Statewide high school rankings: Saline swimming No. 1 in Division 1 – AnnArbor.com
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

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DIVISION 1: 1. Pioneer, 2. Pinckney, 3. Detroit Catholic Central, 4. Saline, 5. Troy, 6. Saginaw Heritage, 7. Rockford, 8. Milford, 9. Novi, 10. Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills.

DIVISION 2: 1. Ionia, 2. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern, 3. Vicksburg, 4. Grand Rapids West Catholic, 5. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern, 6. Flint Powers, 7. Williamston, 8. (tie) Dexter, Grand Rapids Christian, 10. Linden.

DIVISION 3: 1. Grandville Calvin Christian, 2. Benzonia Benzie Central, 3. Hillsdale, 4. Chesaning, 5. Kent City, 6. Whitmore Lake, 7. Jackson Lumen Christi, 8. Freeland, 9. Mason County Central, 10. Shepherd.

DIVISION 4: 1. Concord, 2. Harbor Springs, 3. (tie) Bridgman, Potterville, 5. North Muskegon, 6. Saranac, 7. Bear Lake, 8. Hesperia, 9. Greenhills, 10. Bellevue.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
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DIVISION 1: 1. Saline, 2. Grosse Pointe South, 3. Rockford, 4. (tie) Pinckney, Troy, 6. Pioneer, 7. Livonia Churchill, 8. Grand Haven, 9. East Kentwood, 10. Traverse City Central.

DIVISION 2: 1. East Grand Rapids, 2. Grand Rapids Christian, 3. Williamston, 4. Hamilton, 5. Ada Forest Hills Eastern, 6. Cedar Springs, 7. Milan, 8. Otsego, 9. Dexter, 10. Dearborn Divine Child.

DIVISION 3: 1. Hanover-Horton, 2. Benzonia Benzie Central, 3. Allendale, 4. Leslie, 5. Kent City, 6. Schoolcraft, 7. Jackson Lumen Christi, 8. Lansing Catholic Central, 9. Caro, 10. Macomb Lutheran North.

DIVISION 4: 1. Harbor Springs, 2. Manton, 3. Hesperia, 4. Battle Creek St. Philip, 5. Saugatuck, 6. North Muskegon, 7. Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, 8. Grand Traverse Academy, 9. Beal City, 10. Royal Oak Shrine.

Michigan High School Sports – MLive.com
Flint Powers Catholic boys sweep Big Nine Conference cross country jamboree

The Flint Journal, October 07, 2009 10:31 p.m.

FLINT, Michigan – Flint Powers Catholic had the top three finishers and five of the top 12 to win a four-team Big Nine Conference jamboree Wednesday at Swartz Creek Golf Course.

Dan Foley was first in 17:11, Michael Stratton second in 17:15 and Matt Wallace third in 17:20 to lead Powers, which is 6-0 in the Big Nine.

Carman-Ainsworth’s Glenn Cosey was fourth in 17:34 and Davison’s Matt Heasty’s fifth in 17:49.

Powers beat Davison 23-33, Flushing 19-42 and Carman-Ainsworth 17-46. Davison had a 2-1 record, beating Flushing 19-35 and Carman-Ainsworth 20-39. Flushing beat Carman-Ainsworth 30-43.

Michigan High School Sports – MLive.com
Kent City Boys Runner-Up at Carson City; Boys Cross Country

Advance Newspapers, October 07, 2009 1:57 p.m.
KENT CITY BOYS RUNNER-UP AT CARSON CITY: At the Carson City Crystal Invitational, the Kent City teams didn’t know what to expect amongst the top-notch competition last Saturday.
The return of Alex Wilson to the racing lineup has put a spark in the boys’ team and they cruised to the second-place trophy behind Calvin Christian.
Four Eagles earned medals in the somewhat surprising finish: Alex Wilson (third), Kyle Busse (20th), Jake Holovka (27th), and Ryan Busse (30th). Brad Erbes, Jon Thebo, and Jeremy Craft all assisted in earning the runner-up spot. Wilson improved upon his first race by 25 seconds for his best thus far (16:30) in his injury-shortened season.

