The Michigan State University signee and defending Division 4 state champion in the 3,200-meter run took first place indoors in 9:11 to win by eight seconds at Grand Valley State University s Kelly Family Sports Center.

The Kalamazoo native, who retired in 2009, died on Tuesday at age 83. Several high school sports seasons were switched, notably girls basketball from fall to winter and girls volleyball from winter to fall.

For once, the two-time Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year could finally sit back and blend in with the crowd before he takes off to begin his college career at Stanford University in California.

Grand Blanc's Grant Fisher outdueled Kenowa Hills' Donovan Brazier in Saturday's Elite Mile at Grand Valley State University.