It’s here. Regional Week is here. This is a bit of an experiment, this first regional preview. The goal is to finish all of these by Friday, but also include as much info as possible. I’ll do the Friday regionals first, then move onto the Saturday ones.

Where: Happy Acres, Webberville

The Course: Two rated races there this year, one in August ran slow, one in September ran fast. My guess is that it’ll be a little fast. As I type this, it’s pouring rain and it appears as if there’s more rain coming throughout the week. It’s flat, through open fields, without too many turns. I think it’ll drain well, mud might be a factor, but at least it won’t be especially winding.

What to Watch For: The top three teams on each side are very strong and tightly packed. For girls, Whitmore Lake is strong up front, Fowler has a great pack, and Lansing Christian has that #ChampionshipExperience. Boys, CC-C absorbed the loss of Collin Farmer to win the MSAC (there were doubters – early season comments from some aghast that I had them ranked), Whitmore Lake has risen over the last week, and Dansville has a great freshman. Novi Christian and Webberville are ranked and would easily make it in other regions, but the D4 scene is strong in Mid-Michigan (and Metro Detroit, more on that later).

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Whitmore Lake	52	2	3	4	21	22	31	44
2	Fowler	61	5	11	14	15	16	17	23
3	Lansing Christian	66	1	6	12	20	27	45	50
4	Portland St. Patrick	104
5	Novi Christian Academy	117
6	Livingston Christian	125
7	Morrice	181
8	Fulton	194

Ranked Teams: Whitmore Lake (9), Fowler (11), Lansing Christian (14)

Place	Name	Team	Rating
1	Ashlyn Kephart	Lansing Christian	111.5
2	Adrianne Rector	Dansville	100.5
3	Natalie Meadows	Whitmore Lake	100.3
4	Brooke Craven	Whitmore Lake	88.9
5	Lauren Price	Whitmore Lake	87.8
6	Kelcie Pung	Fowler	87.5
7	Mia Judd	Lansing Christian	86.4
8	Mya Guillermo	Novi Christian Academy	83.6
9	Ellayna Meredith	Portland St. Patrick	83.5
10	Sylvia Hunt	Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner	71.1
11	Josie Dubuc	Novi Christian Academy	70.7
12	Cozette Brown	Portland St. Patrick	69.9
13	Mary Beth Hyatt	Carson City-Crystal	65.0
14	Reva Lance	Fowler	64.3
15	Hope Tebben	Lansing Christian	63.3
16	Lydia Meredith	Portland St. Patrick	62.3
17	Grace Piggott	Fowler	60.1
18	Rachel Epkey	Fowler	55.8
19	Megan Hufnagel	Fowler	55.4
20	Grace O’Hare	Fowler	49.9
21	Lillian Stiles	Livingston Christian	49.6
22	Taylor Wiegand	Livingston Christian	47.9
23	Anna Meyer	Lansing Christian	39.1
24	Isabella Nelson-Daniels	Whitmore Lake	37.7
25	Savannah Pomorski	Whitmore Lake	36.8
26	Lauren Schafer	Fowler	35.9
27	Megan Zimbelman	Livingston Christian	35.8
28	Kaylin Blemaster	Fulton	34.9
29	Aubrey Dubuc	Novi Christian Academy	31.1
30	Corinne Ritter	Lansing Christian	30.5
31	Audrey Johnson	Livingston Christian	30.2
32	Zoey Schnebelt	Morrice	25.1
33	Olivia Pung	Portland St. Patrick	17.9
34	Ciara Parsons	Whitmore Lake	8.6

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: If you’re below 13th, I think you’ve got a good shot of making it to State. This is a bit more complicated than the days of Top 15 only and it’ll be even more complicated in regions where 4-5 teams are in the mix for 3 spots.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Carson City-Crystal	67	3	9	14	17	24	25	26
2	Whitmore Lake	67	6	10	13	16	22	32	46
3	Dansville	74	1	8	11	19	35	36
4	Novi Christian Academy	98	4	12	21	28	33	34	40
5	Webberville	102	2	5	18	38	39	42	43
6	Fowler	173
7	Lansing Christian	200
8	Livingston Christian	210
9	West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy	227
10	Morrice	237

