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D1 Girls: Finn is flyin’ again Stephen Underwood Nov 4, 2012

BROOKLYN, Mich. – As the field at Michigan International Speedway Saturday made the big turn after the long starting straightaway, turning to cross the actual speedway about 500 meters in, Grosse Pointe South teammates Hannah Meier and Kelsie Schwartz led the field by 10-15 meters, while Erin Finn was tucked back quietly in a group behind them.  Knowing that Finn was still on the road to recovery from an iron deficiency, one could hardly keep from wondering if she was up to defending her 2011 MHSAA Lower Peninsula State Finals Division 1 girls’ crown.

D1 Boys: Highland-Milford’s crew one of best ever Stephen Underwood Nov 4, 2012

Highland-Milford’s boys cross country team is never far from the top.  As Coach Brian Salyers likes to point out, his squad has placed in the top ten in the MHSAA Lower Peninsula State Finals Division 1 race during 15 of the past 16 years.  In 2003-2004, they won back-to-back titles.

D2 Girls: No doubt who’s Bos Stephen Underwood Nov 4, 2012

Julia Bos would have loved a big personal best to close out her in-state cross country career.  She had to settle, instead, for merely a very dominant repeat victory in Saturday’s MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals Division 2 race at Michigan International Speedway.

D3 Boys and Girls: Sweep city for Lumen Christi Stephen Underwood Nov 4, 2012

BROOKLYN – Jackson Lumen Christi’s boys coach David Miller laughed as a reporter asks him how many state titles he and his powerful boys have won now, during the Division 3 awards ceremony at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals Saturday at MIS. It’s clear he’s been asked that a lot.

Division 4 Girls: Ode to Olling Stephen Underwood Nov 4, 2012

BROOKLYN, Mich. – Breckenridge junior Kirsten Olling wanted to make sure no one had any designs on taking her title away from her at Saturday’s MHSAA Lower Peninsula Final Girls Division 4 race at Michigan International Speedway.

Division 4 Boys: Flight of the Concord Stephen Underwood Nov 4, 2012

BROOKLYN, Mich – There were the Kyle Stack-led champs of 2009.  Then came the titlists of 2011, headed up by Spencer Nousain.  Now, in 2012, a sophomore has led them, with Jesse Hersha’s 15:32.3 ruling over the field by more than 20 seconds in Saturday’s MHSAA Lower Peninsula Final Boys Division 4 at Michigan International Speedway.