Ann Arbor Skyline sophomore Tristan Williams best race of the year came at the Division 1 state meet, where he finished eighth.

Presenting the sixth annual MLive Bay City Boys Cross Country Dream Team, recognizing the top high school runners in The Bay City Times coverage area for 2016.

CEDAR SPRINGS -- The Creative Technologies Academy boys cross country team was awarded the Michigan Class D Cross Country Championship Team Academic All-State award.

Rockford and Grand Rapids Christian both won regional championships and placed two runners on the All-Area first team and a third harrier on second team this fall, while Comstock Park s 1-2 punch both earned first-team honors.

KENTWOOD -- It was the fourth year of cross country for the West Michigan Aviation Academy and coach Larry Fisher, and to say he had an abundance of runners on his team would be an understatement.

COMSTOCK PARK Junior Reid Parsons and senior Sam Borisch served as a unique one-two punch for Comstock Park's cross country team this season.

It was just over a quarter-century ago when Doug Jager took over the reins of the Grand Rapids Christian cross country program.
In that 1991 season, the Eagle boys program finished in fourth place overall. But the best was yet to come.
Jager's 26-year ...

School administrators and athletic directors have met twice to discuss the potential of forming the conference, with a goal of starting the league at the beginning of the 2017-18 school year.

GRAND RAPIDS -- It's been quite a coaching career for Doug Jager. It was also quite a season.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Forest Hills Northern coach Joe Curcuru enjoyed watching Abdi Ahmed on his boys cross country team this season.