MHSAA: Records-Boys Cross Country Champions

LOWER PENINSULA

DIVISION 1

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
2000	Rockford (Mark Nessner)	Novi
2001	Detroit Catholic Central (Anthony Magni)	Highland-Milford
2002	Rockford (Mark Nessner)	Highland-Milford
2003	Highland-Milford (Brian Salyers)	Ann Arbor Huron

DIVISION 2

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
2000	Big Rapids (Brad Kahrs)	St. Clair
2001	Big Rapids (Brad Kahrs)	Fremont
2002	Dexter (Jaime Dudash)	Flint Powers Catholic
2003	Dexter (Jaime Dudash)	Bloomfield Hills Lahser

DIVISION 3

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
2000	Williamston (Paul Nilsson)	Hemlock
2001	Hemlock (William Agresta)	Benzie Central
2002	Hemlock (William Agresta)	Williamston
2003	Grand Rapids West Catholic (Dennis Scully)	Williamston

DIVISION 4

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
2000	East Jordan (Dennis Snarey)	Ubly
2001	Lawton (Kris Bullock)	Bear Lake/Onekama
2002	Harbor Springs (Mike Kloss)	Lawton
2003	Harbor Springs (Mike Kloss)	Hudson

CLASS A

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1943	Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard)	Dearborn
1944	Lincoln Park (Arnot Henry) Royal Oak (Lawrence Robertson)	Kalamazoo

1945	Saginaw Arthur Hill (William Kelley)	Battle Creek
1946	Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard)	Wyandotte
1947	Jackson (Chris Jensen)	Kalamazoo
1948	Jackson (Chris Jensen)	Wyandotte
1949	Jackson (Chris Jensen)	Battle Creek
1950	Battle Creek Central (Robert Mowerson) Kalamazoo Central (Elf Pedler)	Ann Arbor

1951	Pontiac (Wallace Schloerke)	Ann Arbor
1952	Grand Rapids Union (Lowell Palmer)	Pontiac
1953	Grand Rapids Union (Lowell Palmer)	Jackson
1954	Kalamazoo Central (Elf Pedler)	Midland
1955	Lansing Eastern (Frank Sudac)	Pontiac
1956	Lansing Eastern (Charles Sweeney)	Saginaw Arthur Hill
1957	Lansing Eastern (Charles Sweeney)	Birmingham
1958	Flint Central (Varnard Gay)	Birmingham
1959	Birmingham Seaholm (Kermit Ambrose)	Ann Arbor
1960	Ypsilanti (Richard Lee)	Flint Southwestern
1961	Detroit Redford (Bruce Waha)	Ypsilanti
1962	Detroit Redford	Flint Southwestern
1963	Birmingham Seaholm (Kermit Ambrose)	Grand Rapids Christian
1964	Royal Oak Kimball (Dick Zulch)	Detroit Redford
1965	Royal Oak Kimball (Dick Zulch)	Wyandotte Roosevelt
1966	Hazel Park (Jack Boughton)	Royal Oak Kimball
1967	East Lansing (Ron Horning)	Royal Oak Kimball
1968	Flint Kearsley (Larry Wiltse)	St. Joseph
1969	Ann Arbor Huron (Desmond Ryan)	Flint Kearsley
1970	Flint Kearsley (Larry Wiltse)	St. Joseph
1971	St. Joseph (Ron Waldvogel)	Flint Kearsley
1972	Flint Kearsley (Larry Wiltse)	Livonia Stevenson
1973	Grosse Pointe North (Tom Gauerke)	Ann Arbor Pioneer
1974	Flint Northern (Norbert Badar)	St. Joseph
1975	Grosse Pointe North (Tom Gauerke)	Livonia Churchill
1976	Grosse Pointe North (Tom Gauerke)	Grand Blanc
1977	Grand Blanc (Robert Stallcup)	Grosse Pointe North
1978	Brighton (Robert Ritsema)	Grand Blanc
1979	Grand Blanc (Robert Stallcup)	Flint Kearsley
1980	Flint Kearsley (Larry Wiltse)	Grosse Pointe North
1981	Dearborn Edsel Ford (Arnold Domke)	Flint Kearsley
1982	Grosse Pointe North (Dave McEvers)	Detroit Catholic Central
1983	Detroit Catholic Central (Anthony Magni)	Grand Blanc
1984	Detroit Catholic Central (Anthony Magni)	Swartz Creek
1985	Washington Eisenhower (Bill Conger)	Monroe
1986	Swartz Creek (Dave Carey)	Farmington
1987	Ann Arbor Pioneer (Don Sleeman)	Monroe
1988	Monroe (Dave Bork)	Ann Arbor Pioneer
1989	Detroit Catholic Central (Anthony Magni)	Ann Arbor Pioneer
1990	Ann Arbor Pioneer (Don Sleeman)	Walled Lake Western
1991	White Lake Lakeland (Randy Wilkins)	Walled Lake Western
1992	Monroe (Dave Bork)	Detroit Catholic Central
1993	Ann Arbor Pioneer (Don Sleeman)	Monroe
1994	Ann Arbor Pioneer (Don Sleeman)	White Lake Lakeland
1995	Brighton (Bob Ritsema)	White Lake Lakeland
1996	White Lake Lakeland (Randy Wilkins)	Traverse City
1997	White Lake Lakeland (Randy Wilkins)	Rockford
1998	Novi (Robert Smith)	Rockford
1999	Novi (Robert Smith)	Rockford

