Hosted at Jackson High School Withington Stadium

2008 Grand Marshal - Gwen Wentland-Mikinski
Gwen Wentland-Miniski, is one of the nation’s top women high jumpers for the past 15 years. She won the girls’ high jump at the 1990 Midwest Meet of Champions as a Grand Blanc (Mich.) High senior and has ranked among the top 10 performers in the U.S. in 14 of the previous 15 seasons. Her highest rankings were third for the 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2003 seasons. She was the runner-up in the NCAA championships for Kansas State in 1993 and 1995, and also placed second in the USA Track & Field championships in 2002 and 2003. She has a career best of 6 feet 4¾ inches.

After teaching in the Detroit Public Schools System for three years, he had a successful 18-year career in the airline industry, as a marketing director for the Stroh Brewing Company, and served as the Director of Economic Development and Community Affairs for Oakland County. He was elected for a partial term for the State Representative seat in the 29th District in 2006. The term ended on January 1, 2007.

2007 Coaches and Coordinators
Michigan
Coordinator - Kim Spalsbury
Head Coach - Kim Spalsbury
Ohio
Coordinator - Mike Bailer
Men's Coach - Dave Pavlansky
Women's Coach - Eileen Grosse
Indiana
Coordinator - Steve Cotherman
Men's Coach - Dennis McNulty
Women's Coach - Julie Alano
007 Grand Marshal - Hayes Jones
The drive and determination that helped Hayes Jones win the men's 110-meter high hurdles in the 1964 Olympic Games has served him well during a successful business career. He also placed third in the high hurdles in the 1960 Olympics before graduating from Eastern Michigan University in 1961 with a Bachelor fo Science degree in Education.

2008 Honorary Referee - Lee Averill
Track and field has been an integral part of Lee Averill’s life for more than 50 years. Averill, 70, lettered in basketball, football and track at Milford High before running the sprints for Western Michigan University. The first three years of his coaching career were spent at Milford, followed by a year as an assistant at Western Michigan. He has been the head track and cross-country coach at West Bloomfield High for the past 43 years and in 2003 was inducted into the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) Hall of Fame.

2008 and 2007 Honorary Referee - Kermit Ambrose
Kermit Ambrose, 97, was a highly respected track and field and cross-country official in Michigan for more than 30 years following a noteworthy coaching tenure at Birmingham Seaholm High. He also was instrumental in the founding of the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA), helped run the renowned Wolverine cross-country camp for 21 years, and in 1995 was presented the Distinguished Service Award by the Michigan High School Athletic Coaches Association.