2008 Men’s Dream Meet - Track and Field
001. 381 Williamston
002. 373 East Kentwood
003. 318 East Lansing
004. 286 Gladstone
005. 272 Flint Carman-Ainsworth
006. 257 Pewamo-Westphalia
007. 234 Albion
008. 220 Pinckney
009. 202 Zeeland West
010. 200 Allendale (more…)

Michigan Men’s Power Rankings

This Week Last Week School Power Points Division
1 (1) East Kentwood 49.3 1
2 (3) Ann Arbor Pioneer 47 1
3 (2) Flint Carman-Ainsworth 39 1
4 (4) East Lansing 32 2
5 (6) Swartz Creek 25 1
6T (7T) Detroit Mumford 20 1
6T (9T) Dexter 20 2
8 (11T) Ovid-Elsie 19 3
9T (9T) Otsego 18 2
9T (13T) Saline 18 1
11 (6) Romulus 17 1
12T (16) Allendale 16 3
12T (18T) Lansing Everett 16 1
14 (11T) Northville 14.5 1
15 (7T) Williamston 14 2
16T (13T) Detroit Catholic Central 13 1
16T (13T) Inkster 13 1
18 (20) Midland Dow 12 1
19 (NR) Monroe 11 1
20 (24T) Milford 10.5 1
21T (18T) Jackson Lumen Christi 10 3
21T (NC) Lansing Sexton 10 1
21T (21T) Marine City 10 1
24T (23) Flint Southwestern 8.5 1
24T (NR) Rochester Adams 8.5 1

Michigan Women’s Power Rankings

This Week Last Week School Power Points Division
1 (1) Ann Arbor Pioneer 51.5 1
2 (7) Detroit Mumford 38 1
3 (4T) East Kentwood 37 1
4 (7) Grand Haven 34 1
5 (4T) Jackson 30.5 1
6 (3) Rockford 28 1
7 (2) Flint Southwestern 24.5 1
8T (8) Saline 22 1
8T (9) Southfield Lathrup 22 1
8T (NR) Rochester 22
11 (10) Waterford Mott 21 1
12 (6) Romulus 19 1
13 (NR) Troy 18 1
14T (25T) West Bloomfield 16 1
14T (25T) Ypsilanti 16 2
16 (13) Grand Blanc 12 1
17 (NR) Pontiac Northern 11.5 1
18 (14T) Zeeland East 11 2
19T (14T) Dexter 10 2
19T (NR) Fraser 10 1
19T (25T) Saginaw 10 1
22T (22T) Detroit Cody 8 1
22T (NR) Detroit Renaissance 8 2
22T (NR) Parma Western 8 2
25 (NR) Albion 6 3

These rankings are calculated by using the rankings at michtrack.org and scoring them as a hypothetical state meet.

PORTAGE, Mich., May 27, 2008 — Attached is the FINAL 2008 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 23 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 31, 2008.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of May 26, 2008

MichiganTrackandField.com Lower Peninsula Prep Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 East Kentwood
3 Detroit Mumford
4 Saline
5 Flint Carman-Ainsworth
6 Swartz Creek
7 Romulus
8 Pinckney
9 Midland Dow
10 Belleville
HM Livonia Stevenson
HM Detroit Catholic Central

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

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Williamston
2 East Lansing
3 Inkster
4 Zeeland West
5 Dexter
6 Whitehall
7 Ypsilanti
8 Detroit-Renaissance
9 Adrian
10 Sparta

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 Detroit-Renaissance
2 Grand Rapids-South Christian
3 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
4 East Lansing
5 Ypsilanti
6 Chelsea
7 Williamston
8 Goodrich
9 Grand Rapids-Christian
10 Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg
HM Yale

Division 3 LP Boys:
1T Albion
2 Allendale
3 Vermontville-Maple Valley
4 Perry
5 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
6 Ovid-Elsie
7 Saginaw-Swan Valley
8 Jackson-Lumen Christi
9 Reese
10T Napoleon
10T Michigan Center
10T Grandville Calvin Christian
10T Montrose

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Albion
2 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
3 Frankenmuth
4 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard
5 Leroy-Pine River Area
6 Vermontville-Maple Valley
7 Flint-Hamady
8T Stockbridge
8T Jackson-Lumen Christi
10 Schoolcraft
HM Monroe-St Mary Catholic Central

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Pewamo-Westphalia
2 Potterville
3 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
4 Webberville Community
5T Saranac
5T Jonesville
6 Sand Creek
7 Detroit Urban Lutheran
8 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
9 Traverse City-St Francis
10 White Pigeon

