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Boys Track and Field Champions -- 1925-2004
Lower Peninsula
 
DIVISION 1
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
2000  Portage Northern (Bill Fries) Saginaw Heritage
2001  Saginaw Heritage (Jeff Rastello) Detroit Cass Tech
2002  Detroit Mumford (Robert Lynch) Detroit Cass Tech
2003  Detroit Mumford (Robert Lynch) Southfield
2004  Detroit Mumford (Robert Lynch) Flint Carman-Ainsworth

DIVISION 2
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
2000  Romulus (Nobert Glover) Detroit Renaissance
2001  Farmington Hills Harrison (John Reed) Stevensville Lakeshore
2002 Farmington Hills Harrison (John Reed) Three Rivers
2003  Farmington Hills Harrison (John Reed) Stevensville Lakeshore
2004  Flint Kearsley (Paul Adas) Lansing Sexton

DIVISION 3
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
2000  Clare (Rob Johnson) Albion
2001  Williamston (Paul Nilsson) Benzie Central
2002 Yale (Scott Brown) Battle Creek Pennfield
2003  Williamston (Paul Nilsson) Muskegon Oakridge
2004  Detroit Country Day (David Wilson) Frankenmuth

DIVISION 4
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
2000  Maple City Glen Lake (Pete Edwards) Centreville
2001  Lutheran Westland (Michael Unger) Detroit Benedictine
2002  Detroit Benedictine (Lester Hale) Redford Bishop Borgess
2003 Detroit Benedictine (Lester Hale) Detroit St. Martin dePorres
2004 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Tony Taylor) Bath

CLASS A
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1925 Detroit Northwestern
(Warren Hoyt & Bert Maris)
Detroit Cass Tech
1926 Detroit Cass Technical (Bill Van Orden) Kalamazoo
1927 Detroit Northwestern (Malcom Weaver) Kalamazoo
1928 Detroit Northeastern (Alvin Sandall) Detroit Cass Tech &
Grand Rapids South
1929 Detroit Northwestern (Malcom Weaver) Detroit Cass Tech
1930 Detroit Northwestern (Malcon Weaver) Detroit Cass Tech
1931 Monroe (Dick Waters) Grand Rapis Central
1932 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills (Lowell Palmer) Ann Arbor
1933 Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard) Saginaw
1934 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills (Lowell Palmer) Grand Rapids South
1935 Saginaw (Chester Stackhouse) Monroe
1936 Monroe (Dick Waters) Grand Rapids South
1937 Monroe (Dick Waters) Saginaw
1938 Saginaw (Chester Stackhouse) Flint Central
1939 River Rouge (James McDonald) Lansing Central
1940 Battle Creek (Hal Smith) Grand Rapids South
1941 Benton Harbor (Jack Smith) Monroe
1942 Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard) Flint Central
1943 (No Meet Held)  
1944 Saginaw Arthur Hill (William Kelley) Dearborn Fordson
1945 Saginaw (Carl Nordberg) Flint Central
1946 Saginaw (Herb Korf) Saginaw Arthur Hill
1947 Saginaw (Herb Korf) Flint Central
1948 Saginaw (Herb Korf) Saginaw Arthur Hill
1949 Saginaw (Herb Korf) Saginaw Arthur Hill
1950 Flint Northern (William Cave) Kalamazoo Central
1951 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills
(Clarence Brouwer)
Saginaw Arthur Hill
1952 Saginaw (Herb Korf) Pontiac
1953 Flint Northern (William Cave) Pontiac
1954 Saginaw (Herb Korf) Flint Northern
1955 Pontiac (Wallace Schloerke) Flint Northern
1956 Pontiac (Wallace Schloerke) Flint Northern
1957 Pontiac (Dean Wilson) Flint Northern
1958 Pontiac (Dean Wilson) Flint Northern
1959 Flint Central (James M. Whittaker) Flint Northern
1960 Pontiac Central (Deal Wilson) Flint Northern
1961 Flint Northern (Norbert Bader) Flint Southwestern
1962 Grosse Pointe (James Curlett)
Muskegon Heights (Rudy Thies)
Flint Northern
1963 Flint Northern (Norbert Badar) Flint Central
