2009 Week One - MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Track and Field Rankings
PORTAGE, Mich., April 14, 2009 — Attached is the first 2009 MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking. 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 13, 2009
MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3 East Kentwood
4 Detroit-Cass Technical
5 Portage Northern
6 Pinckney
7 Lansing-Eastern
8 Romulus
9 Midland-HH Dow
10 Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
HM Rochester-Adams
Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3 Grand Haven
4 Waterford Mott
5 Flint Southwestern Academy
6 Lathrup Village-Southfield-Lathrup
7 Rockford
8 Troy
9 Rochester Hills-Rochester
10 Jackson
Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Zeeland West
2 East Lansing
3 Sparta
4 Williamston
6 Hamilton
5 Otsego
7T Fenton
7T Coopersville
9T Eaton Rapids
9T Detroit Country Day
9T Ypsilanti
Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Lansing
2 GR Forest Hills Northern
3 Chelsea
4 Detroit Renaissance
5 Yale
6T Ypsilanti
6T Holland Christian
8 Parma Western
9T Cheboygen
9T Croswell - Lexington
Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Allendale
2 Vermontville-Maple Valley
3 Albion
4 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
5 Grandville-Calvin Christian
6 Michigan Center
7 Hopkins
8 Perry
9 Reese
10 Montrose-Hill Mc Cloy
HM Wyoming Godwin Heights
Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard
2 Frankenmuth
3 Albion
4 Benzonia-Benzie Central
5 Flint-Hamady
6 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
7 Monroe-St Mary Catholic Central
8 Schoolcraft
9 Leroy-Pine River Area
10 Shepherd
Division 4 LP Boys
1 Potterville
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3 Sand Creek
4 White Pigeon
5 Hillsdale Academy
6 Harbor Springs
7 Manton
8 Auburn Hills-Oakland Christian
9 Hesperia Community
10 Webberville Community
Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Potterville
2 Reading
3 Mt Pleasant-Beal City
4 Harbor Beach Community
5 Pewamo-Westphalia
6 Morrice
7 Athens
8 Rochester Hills-Lutheran Northwest
9 Southfield Christian
10 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:
Division 1 UP Boys
no rankings due to limited competition thus far
Division 2 UP Boys
no rankings due to limited competition thus far
Division 3 UP Boys
no rankings due to limited competition thus far
Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
no rankings due to limited competition thus far
Division 2 UP Girls
no rankings due to limited competition thus far
Division 3 UP Girls
no rankings due to limited competition thus far
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