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Potterville
2 Reading
3 Athens
4 Southfield Christian
5T Traverse City-St Francis
5T Pewamo-Westphalia
6 Hillsdale Academy
7 Harbor Beach Community
8 Saranac
9 Mt Pleasant-Beal City
10T Homer
10T Battle Creek-St Philip Catholic Central (Battle

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:
Division 1 UP Boys
1 Glad
2T Menominee
2T Kingsford
4 Escanaba
5 Marquette

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Ironwood
2 Ishpeming Westwood
3 Ishpeming
4 Stephenson
5 Manistique

Division 3 UP Boys
1 North Dickinson
2 Rapid River
3 Cedarville
4 North Central
5 Forest Park

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

Division 2 UP Girls
1 Ishpeming Westwood
2 L’Anse
3 St. Ignace
4 Manistique
5T Hancock
5T Ironwood
5T Munising

Division 3 UP Girls
1 North Central
2 Brimley
3 Forrest Park
4 Big Bay
5T North Dickinson
5T Bark River

We have decided to hold our MichiganTrackandField.com Power Ranking of the top 25 boys and girls track teams in the state of Michigan regardless of division until later in the week as there are a number of championship meets this week with minimum qualifying standards.

For more information about either “MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Track and Field Ranking” or “Michigan Power Rankings”, contact Dan Wytko at phone 269.806.7001, Don Passenger at phone 616.821.3156, or at email: forum@michigancrosscountry.com.

2008 Divisional Track and Field Ranking Panel:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jill Evers, Kent City
Rudy Godefroidt, Hemlock
Emily Grantner, Battle Creek St Philip
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Robert Jazwinski, Dexter
Mitch Lutzke, Williamston
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Gary Meehan, Brighton
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Brian Salyers, Milford
Joe Shay, Central Lake
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Eric Swager, Chelsea
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 the team 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 20, 2008 — Attached is today’s 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 23 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 31, 2008.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of May 19, 2008

Lower Peninsula High School Track and Field Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 East Kentwood
3 Detroit Mumford
4 Saline
5 Swartz Creek
6 Flint Carman-Ainsworth
7 Midland Dow
8 Belleville
9 Pinckney
10 Romulus
HM Livonia Stevenson
HM Detroit Catholic Central

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

Division 2 LP Boys:
1T East Lansing
1T Williamston
3 Inkster
4 Dexter
5 Zeeland West
6 Detroit-Renaissance
7 Whitehall
8 Sparta
9 Ypsilanti
10 Adrian
HM Lansing-Waverly

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 Detroit-Renaissance
2 Ypsilanti
3 Grand Rapids-South Christian
4 Chelsea
5 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
6 East Lansing
7T Holland Christian
7T Williamston
9 Yale
10 Sparta
HM Remus-Chippewa Hills
HM Sturgis

Division 3 LP Boys:
1 Albion
2 Allendale
3 Perry
4 Vermontville-Maple Valley
5 Saginaw-Swan Valley
6 Ovid-Elsie
7 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
8 Jackson-Lumen Christi
9 Reese
10 Grandville-Calvin Christian

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Albion
2 Frankenmuth
3 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard
4 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
5T Vermontville-Maple Valley
5T Leroy-Pine River Area
7 Jackson-Lumen Christi
8 Flint-Hamady
9T Stockbridge
9T Schoolcraft
9T Monroe-St Mary Catholic Central

Division 4 LP Boys
1T Potterville
1T Pewamo-Westphalia
3 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
4 Webberville Community
5T Saranac
5T Jonesville
6 Sand Creek
7 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
8 Detroit Urban Lutheran
9 Genesee
10 White Pigeon

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Potterville
2 Reading
3 Athens
4 Southfield Christian
5 Pewamo-Westphalia
6T Hillsdale Academy
6T Harbor Beach Community
8 Saranac
9T Traverse City-St Francis
9T Homer

Upper Peninsula High School Track and Field Rankings
Upper Peninsula Rankings:

Division 1 UP Boys
1. Gladstone
2. Kingsford
3. Menominee
4. Calumet
5. Escanaba & Houghton

Division 2 UP Boys
1. Stephenson
2. Ironwood
3. Ishpeming Westwood
4. Manistique
5. St. Ignace

Division 3 UP Boys
1. Rapid River
2. Felch - North Dickinson
3. Cedarville
4. CFFP
5. Lake Linden-Hubbell

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1. Marquette
2. Kingsford
3. Iron Mountain
4. Escanaba
5. Calumet & Houghton

Division 2 UP Girls
1T. St. Ignace
1T. Ishpeming Westwood
3. Munising
4. Manistique
5. L’Anse

Division 3 UP Girls
1. Felch - North Dickinson
2T. Bark River
2T. North Central
4. Brimley
5. Big Bay and Rapid River

We also include the MichiganTrackandField.com Power Ranking of the top 25 boys and girls track teams in the state of Michigan regardless of division. The list is an objectively calculated ranking based on an imaginary meet using season best performances known to us. We utilize the season best lists published at michtrack.org (with permission of that site). Michtrack.org is the most respected track site in Michigan for season best lists. All Michigan teams are free to submit meet results to michtrack.org for inclusion in the Michigan Power Rankings.