LOWER PENINSULA

CLASS B

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1943	Ypsilanti (Martin Opem)	Birmingham
1944	Flint Kearsley (Varnard Gay)	Birmingham
1945	Ypsilanti (Martin Opem)	Charlotte
1946	Ypsilanti (Ralph Deetz)	Birmingham
1947	Ypsilanti (Ralph Deetz)	Redford Union
1948	Trenton (Tony Malinowski)	Ypsilanti
1949	Niles (Homer Hatcher)	Ypsilanti
1950	Alma (Delmar Brenner)	Niles
1951	Alma (Delmar Brenner)	Niles
1952	Alma (Delmar Brenner)	Belleville
1953	Trenton (Tony Malinowski)	Alma
1954	River Rouge (Harry Niner)	Alma
1955	River Rouge (Harry Niner)	Walled Lake
1956	Portage (Ernest R. Kirkman)	River Rouge
1957	River Rouge (Harry Niner)	Howell
1958	Grand Rapids Godwin Heights (Nick Thull)	River Rouge
1959	Howell (Robert Bloomer)	St. Johns
1960	Howell (Robert Bloomer)	St. Johns
1961	Wyoming (Frank Grimm)	Ecorse
1962	Sparta (Don Worm)	Wyandotte Riverview
1963	Vicksburg (Thomas Horn)	Grand Rapids South Christian
1964	Grand Rapids South Christian (Rog Brummel)	Dearborn Riverside
1965	Dearborn Heights Riverside (Ronald Horning)	East Grand Rapids
1966	Grand Rapids East Christian (Dennis Gabrielse)	Dearborn Heights Riverside
1967	Grand Rapids Northview (Bruce Beimers)	Dearborn Heights Riverside
1968	Charlotte (Malcolm Gobel)	Grand Rapids Northview
1969	Charlotte (Malcolm Gobel)	Detroit East Catholic
1970	Grand Rapids West Catholic (Leonard Skrycki)	Fenton
1971	Muskegon Catholic Central (Joe LeMieux)	Auburn Heights Avondale & Oxford
1972	Auburn Heights Avondale (Lawrence Davis)	Linden
1973	Royal Oak Shrine (Lou Miramonti)	Linden
1974	Royal Oak Shrine (Lou Miramonti)	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher
1975	Sturgis (Ralph Baker)	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher
1976	Fremont (Rich Tompkins)	Detroit Austin Catholic
1977	Holly (Duane Raffin)	Battle Creek Harper Creek
1978	Holly (Duane Raffin)	Grand Rapids Christian
1979	Jackson Lumen Christi (Pat Arpino)	Holt
1980	Caro (Jeff Worman)	Jackson Lumen Christi
1981	Marshall (Barney Roy)	Grand Rapids Catholic Central
1982	Grand Rapids Catholic Central (Jim Gardiner)	Dearborn Divine Child
1983	Fremont (Rich Tompkins)	Grand Rapids Catholic Central
1984	Grand Rapids Catholic Central (Jim Gardiner)	Okemos
1985	Fremont (Rich Tompkins)	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
1986	Okemos (John Quiring)	Dearborn
1987	Dearborn (Robert Bridges)	St. Joseph
1988	St. Joseph (Ron Waldvogel)	Sturgis
1989	Fremont (Rich Tompkins)	Saline
1990	Big Rapids (Brad Kahrs)	Cedar Springs
1991	Fremont (Rich Tompkins)	Saline
1992	South Haven (Mark Robinson)	Coldwater
1993	Fremont (Rich Tompkins)	Dearborn Divine Child
1994	Stockbridge (Jim Lister)	Fremont
1995	Stockbridge (Jim Lister)	Gaylord
1996	Caledonia (John Soderman)	Stockbridge
1997	Corunna (Gordon Aldrich)	Jackson Lumen Christi
1998	Richland Gull Lake (Brad Portis & Tom DeVault)	Corunna
1999	Flint Powers Catholic (Mike Gould)	Holland Christian