The News Herald: Breaking news coverage for Southgate, MI
CROSS COUNTRY: Woodhaven boys remain perfect

Woodhaven remained unbeaten in Downriver League competition after sweeping a double-dual meet from Lincoln Park and Trenton.

The Warriors defeated the host Trojans 20-35 and topped the Railsplitters 15-50 last Wednesday to run their record to 5-0 and take sole possession of first place.

“The boys were focused and it showed in their performance,” Coach Mike Dennisuk said.

Nick Perry, Grant Truskowski and Azam Khan took the top three spots for Woodhaven, which also got a sixth from Mike Kent and an eighth from Josh Denney.

Aaron Horst was fourth and Jake Sclater was fifth for the Trojans, who also topped Lincoln Park 15-50.

Victor Boron, Kurtis Brushaber and Michael Nowak rounded out the scoring for Trenton.

Woodhaven hosts Allen Park and Carlson today for its final league mee

West Michigan News from the Grand Haven Tribune a Michigan Newspaper
Lakers’ cross country continues strong season

Spring Lake’s girls cross country squad captured another first-place finish at the second Lakes Eight Jamboree on Tuesday, held in driving rain and wind at Orchard View High School.

Led by senior India Peek Jensen’s first-place showing, the Lakers outdistanced runner-up Ludington by a comfortable 40 points, 32-72. Fruitport was third with 77 points and Grant finished with 86.

“As a team we are making great strides each week,” Spring Lake coach Aaron Andres said. “Each girl knew that this was going to be a difficult meet. Ludington has improved each meet we have raced the past couple of weeks. Fruitport also ran a strong race and we had to stay focused and make sure we had no letdowns.”

With four finishers in the top 10, the Lakers wouldn’t allow a letdown to happen. Aside from Peek Jensen, sophomore Halle Billinghurst also had a strong performance by placing third (20:32.2); senior Hannah Nyboer was sixth (20:49.0) and Rosie Seitz took seventh (20:53.3).

Michigan Intercollegites on Tap for Cross Country – CMUChippewas.com—Official Web Site of Central Michigan University Athletics
Michigan Intercollegites on Tap for Cross Country
Courtesy: Katie Baker/CMU Athletics
Release: 10/07/2009

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Chris Pankow along with other members of the men’s cross country program look to get another race in before the Mid-American Conference Championships.
MOUNT PLEASANT — The Central Michigan University cross country program will travel to Grand Rapids, Mich. to compete in Michigan Intercollegiate hosted by Calvin College.

The Chippewas will look to run a variety of runners to get a better idea of a final roster for the Mid-American Conference meet.

“We will look to try to get some more athletes who did not run last weekend a chance to get another race in this weekend, “head coach Willie Randolph said.

With the MAC meet less than a month away CMU is looking to finalize rosters on both sides.

“This weekend will give us a chance to find who are our strongest runners are for both the men and women,” Randolph said. “We are becoming a very strong program and this is one more meet to strengthen our teams even more.”

The Michigan Intercollegiates is a prime race for many cross country programs, strong teams will be on tap for the race and create some very good competition.

“I expect to see a lot of good things this weekend,” Randolph said. “This should be a good weekend to get us ready for Pre-Nationals and the MAC.”

Michigan High School Sports – MLive.com

Gaylord Herald Times – Sports – Locals compete at Boyne cross country invite
Locals compete at Boyne cross country inviteBOYNE FALLS — Local cross country teams competed Saturday at the Boyne Falls Logger Invitational.

In an amazingly-close finsh, three boys teams — Onaway (94), Boyne Falls (95) and North Trails (96) finished within two points of one another.

Wolverine’s Jeremy Egas again cruised to the win, besting Central Lake’s Jordan Becker by 30 seconds (17:04).