MichiganTrackandField.com Men’s Power Rankings

This Week Last Week School Power Points Division
1 (1) East Kentwood 41.5 1
2 (6T) Flint Carman-Ainsworth 39.3 1
3 (5) Ann Arbor Pioneer 38 1
4 (2) East Lansing 34 2
6 (11T) Romulus 26.5 1
6 (NR) Swartz Creek 26 1
7T (4) Detroit Mumford 21 1
7T (3) Williamston 21 2
9T (9T) Dexter 18 2
9T (18T) Otsego 18 2
11T (11T) Northville 16 1
11T (8) Ovid-Elsie 16 3
13T (NR) Detroit Catholic Central 14 1
13T (NR) Inkster 14 1
13T (11T) Saline 14 1
16 (15) Allendale 12 3
17 (17) Okemos 11.5 1
18T (NR) Jackson Lumen Christi 11 3
18T (NR) Lansing Everett 11 1
20 (14) Midland Dow 10.5 1
21T (NR) Manchester 10 3
21T (NR) Marine City 10 1
23 (18T) Flint Southwestern 9.5 1
24T (18T) Belleville 9 1
24T (NR) Milford 9 1

MichiganTrackandField.com Women’s Power Rankings

This Week Last Week School Power Points Division
1 (1) Ann Arbor Pioneer 61.8 1
2 (4) Flint Southwestern 44.5 1
3 (3) Rockford 32 1
4T (5) East Kentwood 30 1
4T (2) Jackson 30 1
6 (8) Romulus 26.5 1
7 (6) Grand Haven 26 1
8 (12) Saline 24.3 1
9 (20T) Southfield Lathrup 24 1
10 (10) Waterford Mott 21 1
11 (7) Detroit Mumford 20 1
12 (18T) Detroit Cody 18 1
13 (13) Grand Blanc 12 1
14T (18T) Dexter 10 2
14T (16) Zeeland East 10 2
16 (22T) Detroit Renaissance 9 2
17T (NR) Utica 8.5 1
17T (NR) Yale 8.5 2
19 (NR) Ypsilanti Lincoln 8.3 2
20T (11) Flint Carman-Ainsworth 8 1
20T (NR) Parma Western 8 2
20T (NR) Saginaw Arthur Hill 8 1
20T (22T) Standish-Sterling 8 3
20T (NR) Zeeland West 8 2
25T (NR) Marine City 6 2
25T (22T) Richland Gull Lake 6 2
25T (14) Rochester Adams 6 1
25T (17) Saginaw 6 1
25T (22T) West Bloomfield 6 1
25T (20T) Woodhaven 6 1
25T (15) Ypsilanti 6 2

Week 3 of MichiganTrackandField.com’s Power Rankings showed moderate stability. The rankings place no limit on how many events one athlete can be scored in, unlike a real meet.

For more information about either “MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Track and Field Ranking” or “Michigan Power Rankings”, contact Dan Wytko at phone 269.806.7001, Don Passenger at phone 616.821.3156, or at email: forum@michigancrosscountry.com.

2008 Divisional Track and Field Ranking Panel:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jill Evers, Kent City
Rudy Godefroidt, Hemlock
Emily Grantner, Battle Creek St Philip
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Robert Jazwinski, Dexter
Mitch Lutzke, Williamston
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Gary Meehan, Brighton
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Brian Salyers, Milford
Joe Shay, Central Lake
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Eric Swager, Chelsea
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 the team 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 two years in the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Team State Track Championships (2nd 2006, 3rd 2007).

On the web: http://michigantrackandfield.com

PORTAGE, Mich., May 14, 2008 — Attached is today’s MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Track and Field 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 is the only ranking of high school track teams that 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 23 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 31, 2008.

MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Track and Field Ranking
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of May 12, 2008
Compiled by http://michigantrackandfield.com

Lower Peninsula High School Track and Field Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3 East Kentwood
4 Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
5 Flint Southwestern Academy
6 Belleville
7 Saline
8 Romulus
9 Grand Ledge
10 Lansing-Eastern
HM Northville

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 Jackson
3 East Kentwood
4 Detroit Mumford
5 Saline
6 Rockford
7 Flint Southwestern Academy
8 Romulus
9 Waterford Mott
10 West Bloomfield
HM Grand Haven

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 East Lansing
2 Detroit Renaissance
3 Williamston
4 Lansing-Waverly
5 Alma
6 Sparta
7 Inkster
8 Caledonia
9 Adrian
10 Battle Creek Lakeview
HM Dexter

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 Detroit-Renaissance
2 Ypsilanti
3 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
4 Grand Rapids-South Christian
5 Sparta
6 East Lansing
7 Grand Rapids Christian
8 Parma-Western
9 Chelsea
10 Williamston
HM Ludington
HM Farmington Hills-Harrison

Division 3 LP Boys:
1T Saginaw-Swan Valley
1T Albion
3 Berrien Springs
4 Allendale
5 Ovid-Elsie
6 Frankenmuth
7 Reese
8 Jackson-Lumen Christi
9 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
10 Cass City

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Albion
2 Frankenmuth
3 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard
4 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
5 Leroy-Pine River Area
6 Jackson-Lumen Christi
7 Parchment
8 Vermontville-Maple Valley
9 Shepherd
10 Clare

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Lutheran HS Westland
2 Potterville
3 Sand Creek
4 Reading
5 Jonesville
6 Springport
7 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
8 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
9 Webberville Community
10 Pewamo-Westphalia

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Southfield Christian
2 Ubly
3 Hillsdale Academy
4 Saranac
5 Reading
6 Athens
7 Potterville
8 Fowler
9 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
10T Rochester Hills-Lutheran Northwest
10T Pewamo-Westphalia

Upper Peninsula High School Track and Field Rankings
Upper Peninsula Rankings:

Division 1 UP Boys
1 Gladstone
2 Marquette
3 Menominee
4 Houghton
5 Kingsford

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Ishpeming
2 Ish. Westwood
3 Stephenson
4 St. Ignace
5 Munising

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Rapid River
2 Lake Linden Hubbell
3 Rock - Mid Penn
4 Bessemer
5 Superior Central

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Marquette
2 Soo
3 Houghton
4 Gladstone
5 Kingsford

Division 2 UP Girls
1 St.Ignace
2 Manistique
3 Munising
4 Newberry
5 Ish Westwood

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Bark River-Haris
2 Cooks - Big Bay deNoc
3 Rapid River,
4 Dollar Bay
5 Carney - Nadeau & Lake Lineen Hubbell

We also include the first ever MichiganTrackandField.com Power Ranking of the top 25 boys and girls track teams in the state of Michigan regardless of division. The list is an objectively calculated ranking based on an imaginary meet using season best performances known to us. We utilize the season best lists published at michtrack.org (with permission of that site). Michtrack.org is the most respected track site in Michigan for season best lists. All Michigan teams are free to submit meet results to michtrack.org for inclusion in the Michigan Power Rankings.

Michigan Men’s Power Rankings
This Week Last Week School Points Division
1 (3) East Kentwood 62.5 1
2 (1) East Lansing 58.5 2
3 (7) Williamston 32 2
4 (6) Detroit Mumford 31 1
5 (2) Ann Arbor Pioneer 30 1
6T (5) Flint Carman-Ainsworth 25 1
6T (8) Livonia Stevenson 25 1
8 (NR) Ovid Elsie 20 3
9T (NR) Dexter 18 2
9T (10) Lansing Everett 18 1
11T (9) Northville 16 1
11T (NR) Romulus 16 1
11T (4) Saline 16 1
14 (11) Midland Dow 15 1
15 (12) Allendale 13 3
16 (15) Portage Northern 11 1
17 (NR) Okemos 10.5 1
18T (17T) Belleville 10 1
18T (17T) Flint Southwestern 10 1
18T (19) Lansing Eastern 10 1
18T (20T) Lansing Sexton 10 1
18T (16) Otsego 10 2
18T (NR) Saranac 10 3
24T (NR) Fraser 9.5 1
24T (12T) Jackson 9.5 1

Michigan Women’s Power Rankings
This Week Last Week School Points Division
1 (1) Ann Arbor Pioneer 58 1
2 (2) Jackson 44 1
3 (3) Rockford 43.5 1
4 (5) Flint Southwestern 35 1
5 (8) East Kentwood 33.5 1
6 (6T) Grand Haven 32 1
7 (4) Detroit Mumford 27 1
8 (10) Romulus 26 1
9 (11) East Lansing 20 2
10 (6T) Waterford Mott 19 1
11 (15) Flint Carman-Ainsworth 15.5 1
12 (25) Saline 15 1
13 (22T) Grand Blanc 14 1
14 (NR) Rochester Adams 13.5 1
15 (9) Ypsilanti 12.5 2
16 (NR) Zeeland East 11 2
17 (NR) Saginaw 10.5 1
18T (16T) Detroit Cody 10 1
18T (16T) Dexter 10 2
20T (14) Southfield Lathrup 9 1
20T (13) Woodhaven 9 1
22T (NR) Detroit Renaissance 8 2
22T (16T) Frankenmuth 8 3
22T (NR) Lansing Everett 8 1
22T (NR) Ortonville Brandon 8 2
22T (NR) Richland Gull Lake 8 2
22T (16T) Standish Sterling 8 3
22T (NR) West Bloomfield 8 1