1964 Battle Creek Central (Jack Finn) Flint Central
1965 Kalamazoo Central (Elf Pedler) Flint Central
1966 Flint Southwestern (Gordon Spencer) Flint Central
1967 Battle Creek Central (Jack Finn) Flint Central
1968 Battle Creek Central (Jack Finn) Flint Central
1969 Detroit Redford Union (John McKenzie) Battle Creek Central
1970 Benton Harbor (George McGinnis) Highland Park
1971 Detroit Northern (Woody Thomas) East Lansing
1972 Oak Park (Alvin Delidow) Saginaw
1973 Saginaw (Claude Marsh) Pontiac Central
1974 Pontiac Central (Roger Shepler) Ann Arbor Pioneer
1975 Flint Southwestern (Fred Jackson) Flint Northwestern
1976 Flint Northern (Norbert Badar) Flint Southwestern
1977 Flint Southwestern (Fred Jackson) Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills
1978 Detroit Cass Technical (Robert Glenn) Flint Southwestern
1979 Flint Northern (Norbert Badar) Detroit Cass Technical
1980 Detroit Central (Woody Thomas) East Lansing
1981 Detroit Central (Woody Thomas) Detroit Cody
1982 Detroit Central (Woody Thomas) Taylor Center
1983 Lansing Everett (Ron Barr) Flint Northern
1984 Detroit Central (Woody Thomas) Detroit Cooley
1985 Lansing Everett (Ron Barr) Detroit Cooley
1986 Lansing Sexton (Paul Pozega) Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
1987 Lansing Sexton (Paul Pozega) Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
1988 Southfield (Tom Eschmann) Jackson
1989 Southfield (Tom Eschmann) Monroe
1990 Pontiac Northern (James Nelson) Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
1991 Detroit Cooley (Gene Ballard) Lansing Sexton
1992 Traverse City (John Lober) Flint Kearsley
1993 Flint Carman-Ainsworth (Kenn Domerese) Detroit Mumford
1994 Detroit Cass Technical (Tom Wilcher) Ann Arbor Pioneer
1995 Detroit Cass Technical (Tom Wilcher) Detroit Chadsey
1996 Detroit Cass Technical (Tom Wilcher) Pontiac Northern
1997 Pontiac Northern (James Nelson) Pontiac Central
1998 East Lansing (Jeff Smith) Rockford
1999 Detroit Mumford (Robert Lynch) Rockford
 
CLASS B
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1925 Niles (Leland Walker) Allegan
1926 St. Johns (Homer Hanham) St. Joseph
1927 St. Joseph (Henry Howe) Birmingham
1928 Dearborn (Leith Wetzel) St. Joseph
1929 Niles (Claudis Collisi) Dearborn
1930 Monroe (Dick Waters) Allegan
1931 South Haven (David Baer) Grand Haven
1932 St. Joseph (Henry Howe) Dowagiac
1933 Birmingham (Frank Whitney) Niles
1934 Dowagiac (James Lewis) Dearborn
1935 Niles (Chet Davidson) Allegan
1936 Birmingham (Frank Whitney) Niles
1937 Birmingham (Frank Whitney) Allegan
1938 Belding (Russell Krooze) East Lansing
1939 St. Joseph (Arnold Karsten) Niles
1940 East Lansing (Lynn Adams) Kalamazoo State High
1941 East Lansing (Lynn Adams) Three Rivers
1942 Birmingham (Ernie Engle) Three Rivers
1943 (No Meet Held)  
1944 East Grand Rapids (Reed Waterman) Niles
1945 St. Joseph (Arnold Karsten) East Grand Rapids
1946 Charlotte (Malcolm Gobel) Fremont
1947 Alma (Vic Hicks) Hastings
1948 Ypsilanti (Ralph Deetz) Birmingham
1949 Birmingham (Kermit Ambrose) Ypsilanti
1950 Niles (Homer Hatcher) Birmingham
1951 Cadillac (Hiram Becker) Mt. Pleasant
1952 Roseville (Jim Gilbbert) Cadillac
1953 Battle Creek Lakeview (Joseph Bogart) Roseville
1954 Inkster (Khamalaw White) Ludington
1955 Inkster (Khamalaw White) Grand Rapids Central
1956 Inkster (Khamalaw White) St. Louis
1957 St. Joseph (Dick Higgs) Inkster
1958 East Grand Rapids (Reed Waterman) River Rouge
1959 Willow Run (LaMar Miller) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1960 Ecorse (Eugene Lucarelli) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1961 Detroit Lutheran West (Erv Ruth) Ecorse
1962 Dowagiac (Paul Watt) Ecorse
