PORTAGE, Mich., May 11, 2010 – MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking – Week Four

This is the only ranking of the boy’s and girl’s high school track and field teams for the entire state of Michigan by division. 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 Upper or Lower Peninsula Finals scheduled for June 5, 2010.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of May 9, 2010

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 East Kentwood
2 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
3 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
4 Holly
5 Troy
6 Grand Blanc
7 Portage Northern
8 Rochester-Adams
9 Pinckney
10 Southfield
HM Lansing-Eastern
HM Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
HM Highland-Milford

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Rockford
2 Rochester Hills-Rochester
3 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
4 Troy
5 Saline
6 Detroit-Cass Technical
7 Ypsilanti-Lincoln
8 Southfield
9 Jackson
10 Lake Orion

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
2 Williamston
3 DeWitt
4 East Lansing
5 Muskegon-Orchard View
6 Cedar Springs
7 Grand Rapids-Catholic Central
8 West Branch-Ogemaw Heights
9 Zeeland West
10 Whitehall
HM Vicksburg

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Grand Rapids
2 Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
3 Williamston
4 Flint Southwestern Academy
5 East Lansing
6 Sparta
7 Hamilton
8 Chelsea
9 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
10 Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg

Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Albion
2T Michigan Center
2T Allendale
4 Jackson-Lumen Christi
5 Ovid-Elsie
6 Benzonia-Benzie Central
7 Flint-Beecher
8 Frankenmuth
9T Whitmore Lake
9T Ida
HM Kent City
HM Detroit-Communication Media Arts
HM Freeland
HM Grandville-Calvin Christian

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Frankenmuth
2 Benzonia-Benzie Central
3 Schoolcraft
4 Allendale
5 Shelby
6 Hanover-Horton
7 St Charles
8 Michigan Center
9 Lansing-Catholic Central
10 Albion
HM Wyoming-Kelloggsville
HM Reed City
HM Freeland
HM Flint-Hamady

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Concord
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3T Manton
3T Big Rapids-Crossroads Charter Academy
5 Hillsdale Academy
6 Bath
7 Muskegon Catholic Central
8 Marcellus
9 Hesperia Community
10 Centreville
HM Saranac

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Pewamo-Westphalia
2T Manton
2T Fowler
4 Unionville Sebewaing
5 Reading
6 Mt Pleasant-Beal City
7 Centreville
8 Traverse City-St Francis
9T Saranac
9T Hillsdale Academy
HM Harbor Beach Community
HM Morrice

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:

Division 1 UP Boys
1 Marquette
2 Gladstone
3 Houghton
4 Escanaba
5 Neguanee

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Rudyard
2 St. Ignace
3 Iron Mountain
4 Manistique
5 – Crystal Falls Forest Park – West Iron County

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Pickford
2 Lake Linden-Hubbell
3 Ontonagon
4 Cedarville
5 Bark River-Harris & Superior Central

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Neguanee
2 Marquette
3 Calumet
4 Soo
5 Menominee – Houghton

Division 2 UP Girls
1 St. Ignace
2 Iron Mountain
3 Norway
4 Crystal Falls Forest Park
5 West Iron County – L’Anse

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Brimley
2 Ontonagon
3 Pickford
4 Dollar Bay
5 Detour and Bark River-Harris

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:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Rick Bauer, Saugatuck
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jeff Harding, Manton
Mike Jurasek, Albion
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Kyle McKown, Clare
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Jason Robinson, Freeland
Brian Salyers Milford
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Dan Wytko, Portage Central

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

PORTAGE, Mich., May 4, 2010 – MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking – Week Four

This is the only ranking of the boy’s and girl’s high school track and field teams for the entire state of Michigan by division. 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 Upper or Lower Peninsula Finals scheduled for June 5, 2010.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of May 3, 2010

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 East Kentwood
2 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
3 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
4 Holly
5 Troy
6 Rochester-Adams
7 Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
8 Grand Blanc
9 Southfield
10 Portage Northern
HM Pinckney
HM Romeo
HM Lansing-Eastern

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Rockford
2 Rochester Hills-Rochester
3 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
4 Troy
5 Saline
6 Ypsilanti-Lincoln
7 Detroit-Cass Technical
8T Jackson
8T Southfield
10 Walled Lake Western