Ranked Teams: Carson City-Crystal (6), Whitmore Lake (7), Dansville (10), Novi Christian Academy (16), Whitmore Lake (19)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	9	Theodore Davis	Dansville	178.6
2	12	Nathan Lott	Webberville	176.4
3	12	Ashton Keiffer	Carson City-Crystal	176.3
4	12	Logan Johnson	Novi Christian Academy	167.8
5	11	Caleb Howard	Webberville	163.5
6	12	Cole Rinna	Whitmore Lake	158.9
7	11	Merrick Michaelson	West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy	158.8
8	11	Joseph Kadluboski	Dansville	157.4
9	11	Brayden Clark	Carson City-Crystal	152.2
10	11	Braylan Majesky	Whitmore Lake	150.1
11	11	Damian DeFeyter	Dansville	148.9
12	10	Jobe Skaff	Novi Christian Academy	147.5
13	10	Reily Henderson	Whitmore Lake	146.7
14	11	Deegan Bodell	Carson City-Crystal	144.0
15	12	Keagan Long	Lansing Christian	143.5
16	12	Jacob Goodrich	Whitmore Lake	143.4
17	12	Cole Stone	Carson City-Crystal	142.5
18	10	Liam Wilder	Webberville	141.5
19	10	Calvin Vanhartesvelt	Dansville	141.3
20	10	Trevor Feldpausch	Fowler	139.8
21	11	Jacob Skidmore	Novi Christian Academy	139.3
22	12	Heston Fanson	Whitmore Lake	138.3
23	12	Jacob Radamacher	Fowler	138.0
24	12	Gavin Gage	Carson City-Crystal	137.6
25	11	Oisin O’Grady	Carson City-Crystal	132.0
26	11	Jacob Stevens	Carson City-Crystal	131.6
27	9	Adam Govan	Livingston Christian	130.9
28	11	Dennis Wilson	Novi Christian Academy	130.3
29	12	Joseph Macalincag	Lansing Christian	128.7
30	12	Luke Dutcher	Morrice	127.7
31	11	Benjamin Hubbard	Livingston Christian	127.4
32	9	Nate Dillon	Whitmore Lake	123.1
33	10	Ryan Williams	Novi Christian Academy	121.5
34	10	Luke Shenton	Novi Christian Academy	120.1
35	11	Chase Goff	Dansville	116.4
36	10	Gavin Vidito	Dansville	111.3
37	11	Liam O’Hare	Fowler	108.9
38	12	Lucas Wisuri	Webberville	107.0
39	12	Riley Kingsley	Webberville	106.8
40	11	Martin White	Portland St. Patrick	101.9
41	9	Ethan Webb	Novi Christian Academy	98.8
42	9	Noam Goel	West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy	98.4
43	10	Shad Pressel	Webberville	96.5
44	11	Drew Peckens	Webberville	95.1
45	9	Samuel Hubbard	Livingston Christian	93.2
46	11	Clayton Juhas	Ashley	90.8
47	12	Wade Hufnagel	Fowler	89.9
48	9	Ronaldo Rivas	Whitmore Lake	89.3
49	10	Christopher Eads	Lansing Christian	84.8
50	11	Roman Schafer	Fowler	67.1
51	10	Bryce Robinson	Livingston Christian	64.9
52	10	Patrick Rupert	Morrice	49.3
53	9	Jack Huber	Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner	41.9
54	12	Jonah Mosher	Morrice	39.6
55	11	Donavan Hulbert	Morrice	32.3
56	10	Noah Kuepfer	Lansing Christian	24.5
57	9	Travis Smith	Morrice	22.9

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: 18th.

MIXCSR vs. Athletic.Net Regional Contest

All season, I’ve been hearing “On Athletic.Net, I’m ranked…”. I take these comments personal. Ratings vs. times. We’ll see how many team qualifiers each of us get right. If I lose, I’ll eat a lemon.