Week 2 of MichiganTrackandField.com’s Power Rankings showed a little shake-up in the men’s top five with East Kentwood taking over the number one position. Last week’s number one dropped to second and Ann Arbor Pioneer dropped to fifth. Williamson slides into fourth, while helping show the strength of division 2 schools. There are six new teams entering the rankings this week, with Ovid Elsie making the highest leap at the eighth spot. This was much in part to Maverick Darling’s stellar week as he broke the 9:00 minute barrier in Williamston on May 10, 2008.

The women’s side was much more stable at the top. Ann Arbor Pioneer maintained is hold on the top. Saline’s girls made the biggest leap within the rankings, moving from twenty-fifth to twelfth this week. Rochester Adams is the highest ranked new team to the rankings at fourteenth.

With regionals coming up this week, we expect there to be many great performances and some more movement in the power rankings.

For more information about either “MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Track and Field Ranking” or “Michigan Power Rankings”, contact Dan Wytko at phone 269.806.7001, Don Passenger at phone 616.821.3156, or at email: forum@michigancrosscountry.com.

2008 Divisional Track and Field Ranking Panel:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jill Evers, Kent City
Rudy Godefroidt, Hemlock
Emily Grantner, Battle Creek St Philip
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Robert Jazwinski, Dexter
Mitch Lutzke, Williamston
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Gary Meehan, Brighton
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Brian Salyers, Milford
Joe Shay, Central Lake
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Eric Swager, Chelsea
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 the team 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 two years in the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Team State Track Championships (2nd 2006, 3rd 2007).

On the web: http://michigantrackandfield.com

PORTAGE, Mich., May 6, 2008 — Attached is today’s 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 by michigantrackandfield.com during the high school season. It is the only ranking of high school track teams that covers both the Lower and Upper Peninsula for all school divisions.

The divisional rankings are compiled from information provided by a panel of 23 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 31, 2008.

Michigan High School Track Rankings
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of May 5, 2008
Compiled by http://michigantrackandfield.com

Lower Peninsula High School Track and Field Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 Detroit Mumford
3 East Kentwood
4 Flint Carman Ainsworth
5 Romulus
6 Belleville
7 Flint Southwestern Academy
8 Saline
9 Lansing Eastern
10 Grand Ledge
HM Northville
HM Pinckney
HM Portage Northern

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 Jackson
3 East Kentwood
4 Detroit Mumford
5 Romulus
6 Flint Southwestern
7 Rockford
8 Waterford Mott
9 West Bloomfield
10 Saline

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 East Lansing
2 Detroit Renaissance
3 Williamston
4 Battle Creek Lakeview
5 Sparta
6 Caledonia
7 Lansing Waverly
8 Adrian
9 Alma
10 Flint Kearsley
HM Wayland Union

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 Detroit Renaissance
2 Ypsilanti
3 Grand Rapids-South Christian
4 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
5 Sparta
6 Chelsea
7 Grand Rapids-Christian
8 Williamston
9 Farmington Hills-Harrison
10 Parma Western
HM East Lansing

Division 3 LP Boys:
(typo corrected from initial release)
1 Albion
2T Saginaw-Swan Valley
2T Berrien Springs
4 Allendale
5 Reese
6 Jackson-Lumen Christi
7 Ovid-Elsie
8 Frankenmuth
9 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
10 Cass City

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Albion
2 Frankenmuth
3 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
4 Ann Arbor-Gabriel Richard
5 Leroy-Pine River Area
6 Jackson-Lumen Christi
7 Parchment
8 Shepherd
9 Clare
10 Vermontville-Maple Valley
HM Saginaw-Valley Lutheran
HM Monroe-St Mary Catholic Central

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Lutheran HS Westland
2 Potterville
3T Jonesville
3T Springport
5T Reading
5T Sand Creek
7T Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
7T Webberville Community
9 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
10 Pewamo-Westphalia

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Southfield Christian
2 Ubly
3T Hillsdale Academy
3T Saranac
5T Athens
5T Reading
7T Fowler
7T Potterville
9 Rochester Hills-Lutheran Northwest
10 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy

Upper Peninsula High School Track and Field Rankings
Upper Peninsula Rankings:

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

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Ishpeming
2 Ish. Westwood
3 Stephenson
4 St. Ignace
5 Munising

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Rapid River
2 Lake Linden Hubbell
3 Powers - North
4 Central
5 Rock - Mid Penn
Superior Central

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Marquette
2 Soo
3 Houghton
4 Gladstone
5 Gwinn

Division 2 UP Girls
1 St.Ignace
2 Manistique
3 Munising
4 Newberry
5 Ish
Westwood

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Bark River-Haris
2 Cooks - Big Bay deNoc
3 Rapid River,
4 Dollar Bay
5 Carney - Nadeau

We also include the first ever Michigan Power Ranking of the top 25 boys and girls track teams in the state of Michigan regardless of division. The list is an objectively calculated ranking based on an imaginary meet using season best performances known to us. We utilize the season best lists published at michtrack.org (with permission of that site). michtrack.org is the most respected track site in Michigan for season best lists. All Michigan teams are free to submit meet results to michtrack.org for inclusion in the Michigan Power Rankings.

Michigan Mens Power Rankings

Rank School Points Division
1 East Lansing 46 2
2 Ann Arbor Pioneer 42.5 1
3 East Kentwood 36.5 1
4 Saline 30 1
5 Flint Carman Ainsworth 29 1
6 Detroit Mumford 27 1
7 Williamston 25.6 2
8 Livonia Stevenson 24 1
9 Northville 21 1
10 Lansing Everett 20 1
11 Midland Dow 18 1
12T Allendale 14 3
12T Jackson 14 1
12T Monroe 14 1
15 Portage Northern 13.5 1
16 Otsego 12.5 2
17T Belleville 12 1
17T Flint Southwestern 12 1
19 Lansing Eastern 11 1
20T Ferndale 10.5 2
20T Lansing Sexton 10.5 1
22T Detroit Catholic Central 10 1
22T Jackson Lumen Christi 10 3
22T Marine City 10 3
25 Inkster 9.5 2

Michigan Womens Power Rankings

Rank School Points Division
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer 64 1
2 Jackson 56.5 1
3 Rockford 47 1
4 Detroit Mumford 33.3 1
5 Flint Southwestern 31 1
6T Grand Haven 30 1
6T Waterford Mott 30 1
8 East Kentwood 27.5 1
9 Ypsilanti 20 2
10 Romulus 18 1
11 East Lansing 16 2
12 Ypsilanti Lincoln 12 2
13 Woodhaven 11.8 1
14 Southfield Lathrup 11 1
15 Flint Carman Ainsworth 10.5 1
16T Detroit Cody 10 1
16T Dexter 10 2
16T Frankenmuth 10 3
16T Standish Sterling 10 3
16T West Bloomfield 10 2
21 Portage Central 9.5 1
22T Grand Blanc 9 1
22T Grand Rapids South Christian 9 2
22T Troy 9 1
25 Saline 8.3 2

For more information about either Michigan High School Divisional Track and Field Rankings or Michigan Power Rankings, contact Dan Wytko at phone 269.806.7001, Don Passenger at phone 616.821.3156, or at email: forum@michigancrosscountry.com.

2008 Divisional Track and Field Ranking Panel:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jill Evers, Kent City
Rudy Godefroidt, Hemlock
Emily Grantner, Battle Creek St Philip
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Robert Jazwinski, Dexter
Mitch Lutzke, Williamston
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Gary Meehan, Brighton
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Brian Salyers, Milford
Joe Shay, Central Lake
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Eric Swager, Chelsea
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 the team 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 two years in the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Team State Track Championships (2nd 2006, 3rd 2007).

On the web: http://michigantrackandfield.com

PORTAGE, Mich., April 29, 2008 — Attached is today’s 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 by michigantrackandfield.com during the high school season. It is the only ranking of high school track teams that covers both the Lower and Upper Peninsula for all school divisions.

The rankings are compiled from information provided by a panel of 23 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 31, 2008.

Michigan High School Track Rankings
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of April 28, 2008
Compiled by http://michigantrackandfield.com

Lower Peninsula High School Track and Field Rankings
Division 1 LP Boys:
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3 East Kentwood
4 Belleville
5 Flint Southwestern Academy
6 Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
7 Grand Ledge
8 Romulus
9 Portage Northern
10 Saline
HM Lansing Eastern
HM Pinckney

Division 1 LP Girls:
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 East Kentwood
3 Jackson
4 Detroit Mumford
5 Saline
6 Rockford
7 Romulus
8 Flint Southwestern
9 Waterford Mott
10 West Bloomfield