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Zeeland West
2 Cedar Springs
3 DeWitt
4 Otsego
5 Muskegon-Orchard View
6 Haslett
7 Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
8 Williamston
9 Zeeland East
10 East Lansing

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Grand Rapids
2 Flint Southwestern Academy
3 Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
4 East Lansing
5 Williamston
6 Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg
7 Chelsea
8 Milan
9 Grand Rapids-Catholic Central
10 Croswell-Lexington

Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Albion
2 Kent City
3 Michigan Center
4 Allendale
5 Jackson-Lumen Christi
6 Freeland
7 Benzonia-Benzie Central
8 Flint-Beecher
9T Whitmore Lake
9T Frankenmuth
HM Detroit-Communication Media Arts
HM Ovid-Elsie
HM Grandville-Calvin Christian
HM Clare

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Frankenmuth
2T Schoolcraft
2T Benzonia-Benzie Central
4 Allendale
5 Hanover-Horton
6 Shelby
7 St Charles
8 Albion
9 Michigan Center
10 Lansing-Catholic Central
HM Flint-Hamady
HM Wyoming-Kelloggsville
HM Freeland

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Concord
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3T Manton
3T Big Rapids-Crossroads Charter Academy
5T Hillsdale Academy
5T Centreville
7 Marcellus
8 Hesperia Community
9 Saranac
10 Muskegon Catholic Central
HM Potterville
HM Bath

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Pewamo-Westphalia
2 Fowler
3 Manton
4 Centreville
5T Unionville Sebewaing
5T Reading
7 Mt Pleasant-Beal City
8 Harbor Beach Community
9 Traverse City-St Francis
10 Hillsdale Academy
HM Potterville
HM Homer

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:

Division 1 UP Boys
1 Gladstone
2 Marquette
3 Houghton
4 Escanaba
5 Neguanee

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Iron Mountain
2 St. Ignace
3 Stephenson
4 Rudyard
5 Manistique – Crystal Falls Forest Park

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Lake Linden-Hubbell
2 Pickford
3 Cedarville
4 Ontonagon
5 North Dickenson – Felch

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Neguanee
2 Soo
3 Marquette
4 Calumet
5 Menominee – Houghton

Division 2 UP Girls
1 St. Ignace
2 Iron Mountain
3 Norway
4 Crystal Falls Forest Park
5 Manistique – Gwinn

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Brimley
2 Dollar Bay
3 Ontonagon
4T Pickford
4T Lake Linden-Hubbell
4TDetour

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:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Rick Bauer, Saugatuck
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jeff Harding, Manton
Mike Jurasek, Albion
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Kyle McKown, Clare
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Jason Robinson, Freeland
Brian Salyers Milford
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Dan Wytko, Portage Central

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

PORTAGE, Mich., April 30, 2010 – MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking – Week Three
D3 AND D4 ARE CORRECTED — INITIAL SORT WAS IN ERROR

This is the only ranking of the boy’s and girl’s high school track and field teams for the entire state of Michigan by division. 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 June 5, 2010.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of April 26, 2010

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 East Kentwood
2 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
3 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
4 Holly
5 Southfield
6 Grand Blanc
7T Rochester-Adams
7T West Bloomfield
9 Troy
10 Detroit-Mumford
HM Flint-Carman-Ainsworth

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Rockford
2 Rochester Hills-Rochester
3 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
4 Troy
5 Jackson
6T Saline
6T Walled Lake Western
8 Detroit-Cass Technical
9 East Kentwood
10 Lake Orion

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Zeeland West
2 Cedar Springs
3 Otsego
4 DeWitt
5 Haslett
6 Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
7 Zeeland East
8 Williamston
9 Muskegon-Orchard View
10 Grand Rapids-Catholic Central

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 Flint Southwestern Academy
2 Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
3 East Grand Rapids
4 East Lansing
5 Williamston
6T Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg
6T Milan
8 Chelsea
9 Croswell-Lexington
10 Grand Rapids-Catholic Central

Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Albion
2 Kent City
3 Michigan Center
4 Allendale
5 Jackson-Lumen Christi
6 Flint-Beecher
7 Detroit-Communication Media Arts
8 Benzonia-Benzie Central
9 Whitmore Lake
10 Ovid-Elsie
HM Freeland
HM Vermontville-Maple Valley

