We have collected information from coaches about their teams and athletes that may assist announcers and also may help the media. Coaches talk about their team’s accomplishments and there are some real interesting tid-bids that may help you.

We will update another copy of this later today with additional teams, but 54 teams have responded thus far.

The document is sorted by division, then by gender, then by school.

So to find a school first look under the proper division and gender.

Here is the download link for the updated List:
Updated 2009 MIS Teams and Individual Info - 4th Edition - 96 Teams Reporting

It is in microsoft excel (xls) format so that you can resort the data any way you wish.
Private information (phone and email) may be used to contact coaches, but of course should not be recirculated. All other information was given with the intent that it may be freely used.

Michigan High School Sports - MLive.com
Saline girls cross country wins elite invitational at MSU

AnnArbor.com staff, September 19, 2009 1:01 a.m.

EAST LANSING — Seniors Alex Leptich and Kate Carter finished among the top eight runners and the Saline High School girls cross country team got a pair of strong performances from two freshmen while winning the girls elite race at the Spartan Invitational on Friday.

Leptich was sixth (18:15) and Carter was eighth (18:27) to lead the Saline to a 160 team total, 15 better than second-place East Grand Rapids. Dexter was 16th at the 24-team, 165-runner meet at Forest Acres Golf Course.

The field included 10 of the top 11 teams from last year’s state finals.

Hornet freshmen Alyssa Cummings finished 25th in 19:24, cutting 30 seconds off her season-best time. Fellow freshman Emily Reyst dropped her best time by a minute, finishing 49th in 20:05.

South Lyon cross country hosts invite | hometownlife.com | the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies
The South Lyon boys cross country team placed seventh of 11 teams at its home invite Saturday.

Andy Stone led the way with a 16th-place finish in 17:28.

“Andy’s performance was awesome,” said Lion coach Scott Smith. “He ran a 28 second personal best and a 1:09 course best. His strong finish was the result of his quality summer training.”

Jacob Uratchko was next in 30th, finishing in 17:47, followed by Jordan Schaefer (31 - 17:52), Chase Brisbois (42 - 18:16) and Charlie Swanson (46 - 18:31).

Novi won the meet with 46 points. South Lyon finished with 165, and South Lyon East was 10th with 245.

2009 Wayland Wildcat Invite 8/28/2009

I have coached for over ten years at the middle school and then the high school level the past six years. Our programs were non-producing when I started and now they are at the state meet and competitive every year. I ran for Ron Warhurst at UM and Joe Piane at Notre Dame. I am well acquainted with Bill Lundberg (late 70’s KU) now Hillsdale College, Greg Meyer (graduate of the high school where I coach and last winner of the Boston Marathon) and Brian Diemer (Calvin, 84 LA Bronze and former Olympic Team Captain) and many others active in college coaching.

My athletes are just now beginning to transfer to the college level. For example Monica Kinney (now GVSU) is running today in the finals of the USTAF Jr 1500m. We have a dozen kids moving on to the college ranks between last year and this year. Our philosophy in high school has been to consciously under-train compared to high mileage programs around us that are successful but also burn out their athletes.

I really dig meet management and work regularly on making it fully automated and available on-line both for entry and for results.

I am very interested in coaching at the college level, but would only consider doing so at one of my dream institutions — and Kansas is one of only a handful of places I would want to be. I love Lawrence. I have been in love with Kansas since the days of Jim Ryan. I have been heavily influenced by your traditions … in fact see the picture of my girl finishing fourth at the state meet last October:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v374/26/4/655830991/n655830991_1614450_2252.jpg

Busy scene, but I bet you found her. I tried so hard to find pink shorts six years ago when I started coaching. At that time they were hard to come by, so I eventually had polka dotted jerseys made … I want my kids to stand out. I am proud of the fact they are recognizable as were generations of KU runners. In big meets today we were both the polka dots and our pink shorts.

Anyway, I’d love nothing more than to discuss with you what I can bring to the table for you guys and then to see if we could work out the necessary details. I understand I am not your traditional applicant. If you take the time you’ll discover I bring much more to the table than might your typical applicant.

It goes without saying that I would do so with the highest level of integrity and amazing quantities of energy.

Holland Rec. will host Hershey meet Wednesday - MLive.com
Holland Rec. will host Hershey meet Wednesday
Sunday, June 14, 2009
The Grand Rapids Press
Grand Rapids Press

The Holland Recreation Department will host the annual Hershey International Track & Field Meet on Wednesday at the Zeeland High School football stadium. The event will feature athletes from Holland, West Ottawa and Zeeland, from ages 9 to 14.

Schoolcraft girls second at Division 3 MITCA meet - MLive.com
Schoolcraft girls second at Division 3 MITCA meet

Kalamazoo Gazette, May 23, 2009 10:07 p.m.

GOBLES — For the Schoolcraft girls track and field team, Saturday’s Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Division 3 team state championship was more than just a warmup for May 30’s big dance at Comstock Park.

It was a true scale of just how talented - from events 1 through 17 - the Eagles are this season, after they finished a school-best second place (1,096.5 points).

Frankenmuth won the title with 1,253.5.

2009 MITCA Results