Boys Track & Field

Sam Cleveland remembers a day back in elementary school, or at least parts of it, that changed his life forever.  He recalled feeling lightheaded, seeing a fuzzy image of the floor before passing out. After regaining consciousness, he was taken by ambulance to the...

The MHSAA Track & Field Finals are still a couple months, a few thunderstorms and maybe even some snow showers away.  But, there’s once again one thing you can most likely count on – the Hillsdale Hornets boys track & field team will be well re...

In a nation at war, the needs of many outweigh the desires of a few. Among the many noble sacrifices for the greater good was Michigan’s spring high school sports season of 1918.

When the Traverse City Central boys cross country team opened practice last Wednesday, the gregarious John Lober was nowhere in sight. Instead, the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame coach was teeing it up on a golf course in Kalkaska Count...

As coach Jeff Erickson searched the hallways for athletes to bolster his boys track & field team, he let them know up front this was not a sport where they’d get tons of attention and hype. This season, the Whittemore-Prescott boys track & field team &nda...

There appeared to be a sense of relief within the ranks of the Rapid River boys track team Saturday as it retained its Upper Peninsula Division 3 crown. Rapid River edged Bessemer 108-104 for the title, but the teams were tied at 96 prior to the 1,600-meter relay.

Steady improvement through this season paid off for the Newberry boys track team Saturday as it scored 130½ points to win its first Upper Peninsula Division 2 title in 11 years. The Indians were followed by three-time defending champ Ishpeming with 102 and Steph...

The boys on the Chesaning track & field team are emotionally spent.  A Saturday saturated with stress gave way to pure bliss as the Indians kept grinding all the way to a Lower Peninsula Division 3 championship at Comstock Park.

Winning it all doesn’t necessarily mean winning them all when it comes to track & field.  In fact, the Whittemore-Prescott boys team didn’t win a single event at Saturday’s Lower Peninsula Division 4 championship meet at Grand Rapids’ H...

The Marquette boys quietly went about their business Saturday and were rewarded with their third straight Upper Peninsula Division 1 track & field title. Marquette collected 128 points. Iron Mountain edged Houghton 76½-73 for the runner-up trophy, and Kingsf...

Khance Meyers put on one final show in an East Kentwood uniform Saturday, and did it on his home track. The senior sprinting star won the 100 and 200 meters for the second straight year at the Lower Peninsula Division 1 Boys Track & Field Finals, and anchored the w...

Noah Jacobs of Corunna is another in a long line of tremendous distance runners to come out of this state. Among the names he’s chased include Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein of Rockford and Grant Fisher of Grand Blanc.

The MHSAA Track & Field Finals again will draw one of the largest groups of competitors of any championship event in the state this school year. And fans surely will recognize a number of names from Finals past – including, on the boys side, a number of senio...

Can Gaylord’s Casey Korte, despite missing three weeks in May with shin splints, defend her MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 title in the long jump? Hers is one of four storylines expected to be among the most compelling from northern Michigan on Saturday at the ...

Individually, Coldwater’s shot putters might not be the most sizable guys muscling up to the pit at this weekend’s MHSAA Track & Field Finals. But as a group, the Cardinals might be the largest ever to advance to championship weekend – and perhaps...

Khance Meyers is widely regarded as the fastest sprinter in the state. The East Kentwood senior track star will attempt to live up to that billing next weekend when he competes in the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Finals.

Over the last week, Mason Phillips has emerged from a key contributor to Salem’s No. 3-ranked boys track & field team to become one of the most incredible stories of this spring season.  Phillips had run track as a freshman but not the last two years bef...

Dawson Block has his seven varsity letters earned over the last 2½ years piled on a table in his bedroom.  They aren’t in any particular order or out for display. In fact, they’re probably the most disorganized part of an incredibly organized gu...

As good as he is as a runner, Cameron Cooper understands he can’t do it alone. Running one last high school season guided by knowledgeable veteran coaches and with a friend to help set their team's pace, the Oak Park senior is sprinting toward a captivating concl...

Most Upper Peninsula track coaches will tell anyone the weather always is perfect in the Dome. After all, the temperature is constantly in the 70s and there’s no wind, rain or snow to contend with inside Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome. And mos...