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Frankenmuth
2T Schoolcraft
2T Benzonia-Benzie Central
4 Shelby
5 Allendale
6 Hanover-Horton
7 St Charles
8 Albion
9 Michigan Center
10 Flint-Hamady
HM Lansing-Catholic Central
HM Jackson-Lumen Christi

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Concord
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3 Manton
4 Big Rapids-Crossroads Charter Academy
5 Centreville
6 Hillsdale Academy
7 Marcellus
8 Hesperia Community
9 Muskegon Catholic Central
10 Potterville
HM Eau Claire
HM Saranac

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Pewamo-Westphalia
2 Fowler
3 Manton
4 Unionville Sebewaing
5T Saranac
5T Centreville
7 Traverse City-St Francis
8 Potterville
9 Harbor Beach Community
10 Mt Pleasant-Beal City
HM Homer
HM Hillsdale Academy

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:

Division 1 UP Boys
1 Marquette
2 Menominee
3 Houghton
4 Escanaba
5 Soo

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Stephenson
2 Ironwood
3 Ishpeming
4 West Iron County
5 Manistique

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Lake Linden-Hubbell
2 Ontonagon
3 Rapid River
4 Powers – North Central
5 Engadine

Division 1 UP Girls
1 Neguanee
2 Soo
3 Marquette
4 Calumet
5 Menominee – Houghton

Division 2 UP Girls
1 Norway
2 Munising
3 Manistique
4 West Iron County
5 L’Anse

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Ontonagon
2 Dollar Bay
3 Big Bay de Noc
4 Powers – North Central
5 Lake Linden-Hubbell

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:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Rick Bauer, Saugatuck
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jeff Harding, Manton
Mike Jurasek, Albion
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Kyle McKown, Clare
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Jason Robinson, Freeland
Brian Salyers Milford
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Dan Wytko, Portage Central

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

PORTAGE, Mich., April 20, 2010 – MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking – Week Two

This is the only ranking of the boy’s and girl’s high school track and field teams for the entire state of Michigan by division. 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 June 5, 2010.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of April 19, 2010

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 East Kentwood
2 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
3 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
4 Southfield
5 Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
6 Holly
7 Troy
8 Rochester-Adams
9 Pinckney
10 West Bloomfield
HM Grand Blanc
HM Romeo
HM Detroit-Mumford
HM Highland-Milford

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Rockford
2 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
3 Rochester Hills-Rochester
4 Troy
5 Saline
6 Romulus
7 Jackson
8 Waterford Mott
9 Ypsilanti-Lincoln
10 Southfield
HM East Kentwood
HM Detroit-Cass Technical
HM Walled Lake Western
HM Detroit-Mumford

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Zeeland West
2 Cedar Springs
3 Zeeland East
4 Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
5T Williamston
5T DeWitt
7 Haslett
8 Otsego
9 Alma
10 Muskegon-Orchard View
HM Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
HM Hamilton
HM East Lansing

Division 2 LP Girls:
1T Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
1T Flint Southwestern Academy
3 East Lansing
4 Williamston
5 East Grand Rapids
6 Milan
7 Chelsea
8 Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg
9 Croswell-Lexington
10 Grand Rapids-Catholic Central

Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Albion
2 Kent City
3 Michigan Center
4 Flint-Beecher
5 Detroit-Communication Media Arts
6 Jackson-Lumen Christi
7 Allendale
8 Benzonia-Benzie Central
9 Vermontville-Maple Valley
10 Whitmore Lake
HM Clare
HM Bangor

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Frankenmuth
2 Schoolcraft
3 Shelby
4 Albion
5 Allendale
6 Benzonia-Benzie Central
7T Flint-Hamady
7T Hanover-Horton
9 Michigan Center
10 St Charles
HM Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Concord
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3 Big Rapids-Crossroads Charter Academy
4 Centreville
5 Hillsdale Academy
6 Manton
7 Marcellus
8 Muskegon Catholic Central
9 Traverse City-St Francis
10 Eau Claire
HM Mayville

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Pewamo-Westphalia
2 Fowler
3 Manton
4 Saranac
5 Centreville
6 Potterville
7 Traverse City-St Francis
8 Unionville Sebewaing
9 Kinde-North Huron
10T Hillsdale Academy
10T Homer
HM Hesperia Community

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:
UP rankings will start next week.