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 East Lansing
2 Detroit Renaissance
3 Battle Creek Lakeview
4 Williamston
5 Sparta
6 Alma
7 Caledonia
8 Lansing Waverly
9T Adrian
9T Flint Kearsley

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 Detroit-Renaissance
2 Grand Rapids-South Christian
3 Ypsilanti
4 Sparta
5 Grand Rapids-Christian
6 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
7 Farmington Hills Harrison
8 Williamston
9 Chelsea
10 Parma-Western

Division 3 LP Boys:
1T Albion
1T Saginaw Swan Valley
3 Berrien Springs
4 Ovid-Elsie
5 Vassar
6 Frankenmuth
7 Saginaw Nouvel
8 Allendale
9 Jackson Lumen Christi
10 Reese
HM Grand Rapids-West Catholic

Division 3 LP Girls:
1 Albion
2 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
3 Parchment
4T Frankenmuth
4T Jackson Lumen Christi
6 Grand Rapids West Catholic
7 Leroy Pine River
8 Flint Hamady
9 Vermontville-Maple Valley
10 Lakeview
HM Hemlock
HM White Cloud

Division 4 LP Boys
1 Lutheran HS Westland
2 Jonesville
3T Potterville
3T Springport
5 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
6 Sand Creek
7 Reading
8 Royal Oak Shrine
9 Saranac
10 Pewamo - Westphalia
HM Pittsford
HM Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Southfield Christian
2 Ubly
3 Athens
4 Hillsdale Academy
5 Saranac
6 Reading
7 Potterville
8 Frankfort
9 Fowler
10 Rochester Hills-Lutheran Northwest

Upper Peninsula High School Track and Field Rankings
Upper Peninsula Rankings:

Division 1 UP Boys
1 Gladstone
2 Soo
3 Marquette
4 Menominee
5 Escananba,

Division 2 UP Boys
Stephenson
2 Ishpeming
3 Houghton
4 Ish Westwood
5 Munising

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Rapid River
2 Powers - North Central
3 Cedarville
4 Lake Linden Hubbell
5 Bessemer & Rock - Mid Penn

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Marquette
2 Escanaba
3 Soo
4 Iron Mountain
5 Houghton

Division 2 UP Girls
1 St.Ignace
2 Munising
3 Newberry
4 Ish Westwood
5 Norway

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Cedarville
2 Powers - North Central
3 Rapid River
4 Pickford
5 Brimley & Detour

For more information, contact Dan Wytko at phone 269.806.7001, Don Passenger at phone 616.821.3156, or at email: forum@michigancrosscountry.com.

2008 Track and Field Ranking Panel:
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
John Carlson, Belding
Amy Coughlin, Waterford Mott
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Jill Evers, Kent City
Rudy Godefroidt, Hemlock
Emily Grantner, Battle Creek St Philip
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Robert Jazwinski, Dexter
Mitch Lutzke, Williamston
Chinney McGee, Flint SWA
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Gary Meehan, Brighton
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
John Osler, Ishpeming
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Brian Salyers, Milford
Joe Shay, Central Lake
Tim Simpson, Lansing Catholic Central
Eric Swager, Chelsea
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 the team 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 two years in the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Team State Track Championships (2nd 2006, 3rd 2007).

On the web: http://michigantrackandfield.com

PORTAGE, Mich., April 22, 2008 — Attached is today’s ranking of the boy’s and girl’s high school track and field teams for the entire state of Michigan, released weekly by michigantrackandfield.com during the high school season. It is the only ranking of high school track teams that covers both the Lower and Upper Peninsula for all school divisions.

The rankings are compiled from information provided by a panel of 24 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 31, 2008.

Michigan High School Track Rankings
(Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula)
Week of April 21, 2008
Compiled by http://michigantrackandfield.com

Lower Peninsula Rankings

Boys LP Division 1
1 Ann Arbor-Pioneer
2 Detroit-Mumford
3 East Kentwood
4 Belleville
5 Grand Ledge
6 Flint Southwestern Academy
7 Flint-Carman-Ainsworth
8 Romulus
9 Portage Northern
10 Pinckney
HM Kalamazoo Central
HM Lansing-Eastern
HM Saline

Girls LP Division 1
1 Ann Arbor Pioneer
2 Detroit Mumford
3 Jackson
4 East Kentwood
5 Saline
6 Romulus
7 West Bloomfield
8 Rockford
9 Waterford Mott
10 Flint Southwestern
HM Grand Haven
HM Rochester
HM Port Huron
HM Troy

Boys LP Division 2
1 East Lansing
2 Detroit Renaissance
3 Battle Creek Lakeview
4 Caledonia
5 Alma
6 Williamston
7 Byron Center
8 Fremont
9 Lansing Waverly
10 Adrian
HM Sparta
HM Flint-Kearsley
HM Ludington
HM DeWitt

