Madison Leslie runs for Anchor Bay and recently led her team at the MAC Red Championships as the top TAR runner and fastest Blue Water Area girl in the race, taking 18th in her personal best of 20:37. With a freshman best of 23:07 and fighting an injury her sophomore year, Maddie continued to improve as a junior and has consistently dropped time with hard work and perseverance. Hoping for a time breakthrough at last weekend’s Portage Invitational, she ran with a loose shoe, which eventually came off, and still managed to finish in 22 minutes. Join us to see what Maddie's goals are for the rest of the season, track in the spring, and what's next after graduation.

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At the end of September, Michael Nivala Jr. competed against a field that primarily consisted of NCAA Division II and Division III competition at Roberts Wesleyan University's Harry F. Anderson Invitational in Rochester, NY. Michael ran a 25:19.2, clearing his previous 8K PR by 51 seconds. This time was good for third overall in the NCAA DII and DIII field and helped lead the Monarchs to a strong showing overall, taking sixth as a team.

The No. 8-ranked Macomb Community College Monarchs captured their third consecutive MCCAA Eastern Conference Championship on Oct. 2 after posting a team score of 17. Highlighted by a 1-2-3-4 individual finish, they just missed out on a perfect score of 15, putting all five scoring runners inside the top seven places.

Michael led the 8K race with a time of 26:17.8. Named NJCAA National Runner of the Week, he earned All-Eastern Conference honors and MCCAA Eastern Conference Runner of the Year. During the season, Michael also earned back-to-back MCCAA Runner of the Week honors.

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Caleb McBride of Marysville High School is the fastest underclassman currently in the Blue Water Area. Caleb earned a trip to the state meet last fall as a freshman, placing 11th at regionals, and ran close to his ninth-grade best of 17:04 at MIS in 17:16. Starting this year out as a sophomore, he opened the season with 17 flat Aug. 20 at the Mike Jackson Invitational, and has stayed under that mark ever since, running consistently in the 16s, with his current PR of 16:39, run at the Hanson’s Invitational on Sept. 26. Caleb also won the MAC Gold champs in track in the 3200, and has a PR of 10:24 in that event. We will also get the backstory on last fall's meet at Algonac, when Caleb finished with just one shoe...

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