Hairbrained Shoe Choice in Regionals

Preparation is key. Arrive on time, plan your footware, think. Lessons to be learned in this article about senior Janee Jones from Hillsdale. She is a great runner, but … common sense would say don’t wear that shoe combination. And athletes, before thinking you have a great idea, tell the coach! […]

More Div. 3 and 4 here

Little articles all over the place. Maybe they should do a statewide complete cross country section next year?

More on Shepard

They placed four in the top ten and their five man finished 12th to lead them to thier victory at regionals.

Oh Yeah - Carson City Deserving of Respect

I forgot about these guys from Carson City! They have a solid team and could make some noise at state as well. There are two or three Div. 3 write-ups in this article. Fremont is also featured from Div. 2. This article actually mentions our win.
On the other hand … this […]

Bad Axe and Bay City Div. 3’s

Some of our competitors next week will come via the regionals at Bay City where Shepard won, and Bad Axe, where Richaland won.

Lumen Christi Team/Hillsdale Ind.

Lumen Christi claimed the team title in their regional. The will be a team to reckon with next Saturday. Hillsdale again continued the up-front assault we witnessed first hand at Gabriel Richard.

Scoreboard on Regionals

M-live’s scoreboard highlights the many area qualifying teams. It also includes our race.
There are many other articles including these:
Dexter’s regional
Division 1, 2 and 4 from Grand Ledge Regional, including Coach P’s college roommate’s daughter, Kristina Olsen from Jackson
Division 1, 2 and 4 from Grand Ledge Regional in a different form
Gabriel Richard wins their girls […]

Lowell Regional Article

Allendale’s boys took a lesson from the movie “Without Limits,” a movie based on the life of 1970s distance phenom Steve Prefontaine. In the movie, some fans wore “Stop Pre” T-shirts to root for the other runners, and Allendale’s boys wore “Stop West” T-shirts at the start of the Division 3 race.
“We took it as […]

State Meet - Race Times and Details etc.

The state meet is at Michigan International Speedway for those who don’t remember …
The girls race is at 10:00 am and the boys race is at 11:00 a.m.
Awards are at 12:15 for Divisions 3 and 4.
The place is HUGE! It is not easy to get to either as the highways go there in a […]

How Many Days Until Track

Just when you think you can relax …. outdoor track is just around the corner …. and indoor before that for those who wish. I added a new counter at the top of this page … just to remind the kids … keep after your running. Many finished yesterday so that is for […]

Williamston Rocks Thru Regionals

Led by their frosh standout, Williamston place all 7 runners in the top 10 at their regionals. On a wet, hilly course, they scored just 19 points. The showdown will be fun next week. Let’s do it boys!
1. Williamston 19
2. Country Day 97
3. Durand 106
4. Lutheran North 109
5. Lake Fenton 145
6. Crockett […]

Regional Results

I have posted the results online. What a day for the Falcons! We advance to the State meet next week as a team for the boys, and we got two girls through to the state meet.
The City League represented well too with a number of other runners and teams […]

Tommorrow - how to get there?

Alternatives, West River to Lincoln Lake, then South (right) to Vergennes (right) to school …
or
Leonard to Crahen (right) to Fulton/M21 (left) to Pettis (just after Amway and the River), right on Vergennes (stay on it to school)

Williamston is Unanimous #1

The polls say that Williamston is #1, period. Stockbridge is two and we are three. Do we agree with these rankings? We don’t get no respect, but the question is do we deserve it? We’ll find out on November 6th, won’t we…

WC Boys and Christian Girls ready for Regionals

The West boys and Christian girls got a nice write up entering regionals at Lowell Saturday by Steve Ungrey at the Press.

Sparta Boys show power of 6th Man

We’ve been there and done that. It pays to have a 6th man which is how they broke the tie in their conference meet to beat EGR.

Coopersville’s Peck coming up big for GVSU

Nate Peck has made the transition to college running. A standout at Coopersville, he is now fast becoming an experienced runner out at GVSU.

Kosters has a great run for Grandville at Metro

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Cedar Springs Pre-regional Write Up

Cramer at Cedar is having a great year. Here is an article on them.

Catholic Central at Lowell Div. 2

Catholic Central is going to Lowell. They will run right after our teams. Our girls at 10:00 and boys at 11:00. They run on the half hours.