1963 River Rouge (Roy Krueger) East Grand Rapids
1964 Willow Run (LaMar Miller) River Rouge
1965 River Rouge (Roy Krueger) Ypsilanti Willow Run
1966 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Ben Snyder) Ecorse
1967 Ecorse (James Bibbs/Paul Piper) Howell
1968 Bay City John (Robert E. Beaumont) Detroit East Catholic
1969 Ecorse (Lorenzo Croft/Paul Piper) Oscoda
1970 Ecorse (Lorenzo Croft/Edward Pruett) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1971 Holly (Duane Raffin) Ecorse
1972 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Ben Snyder) Mt. Morris
1973 Ecorse (Lorenzo Croft/Edward Pruett) Dearborn Heights Robichaud
1974 Dearborn Heights Robichaud (Leit Jones) Linden
1975 Inkster (Mary Mabry) Wyoming Park
1976 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Dearborn Heights Robichaud
1977 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Wyoming Rogers
1978 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane)
Muskegon Heights (Teodoro Martinez)
Linden
1979 Dearborn Heights Robichaud (Leit Jones) Ecorse
1980 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Dexter
1981 Ecorse (Ed Pruett) Flint Beecher
1982 Flint Ainsworth (Kenn Domerese) Oak Park
1983 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Ecorse
1984 Detroit Benedictine (Ted Mac) Ypsilanti Lincoln
1985 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Detroit Benedictine
1986 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Detroit Benedictine
1987 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Dearborn
1988 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Detroit East Catholic
1989 Grand Rapids Northview (Al Korytkowski) Detroit Benedictine
1990 Dearborn Heights Robichaud (Leit Jones) Three Rivers
1991 Oxford (Elmer Ball) Dearborn Heights Robichaud
1992 Flint Beecher (Martin Crane) Bloomfield Hills Andover
1993 Detroit U-D Jesuit (Jerry Myszkowski) Flint Beecher
1994 Comstock (Tim Cashen) Ypsilanti Lincoln
1995 Comstock (Tim Cashen) Fremont
1996 Whitehall (Kirk Mikkelson) Wyoming Godwin Heights
Dowagiac
1997 St. Joseph (Ron Waldvogel) Dowagiac
1998 Corunna (Chris Curtiss) River Rouge
1999 Corunna (Gordon Aldrich) Romulus
 
CLASS C
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1925 Wayland (Al Vedders) Croswell
1926 Otsego (Bernard McCann) Marine City
1927 Plainwell (Rock Fleming) Yale
1928 Yale (Paul Smarks) Paw Paw
1929 Lowell (Ronald Finch) Kalamazoo State High
1930 Kalamazoo St. Augustine (Harv Freeman) Otsego
1931 Algonac (Milford Finch) Paw Paw
1932 Caro (Don Stamats) Boyne City
1933 Buchanan (Harold Bradfield) Caro
1934 Paw Paw (Bryan Emmert) East Grand Rapids
1935 Paw Paw (Bryan Emmert) St. Clair Shores South Lake
1936 Paw Paw (Bryan Emmert) Lowell
1937 Okemos (Ken Barnhill) Plainwell
1938 Algonac (Milford Finch) Charlevoix
1939 Algonac (Ted Soule) Paw Paw
1940 East Grand Rapids (Reed Waterman) Glen Arbor Leelanau
1941 St. Clair Shores South Lake (Jim Touma) Imlay City
1942 Imlay City (Thurlow H. King) Grandville
1943 (No Meet Held)  
1944 Fowlerville (John S. Munn) St. Clair Shores Lake Shore
1945 Romulus (Harold Cass) St. Clair Shores Lake Shore
1946 East Grand Rapids (Reed Waterman) Ypsilanti Roosevelt
1947 Paw Paw (Wilber Schank) Ypsilanti Roosevelt
1948 East Grand Rapids (Reed Waterman) St. Clair Shores South Lake
1949 Dundee (Robert Decker) East Grand Rapids
1950 East Grand Rapids (Reed Waterman) Milan
1951 Ann Arbor University High (Prentice Ryan) Algonac
1952 Ann Arbor University High (Gene Freed)
East Jackson (Howard Loomis)
Whitehall
1953 St. Louis (Sherman Olmsted) Berrien Springs
1954 Lansing Everett (Archie Ross) Marlette
1955 Reed City (Dale R. Clark) Cassopolis
1956 Lansing Everett (Archie Ross) Reed City
