve Long Otsego
Gary Loubert Saginaw Heritage
Kyle McKown Clare High School
Mike Nesbitt Bay City Western
Mike Northhuis Portage Central
John Osler Ishpeming
Brian Salyers Milford
Joe Shay Central Lake
Tim Simpson Lansing Catholic Central
Mark Smith Suttons Bay
Cliff Somers Fremont
Ben Watson Rockford
Scott Werner Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Dan Wytko Portage Central

On the web: http://michigancrosscountry.com