50 Tickets to Brooklyn: #11

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• Benne is a mystery to me and improvements such as his are why I do these things
• His freshman year was all over the place – a 16:20 to close out the year at Benzie, a 20:30 at Spartan
• We didn’t get a track season, so outside of the Ottawa Hills circle, who would’ve known what he’d blossom into?
• His fall was much more consistent and his efforts steadily increased until a PB of 16:05 at MIS
• The same happened in the spring, where he showed 1600/3200m ability, once again at a consistent level of sub 4:35/10:00
• The formula for this list weighed XC and the 3200m equally, and he’s here largely because of his 9:21 at the CAT
  • And we know that wasn’t a fluke either, as evidenced by the 9:25 on that windy night at Shepherd
• I look forward to seeing if he can continue on this upward trajectory

• Presley steps into the high school foray as first and foremost, a winner
• She hasn’t lost a race since October 2019, an 18 race winning streak
• Her times might not be as fast as other incoming freshmen, but you wonder what she could do if she were pushed in a race
• In those 18 victories are numerous championship honors:
  • 2 St. Joseph County XC titles
  • 3 SW10 Track Titles
  • 2 MHSAA Regional Track titles
• Peeking at Mendon’s calendar, the first larger invitational they’ll be at will be Otsego, hopefully we get a glimpse of where she’s at before then