1957 Boyne City (Robert O'Niell) Mt. Clemens St. Mary
1958 Boyne City (Robert O'Niell) Grosse Ile
1959 Grosse Ile (Jay Tissot) Flint Dye
1960 Haslett (Ed Townsend) East Jackson
1961 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
(Armin Schultz)
East Jackson
1962 Lansing St. Mary (Paul Pozega) Lansing Boys Training School
1963 Lansing Boys Training School (David Jach) Vandercook Lake
1964 Battle Creek St. Philip (Donald Pape) Detroit St. Theresa
1965 Battle Creek St. Philip (Michael Hume)
Fowlerville (Bob Mohre)
Portland
1966 Haslett (Mike Hart) Battle Creek St. Philip
1967 Laingsburg (Carl Clarke) Hartford
1968 DeWitt (William Gillingham/Thomas Kromer) Akron-Fairgrove
1969 Reading (James I. Newell) Shepherd
1970 Grass Lake (Rod Hall)
Reading (James I. Newell)
Shepherd
1971 Detroit Country Day (George Brown) Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
1972 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Ted Mac) Battle Creek St. Philip
1973 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Fred Wright/Ed Conley) St. Louis
1974 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Fred Wright/Ed Conley) New Haven
1975 Unionville-Sebewaing (Mike McCormick) Charlevoix
1976 Detroit Benedictine (Ted Mac) Unionville-Sebewaing
1977 Detroit St. Mary of Redford (Darian Keener) Bronson
1978 Detroit Benedictine (Ted Mac) Whitehall
1979 DeWitt (Barry Kloenhamer) Detroit Benedictine
1980 Ecorse (Ed Pruett) Grand Rapids South Christian
1981 Detroit Lutheran West (Michael Unger) Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg
1982 Detroit Lutheran West (Michael Unger) Detroit St. Mary of Redford
1983 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Robert Lynch) Detroit Lutheran West
1984 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Darrell Jenkins) Flint Hamady
1985 Ecorse (Ed Pruett) Scottville Mason County Central
1986 Scottville Mason County Central (Bruce Kreiger) Detroit St. Martin dePorres
1987 Detroit Lutheran West (Michael Unger) Ecorse
1988 Detroit Lutheran West (Dave Ruth) Saginaw Nouvel
1989 Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central (Leo Boyd) Constantine
1990 Fulton-Middleton (Randall Troub) Edwardsburg
1991 Cassopolis (Larry Rogers) Sandusky
1992 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Darold Gholston) Edwardsburg
1993 Eau Claire (Jerry Mitchell) Napoleon
1994 New Haven (Frank Reed) Breckenridge
1995 New Haven (Frank Reed) Newaygo
1996 New Haven (Frank Reed) Buchanan
1997 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Tony Taylor) New Haven
1998 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Tony Taylor) New Haven
1999 Buchanan (Rusty Stitt) Clare
 
CLASS D
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1927 Trenton (Walter Farrer) Woodland
1928 Okemos (Lyle Allen) Lawton
1929 Newaygo (John W. Ferguson) Okemos
1930 Okemos (Lyle Allen) St. Clair Shores South Lake
1931 Centreville (Wayne Smith) St. Clair Shores South Lake
1932 Centreville (Wayne Smith) St. Clair Shores South Lake
1933 Centreville (Wayne Smith) Portage
1934 Centreville (Wayne Smith) Bergland
1935 Bear Lake (Nick Musselman) Royal Oak Madison
1936 Onekama (M. C. Wolf) St. Clair Shores Lakeview
1937 Mt. Morris St. Mary (Varnard Gay) Bloomfield Hills
1938 Bloomfield Hills (Richard J. Spiess) Mt.Morris St. Mary
1939 Bloomfield Hills (Richard J. Spiess) Flint Michigan School for Deaf
1940 Bath (Harold Hoyle) Flint Michigan School for Deaf
1941 Bear Lake (Willis Johnson) Bath
1942 Bear Lake (A. G. McDaniels) Mt. Morris St. Mary
1943 (No Meet Held)
1944 Glen Arbor Leelanau (John Evans) Bloomfield Hills
1945 Flint Michigan School for Deaf
(Earl Roberts Jr.)