Girls LP Division 2
1 Detroit-Renaissance
2 Grand Rapids-South Christian
3 Ypsilanti
4 Grand Rapids-Forest Hills Northern
5 Grand Rapids Christian
6 Sparta
7 Farmington Hills-Harrison
8 Parma Western
9 Byron Center
10 Chelsea
HM Williamston
HM Ludington
HM Alma
HM Linden
HM Battle Creek Lakeview
HM Gaylord
HM Petosky

Boys LP Division 3
1 Albion
2 Saginaw-Swan Valley
3T Berrien Springs
3T Frankenmuth
5 Ovid-Elsie
6 Vassar
7 Jackson-Lumen Christi
8 Reese
9 Saginaw-Nouvel Catholic Central
10 Grand Rapids-West Catholic
HM Allendale
HM Sanford-Meridian
HM Montrose-Hill Mc Cloy
HM Harrison Community
HM Manchester

Girls LP Division 3
1 Albion
2 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
3 Jackson Lumen Christi
4 Parchment
5 Frankenmuth
6 Grand Rapids West Catholic
7 Leroy-Pine River Area
8 Flint Hamady
9 Vermontville-Maple Valley
10T Hemlock
10T Lakeview
HM Stockbridge
HM Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker
HM Grandville-Calvin Christian
HM White Cloud

Boys LP Division 4
1 Lutheran HS Westland
2 Jonesville
3 Potterville
4 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
5 Springport
6 Royal Oak-Shrine Catholic
7 Sand Creek
8 Reading
9 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
10 Mancelona
HM Saranac
HM Pewamo-Westphalia
HM Genesee
HM North Muskegon
HM Pittsford

Girls LP Division 4
1 Southfield Christian
2 Ubly
3 Athens
4 Hillsdale Academy
5 Frankfort
6T Saranac
6T Potterville
8 Rochester Hills-Lutheran Northwest
9 Fowler
10 Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
HM Maple City-Glen Lake
HM Reading
HM Detroit Urban Lutheran
HM Saginaw-Michigan Lutheran Seminary
HM Concord
HM Homer

Upper Peninsula Rankings:

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

Division 2 UP Boys
1 Stephenson
2 Ironwood
3 Manistique
4 Munising
5T Norway
5T Ispeming Westwood

Division 3 UP Boys
1 Iron Mountain
2 Rock - Mid Penn
3 Engadine
4 Rapid Riner
5 Powers - North Central

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
1 Marquette
2 Escanaba
3T Soo
3T Houghton
5T Kingsford
5T Calumet

Division 2 UP Girls
1 Ishpeming
2 St.Ignace
3 Munising
4 Hancock
5 Norway

Division 3 UP Girls
1 Pickford
2 Rapid River
3 Powers - North Central
4 Cooks - Big Bay deNoc
5 Bark River - Harris

For more information, contact Dan Wytko at phone 269.806.7001, Don Passenger at phone 616.821.3156, or at email: forum@michigancrosscountry.com.

2008 Track and Field Ranking Panel:
Dave Emeott, East Kentwood
Gary Meehan, Brighton
Mike Nesbitt, Bay City Western
Brian Salyers, Milford
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
Scott Banghart, Mattawan
John Carlson, Belding
Mike Holik, Chelsea
Robert Jazwinski, Dexter
Mitch Lutzke, Williamston
Eric Swager, Chelsea
Dan Wytko, Portage Central
Jill Evers, Kent City
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Don Passenger, West Catholic
Josh Powers, Adrian Madison
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
Emily Grantner, Battle Creek St Philip
Kyle McKown, Shepherd High School
Joe Shay, Central Lake
Lowie van Staveren, Gobles
Scott Werner, Pewamo-Westphalia Track
John Osler, Ishpeming
Rudy Godefroidt, Hemlock
Note: Rankers do not participate in every division or gender.

MichiganTrackandField.com was formed last year 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 the team 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 two years in the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Team State Track Championships (2nd 2006, 3rd 2007).

On the web: http://michigantrackandfield.com

Michigan High School Track Rankings
(Lower Peninsula only this week)
Week of April 7, 2008
Prepared by http://michigantrackandfield.com

Ranking panelists are asked to utilize a projected MHSAA State Meet finish as the basis for their ranking.

Note: Next Rankings will be for week of April 21, 2008 because of limited competition over spring break.

About our rankings: The rankings are prepared by a panel of Michigan High School Coaches. Rankings will be updated weekly from April 21, 2008 until the end of the season. Upper Peninsula rankings were not received prior to release of these rankings but are expected to be release in future versions.

If you would like to discuss these rankings, please visit our forum to discuss them.