MHSAA Record Book

If you have information you believe should be included in these records (additions, deletions or corrections), it may be submitted one of three ways:

  1. Submitted by a MHSAA member school athletic administrator on official office letterhead, or by using the National Federation Record Application (Note: The Federation form is a fillable Word document and may be emailed to the address below. You may also attach supporting documentation to the email).
  2. Submitted by a media member on official office letterhead, enclosing appropriate documentation.
  3. Submitted by a member of the public with appropriate documentation, including the names and phone numbers of contact people at the school involved. The school will then be contacted to verify the information.  Due to the high number of submission received, no action will be taken on undocumented information.

To submit changes, mail to: MHSAA Record Book, 1661 Ramblewood Dr., East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 332-5046. E-mail: [email protected]. Appropriate documentation shall include, but is not limited to, the following: copies of scorebooks or game/season statistical summaries, copies of yearbooks, and copies of newspaper clippings. The Record Book is updated on a seasonal basis when possible.

MHSAA Boys Cross Country Finals Records

Team Records

MHSAA Championships
Lower Peninsula Finals (minimum five)
11 – Kalamazoo Central (1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1954)
10 – Fremont (1976, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2020)
9 – Concord (1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 2009, 2011, 2012)
9 – Napoleon (1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1949)
8 – Benzonia Benzie Central (1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2009, 2013, 2014)
7 – Charlevoix (1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
6 – Ann Arbor Pioneer (1987, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2008, 2017) 
6 – Detroit Catholic Central (1983, 1984, 1989, 2001, 2009, 2010)
6 – Ypsilanti (1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1960)
6 – Lansing Eastern (1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957)
5 – Highland-Milford (2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013)
5 – Dexter (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
5 – Grass Lake (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
5 – Dearborn (1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1987)
5 – Flint Kearsley (1944, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1980)
5 – Niles (1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1949)

Upper Peninsula Finals (minimum five)
25 – Marquette (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021)
21 – Ishpeming (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
13 – Painesdale-Jeffers (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2009, 2021)
13 – Escanaba (1950, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1991, 1998, 2006)
10 – Sault Ste. Marie (1931, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2018) 
10 – Stephenson (1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012) 
10 – Eben/Eben Junction/Eben Junction Superior Central (1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2008, 2010)
9 – Menominee (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1967, 1983, 1996, 1997)
8 – Chassell (1974, 1975, 1981, 1982, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
8 – Munising (1973, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012)
8 – Pickford (1955, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972)
7 – Rudyard (1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1969, 2009, 2019)
6 – Carney-Nadeau (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
5 – Houghton (1953, 1989, 2007, 2011, 2017)
5 – Rapid River (1954, 1956, 1959, 2005, 2007)
5 – Ishpeming Westwood (1980, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2004)
5 – Baraga (1944, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1952)

Consecutive (minimum three) (* active)
6 – Carney-Nadeau, Upper Peninsula (1997-2002)
6 – Marquette, Upper Peninsula (1985-90)
5 – Dexter, Lower Peninsula (2002-06)
5 – Charlevoix, Lower Peninsula (1987-91)
5 – Ishpeming, Upper Peninsula (1968-72)
4 – Marquette, Upper Peninsula (2002-05)
4 – Grass Lake, Lower Peninsula (1995-98)
4 – Painesdale-Jeffers, Upper Peninsula (1990-93)
4 – Marquette, Upper Peninsula (1979-82)
4 – Painesdale-Jeffers, Upper Peninsula (1976-79)
4 – Escanaba, Upper Peninsula 1973-76)
4 – Escanaba, Upper Peninsula (1958-61)
4 – Menominee, Upper Peninsula (1946-49)
4 – Dearborn, Lower Peninsula (1927-30)
4 – Kalamazoo Central, Lower Peninsula (1925-28)
* 3 – Marquette, Upper Peninsula (2019-21)
3 – Ishpeming, Upper Peninsula (2018-20)
3 – Chassell, Upper Peninsula (2014-16)
3 – Ishpeming, Upper Peninsula (2014-16)   
3 – Highland-Milford, Lower Peninsula (2011-13)
3 – Stephenson, Upper Peninsula (2010-12)
3 – Marquette, Upper Peninsula (2008-10)
3 – Pinckney, Lower Peninsula (2005-07)
3 – Harbor Springs, Lower Peninsula (2002-04)
3 – Sault Ste. Marie, Upper Peninsula (1999-01)
3 – Calumet, Upper Peninsula (1996-98)
3 – Republic-Michigamme, Upper Peninsula (1994-96)
3 – Marquette, Upper Peninsula (1993-95)
3 – Stephenson, Upper Peninsula (1990-92)
3 – Fowler, Lower Peninsula (1988-90)
3 – Eben Junction Superior Central (1987-89)
3 – Benzie Central, Lower Peninsula (1984-86)
3 – Concord, Lower Peninsula (1980-82)
3 – Pickford, Upper Peninsula (1970-72)
3 – Ishpeming, Upper Peninsula (1964-66)
3 – Rudyard, Upper Peninsula (1961-63)
3 – Lansing Eastern, Lower Peninsula (1955-57)
3 – Spring Arbor, Lower Peninsula (1953-55)
3 – Alma, Lower Peninsula (1950-52)
3 – Lansing Eastern, Lower Peninsula (1950-52)
3 – Jackson, Lower Peninsula (1947-49)
3 – Eben, Upper Peninsula (1946-48)
3 – Ypsilanti, Lower Peninsula (1945-47)
3 – Niles, Lower Peninsula (1934-36)
3 – Napoleon, Lower Peninsula (1934-36)
3 – Ann Arbor, Lower Peninsula (1922-24)

Lowest Finals Scores
(since 2000 switch to divisions) 
Lower Peninsula Division 1
27 - Pinckney (2006)
56 - Rockford (2000)
Lower Peninsula Division 2
28 - Dexter (2006)
59 - Linden (2008)
Lower Peninsula Division 3
56 - Grandville Calvin Christian (2011)
61 - Caro (2018)
61 - Saugatuck (2016)
Lower Peninsula Division 4
51 - Saugatuck (2015)
62 - Saugatuck (2018)
Upper Peninsula Division 1
23 - Marquette (2008)
24 - Marquette (2009)
24 - Sault Ste. Marie (2000)
Upper Peninsula Division 2
17 - Ishpeming (2020)
22 - Painesdale-Jeffers (2021)
22 - Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer (2017)
Upper Peninsula Division 3
33 - Carney-Nadeau (2000)
36 - Munising (2011)
36 - Carney-Nadeau (2001)

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