For the Gaylord-based North Trails, Matt Oram had another good day, finishing fourth (18:01). Also, Kim Vi was 17th (19:37), Joe Zielinski was 23rd (19:46), Joel Castle was 25th (19:51), Trevor Shaw was 27th (20:06) and Dane Rasper was 30th (20:14).

St. Mary finished eighth and had two medalists, as Pat Makarewicz was 15th (19:22) and Cody Rivers was 16th (19:40). Also for the Snowbirds, Luke Wisniewski was 29th (20:13), Luke Brown was 55th (22:47) and Adam Makarewicz was 56th (22:50). Quinn Marquard turned in a personal best time, despite running on a slow and sandy course.

Eagles showing progress — But Pinckney runners prevail in cross country sweep | livingstondaily.com | Livingston Daily
Eagles showing progress – But Pinckney runners prevail in cross country sweep

By Tim Robinson
DAILY PRESS & ARGUS
• October 7, 2009

HARTLAND — For years, the Hartland cross country teams were afterthoughts in the Kensington Valley Conference.

But, a couple of years into the regimes of Matt Gutteridge (boys) and Mary Rinkus (girls), the Eagles are showing signs of running their way into the now-KLAA West elite.

The girls are closer than the boys, as evidence by Pinckney’s 26-29 victory.

Avery Evenson, the two-sport (she also is on the swim team) fall standout for Hartland, won by another large margin, clocking in at 18 minutes, 21 seconds, surprising, among others, Pinckney’s Jessica Wines.

“I didn’t really know about her,” Wines said. “I knew (Hartland) had a fast runner. I wasn’t expecting her to be that fast.”

Wines, who was second in 19:10, was in the position of achieving one goal only to find another was well ahead of her.

“I had never beaten Anna (Pasternak) before,” Wines said, “and I was trying to get past her.”

She succeeded, beating Pasternak, whose season debut was delayed by injuries until last week, by 12 seconds.

Hartland has been paced by three freshmen most of the season. Besides Evenson, Kaitlin Halonen and Alyssa Pumford also finished in the top 10 overall.

“I’m liking what I see out of Kaitlin,” Hartland coach Mary Rinkus said. “She’s really stepped it up. Alyssa is right there with Kaitlin. Those two are racing very well together.”

The Pinckney boys won easily, 19-42, with Tanner Pesonen crossing the finish line first in 16:01. Both Pinckney squads improved to 4-0 in the KLAA West, while both Hartland teams are 1-3.

But, like Rinkus, Gutteridge says he likes the progress his team has made.

“It’s Pinckney,” Gutteridge said. “We knew what we were getting into. We had another sophomore break 17 for the first time, so right now my front two runners are sophomores, and my next pack has a sophomore and a freshman in it. We’re getting good leadership and we’re running hard. I was happy with today.”

At this time of year, times are of the essence, the lower the better, and the Hartland coach likes what he sees, very much.
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“We’re back to where we were at the end of last season. It’s still early October. We’re not racing as much as we had last year, so I think we have a real chance to run fast at the end of the year. Maybe we can sneak up on someone at the regional. Who knows? I think my kids believe they have a shot in every race they run, and as long as they have that attitude, let’s go have some fun.”
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The Hartland girls have plenty of fun set up for the coming week, with another shot at Pinckney at Saturday’s Portage Invitational along with Brighton, then a season-ending dual at Brighton next week.

“Pinckney’s got a real strong program, and to race them as well as we did today, I feel pretty optimistic as we go toward regionals,” she said.

Hartland’s boys won’t be going, but both Pinckney squads will be there.

“I think we’re going to be really ready for Saturday,” Carney said. “I think it’s going to be exciting for both teams. We have Milford next Tuesday, so we have two big meets in a row, and this was no small competition today. Especially for the girls.”

Contact Daily Press & Argus sports editor Tim Robinson at (517) 552-2863 or by e-mail at trobinson@gannett.com.

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