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:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Rick Bauer, Saugatuck
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jeff Harding, Manton
Mike Jurasek, Albion
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Kyle McKown, Clare
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Jason Robinson, Freeland
Brian Salyers Milford
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Dan Wytko, Portage Central

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

PORTAGE, Mich., April 14, 2010 – MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking – Week One

This is the only ranking of the boy’s and girl’s high school track and field teams for the entire state of Michigan by division. 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 June 5, 2010.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of April 12, 2010

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1    East Kentwood
2    Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
3    Ann Arbor-Pioneer
4    Holly
5    Troy
6    Pinckney
7T    Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
7T    Rochester-Adams
9    Portage Northern
10    Detroit-Cass Technical
10T    Grand Blanc
HM    Southfield
HM    Romeo
HM    Highland-Milford

Division 1 LP Girls:
1    Rockford
2    Ann Arbor-Pioneer
3    Rochester Hills-Rochester
4    Troy
5    Saline
6    Romulus
7T    East Kentwood
7T    Southfield
9    Detroit-Cass Technical
10    Ypsilanti-Lincoln
HM    Waterford Mott
HM    Jackson

Division 2 LP Boys:
1    Zeeland East
2    Cedar Springs
3    DeWitt
4    Haslett
5    Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
6    Otsego
7    East Lansing
8T    Muskegon-Orchard View
8T    Williamston
10T    Alma
10T    Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
HM    Grand Rapids-Catholic Central
HM    Lansing-JW Sexton

Division 2 LP Girls:
1    Flint Southwestern Academy
2    Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day
3    East Lansing
4    Chelsea
5    Milan
6    Williamston
7    DeWitt
8    Croswell-Lexington
9    Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg
10    Grand Rapids-Catholic Central

Division 3 LP Boys:
1    Albion
2    Kent City
3    Allendale
4    Michigan Center
5    Benzonia-Benzie Central
6    Flint-Beecher
7    Jackson-Lumen Christi
8    Detroit-Communication Media Arts
9    Vermontville-Maple Valley
10    Whitmore Lake
HM    Clare
HM    Freeland

Division 3 LP Girls:
1    Frankenmuth
2    Benzonia-Benzie Central
3    Schoolcraft
4    Shelby
5    Allendale
6    Hanover-Horton
7    St Charles
8    Albion
9    Michigan Center
10    Flint-Hamady
HM    Jackson-Lumen Christi
HM    Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard

Division 4 LP Boys
1    Concord
2    Pewamo-Westphalia
3    Centreville
4    Manton
5    Marcellus
6    Hillsdale Academy
7    Potterville
8    Big Rapids-Crossroads Charter Academy
9    White Pigeon
10    Muskegon Catholic Central
HM    Traverse City-St Francis
HM    Eau Claire

Division 4 LP Girls:
1    Pewamo-Westphalia
2    Potterville
3    Fowler
4    Manton
5    Saranac
6    Centreville
7    Homer
8    Harbor Beach Community
9    Kinde-North Huron
10    Traverse City-St Francis
HM    Unionville Sebewaing
HM    Hillsdale Academy

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:
UP rankings will start next week.

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:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Rick Bauer, Saugatuck
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jeff Harding, Manton
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Mike Jurasek, Albion
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Kyle McKown, Clare
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Brian Salyers Milford
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Dan Wytko, Portage Central

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

PORTAGE, Mich., May 26, 2009 — Attached is the sixth and final 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.

Good luck to all teams and individuals headed to the Upper and Lower Peninsula Finals this weekend.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of May 25, 2009

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer 97
2 East Kentwood 96
3 Portage Northern 82
4 Rochester Adams 73
5 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central 64
6 Saline 63
7 Flint Carman-Ainsworth 52
8 Holly 46
9 Lansing-Eastern 43
10 Midland-HH Dow 35
HM Detroit-Cass Technical 34
HM Pinckney 28
HM Grandville 24

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer 94
2 Detroit Mumford 84
3 Romulus 83
4 Waterford Mott 80
5 Grandville 75
6 Flint Southwestern Academy 69
7 East Kentwood 51
8 Rochester Hills-Rochester 50
9 Rockford 42
10 Ypsilanti Lincoln 40
HM Grand Haven 31
HM Lathrup Village-Southfield-Lathrup 27
HM Saline 25
HM Grand Blanc 24

