Cross-country postseason racing continued over the last week and a half, with high school athletes competing in the MITCA Meet of Champions on November 8 at Shepherd High School. Macomb Community College and SC4 women sent their squads to the NJCAA National Championships in Iowa on Nov. 8, with several collegiate runners earning All-American honors.

On Saturday, November 1, runners from every Lower Peninsula division across Michigan converged at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Nearly 100 athletes from the Blue Water Area capped off the 2025 cross country season with their performances at the state finals. What it took to be All-State (top 30 finishers): Division 1 Girls : 18:12.  Winner: Natasza Dudek, Ann Arbor Pioneer. 16:09*. *Currently the nation’s fastest time. Division 1 Boys : 15:46.2.  Winner: Kamar

Many local runners punched their tickets to Brooklyn next week for the cross country state meet, as regional qualifying meets took place Friday through Saturday. When a trip to the state finals is on the line, personal bests abound: the majority of the top 30 Blue Water Area cross country times were run at regional competitions: 19/30 for girls, 18/30 for boys. Macomb Community College and St. Clair County Community College also raced in regional meets on Friday at Goodells

Saige Cole wins the Marysville Invitational on Oct. 2. Yale sophomore Saige Cole had a successful cross country debut last season, running her PR of 20:05 to place eighth at regionals and earn her first trip to the state meet as a freshman. One of the returning favorites in the league and region this year, she won the Brown City Invitational, the Marysville Invitational, and was BWAC runner-up, leading the Bulldogs to a league title. She was runner-up at the Dave Patterson

The Blue Water Area Conference and the Big Thumb Conference both wrapped up their 2025 cross country league competitions this week: here are the results from both meets for Blue Water Area athletes.

With two weeks remaining until regionals, personal best times are dropping with the temperatures, as invitational competition wraps up and all eyes look toward championship season meets. Here is a recap of cross country race results from the Blue Water Area from Oct. 7-11.

Macomb County Community College and Saint Clair County Community College wrapped up their conference cross country competition with the Michigan Community College Athletic Association Eastern Conference (MCCAA) finals on Saturday, while high school cross country teams were competing at invitationals from Thursday through the weekend. Here's the race recap from Thursday, Sept. 25, through Saturday, Sept. 27.

The majority of Blue Water Area high school cross country teams ran on Friday afternoon at the Brooks Mid-Season Spectacular at Goodells Park, hosted by Yale. Spectacular is the right adjective to describe the results of the meet: out of 258 varsity racers, 36 girls and 54 boys set their PR, which is approximately 35% of the field racing to a personal best.  If you include season-best times, 50% of athletes saw a time drop.  All varsity athletes raced together but were separa

High school and collegiate runners from the Blue Water Area were busy competing around the state this weekend, with big invitationals resulting in many personal and season-best times.  Here’s a recap of this week’s cross country results.

League competitions were in full swing across the Blue Water Area on Sept. 9, with the first Blue Water Area Conference ( BWAC) jamboree of the season kicking off at Almont High School, and the Macomb Area Conference (MAC) Blue jamboree at Lake St. Clair Metropark.  The Armada girls and Yale boys won the first BWAC team duels, while Marysville won both team divisions in their first MAC Blue matchup. Port Huron Northern's girls took five of the top twelve spots on their way

Algonac Muskrat Classic  The majority of local teams raced at Algonac on Saturday, and with perfect weather conditions on a flat, fast course, there were many PRs: in fact, three out of the four race winners were Blue Water Area athletes.

Blue Water Area cross country athletes claimed several individual wins at invitationals over the last week. Cros-Lex's Madelyn Barkley, Yale's Saige Cole, Algonac's Julian Walker, and MCC's Grace Wessel were four area runners who added meet wins to their resumes as August closes out.

The first invitational meets of the season for area teams kicked off over the last week, beginning with the Lamplighter Invite last weekend and several locally hosted meets during the past several days.

Macomb Community College Men Women The Monarchs had their first program summer camp since head coach Matt Fecht was hired in 2022, and...

August 11 is the official MHSAA start date for high school cross country, so it’s time for the 2025 Blue Water Running Cross Country Preview! The preview is based on last season’s performance statistics, and a survey is sent to all the area coaches. Respondents have their quotes and info added into the preview, which is why some teams’ write-ups are significantly longer than others.  Unless a coach or another source specifically mentions an incoming freshman (last year’s 8t

From June through early August, local athletes continued competing in track and field meets, honing their skills in various events and matching up with others from across the state and country. Photo courtesy of Eli Bickel. The first major national competition of the summer season was New Balance Nationals , which took place from June 19-22 at Franklin Field on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus.  North Branch’s Eli Bickel and Anchor Bay’s Cameron Gramzow finally met in