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PORTAGE, Mich, September 13, 2011 - Attached is the week one
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 criteria utilized for ranking by the panel is projected finish at
either:

* the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals scheduled for November 5, 2011 at
Michigan International Speedway in Brookyln, MI

- or -

* the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals scheduled for Saturday, October 22,
2011 in Munising, MI.

Week of September 13, 2011
MichiganCrossCountry.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula)

MichiganCrossCountry.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings

D1 LP Girls School

1 Saline
2 Grosse Pointe South
3 Northville
4 Hudsonville
5 Grandville
6 Grand Haven
7 Brighton
8 Rockford
9 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
10 Traverse City Central
HM Dexter
HM Midland-HH Dow
HM Birmingham-Seaholm
HM Canton-Salem
HM Rochester Hills-Stoney Creek


D1 LP Boys School

1 Saline
2 Pinckney
3 Brighton
4 Saginaw-Heritage
5 Rockford
6 White Lake-Lakeland
7 Dexter
8 Highland-Milford
9 Waterford Mott
10 Hartland
HM Traverse City Central
HM Grand Blanc
HM Grand Haven


D2 LP Girls School

1 Cedar Springs
2 East Grand Rapids
3 Grand Rapids-Christian
4 DeWitt
5 Grand Rapids-South Christian
6 Warren-Regina
7 Dearborn-Divine Child
8 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
9 Spring Lake
10 Mason
HM East Lansing
HM Hamilton


D2 LP Boys School

1 Mason
2 Ionia
3 Haslett
4 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
5 Grand Rapids-Christian
6 Cedar Springs
7 St Clair
8 Linden
9 Sturgis
10 Sparta
HM St Joseph



D3 LP Girls School

1 Benzonia-Benzie Central
2 Hanover-Horton
3 Flint-Luke M Powers Catholic
4 Bath
5 Lansing-Catholic Central
6 Jackson-Lumen Christi
7 Caro
8 Charlevoix
9 Leslie
10 Stockbridge


D3 LP Boys School

1 Grandville-Calvin Christian
2 Lansing-Catholic Central
3 Benzonia-Benzie Central
4 Clare
5 Hillsdale
6 Stockbridge
7 Napoleon
8 Frankenmuth
9 Hemlock
10 Chesaning
HM Ithaca


D4 LP Girls School

1 North Muskegon
2 Hesperia Community
3 Homer
4 Traverse City-Grand Traverse Academy*
5 Concord
6 Royal Oak-Shrine Catholic
7 Traverse City-St Francis
8 Pittsford
9 Kalamazoo-Hackett Catholic Central
10 Breckenridge
HM Fowler
HM Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
HM Saugatuck


D4 LP Boys School

1 Concord
2 Evart
3 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
4 North Muskegon
5 Kalamazoo-Hackett Catholic Central
6 Breckenridge
7 Traverse City-Grand Traverse Academy*
8 Albion
9 Hesperia Community
10 Royal Oak-Shrine Catholic
HM Saugatuck
HM Mendon


MichiganCrossCountry.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings (only Division 1
Ranked this week):

D1 UP Girls School

1 Calumet
2 Marquette
3 Menominee
4 Houghton
5 Soo


D1 UP Boys School

1 Houghton
2 Calumet
3 Menominee
4 Soo
5 Gladstone


Now in our fifth 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.

The MichiganCrossCountry.com Prep Ranking is compiled for each high
school division by a vote of a panel of high school coaches, officials,
and others knowledgeable about our sport who review all available meet
results in an effort to provide the most accurate ranking possible. A
complete list of our panelists is below and knowledgeable coaches or
officials willing to provide rankings weekly are invited to email us and
join our panel.  Rankers only vote in the division where they have the
most experience.

2011 Ranking Panel:
Ray Antel, East Kentwood; Steven Aspinall, Salem; Scott Banghart,
Mattawan; Rick Bauer, Saugatuck; John Carlson, Belding; Amy Coughlin,
Waterford Mott; Greg Dutton, Napoleon; Rudy Godefroidt, Hemlock
(retired); Takashi Gould, Dexter; Mike Holik, Chelsea; Nick Hosler,
Portage Central; Royce Humm, Breckenridge; Fred Hutchinson, Grand Ledge;
Joan Ludtke, White Cloud (retired); David Jordon, Concord; Mike Jurasek,
Albion; Jeff Kauffman, Montabella; Asa Kelly, Benzie Central; Gary
Loubert, Saginaw Heritage; Daniel McElheny, Grand Rapids Christian; Kyle
McKown, Clare; Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western; Michael Northuis, Portage
Central; Don Passenger, West Catholic; Matt Richardson, Troy; Jason
Robinson, Freeland; Brian Salyers, Milford; Tim Simpson, Lansing
Catholic; Cliff Somers, Fremont; Tony Voisin, CMU; Ben Watson, Rockford;
Dan Wytko, Portage Central; Jim Martin, Sault Area.

On the web: http://michigancrosscountry.com