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Williamston 90
2 Zeeland West 88
3 Hamilton 82
4 Ypsilanti 77
5T Otsego 75
5T East Lansing 75
7 Sparta 71
8 Fenton 39
9T Vicksburg 38
9T Eaton Rapids 38
HM Haslett 30
HM Mattawan 24

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Lansing 100
2 Chelsea 91
3 Detroit-Renaissance 90
4 Ypsilanti 64
5 Yale 59
6 Parma-Western 53
7 East Grand Rapids 46
8 Lansing-JW Sexton 44
9 Ada-Forest Hills Eastern 35
10 Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg 31
HM Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern 30
HM Croswell-Lexington 28

Division 3 LP Boys:
1T Albion 90
1T Vermontville-Maple Valley 88
3 Allendale 85
4 Michigan Center 75
5 Grand Rapids-West Catholic 60
6 Kent City 60
7T Hopkins 54
7T Clare 38
9 Harrison Community 33
10 Perry 27
HM Stanton-Central Montcalm 21

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Frankenmuth 94
2 Albion 85
3 Schoolcraft 75
4 Benzonia-Benzie Central 69
5T Grand Rapids-West Catholic 63
5T Stockbridge 63
7 Jackson-Lumen Christi 42
8 Leroy-Pine River Area 38
9 Shelby 35
10 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard 27
HM Bronson 25
HM Allendale 25

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Potterville 100
2T Pewamo-Westphalia 90
2T Sand Creek 90
4 Whittemore-Prescott 70
5 White Pigeon 70
6 Concord 63
7 Harbor Springs 60
8 Manton 33
9 Muskegon Catholic Central 30
10 Saranac 27
HM Eau Claire 23
HM Hillsdale Academy 23

Division 4 LP Girls:
1T Pewamo-Westphalia 97
1T Potterville 97
3 Fowler 87
4 Harbor Beach Community 77
5 Reading 67
6 Athens 50
7 Saranac 40
8 Morrice 37
9 Traverse City-St Francis 33
10 Harbor Springs 30
10T Unionville Sebewaing 30
HM Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy 23
HM Manton 20
HM Southfield Christian 20

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:
Upper Peninsula Boys
Division 1 UP Boys
1 Gladstone
2 Marquette
3 Iron Mountain.
4T Calumet
4T Kingsford
4T Negaunee

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Ironwood
2 Munising
3 St. Ignace
4 Norway
5T Ishpeming
5T Rudyard

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Crystal Falls – Forest Park
2 Rapid River
3 Cedarville
4 Felch-North Dickinson
5 North Central

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Marquette
2T Negaunee
2T Iron Mountain
2T Calumet
5 Kingsford

Division 2 UP Girls
1T Ishpeming Westwood
1t St. Ignace
3 Munising
4T Norway
4t W.I.C.

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Brimley
2T Crystal Falls – Forest Park
2T Felch-North Dickinson
4 Ontanogon
5 North Central

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:
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
Brian Salyers, Milford
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
John Carlson, Belding
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Jeff Harding, Manton
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
John Osler, Ishpeming

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

PORTAGE, Mich., May 12, 2009 — Attached is the fifth 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.

This week as teams have completed many of their conference meets and all LP teams head to their regional meet on either Friday or Saturday, the ratings should heat up. We for the first time this season include the relative strength rating to the right of each ranked school. This indicator shows the rankers belief as to the relative strength of a program compared to the team above or below them.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of May 11, 2009

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 East Kentwood 97
2T Ann Arbor-Pioneer 90
2T Portage Northern 90
4 Detroit-Mumford 84
5 Lansing-Eastern 76
6 Detroit-Cass Technical 74
7 Pinckney 58
8 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central 56
9 Rochester-Adams 51
10 Romulus 37
HM Midland-HH Dow 26

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer 100
2 Detroit-Mumford 94
3 Flint Southwestern Academy 86
4 Grand Haven 81
5 Rockford 78
6 Rochester Hills-Rochester 73
7 Waterford Mott 60
8 Lathrup Village-Southfield-Lathrup 55
9 East Kentwood 28
10 Saline 26
HM Grand Blanc 24
HM Troy 22

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 East Lansing 100
2 Williamston 96
3 Ypsilanti 86
4 Sparta 85
5 Zeeland West 81
6 Otsego 76
7 Hamilton 71
8 Eaton Rapids 62
9 Fenton 53
10 Linden 27
HM Lansing-JW Sexton 26

