Update: Please note a correction in D2 Girls from the original press release. Crosswell-Lexington was mistakenly placed in honorable mention and Cheboygan was inserted mistakenly at 10th (they are in fact eighth). That has been corrected.

PORTAGE, Mich., April 21, 2009 — Attached is the second 2009 MichiganTrackandField.com Prep Ranking. This is the first week this year that we include the Upper Peninsula rankings as they swing into action.

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 20, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Potterville
2 Harbor Beach Community
3 Pewamo-Westphalia
4 Mt Pleasant-Beal City
5 Reading
6T Mt Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy
6T Athens
8 Rochester Hills-Lutheran Northwest
9 Southfield Christian
10T Traverse City-St Francis
10T Morrice

MichiganTrackandField.com Upper Peninsula Prep Rankings:
Division 1 UP Boys
Gladstone
Marquette
Escanaba
Negaunee
Soo

Division 2 UP Boys
Munising
Ironwood
Ishpeming
Norway
Ish.Westwood

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

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
Marquette
Iron Mountain
Negaunee
Kingsford
Houghton

Division 2 UP Girls
Munising
Norway
L’Anse
Ishpeming
Ish. Westwood

Division 3 UP Girls
North Central
Bark-River
Lake Linden-Hubbell
Superior Central
Rapid River & Pickford

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

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, 2009 — Attached is the first 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 13, 2009

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

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

Division 2 LP Boys:
1 Zeeland West
2 East Lansing
3 Sparta
4 Williamston
6 Hamilton
5 Otsego
7T Fenton
7T Coopersville
9T Eaton Rapids
9T Detroit Country Day
9T Ypsilanti

Division 2 LP Girls:
1 East Lansing
2 GR Forest Hills Northern
3 Chelsea
4 Detroit Renaissance
5 Yale
6T Ypsilanti
6T Holland Christian
8 Parma Western
9T Cheboygen
9T Croswell – Lexington

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

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

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

Division 4 LP Girls:
1 Potterville
2 Reading
3 Mt Pleasant-Beal City
4 Harbor Beach Community
5 Pewamo-Westphalia
6 Morrice
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
no rankings due to limited competition thus far

Division 2 UP Boys
no rankings due to limited competition thus far

Division 3 UP Boys
no rankings due to limited competition thus far

Upper Peninsula Girls
Division 1 UP Girls
no rankings due to limited competition thus far

Division 2 UP Girls
no rankings due to limited competition thus far

Division 3 UP Girls
no rankings due to limited competition thus far

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

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

The top 100 teams based on 20 deep scoring using MHSAA finals results:

001. 381 Williamston
002. 373 East Kentwood
003. 318 East Lansing
004. 272 Flint Carman-Ainsworth
005. 220 Pinckney
006. 179 Detroit Mumford
007. 173 Zeeland West
007. 173 Lansing Everett
007. 173 Jackson
010. 172 Allendale
011. 171 Westland John Glenn
012. 170 Saline
013. 167 Whitehall
013. 167 Rochester Adams
015. 155 Albion
016. 152 St. Clair Shores South Lake
017. 145 Dexter
018. 143 Vermontville Maple Valley
019. 142 Pewamo-Westphalia
020. 139 Midland Dow
021. 138 Livonia Stevenson
022. 137 Portage Northern
022. 137 Ann Arbor Pioneer
024. 131 Birmingham Brother Rice
025. 128 Detroit Renaissance
026. 126 Ovid-Elsie
026. 126 Grand Ledge
028. 124 Sparta
029. 123 Napoleon
030. 120 Milan
031. 118 Eaton Rapids
032. 113 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford
032. 113 Hamilton
034. 111 Wayland Union
035. 110 Ypsilanti
035. 110 Fenton
037. 108 Saginaw Swan Valley
038. 105 Mt. Clemens
039. 103 Lansing Waverly
040. 102 Adrian
041. 097 Monroe
041. 097 Belleville
043. 096 Detroit Cooley
043. 096 Detroit Cody
045. 094 Flint Carman-Ainsworth
046. 092 Romulus
047. 090 Milford
048. 089 Lansing Sexton
048. 089 Grand Rapids Catholic Central
048. 089 Detroit U-D Jesuit
048. 089 Alpena
052. 088 Port Huron Northern
052. 088 Northville
052. 088 Lansing Eastern
055. 087 Otsego
055. 087 Marine City
057. 086 Bay City Central
058. 085 Troy
058. 085 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
060. 083 Okemos
060. 083 Berrien Springs
060. 083 Battle Creek Lakeview
063. 082 Rochester
063. 082 Clinton Township Clintondale
065. 081 Yale
065. 081 Three Rivers
065. 081 Sterling Heights Stevenson
065. 081 Royal Oak
065. 081 Grant
070. 080 Reed City
071. 078 Saginaw Valley Lutheran
071. 078 Montrose
071. 078 Flint Kearsley
074. 077 Howell
074. 077 Grand Rapids West Catholic
076. 075 Richland Gull Lake
076. 075 Flushing
076. 075 Coopersville
079. 074 Chelsea
080. 073 Lakeview
080. 073 Cheboygen
082. 071 Fremont
083. 070 Warren DeLaSalle
083. 070 Grandville Calvin Christian
085. 069 Wyoming Godwin Heights
085. 069 St. Clair
087. 068 Caro
088. 066 Parma Western
088. 066 Kalamazoo Central
088. 066 Caledonia
091. 064 Jackson Lumen Christi
091. 064 DeWitt
093. 050 Manchester
093. 050 Detroit Catholic Central
095. 049 St. Johns
095. 049 Charlotte
097. 048 Detroit Country Day
098. 047 Orchard Lake St. Mary
098. 047 Flint Beecher
098. 047 Detroit King
098. 047 Detroit Catholic
098. 047 Detroit Cass Tech
098. 047 Davison

