Rangers Win Conference Meet – MLive.com
Rangers Win Conference Meet

Advance Newspapers, October 26, 2009 3:02 p.m.
RANGERS WIN CONFERENCE MEET: The Forest Hills Central girls cross country team hadn’t won a league title this decade, but that changed last Thursday. The Rangers ran through their O-K Black dual meet season undefeated, then topped the rest of the field at the conference meet with a team total of 28 points.
Competing at Rycenga Park near Spring Lake, FHC placed four runners in the top-10 and all seven of its varsity girls in the top-17 to outpace runner-up Reeths-Puffer by 41 points.
“Our top-7 all ran really well,” said coach Ryan Schipper. “They cam edown with colds or the flu this week, but they battled and most were close to their PRs, if they didn’t set a new PR. I was very impressed with how they ran.”

OHHS sweeps NEMC cross-country meet – Ogemaw County Herald
Pinconning boys and girls each take second
OHHS sweeps NEMC cross-country meet

STANDISH — Both the Ogemaw Heights boys and girls teams finished first in the annual North East Michigan Confernce Cross-Country Championships, held Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Pine River Golf Course.

The OHHS boys have now won the title four years in a row, while the girls have won it seven-straight conference titles.

The Falcons scored 22 points to take first in the boys race, and 35 points to take first in the girls race.

Pinconning was second in both meets, scoring 43 in the girls’ race and 61 in the boys. Bay City John Glenn took third in the boys race with 92 points, Standish-Sterling Central took fourth with 98, and Tawas fifth with 101.

Tawas placed third in the girls race with 70 points, and were led by Emily Short, who won the race in 20:44. SSC finished fourth in the team standings with 90 points, while John Glenn placed fifth with 138 points.

OHHS boys dominated their race, taking five of the top-10 finishes, led by senior Martin Nelkie, who crossed the line first in 17:20 to claim his second straight NEMC individual title.

The Falcons’ Brain Valley was second (18:25), Steven Wysocki third (18:39), Casey Taylor seventh (19:20), and Bob Brent ninth (19:49).

In the girls’ race, OHHS runners took four of the top-10 finishes, led by Cheyenne St. Andrew’s fourth place finish in 22:44. The Falcons’ Shiloh St. Andrew was fifth (22:44.1), Andrien Steinhurst seventh (23:39), Jorie Diehl eighth (23:39), and Teya Immel 11th (23:45).

Dux Boys Place Second, While Girls take Thrid in O-K Green Meet – MLive.com
Dux Boys Place Second, While Girls take Thrid in O-K Green Meet

Advance Newspapers, October 26, 2009 2:53 p.m.
DUX BOYS SECOND, GIRLS THIRD IN GREEN: The Zeeland West cross country teams had a fine day at last Wednesday’s O-K Green conference meet at Ridge Point Church. The Dux boys placed second with 74 points, 11 behind Holland Christian’s winning total. The West girls finished with 94 points, behinds only Hamilton and Holland Christian.
“We ran very well,” said Dux coach Phil Hoover of his teams. “We knew going in which places we wanted and we pretty much went out and got those spots. These were our best finishes at a conference meet for Zeeland West, so I’m happy with how the season has gone.”
Seniors Chris Schulist and Tyler Bos led the West boys in third and fourth places respectively. Also placing in the team’s top-5 were junior Charlie Lewis, senior Troy Hammond, and freshman Jamin Lash.
Sophomore Rachele Schulist won her second O-K Green individual title, while senior Maddie Werley, sophomore Sherry Gaiser, and seniors Callie Kalinowski and Alissa DeRoo also ran well for the Dux girls team.
This Saturday, Zeeland West will compete in the Division 2 regional meet at Fellowship Greens Golf Course in Kentwood. The Schulist siblings will lead the Dux as they attempt to qualify for the state finals.

Here is this weeks edition as teams head into conference action. Sponsored by Chicken Out Catering and Mapes Insurance.

Irish win Class D cross country title – The Morning Sun Sports > Preps: Serving Clare, Gratiot and Isabella counties
Irish win Class D cross country title

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 12:00 AM EDT

By JIM LAHDE
Sun Sports Editor

Sacred Heart Academy wanted to win it and so did Bridget Bennett.

In the end both got their wish Saturday as the Irish girls won the Michigan Class D Cross Country Coaches Association state title at Buck’s Run Golf Course, finishing atop the 31-team field with 97 total points.

Bennett also had a day as she won the girls race via her second-fastest time of the season, 18:48. She also won the race last season coming in with a time of 18:40.

“I just wanted to go out and feel that first mile,” said Bennett, who finished nearly 50 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Brianne Feldpausch of Fowler. “I guess I was trying to run a little faster than usual because I didn’t want anyone catching me, that’s not a good feeling when that happens. I feel good about winning it but we wanted to win the team title too.”

And win it they did by having all five of their runners finish in the top 41.

Battle Creek St. Philip finished a close second …

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Viking, Reeths-Puffer girls finish 1st and 2nd at GMAA meet
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MUSKEGON — The Whitehall Viking girls cross country team won its third-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title Saturday, placing first among the nine-team field with 64 points. Area rival Reeths-Puffer finished second with 76 points, while Montague’s girls team did not field a full lineup.

On the boys side, North Muskegon shocked the field by taking the championship with just 38 points, while powerful Mona Shores finished as runner-up with 69 points.

The Viking girls got key finishes from Susie Klimowicz, who finished third with a time of 20:29, and Onica Endres, who was fourth with a time of 20:40. Reeths-Puffer was led by a ninth-place finish from Olivia Howard, who finished the 5k course at Orchard View High School in 21:03. Teammate Wendy Honick (21:17) was 13th and Allix Miller (21:20) finished 14th overall.

The Montague girls team, which was unable to field a full squad because of injuries and prior commitments, said Head Coach Terry Fick, was led by Makenzie Bortell (21:52), who was 26th overall, and Morgan Cullen (21:55) who was 27th.

On the boys side, Whitehall was the White Lake area’s top team, finishing fourth with 114 points. The Vikings’ efforts were led by a second-place finish by Greg Madendorp, who traversed the 3.1-mile course in 16:49. Teammate Blake Whittington (18:07) was 24th overall, and Chris Tindall (18:28) was 28th.

Cross country teams ready for regionals | thetimesherald.com | The Times Herald
Local cross country teams are gearing up for the home stretch of the season this week.
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On Saturday, area teams will travel to regional sites, with a spot in the state meet up for grabs.

The top three teams and 15 individuals at each regional will qualify for the state meet.

The field at Goodells County Park will be especially interesting.

Several local teams, including St. Clair, Marine City, Marysville, Croswell Lexington and Yale will all be on hand.

“As far as the team portion goes, our regional is really good,” Marysville girls cross country Coach Steve Rogers said. “Marine City and St. Clair are really good and Yale is also good. At this point, anything can happen.”