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Lansing 100
2 Detroit-Renaissance 96
3 Ypsilanti 88
4 Yale 85
5 Chelsea 78
6 Parma-Western 68
7 Croswell-Lexington 62
8 Holland Christian 52
9 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern 48
10 Cheboygan Area 37
HM Hudsonville-Unity Christian 33

Division 3 LP Boys:
1T Allendale 97
1T Albion 97
3 Vermontville-Maple Valley 87
4 Grand Rapids-West Catholic 80
5 Grandville-Calvin Christian 65
6 Hopkins 63
7T Montrose-Hill Mc Cloy 55
7T Michigan Center 55
9 Perry 48
10 Kent City 33
HM Reese 20

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Frankenmuth 97
2 Albion 95
3 Benzonia Benzie Central 87
4 Grand Rapids-West Catholic 77
5 Schoolcraft 67
6 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard 63
7 Flint-Hamady 62
8 Monroe-St Mary Catholic Central 50
9 Stockbridge 33
10 Leroy-Pine River Area 27

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Potterville 100
2 Sand Creek 93
3 Harbor Springs 87
4 Hillsdale Academy 80
5 Pewamo-Westphalia 73
6 White Pigeon 67
7 Manton 60
8 Auburn Hills-Oakland Christian 53
9 Hesperia Community 47
10 Webberville Community 40

Division 4 LP Girls:
1T Traverse City-St Francis 93
1T Pewamo-Westphalia 93
3 Potterville 87
4 Fowler 83
5 Reading 77
6 Harbor Beach Community 67
7 Athens 60
8 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy 47
9 Harbor Springs 27
10T Southfield Christian 23
10T Mt Pleasant-Beal City 23
HM Manton 20

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:
Upper Peninsula Boys
Division 1 UP Boys
1 Gladstone
2 Escanaba
3 Marquette
4 Calumet
5 Houghton

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Munising
2 St. Ignace
3 Ironwood
4 Ishpeming
5 Norway

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Crystal Falls – Forest Park
2 Rapid River
3 Felch-No. Dickinson
4 Cedarville
5 Pickford

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Marquette
2 Iron Mountain
3 Gladstone
4 Kingsford
5 Calumet

Division 2 UP Girls
1 St. Ignace
2 Munising
3 Norway
4 L’Anse
5 Ishpeming

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Brimley
2 CFFP
3 Felch-No.Dickinson
4 Rapid-River
5T Superior Central
5T Bark River – Harris

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:
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
Brian Salyers, Milford
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
John Carlson, Belding
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Jeff Harding, Manton
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
John Osler, Ishpeming

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

PORTAGE, Mich., May 7, 2009 — Attached is the fourth 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 May 4, 2009

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 East Kentwood
2 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
3 Portage Northern
4 Detroit-Mumford
5 Lansing-Eastern
6 Pinckney
7 Rochester-Adams
8 Detroit-Cass Technical
9 Romulus
10 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
HM Midland-HH Dow

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3T Flint Southwestern Academy
3T Grand Haven
5 Rockford
6 Waterford Mott
7 Rochester Hills-Rochester
8T Lathrup Village-Southfield-Lathrup
8T Troy
10 Saline
HM East Kentwood

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 East Lansing
2 Williamston
3 Zeeland West
4 Sparta
5 Ypsilanti
6 Otsego
7 Hamilton
8 Eaton Rapids
9 Fenton
10 Lansing-JW Sexton
HM Linden

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Lansing
2 Detroit-Renaissance
3 Chelsea
4 Ypsilanti
5 Yale
6 Parma-Western
7 Croswell-Lexington
8 Holland Christian
9 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
10 Hudsonville-Unity Christian
HM Cheboygan Area

Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Albion
2 Allendale
3 Vermontville-Maple Valley
4 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
5 Grandville-Calvin Christian
6 Perry
7 Michigan Center
8 Montrose-Hill Mc Cloy
9 Hopkins
10 Reese
HM Wyoming-Godwin Heights
HM Kent City

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Frankenmuth
2 Albion
3 Benzonia-Benzie Central
4 Grand Rapids West Catholic
5 Flint-Hamady
6 Schoolcraft
7 Monroe-St Mary Catholic Central
8 Stockbridge
9 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard
10 Leroy-Pine River Area

