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7.0 years ago

Mitchell Day Making His Mark

Mitchell Day, son of Scott and Jodi Day, has been representing Alpena Schools with charm and humility since he was a Freshman. Now, as a Senior, he continues to excel and prepares to compete at the collegiate level. In the Fall of 2015, Mitchell Day decided to become a 1 sport athlete. He regrettably quit soccer, a sport that he loves, and followed his natural talent in the running world. He will admit that it isn't necessarily the running that he loves but instead the challenge, discipline and planning. Last season, he broke a 30 year old school record. The record had been held since 1984 by Todd Zeilinski with a time of 16:00. In 1984, Todd finished 6th in the Class A Individual State Competion. Also, in 2015, Mitchell was expected to win the Conference Championship after winning the 1st two conference races. He lost that title after taking a fall down a hill finishing the race 17th. He easily earned the title of Regional Champion and he became the Division 1 Runner Up Champion finishing 3 seconds behind Isaac Harding from Rockford. Currently, he is accomplishing all that he did in 2015 and more. He has re-broken his school record with the biggest races of the season yet to come. He is the 1st Big North Confernce Champion from Alpena High School. He Is expected to win the Regional Championship again. AND, he is currently seeded #2 in the State of Michigan for Division 1 runners! Cole Johnson from Rockford has posted a time of 15:12.0 while Mitchell has posted a time of 15:13.1. The 2 runners have faced each other one time this season at the Spartan Invitational hosted by Michigan State University in early September. Mitchell finished ahead of Cole Johnson that day. This is quite an accomplishment for Alpena High School to have an athlete of this caliber! The best part is that Mitchell has had a huge impact on the rest of the team. He is a team leader by actions and encouragement. He has been guiding the underclassmen through their workouts all season. Not only is he making his mark with Alpena Athletics but his example will be used for years to come. The Alpena Cross Country Teams will be running Regionals at Delta College on Saturday, October 29. The qualifiers will move from there to the Division 1 State Meet at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, November 5. To qualify for the Division 1 State Meet, the runners need to finish in the top 3 teams or the top 15 individuals.

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