PORTAGE, Mich, October 12, 2010 - Attached is the week five
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 29 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 and knowledgeable coaches or officials willing to
provide rankings weekly are invited to email us and join our panel.

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

* the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals scheduled for November 6, 2010 at
Michigan International Speedway in Brookyln, MI

- or -

* the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals scheduled for Saturday, October 23,
2010 at Escanaba, MI.

Week of October 10, 2010
MichiganCrossCountry.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula)

MichiganCrossCountry.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
D1 LP Boys
1 Pinckney
2 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central (Boys Only)
3 Saline
4 Grand Blanc
5 Highland-Milford
6 Temperance-Bedford
7 Brighton
8 Saginaw Heritage
9 Dexter
10 Rockford
HM Grand Haven
HM Rochester Hills Stoney Creek


D2 LP Boys
1 Ionia
2 Mason
3 Grand Rapids FHN
4 Richland Gull Lake
5 Grand Rapids Christian
6 Fremont
7 St. Joseph
8 Mattawan
9 Gaylord
10 Ludington
HM Otsego
HM Haslett
HM Sparta


D3 LP Boys
1 Grandville Calvin Christian
2 Shepherd
3 Hillsdale
4 Lansing Catholic
5 Frankenmuth
6 Perry
7 Napoleon
8 Hemlock
9 Whitmore Lake
10 Schoolcraft
HM Benzie Central
HM Clare


D4 LP Boys
1 North Muskegon
2 Potterville
3 Bridgman
4 Harbor Springs
5 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart
6 Hesperia
7T Albion
7T Concord
9 Hillsdale Academy
10 Pewamo Westphalia
HM Saugatuck


D1 LP Girls
1 Grand Haven
2 Rockford
3 Traverse City Central
4 Brighton
5 Saline
6 Pinckney
7 Grosse Pointe South
8 Midland Dow
9 Northville
10 Salem
HM Hartland
HM Dexter
HM Livonia Churchill
HM Troy


D2 LP Girls
1 Grand Rapids Christian
2 Ada Forest Hills Eastern
3T Hamilton
3T Warren Regina (Girls Only)
5 East Grand Rapids
6 Ionia
7 DeWitt
8 Cedar Springs
9 Otsego
10 Mt. Pleasant
HM East Lansing
HM St. Clair
HM Grand Rapids South Christian


D3 LP Girls
1 Hanover Horton
2 Benzie Central
3 Kent  City
4 Flint Powers
5 Leslie
6 Lansing Catholic
7 Jackson Lumen Christi
8 Grandville Calvin Christian
9 Stockbridge
10 Shepherd
HM Schoolcraft


D4 LP Girls (Corrected)
1   Hesperia
2   Harbor Springs
3T  North Muskegon
3T  Hillsdale Academy
5   Saugatuck
6T  Concord
6T  Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart
8   Grand Traverse Academy
9   Traverse City St. Francis
10  Boyne Falls


MichiganCrossCountry.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings - Penultimate Week:
1T Marquette
1T Calumet
3 Escanaba
4 Soo
5T Gladstone
5T Houghton


D2 UP Boys
1 Rudyard
2 Stephenson
3 St. Ignace
4 Munising
5 Ishpeming


D3 UP Boys
1T Superior Central
2T Jeffers-Chassell
2T Cedarville
4T Carney-Nadeau
4T Rapid River

D1 UP Girls
1T Marquette
1T Calumet
3T Escanaba
3T Gladstone
5T Soo
5T Houghton


D2 UP Girls
1 Rudyard
2 Ironwood
3T St. Ignace
3T L’Anse
5 NONE - injury and illness

D3 UP Girls
1T Superior Central
1T Jeffers-Chassell
1T Cedarville
4T Carney-Nadeau
4T Pickford


This weeks featured invitationals are on Friday and Saturday.

Friday 10/15:
Montabella Cross Country Invitational
Oxford Cross Country Invitational
River Rat Open (Pre-Regional Invite)

Saturday 10/16:
Kent County Championship
Kayla O'Mara Memorial
Gabriel Richard XC Invitational
Greater Lansing Invitational
Dave Bork Classic
Northern Lower Peninsula Invitational
News Herald Championships
Macomb County Meet
Midland County Meet
Sturgis Kiwanis Invitational
Traverse City Central XC Meet

Now in our fourth season, 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 at Grand Rapids
West Catholic where he is currently the director of cross country.


Ranking Panel as of this release:
Ray Antel, East Kentwood
Rick Bauer, Saugatuck
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Rudy Godefroidt, Hemlock
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Stan Holmes, Flushing
Fred Hutchinson, Grand Ledge
Doug Jager, Grand Rapids Christian
David Jordan, Concord
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Emily Kloss, Harbor Springs
Mike Kloss, Harbor Springs
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Steve Long, Otsego
Kyle McKown, Clare High School
Mike  Nesbitt, Bay City Western
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Jason Robinson, Freeland
Brian Salyers, Milford
Joe Shay, Central Lake
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Cliff Summers, Fremont
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
Chad Zitzelsberger, Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart

On the web: http://michigancrosscountry.com