50 Tickets to Brooklyn: #4

It’s taken a few years, but Peter has finally reached the potential he showed as a freshman
In that freshman year, he made people take notice with a 5^th place finish at Oakland County, then came back and broke 16:00 at MIS, finishing 17^th
MIS is his home ground, in each year he’s either matched or run his season best there, despite running objectively faster courses throughout the year
This past fall, he added a few more accomplishments – Regional and Oakland County crowns
He hung right in there in the record-breaking New Balance 3200m, crossing the line in 9:01
At D1 State, he put a huge scare into Riley Hough, opening up a major gap on the penultimate lap, only to be overtaken in the final 100m
He’ll throw everything at Riley this next year to get that state title – and we’ll be here to watch

How she balances it all, I have no clue
Clara somehow finds time to train, run, race, cycle, swim, all at an elite level
She’s arguably the top triathlete for her age group in the country, winning the USA Triathlon Draft-Legal Duathlon and Youth Elite races back in May
Yes, that was in May, in the middle of a track season where she went under 11:00 on seven separate occasions
One of those seven was a 3^rd place finish in the D1 3200m, where she hung tough on a blistering pace set by Audrey DaDamio
On the cross course, she was a steady performer in the low-18’s, her season culminating in a 6^th place finish at State
Between Clara, Drew Muller, and Madelyn Frens, there will be some absolute battles in the Grand Rapids area

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