LOWER PENINSULA

CLASS C

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1974	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian (Arley Bouwma)	Carson City-Crystal
1975	Mayville (Robert Weaver)	Wyoming Lee/Central Montcalm
1976	Breckenridge (Rudy Godefroidt)	DeWitt
1977	DeWitt (Tom Mauro)	Clare
1978	Wyoming Lee (Art Kraai)	Breckenridge
1979	St. Louis (Jerry Mayer)	Freeland
1980	Concord (Chuck King)	Reese
1981	Kalamazoo Christian (Keith Hoekwater)	Stockbridge
1982	Charlevoix (Pete Spieles)	Kalamazoo Christian
1983	Charlevoix (Pete Spieles)	Rogers City
1984	Benzie Central (Eldon Moss)	Mason County Central
1985	Benzie Central (Eldon Moss)	Charlevoix
1986	Benzie Central (Eldon Moss)	Charlevoix
1987	Charlevoix (Pete Spieles)	Benzie Central
1988	Charlevoix (Pete Spieles)	Sandusky
1989	Charlevoix (Pete Spieles)	Edwardsburg
1990	Charlevoix (Pete Spieles)	Sandusky
1991	Charlevoix (Pete Spieles)	Carson City-Crystal
1992	Sandusky (Wayne Roberts)	Suttons Bay
1993	Leslie (Jim Hanson)	Carson City-Crystal
1994	Carson City-Crystal (Gordon Aldrich)	Leslie
1995	Benzie Central (Eldon Moss)	Lutheran Westland
1996	McBain (John Ensing)	Benzie Central
1997	Benzie Central (Eldon Moss)	Sandusky
1998	East Jordan (Dennis Snarey)	Jonesville
1999	Allendale (Dale Buist)	East Jordan