Glen Arbor Leelanau
1946 Flint Michigan School for Deaf
(Earl Roberts Jr.)
Baldwin
1947 Baroda (Bob Wisner) Baldwin
1948 Bloomfield Hills (Richard J. Spiess) Flint Michigan School for Deaf
1949 Flint Michigan School for Deaf
(Earl Roberts Jr.)
Bloomfield Hills
1950 Benton Harbor St. John (Ray Null) Flint Michigan School for Deaf
1951 Otisville (Leroy Gunderson) Benton Harbor St. John
1952 Brethren (Bob Dunnavan) Edwardsburg
1953 Brethren (Bob Dunnavan) Grosse Pointe Detroit U.
1954 Brethren (Doyle Eckhardt) Spring Arbor
1955 Brethren (Doyle Eckhardt) Spring Arbor
1956 Covert (Larry Deschene) Brethren
1957 Covert (Marland Howard) Dansville
1958 Brethren (Doyle Eckhardt) Beal City
1959 Schoolcraft (Fred Tremblay) Covert
1960 Covert (Ronald Lazo) Schoolcraft
1961 Flint Michigan School for Deaf
(Earl Roberts Jr.)
Centreville
1962 Flint Michigan School for Deaf
(Earl Roberts Jr.)
Covert
1963 Flint Michigan School for Deaf
(Earl Roberts Jr.)
Brethren Norman Dickson
1964 Covert (Ronald Clark) Lake City
1965 Covert (Ronald Clark) Lake City
1966 Covert (Ronald Clark) Kalamazoo University High
1967 Detroit St. Charles (Jim Murray) Ann Arbor University High
1968 Unionville (Mike McCormick) Mendon
1969 Grass Lake (Rod Hall) Athens
1970 Covert (Alfred Hawkins) Utica St. Lawrence
1971 Unionville (Mike McCormick) Camden-Frontier
1972 Unionville (Mike McCormick) Mendon
1973 Mendon (Robert Critz) Grass Lake
1974 Mendon (Robert Critz) North Muskegon
1975 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Robert Lynch) Detroit East Catholic
1976 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Robert Lynch) Homer
1977 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Robert Lynch) Potterville
1978 Akron-Fairgrove (Jerry Lasceski) Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
1979 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Robert Lynch) Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
1980 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Robert Lynch) Covert
1981 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Robert Lynch) Battle Creek St. Philip
1982 Detroit East Catholic (Chris Hurley) Battle Creek St. Philip
1983 Detroit East Catholic (Chris Hurley) Akron-Fairgrove
1984 Detroit East Catholic (Chris Hurley) Potterville
1985 Fowler (Neil Hufnagel) Detroit East Catholic
1986 Detroit East Catholic (Kent Baker) Fowler
1987 Detroit East Catholic (Kent Baker) Fowler
1988 Fowler (Neil Hufnagel) Mendon
1989 Detroit Lutheran West (Dave Ruth) Fowler
1990 Reading (Rob Lutz) Detroit Lutheran West
1991 Reading (Rob Lutz) Detroit Lutheran West