As an aside, we are running a predict state meet contest this week
at http://michigancrosscountry.com/survey/public/survey.php?name=2010_state_meet_prediction_contest_v2
It is open to anyone. And now on to the rankings ....
PORTAGE, Mich, November 2, 2010 - Attached is the week eight 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
(Note: ELECTRONIC TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC:
https://mhsaa.ticketleap.net/ )
- or -
* the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals scheduled for Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Escanaba, MI.
Week of October 31, 2010
MichiganCrossCountry.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula)
MichiganCrossCountry.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
D1 LP Boys
1 Pinckney
2 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
3 Saline
4 Dexter
5 Grand Blanc
6 Highland-Milford
7 Brighton
8 Saginaw Heritage
9 Temperance-Bedford
10 Rockford
HM Grand Haven
HM Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
D2 LP Boys
1 Ionia
2 Mason
3 Grand Rapids FHN
4 Grand Rapids Christian
5T Fremont
5T St. Joseph
7 Richland Gull Lake
8 Mattawan
9 St. Clair
10 Otsego
HM Gaylord
HM Haslett
HM Chelsea
HM Dearborn Divine Child
D3 LP Boys
1 Grandville Calvin Christian
2 Shepherd
3 Lansing Catholic
4 Hillsdale
5 Perry
6 Benzie Central
7 Frankenmuth
8t Flint Powers
8T Whitmore Lake
10 Hemlock
HM Scottville-Mason County Central
HM Napoleon
HM Jackson Lumen Christi
HM Allendale
HM Evart
HM Schoolcraft
D4 LP Boys
1 North Muskegon
2 Bridgeman
3 Harbor Springs
4 Potterville
5 Concord
6 Hesperia
7 Hillsdale Academy
8 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart
9 Albion
10 Saugatuck
HM Royal Oak Shrine
HM Carsonville-Port Sanilac
HM Pewamo Westphalia
D1 LP Girls
1 Pinckney
2 Rockford
3 Traverse City Central
4 Grand Haven
5 Grosse Pointe South
6 Northville
7 Brighton
8 Saline
9 Midland Dow
10 Grand Blanc
HM Livonia Franklin
HM Salem
HM Monroe
D2 LP Girls
1 Grand Rapids Christian
2 Hamilton
3 Ionia
4 Ada Forest Hills Eastern
5 Warren Regina (Girls Only)
6 Otsego
7 East Grand Rapids
8 Mt. Pleasant
9 Cedar Springs
10 East Lansing
HM Dearborn Divine Child
HM DeWitt
HM Gaylord
HM St. Johns
D3 LP Girls
1 Hanover Horton
2 Benzie Central
3 Flint Powers
4 Kent City
5 St. Louis
6 Jackson Lumen Christi
7 Leslie
8 Stockbridge
9 Lansing Catholic
10 Schoolcraft
HM Grandville Calvin Christian
HM Shepherd
HM Dundee
D4 LP Girls
1 Harbor Springs
2 Hesperia
3 North Muskegon
4 Hillsdale Academy
5 Saugatuck
6 Royal Oak Shrine
7 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart
8 Fowler
9 TC Grand Traverse Academy
10 Concord
HM TC St. Francis
HM Bear Lake
MichiganCrossCountry.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:
Concluded for the 2010 Season.
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