LOWER PENINSULA

CLASS D

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1974	Kingsley (Robert Glover)	Buckley
1975	Concord (Chuck King)	Elk Rapids
1976	Potterville (Tom Swanson)	Concord
1977	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (Pat Berill)	Akron-Fairgrove
1978	Akron-Fairgrove (Jerry Lasceski)	Mancelona
1979	Ann Arbor Greenhills (John Goodridge)	Lansing Christian
1980	Kingsley (Robert Glover)	Centreville
1981	Concord (Chuck King)	Centreville
1982	Concord (Chuck King)	Southfield Christian
1983	Ann Arbor Greenhills (Bruce Dyer)	Concord
1984	Concord (Chuck King)	Mancelona
1985	Ann Arbor Greenhills (Bruce Dyer)	Fowler
1986	Concord (Chuck King)	Kingsley
1987	Kingsley (Robert Glover)	Suttons Bay
1988	Fowler (Kim Spalsbury)	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard
1989	Fowler (Kim Spalsbury)	Pentwater
1990	Fowler (Kim Spalsbury)	Pentwater
1991	Bear Lake (Ken Overla)	Suttons Bay
1992	Bear Lake (Ken Overla)	Fowler
1993	Grass Lake (Pat Richardson)	Bear Lake
1994	Bath (Mel Comeau)	Grass Lake
1995	Grass Lake (Pat Richardson)	Fowler
1996	Grass Lake (Pat Richardson)	Pittsford
1997	Grass Lake (Pat Richardson)	New Buffalo
1998	Grass Lake (Pat Richardson) Bear Lake/Onekama (Dal Townsend)	New Buffalo
1999	New Buffalo (Vance Price)	Bear Lake/Onekama

UPPER PENINSULA DIVISION 1

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
2000	Sault Ste. Marie (Jim Martin)	Marquette
2001	Sault Ste. Marie (Jim Martin)	Marquette
2002	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Sault Ste. Marie
2003	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Sault Ste. Marie

UPPER PENINSULA DIVISION 2

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
2000	Munising (Francis DesArmo)	Ishpeming
2001	Ishpeming (John Osler)	Ishpeming Westwood
2002	Ishpeming Westwood (Steve Pohlman)	Stephenson
2003	Stephenson (Peggy Grille)	Ishpeming Westwood

UPPER PENINSULA DIVISION 3

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
2000	Carney-Nadeau (Pauline Poupore)	Republic-Michigamme
2001	Carney-Nadeau (Pauline Poupore)	Pickford
2002	Carney-Nadeau (Pauline Poupore)	Pickford
2003	Cedarville (Pete Spieles)	Painesdale-Jeffers

UPPER PENINSULA

CLASS A-B

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1966	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Menominee
1967	Menominee (Bill Fernstrum)	Ishpeming
1968	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Ironwood
1969	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Menominee
1970	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Menominee
1971	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Calumet
1972	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Menominee
1973	Escanaba (Dick Burroughs) Ironwood (William Kennedy)	Calumet

1974	Escanaba (Dick Burroughs)	Menominee
1975	Escanaba (Dick Burroughs)	Marquette
1976	Escanaba (Dick Burroughs)	Menominee
1977	Gwinn (Janet Mikelich)	Marquette
1978	Gladstone (David Lahtinen)	Gwinn
1979	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Gwinn
1980	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Menominee
1981	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Menominee
1982	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Menominee
1983	Menominee (Rick Lund)	Escanaba
1984	Gladstone (David Lahtinen)	Marquette
1985	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Gladstone
1986	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Escanaba
1987	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Gladstone
1988	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Sault Ste. Marie
1989	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Escanaba
1990	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Menominee
1991	Escanaba (John Prokos)	Gwinn
1992	Gwinn (Darren Smith)	Escanaba
1993	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Kingsford
1994	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Kingsford
1995	Marquette (Dale Phillips)	Ishpeming Westwood
1996	Menominee (Randy Verkerke)	Marquette
1997	Menominee (Randy Verkerke)	Escanaba
1998	Escanaba (Al O'Dell)	Marquette
1999	Sault Ste. Marie (Jim Martin)	Escanaba

