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

When the cross country season ends, many athletes feel excitement, pride, satisfaction, confidence, or a sense of accomplishment.  For...

Cros-Lex’s Eva Thompson recently wrapped up her senior cross country season as one of the most successful and accomplished runners from...

Michigan Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Meet of Champions 11/9/24 @ Shepherd High School On Saturday, November 9, many local runners...

With one last official MHSAA event of the season, local athletes who qualified for the state meet capped off their 2024 cross country campaigns at MIS in Brooklyn. All-State honors were earned by Blue Water Area runners across several divisions.

This weekend, all the minutes, hours, and miles spent running came together as runners made their bid for a chance to compete at the...

Check out this amazingly detailed and comprehensive Cross Country Regional Preview by Jacob Tanner. He has included a course preview, a...

It’s the final weekend meet results recap before regional competition, so here is a wrap-up of local cross country results for Blue Water Area teams.

Link for the full meet photo gallery The weather shifted significantly for Tuesday’s BWAC Cross Country Championships at Goodells County...

It’s officially championship season as local teams are finishing up regular season competition and beginning league, county, and regional meets. Here is a recap of cross country action from around the Blue Water Area for the week of Oct. 8-12.