Indoor Track & Field Recap #1: Season 2 Episode 1

Winter is upon us, and if you aren’t participating in another sport, perhaps you are honing your track and field skills indoors.  The Michigan Indoor Track and Field Series kicked off at Grand Valley State University with two meets on Dec. 7 and the weekend of Dec. 13/14.  There was another west-side competition at Aquinas and an east-side meet at the Lincoln Athletic Building (known as the LAB facility) on the 14th.  There were two more meets at the LAB before Christmas, a pole vault event at the Vault Barn, and since the new year GVSU hosted again, there have been two more meets at the LAB, and this past Saturday, Jan. 11, the first Saginaw Valley University MITS meet took place, along with a meet at Hillsdale College.  In this episode, I’ll aggregate results from the high school indoor meets thus far into one report and sum up the results from Dec. 14, 2024, to Jan. 12, 2025.  Reporting on indoor track and field is quite tricky from a logistical standpoint: there are no school names allowed to be listed, athletes must run unattached or under a club name, and they can’t wear a high school jersey.  Relays are a challenge since athletes are running with people who don’t even go to their school (sidenote: it’s a cool thing to see athletes from different schools teaming up).  Therefore, it’s inevitable that I will miss someone’s name. In a perfect world, the MHSAA would just let indoor track be an official school sport, but until that day, I’ll be continuously cross-checking names against Athletic.net and doing my best.  If you email or message me and let me know, I’ll be sure to add it to the results article on the website. Pictures are always welcome too, as I’m not able to get to as many meets as I’d like to because - believe it or not - my children, while all cross country and track runners, never competed in high school indoor track.  They played basketball instead, so I’m courtside instead of trackside most of the winter.  So, hang on for the highlights, forgive me if I mispronounce your name or missed your results, and I always appreciate your support of the site and your willingness to share your accomplishments with Blue Water Running!  If you missed any of our podcast episodes this year, be sure to check them out on the website at (www.bluewaterrunning.org), or by searching for The Blue Water Running Podcast on your favorite podcasting app.  Don't forget to follow Blue Water Running on social media to stay up-to-date on all the latest news and updates from local track and field and cross country in the Blue Water Area on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and YouTube.  If you’d like to partner with Blue Water Running to advertise your business and promote local runners, please reach out via the website or social media links!https://forms.gle/s4GD7qwWMA5RPBsKSend Blue Water Running a MessageSupport the showhttps://www.bluewaterrunning.org/https://bluewaterrunning.buzzsprout.comInstagram and X @bluewaterrunFacebook/TikTok/Youtube @BlueWaterRunning