An Early Look: Region 35-4

Teams

Carsonville-Port Sanilac
Deckerville
Dryden
Genesee
Genesee Christian
Harbor Beach
Kimball Landmark
Kinde-North Huron
Kingston
Marlette
Mayville
New Life Christian Academy
Owendale-Gagetown
Peck
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Saginaw Nouvel
Ubly
Unionville-Sebewaing

Boys

Top 3 Last Year

Breckenridge

Unionville-Sebewaing

Deckerville

Team Projections

Place	Team	Score
1	Unionville-Sebewaing	33
2	Mayville	60
3	Deckerville	63
4	Kingston	124
5	Ubly	156
6	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	169
7	Saginaw Nouvel	173
8	Harbor Beach	175
9	Genesee Christian Academy	234

Individual Projections

Individual	Team	Grade	Name	Team
1	1	12	Wyatt Emmons	Mayville
2	2	12	Bryce Langmaid	Unionville-Sebewaing
3	3	11	Ty Pavlichek	Unionville-Sebewaing
4	4	12	Bentley Alderson	Unionville-Sebewaing
5	5	11	Jacob Vanhove	Unionville-Sebewaing
6	6	12	Matthew Halifax	Harbor Beach
7	7	12	Sam Korthals	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
8	8	12	Trevor Barker	Deckerville
9	9	12	Brett Dumaw	Deckerville
10	10	12	Colton Crampton	Mayville
11	11	12	Chase Simkiss	Deckerville
12	12	9	Utah Gusa	Ubly
13	13	11	Charlie Moro	Mayville
14	14	11	Joseph Tunney	Saginaw Nouvel
15	15	9	Christopher Gonzales	Mayville
16	16	12	Morgan Green	Kingston
17	17	11	Benjamin Moeller	Deckerville
18	18	10	Kendall Dumaw	Deckerville
19	19	12	Tyler Aleksink	Unionville-Sebewaing
20	20	10	Ethan Green	Kingston

Ranked Teams

Unionville-Sebewaing (2), Deckerville (9), Mayville (11)

Highest Rated Seniors

• Wyatt Emmons, Mayville

Wyatt began rounding into form late last year, with his first jaunts into the 16’s.  Has finished All-State twice, but searching for that first Regional title.

• Bryce Langmaid, Unionville-Sebewaing

Major time drops from year to year for Bryce.  After not breaking 18:00 as a sophomore, consistently ran in the 17’s last year.

• Bentley Alderson, Unionville-Sebewaing

Will be right there with Bryce (along with VanHove and Pavlichek).  Has been a top performer for USA for years, 3-time All-Region, 2-time All-State.

Career Achievement

• Brett Dumaw, Deckerville

Lead runner on a Deckerville squad that had a bit of a renaissance last year.  Had a breakthrough race here at Regionals, hopefully he can build on that.

Anyone Else?

• Travis Katz, Mayville

Travis has regained his love for running this summer.  As Mayville’s 5^th runner, holds the key to their return to MIS and the potential for a top-10 finish. 

• Michael Jacobs, Unionville-Sebewaing

According to the USA boys, he’s had a bit of a breakthrough in training, competing with the top guys on the team this summer.  I have him as their 7^th runner…

• Utah Gusa, Ubly

It appears we’ll have four more years of that Gusa name in the Ubly cross country books.  Utah broke 12:00 at Thumb Area, a sure mark of a freshman that has the potential to make an immediate impact.

Girls

Top 3 Last Year

Harbor Beach

Owendale-Gagetown

Deckerville

Team Projections

Place	Team	Score
1	Owendale-Gagetown	72
2	Ubly	78
3	Harbor Beach	114
4	Kingston	115
5	Unionville-Sebewaing	122
6	Deckerville	123
7	Mayville	138
8	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	187
9	Marlette	190
10	Genesee	198

Individual Projections

Individual	Team	Grade	Name	Team
1	1	11	Paige Anderson	Harbor Beach
2	2	10	Sophia Sanford	Deckerville
3	3	12	Haley Rowbotham	Mayville
4	4	12	Makara Kramer	Harbor Beach
5	5	12	Libby Ondrajka	Owendale-Gagetown
6	6	12	Abigail Sanford	Deckerville
7	7	9	Gracy Walker	Kingston
8	8	10	Autumn Wakefield	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
9		11	Karis Roszczewski	Kimball Landmark
10	9	11	Madelyn Haldane	Owendale-Gagetown
11	10	10	Abigail Guza	Ubly
12	11	10	Maze Gusa	Ubly
13	12	10	Allison Haldane	Owendale-Gagetown
14		12	Ella Kage	Dryden
15		11	Ellie Bender	North Huron
16	13	10	Lauren Green	Unionville-Sebewaing
17		12	Grace Ballmer	Genesee Christian Academy
18	14	9	Ashlyn Walker	Kingston
19	15	12	Emma Albertson	Marlette
20	16	9	Emily Greyerbiehl	Ubly

Ranked Teams

Owendale-Gagetown (16), Ubly (20)

Highest Rated Seniors

• Haley Rowbotham, Mayville

Sub-20 the last three years.  3-time All-State, 3-time Top 5 finish in the Region.  Very accomplished mid-distance runner as well, finishing 7^th in the 1600m in 2019.

• Makara Kramer, Harbor Beach

Three-time state qualifier and All-State the past two years.  Ran particularly well to end the 2019 season, PRing at the State meet, not always an easy task.

• Libby Ondrajka, Owendale-Gagetown

Substantial improvement from 2018 to 2019.  Finished 18^th at the 2018 Regional here, finished 8^th in 2019, with more than an 80 second drop. 

Career Achievement

• Abigail Sanford, Deckerville

Three straight top-10 finishes at this regional.  Broke into the top-50 at State for the first time since her freshman year and had her highest finish at Thumb Area. 

Anyone Else?

• Paige Anderson, Harbor Beach

Paige had a string of 20:00 performances to close last season, culminating in a 23^rd place finish at State.

• Sophia Sanford, Deckerville

In her first year of XC, Sophia showed her potential late, finishing 2^nd here and 16^th at MIS.

• Gracy Walker, Kingston

One of the few Thumb area girls to break into Caro’s dominance at the middle school level.  Kingston may be very good in a few years here with Gracy leading the charge. 

• Grace Ballmer, Genesee Christian

Genesee Christian moves over from Region 33.  Grace ran 21:32 there to qualify for State, can she shake things up here?