001. 383 Ann Arbor Pioneer
002. 285 Jackson
003. 276 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
004. 244 Ypsilanti
005. 241 Detroit Renaissance
006. 224 Rockford
007. 210 Clarkston
008. 180 Romulus
008. 180 Rochester
010. 179 Troy
010. 179 Detroit Mumford
012. 176 East Kentwood
013. 174 Saline
014. 172 East Lansing
015. 169 Brighton
016. 147 Southfield Lathrup
016. 147 Grand Haven
016. 147 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
019. 146 Potterville
019. 146 Goodrich
021. 142 Leroy-Pine River
022. 138 Utica
022. 138 Rochester Adams
024. 135 Albion
025. 131 Pontiac Northern
026. 129 Hemlock
027. 126 Holland Christian
028. 119 Marquette
029. 118 Frankenmuth
030. 116 Grand Rapids West Catholic
031. 114 Eaton Rapids
032. 113 Grand Rapids Christian
033. 109 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern
034. 107 Flint Hamady
035. 099 Waterford Mott
035. 099 Tecumseh
037. 098 Dearborn Edsel Ford
038. 095 Ludington
039. 094 Yale
040. 093 Ypsilanti Lincoln
041. 091 Zeeland West
041. 091 Brownstown Woodhaven
043. 090 West Bloomfield
043. 090 Standish-Sterling
043. 090 Lansing Sexton
043. 090 Gladwin
047. 089 Flint Southwestern
048. 088 Plymouth
049. 086 Walled Lake Central
049. 086 Shepherd
049. 086 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central
049. 086 Dexter
053. 085 Stockbridge
054. 084 Grandville
055. 083 South Lyon
055. 083 Parma Western
055. 083 Algonac
058. 082 Saginaw
058. 082 Milford
058. 082 Detroit Country Day
058. 082 Croswell-Lexington
062. 081 Brooklyn Columbia Central
063. 080 Saginaw Valley Lutheran
063. 080 Cheboygen
063. 080 Athens
066. 078 Walled Lake Western
066. 078 Otsego
066. 078 Chelsea
069. 076 Livonia Churchill
069. 076 Cadillac
071. 075 Macomb-Dakota
071. 075 Jackson Lumen Christi
073. 074 Williamston
073. 074 Farmington Hills Harrison
075. 073 St. Johns
075. 073 Schoolcraft
075. 073 Monroe Jefferson
078. 072 Zeeland East
079. 071 Petoskey
079. 071 Owosso
081. 070 Southfield Christian
081. 070 Port Huron
081. 070 North Branch
081. 070 Hudsonville Unity Christian
081. 070 Homer
081. 070 Fruitport
087. 069 Millington
088. 066 Battle Creek Lakeview
089. 065 Romeo
089. 065 Remus Chippewa Hills
091. 050 Richland Gull Lake
091. 050 Grand Rapids South Christian
093. 049 Warren Mott
093. 049 Saginaw Arthur Hill
093. 049 Hamady
093. 049 Grand Blanc
093. 049 Detroit Cody
098. 048 St. Joseph
098. 048 Monroe
098. 048 Marion
098. 048 Fraser
098. 048 Flint Carman-Ainsworth
098. 048 Flint Carman-Ainsworth

001. 384 Marquette
002. 383 Ann Arbor Pioneer
003. 343 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
004. 306 Jackson
005. 244 Ypsilanti
006. 241 Detroit Renaissance
007. 238 Leroy-Pine River
008. 227 Potterville
009. 224 Rockford
010. 215 Reading (more…)

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