UPPER PENINSULA

CLASS C

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1974	Norway (Victor Fochesato)	Rudyard
1975	Norway (Victor Fochesato)	Ishpeming
1976	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Hancock
1977	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Hancock
1978	Hancock (Arne Henderson)	Ishpeming
1979	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Munising
1980	Ishpeming Westwood (Gordon Chinn)	Ishpeming
1981	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Negaunee
1982	Ishpeming (R. Norman Andrew)	Negaunee
1983	Negaunee (Duane Palomaki)	Ishpeming
1984	Ishpeming Westwood (Gordon Chinn)	Stephenson
1985	Ishpeming Westwood (Gordon Chinn)	Stephenson
1986	Stephenson (Greg Dausey)	Iron Mountain
1987	Iron Mountain (Dan Lori)	Ishpeming Westwood
1988	Stephenson (Greg Dausey)	Ironwood
1989	Houghton (Evelyn Whitman)	Stephenson
1990	Stephenson (Greg Dausey)	Hancock
1991	Stephenson (Greg Dausey)	Ishpeming
1992	Stephenson (Greg Dausey)	Ironwood
1993	Ironwood (Bruce Beckman)	Calumet
1994	Calumet (Bruce Hannula)	Ironwood
1995	Munising (Fran DesArmo)	Norway

1996	Calumet (Bruce Hannula)	Newberry
1997	Calumet (Bruce Hannula)	Newberry
1998	Calumet (Bruce Hannula)	Munising
1999	Ishpeming (William Sved)	Houghton

UPPER PENINSULA

CLASS D

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1974	Chassell (John D. Vaara)	Perkins
1975	Chassell (John D. Vaara)	Painesdale Jeffers
1976	Painesdale-Jeffers (Dave Witting)	Chassell
1977	Painesdale-Jeffers (Dave Witting)	Rudyard
1978	Painesdale-Jeffers (Dave Witting)	DeTour
1979	Painesdale-Jeffers (Dave Witting)	Chassell
1980	Norway (Neils Jensen)	Painesdale Jeffers
1981	Chassell (Louis Braun)	Painesdale Jeffers
1982	Chassell (Louis Braun)	Painesdale Jeffers
1983	Painesdale-Jeffers (Gary Guisfredi)	Chassell
1984	Hancock (Arne Henderson)	Crystal Falls Forest Park
1985	Painesdale-Jeffers (Terry LaJeunesse)	Crystal Falls Forest Park
1986	Hancock (Arne Henderson)	Eben Junction
1987	Eben Junction Superior Central (James Miller)	Crystal Falls Forest Park
1988	Eben Junction Superior Central (James Miller)	Painesdale Jeffers
1989	Eben Junction Superior Central (James Miller)	Carney-Nadeau
1990	Painesdale-Jeffers (Mark Aho)	Carney-Nadeau
1991	Painesdale-Jeffers (Mark Aho)	Carney-Nadeau
1992	Painesdale-Jeffers (Mark Aho)	Carney-Nadeau
1993	Painesdale-Jeffers (Mark Aho)	Chassell
1994	Republic-Michigamme (Kevin Pryor)	Carney-Nadeau
1995	Republic-Michigamme (Kevin Pryor)	Carney-Nadeau
1996	Republic-Michigamme (Vicky Holsworth)	Carney-Nadeau
1997	Carney-Nadeau (Tom Bonetti)	Republic-Michigamme
1998	Carney-Nadeau (Pauline Poupore)	Chassell
1999	Carney-Nadeau (Pauline Poupore)	Chassell

LOWER AND UPPER PENINSULA -- OPEN CLASS

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1924	Ann Arbor
1925	Kalamazoo Central (Martin Shale)
1926	Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard)

1927	Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard)
1928	Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard)
1929	Detroit Northwestern
1930	Grand Rapids South Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard)

1931	Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard)
1932	(No Meet Held)
1933	(No Meet Held)
1934	Jackson (Howard Chanter)
1935	Kalamazoo Central (A. E. Stoddard)
1936	Lansing Central (Howard Gleason)
1937	Flint Central (John W. Seaton)
1938	Royal Oak (Robert Dunn)
1939	Flint Central (John W. Seaton)
1940	Royal Oak (Robert Dunn)
1941	Flint Central (Francis Smith)
1942	(No Meet Held)

LOWER AND UPPER PENINSULA CLASS B

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up
1927	Dearborn (Leith Wetzel)
1928	Dearborn (Leith Wetzel)
1929	Dearborn (Leith Wetzel)
1930	Dearborn (Leith Wetzel)
1931	Sault Ste. Marie (Ray Friedl)
1932	(No Meet Held)