Durand’s David Madrigal to continue cross country, track career at Michigan State – MLive.com
Durand’s David Madrigal to continue cross country, track career at Michigan State

Bill Khan | The Flint Journal, February 27, 2010 7:51 p.m.
DURAND, Michigan — David Madrigal’s family is more loyal to him than to the University of Michigan.

Still, there is a line that won’t be crossed.

The Durand senior will wear the green and white of Michigan State when he runs college cross country and track, challenging the rooting interests of some family members.

“I’ve always been a State fan, but we have a lot of Michigan fans in my family,” Madrigal said. “They said they’ll support me, but they’re not going to support the team. There are more Michigan than Michigan State fans in my family. They said, ‘We’ll come watch you, but we’re not rooting for the Spartans; we can’t do it.’”

Fair enough. Cross country and track are primarily individual sports anyway.

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The Romeo Observer – Romeo, Michigan: Northern Macomb County’s weekly newspaper since 1866
Saliga awarded 2009-10
Scholar-Athlete award

by CHRIS GRAY
Observer Staff Writer
A Romeo athlete will represent his community as the recipient of a prestigious scholarship.
Senior Steven Saliga has been named one of 32 recipients of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s (MHSAA) Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2009-10 academic year, making him the third student in Romeo Community Schools’ recent history to earn it.
A total of 1,900 students from various school classifications applied for the scholarship this year. Applicants had to list their achievements in sports and extracurricular activities, have two letters of recommendation and submit a 500-word essay about the importance of sportsmanship.

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Heritage’s Nathaniel Ellsworth wins MHSAA scholar-athlete award – MLive.com
Heritage’s Nathaniel Ellsworth wins MHSAA scholar-athlete award

The Saginaw News, February 23, 2010 8:56 a.m.

Heritage senior Nathaniel Ellsworth earned a Class A Scholar-Athlete Award from the MHSAA. The winners will be honored at the halftime ceremonies of the Class C boys basketball final at the Breslin Center on March 27.

Ellsworth competed in cross country for four years and track for three. He was a three-time all-league honoree in cross country and the Saginaw Valley League MVP his senior season.

He is also a four-year member of the debate team, student assembly, class council and three-year member of National Honor Society. Ellsworth plans to attend either Michigan State University of James Madison University to study pre-law.

Michtrack Speaks: Records Falling Indoors
Records Falling Indoors
Shana Flanary, competing for Monroe this year, started the record ball rolling in January by adding two feet to her state record in the 20lb weight throw (45-7.5). Ten days later she smashed it again, reaching 48-4.5 at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing.

Then Dynasty McGee shocked at last Wednesday’s meet at Saginaw Valley, hitting a 19-8 in the long jump that surpasses Trinette Johnson’s 21-year-old record of 19-6.5. She came back in the triple jump and broke her own best of 37-4 with a 39-1.