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Potterville
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3 Sand Creek
4 Hillsdale Academy
5 White Pigeon
6 Harbor Springs
7 Manton
8 Auburn Hills-Oakland Christian
9 Hesperia Community
10 Webberville Community

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Potterville
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3 Traverse City-St Francis
4 Fowler
5 Reading
6 Harbor Beach Community
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
1 Gladstone
2 Escanaba
3 Marquette
4 Calumet
5 Houghton

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Munising
2 St. Ignace
3 Ironwood
4 Ishpeming
5 Norway

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Crystal Falls – Forest Park
2 Felch-No. Dickinson
3 Rapid River
4 Cedarville
5 Ontonagon

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Marquette
2 Iron Mountain
3 Gladstone
4 Kingsford
5 Escanaba

Division 2 UP Girls
1 St. Ignace
2 Munising
3 Norway
4 L’Anse
5 Ishpeming

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Brimley
2 Pickford
3 North Central
4 Rapid-River
5 Big Bay de Noc

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:
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
Brian Salyers, Milford
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
John Carlson, Belding
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Jeff Harding, Manton
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
John Osler, Ishpeming

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

PORTAGE, Mich., April 28, 2009 — Attached is the third 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 27, 2009

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 East Kentwood
2 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
3 Portage Northern
4 Detroit-Mumford
5 Lansing-Eastern
6 Pinckney
7 Detroit-Cass Technical
8 Romulus
9 Rochester-Adams
10 Novi-Detroit Catholic Central
HM Midland-HH Dow

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3T Flint Southwestern Academy
3T Grand Haven
5 Rockford
6 Waterford Mott
7T Lathrup Village-Southfield-Lathrup
7T Troy
9 Saline
10 Rochester Hills-Rochester
HM East Kentwood

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 East Lansing
2 Sparta
3 Zeeland West
4 Williamston
5 Ypsilanti
6 Otsego
7 Hamilton
8 Eaton Rapids
9 Fenton
10 Linden
HM Lansing-JW Sexton

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Lansing
2 Detroit-Renaissance
3 Chelsea
4 Ypsilanti
5 Yale
6 Parma-Western
7 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
8 Croswell-Lexington
9 Holland Christian
10 Cheboygan Area
HM Hudsonville-Unity Christian

Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Allendale
2 Albion
3 Vermontville-Maple Valley
4 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
5 Grandville-Calvin Christian
6T Perry
6T Michigan Center
8 Hopkins
9 Montrose-Hill Mc Cloy
10 Reese
HM Wyoming-Godwin Heights
HM Kent City

Division 3 LP Girls:
1T Frankenmuth
1T Albion
3 Benzonia-Benzie Central
4 Flint-Hamady
5 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
6 Schoolcraft
7 Monroe-St Mary Catholic Central
8 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard
9 Stockbridge
10 Shepherd
HM Leroy-Pine River Area

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Potterville
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3 Sand Creek
4 Hillsdale Academy
5 White Pigeon
6 Harbor Springs
7 Manton
8 Auburn Hills-Oakland Christian
9 Hesperia Community
10 Webberville Community

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Potterville
2 Pewamo-Westphalia
3 Reading
4 Fowler
5 Traverse City-St Francis
6 Harbor Beach Community
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
1 Gladstone
2 Marquette
3 Escanaba
4 Negaunee
5 Manistique

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Munising
2 Ironwood
3 Ishpeming
4 Newberry
5 St. Ignace

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Iron Mtn-No. Dickinson
2 Rapid River
3 Cedarville
4 Crystal Falls-Forest Park
5 Lk. Linden-Hubbell

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Marquette
2 Iron Mountain
3 Gladstone
4 Kingsford
5 Escanaba

Division 2 UP Girls
1 Munising
2 St. Ignace
3 Norway
4 L’Anse
5 Ishpeming

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Brimley
2 Pickford
3 North Central
4 Rapid-River
5 Big Bay de Noc

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:
Mike Northhuis, Portage Central
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
Brian Salyers, Milford
Ben Watson, Rockford
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
John Carlson, Belding
Asa Kelley, Benzie Central
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Grant Lofdahl, Allendale
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Jeff Harding, Manton
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
John Osler, Ishpeming

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

Brighton junior perfect on ACT
She earned a composite score of 36 on the national college admission and placement examination, which is essentially a perfect score. She was one of only four students in Michigan to earn a 36 on the December test.