37. Julia Finley, Belding
Again, the well-detailed and always informative (Coach) John Carlson, offered this:
- Went from 22:36 her first race to 18:39 PR at regionals at Uncle John’s Cider Mill
- Took first place 5x in 2020
- Set a PR by 36 seconds and broke 19 at Benzie Central
- Broke 19:00 5x
- PRed this season by 55 seconds
- Improved from 79th to 23rd at finals and dropped 69 seconds (finished 3 seconds out of the top 15)
- Loves to go to the front and race to win
37. Jamin Thompson, Caledonia
- Seemingly every athlete featured lately has a level of stability and Jamin is no different, staying under 17:00 the entire season
- That strength early resulted in some notable accomplishments, 3rd at Spartan and 1st at Otsego
- Josh Oom and Thompson will likely be one of the better duos in Division 1, or at least, Caledonia will have one of the better 2nd runners in the division
- Career-wise, Jamin has notched a few honors as well, twice top-5 in his region and twice top-3 in the OK Red
