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PORTAGE, Mich., April 21, 2009 -- Attached is the second 2009 MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking. This is the first week this year that we
include the Upper Peninsula rankings as they swing into action.
This is the only ranking of the boy's and girl's high school track and field teams for the entire state of Michigan. The rankings are released weekly
during the high school season. It covers both the Lower and Upper Peninsula for all school divisions.
The MichiganTrackandField.com rankings are compiled for each high school division by a vote of a panel of high school coaches who review all meet
results available to him/her within their respective division in an effort to provide the most accurate ranking possible. (All panelists are listed below.)
The criteria utilized for ranking by the panel is projected finish at the MHSAA Finals scheduled for May 30, 2009.
MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of April 20, 2009

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings

Division 1 LP Boys:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3 East Kentwood
4 Romulus
5 Detroit-Cass Technical
6 Portage Northern
7 Pinckney
8 Lansing Eastern
9 Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
10 Rochester-Adams
HM Midland-HH Dow

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3 Grand Haven
4 Flint Southwestern Academy
5 Lathrup Village-Southfield-Lathrup
6 Rockford
7 Waterford Mott
8 Rochester Hills-Rochester
9 Saline
10 Troy
HM Jackson

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Sparta
2 Zeeland West
3 East Lansing
4 Williamston
5 Otsego
6 Ypsilanti
7 Hamilton
8 Fenton
9 Linden
10 Lansing-JW Sexton
HM Eaton Rapids

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Lansing
2 Chelsea
3 Detroit-Renaissance
4T Ypsilanti
4T Yale
6 Parma-Western
7 Holland Christian
8 Cheboygan Area
9 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
10 Cheboygan Area
HM Croswell-Lexington

Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Albion
2 Vermontville-Maple Valley
3 Allendale
4 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
5 Grandville-Calvin Christian
6 Michigan Center
7 Perry
8 Hopkins
9 Montrose-Hill Mc Cloy
10 Reese
HM Wyoming-Godwin Heights

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Albion
2T Frankenmuth
2T Flint-Hamady
4 Benzonia-Benzie Central
5 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
6 Monroe-St Mary Catholic Central
7 Schoolcraft
8 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard
9 Leroy-Pine River Area
10 Stockbridge
HM Shepherd

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Potterville
2 White Pigeon
3 Sand Creek
4 Hillsdale Academy
5T Manton
5T Harbor Springs
7 Hesperia Community
8 Auburn Hills-Oakland Christian
9T Webberville Community
9T Pewamo-Westphalia

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Potterville
2 Harbor Beach Community
3 Pewamo-Westphalia
4 Mt Pleasant-Beal City
5 Reading
6T Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
6T Athens
8 Rochester Hills-Lutheran Northwest
9 Southfield Christian
10T Traverse City-St Francis
10T Morrice

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:

Division 1 UP Boys
Gladstone
Marquette
Escanaba
Negaunee
Soo

Division 2 UP Boys
Munising
Ironwood
Ishpeming
Norway
Ish.Westwood

Division 3 UP Boys
Iron Mtn
No. Dickinson
Rapid River
Lk. Linden-Hubbell
Cedarville
Crystal Falls-Forest Park
Upper Peninsula Girls

Division 1 UP Girls
Marquette
Iron Mountain
Negaunee
Kingsford
Houghton

Division 2 UP Girls
Munising
Norway
L'Anse
Ishpeming
Ish. Westwood
Division 3 UP Girls
North Central
Bark-River
Lake Linden-Hubbell
Superior Central
Rapid River & Pickford

For more information about the "MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Track and Field Ranking" contact Dan Wytko at phone 269.806.7001, Don Passenger
at phone 616.821.3156, or at email: forum@michigancrosscountry.com.

2009 Divisional Track and Field Ranking Panel:
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jeff Harding, Manton
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Brian Salyers, Milford
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track

Note: Rankers do not participate in every division or gender.
MichiganTrackandField.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 track and field and cross country issues.
Dan Wytko has coached track & field and cross country at Portage Central High School since 1994. He is a founder and co-meet director of the Portage
Invitational; one of the nation's premier high school cross country invitationals (http://portageinvite.com). His women's cross country teams have won
eleven division/conference titles, four regional titles, made eleven trips to the state finals, including four top ten finishes.
During Wytko's tenure as Portage Central track and field coach, his women's teams have won eight division/conference titles and one regional
championship. His men's teams have won two division/conference titles and one regional championship. His 2006 men's team finished as MHSAA
Division 1 State Finals Runner-up. Dan has also been a member of the Team Michigan Midwest Meet of Champions coaching staff since 2001 and he
is a member of the MHSAA Rules and Regulations Committee for cross country and track and field. Dan ran competitively in high school at Battle
Creek Lakeview, and he then concentrated on road runs during his collegiate years at Western Michigan University.
Don Passenger has been involved in Michigan track and field since the mid-1970s when he competed at Caledonia High School for coach John
Soderman. He ran at Saginaw Valley State (NAIA) and Grand Rapids Community College (NJCAA) earning seven All American honors in events
ranging in distance from the 800 meters to the marathon. He went on to compete for the University of Kentucky where he set the school record in the
1500-meter run and completed his athletic career at the University of Michigan. During his time at UM he was a varsity member of the Cross Country
team that finished sixth in the NCAA Cross Country Championship (1982) and a scoring member of the team that won the Big Ten Outdoor Track title
(1983). From 1998 to 2003 Don coached at the middle school level in Grand Rapids. Don is a registered MHSAA Track and Cross Country Official.
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. His track team has placed in the top three the past three years in the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Team State
Track Championships (2nd 2006, 3rd 2007, 1st 2008).
On the web: http://michigantrackandfield.com