Madison Middle School Cross Country

11/10/2026

Strength and speed opportunity today from 3:30-4:30pm in the elementary gym for middle schoolers and highschoolers in the off-season not currently in a sport.

11/09/2026

Middle school and high school cross country runners:

I think it would be a ton of fun to gather together at MIS on Saturday 11/21/26 for the Nite Lites Fun Run! The course is 3.5 miles and you get to run through the Christmas lights at MIS! Come with a friend or family members or just your teammates and we could join together again for an off season run! If you register by THIS WEDNESDAY you will get cheaper pricing!

Everyone gets antlers to wear and this year, they will have live reindeer. Come join the fun!

If you DO sign up, let me know so we can figure out where to meet up! Sign up below:

The Nite Lites Christmas Fun Run/Walk is on Saturday November 21, 2026. It includes the following events: 12th Annual Nite Lites Christmas Fun Run and 12th Annual Nite Lites Christmas Walk.

11/08/2026

We are still missing 7 uniforms. Please turn into the middle school office tomorrow!

10/31/2026

Excited to share that Coach Hough will be offering speed and strength workouts in the elementary gym from 3:30pm-4:30pm every Tuesday from next week, 11/3, until Christmas break.

This will be an opportunity for Cross Country and Track runners in Middle School and High School at Madison who are not in a winter sport. We will work on building speed and strengthening your bodies in preparation for Track in the Spring.

More sessions will be offered from January until Track starts if gym space is available.

Hope to see some of you this Tuesday at 3:30pm in the Elementary gym!

10/27/2026

The Madison Middle School Cross Country team competed at Regionals in Milan on Tuesday 10/27/26 as their final competition of the season.

The boys took 7th place and the girls took 4th place in the small school division.

Out of 19 athletes on our team, 17 athletes either had a PR or season best!

These students brought home the following achievements:

-Charlee Russell: a PR of 12:27 taking 10th place overall and medaling
-Jase Bayles: a PR of 13:24
-Marcus Stutzman: a PR of 14:06
-Matthew Sinclair: a PR of 15:14
-Joaquin Rodela: a PR of 15:49

-Anna Thomas: a PR of 13:17 breaking the previous school record of 13:28 and becoming the new school record holder. Anna took 10th place and brought home a medal.
-Emily Ballantyne: a PR of 13:26 breaking the previous school record just set by her on Saturday of 13:28. Emily took 15th place and brought home a medal.
-Emma Carey: a PR of 13:53
-Cataleya Tillman: a PR of 14:39
-Sophia Ornelas: a PR of 15:06
-Arielle Garcia: a PR of 15:07
-Lily Hough: a PR of 15:37
-Madeline Norlock: a PR of 15:38
-Maddison Bissett: a PR of 15:59
-Betsy Yepez Diaz: a season best time of 17:43
-Chloe Zarnecki: a PR of 19:08
-Alyssa Criswell: a PR of 19:40

Thank you for your strength and determination this season! Way to go Trojans!! 💙💛

10/27/2026

Once again these two did it!

Emily Ballantyne took a new PR at Regionals today of 13:26, breaking the previous school record just set by her on Saturday of 13:28!

Anna Thomas also took a new PR of 13:17 breaking the previous school record of 13:28 and becoming the new school record holder!

Excellent job, Trojans!! 💙🏃‍♀️💛

10/27/2026

ETA to the school is 7:20pm

10/27/2026

Final reminders for today Tuesday 10/27:

Regionals at Milan High School
200 Big Red Dr. Milan, MI 48160

$10 cash only per carload spectator fee

Food trucks at north end of Symons Elem School parking lot

Championship trophy and top 20 medal

4:15PM: MS Varsity boys run (top 10 runners)- This will be all of our boys since we only have 6!

4:55PM: MS Varsity girls run (top 10 runners)-
Since we have 13 girls I do have to use Athleticnet team placement (based off of times) to determine who runs in this race. The girls running in this race are:
Emily Ballantyne, Anna Thomas, Emma Carey, Cataleya Tillman, Arielle Garcia, Sophia Ornelas, Madeline Norlock, Lily Hough, Maddison Bissett and Betsy Yepez Diaz

5:35PM: MS JV race (boys and girls- all other runners)
Competing in this race will be Rosie Cavinder, Chloe Zarnecki and Alyssa Criswell

Runners may be signed out after our 5:35pm race- cheer on our last group of runners!

UNIFORM RETURN:
Monday November 2nd I will pick up uniforms from the school at the end of the day. Please put your clean uniform in a ziplock bag with your name on it and return it to the office no later than Monday! Thank you!

10/27/2026

Can’t wait! 💙👏🏼💛🏃‍♀️

10/27/2026

What an incredible season it’s been 💙💛

Thank you for the kind words from everyone, it really filled my heart tonight!

I cannot wait for regionals tomorrow, you are all going to crush it! 👏🏼