Indoor Improvements

 “Greatness is achieved when you commit to making even small improvements every day.”

These runners have made large improvements from cross country. But in those large improvements are 90+ days of small improvements. Listed below are athletes seeing their potential, motivated by a great fall, determined to rewrite a disappointing fall, or just metronomes on a continuous track to make the most of their ability.

I have a formula that converts 1600/3200 times into equivalent ratings. Those formulas are derived from the past few years, matching XC ratings vs. track times in the previous spring. For the 1600m, it is 465-1600m time (seconds). For the 3200m, it is 490-(3200m time x 2).

The ratings from indoor were then compared against 2019 XC ratings, and those with a 20 point improvement are listed. For example, Lani Bloom’s 1600m rating is 168.7 (465-296.3). Her final rating in XC was 138.1. That’s a major improvement from an already great girl. Her consistency the past few months is something we should all strive for and is the main reason she’s #7 nationally in the 3200m.

I’m certain the 46 other athletes have similar tales of grit and grind through these dreary winter months. They’re paying off now and they’ll pay off in the future.

Grade	Name	School	Indoor Time	Event	XC SR (Meet, Location)
10	Shelby Flory	Hudsonville	6:09.7	1600m	23:22 (OK Red, Riverside Park)
9	Rekha Krispin	Auburn Hills Avondale	5:30.0	1600m	20:45 (Muskrat Classic, Goodells Park)
9	Hope Petr	East Grand Rapids	6:47.3	1600m	24:49 (Otsego Bulldog, Otsego)
10	Anna Alexander	Swartz Creek	5:41.4	1600m	21:32 (Regionals, Delta College)
9	Morgan Anderson	Roscommon	6:12.9	1600m	21:41 (Pete Moss, Benzie Central)
11	Kylee Johnson	Walled Lake Central	7:05.9	1600m	25:24 (Birch Run Early Bird, Birch Run)
10	Joy Swanson	Pinckney	7:07.6	1600m	26:06 (Holly, Holly)
11	Haylie Kowalski	Concord	7:53.7	1600m	27:28 (Portage, Portage)
10	Grace Mitchell	Alpena	5:55.3	1600m	21:41 (Regionals, Delta College)
10	Brianna Wiegand	Romeo	5:57.0	1600m	21:54 (Post a PR, Huron Meadows)
11	LaJeanee Porter	Detroit Renaissance	6:26.2	1600m	23:09 (Wayne County, Willow)
10	Kate Heidema	Hudsonville	5:50.2	1600m	21:18 (Bath, Bath)
10	Hannah Fisher	Marysville	5:23.6	1600m	19:59 (Regionals, Goodells Park)
10	Lani Bloom	Ithaca	4:56.3	1600m	18:38 (BlueJay, Shepherd)
12	Jayla Jones	Oak Park	5:38.5	1600m	21:05 (Regionals, Willow)
12	Danielle Armstrong	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5:28.5	1600m	20:13 (States, MIS)
9	Ali Junewick	GR West Catholic	5:41.9	1600m	21:03 (Cougar Falcon, Gainey Fields)
12	Elizabeth Bennett	Rockford	5:53.3	1600m	21:09 (Portage Early Bird, Portage)
12	Anna Cleveland	Edwardsburg	6:16.5	1600m	22:39 (Portage, Portage)
12	Erika Parkinson	Coldwater	6:17.9	1600m	21:33 (I-8, Turkeyville)
10	Haley Bendele	Shepherd	6:18.0	1600m	21:19 (Regionals, Shepherd)
9	Alyssa Bird	Hudsonville	6:38.1	1600m	23:50 (OK Red, Riverside Park)
11	Josie Morrow	Ithaca	5:50.9	1600m	21:12 (Scottie Classic, Shepherd)
12	Lauren Monaghan	Troy	5:41.9	1600m	20:26 (Regionals, Chandler Park)
10	Allison Doneth	Mason	5:54.2	1600m	20:43 (John Bruder Classic, Shepherd)
9	Payton Kuhn	St. Louis	5:52.4	1600m	20:52 (Scottie Classic, Shepherd)
11	Cecile Mallon	Benzie Central	6:16.5	1600m	21:44 (NWC Jamboree, Benzie Central)
10	Emerson Rondy	Ithaca	6:36.8	1600m	23:16 (Scottie Classic, Shepherd)
11	Tess Fookes	Hudsonville	13:37.5	3200m	22:34 (Kent Ottawa, Gainey Fields)
11	Brynn Edison	East Grand Rapids	5:53.5	1600m	21:13 (Portage, Portage)

Grade	Name	School	Indoor Time	Event	XC SR (Meet, Location)
12	Dustin Finkhouse	Benzie Central	4:42.2	1600m	20:10 (Pete Moss, Benzie Central)
9	Nitsan Tal	East Grand Rapids	6:55.3	1600m	25:37 (Regionals, Allendale)
9	Liam Stacey	Farmington	5:16.4	1600m	20:52 (Bloomer 9th/10th, Bloomer Park)
11	Kolbe Mills	GR West Catholic	4:45.3	1600m	17:39 (Regionals, Allendale)
10	Kevin Person	Oak Park	5:16.3	1600m	20:09 (Oakland County, Kensington)
12	Luke Munsey	Zeeland West	4:36.3	1600m	17:24 (Allendale Falcon, Allendale)
9	Ethan Pruzinsky	Auburn Hills Avondale	11:12.9	3200m	19:13 (OAA Blue, Bloomer Park)
10	Anthony Vinson	Utica Eisenhower	5:05.9	1600m	18:59 (Regionals, Goodells Park)
11	Alex Peterson	Otsego	5:11.10	1600m	18:50 (Portage, Portage)
11	Gavin Kushmaul	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5:16.0	1600m	18:49 (Post a PR, Huron Meadows)
12	Ethan Rice	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	4:48.8	1600m	17:09 (Regionals. Chandler Park)
12	Sean Garland	Rochester Adams	4:48.9	1600m	18:09 (OAA Red, Clintonwood Park)
11	Toland Corum	Birmingham Seaholm	5:06.3	1600m	17:55 (Regionals, Chandler Park)
11	Titus Bretzke	Greenville	4:23.9	1600m	16:44 (Don Baese, Carson City)
11	Andrew Farrer	Flint Powers Catholic	4:38.9	1600m	17:06 (Greater Flint, Cummings Center)
9	Chase Klapthor	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5:20.6	1600m	18:45 (Gabriel Richard, Hudson Mills)
10	Mateo Quintanilla	Zeeland West	4:51.9	1600m	17:51 (Regionals, Portage)