This certainly wouldn’t be the first time a Skyline runner started his career in an inauspicious fashion then ended up with multiple All-States
I honestly don’t know too much about Nicolas, maybe it’s the lack of social media, maybe he just excels at laying in the cut and quietly putting up results
His junior year was full of results and low times
His last five races on the grass were all sub-16:30
Among those races were top-5 finishes at SEC Red and Region 4, along with an All-State 29th place
On the track, he’s been part of two All-State squads in the 4×800
In 2021, setting the stage for Hobbs’s near walkdown of Novi
In 2022, helping the Eagles medal from the slow heat
This year, individually, he wasn’t finished after that 4×800, he came back to run two events at State, the 1600 and 3200m, placing top-20 in each
Keep doing your thang, Nicolas, under the radar, high on the leaderboard
Grade
Name
Time
Rating
Meet
Course
Date
11
Nicolas Fry
17:13.6
191.5
Mustang
Cass Benton
31-Aug
11
Nicolas Fry
16:40.6
188.8
Bath
Bath HS
11-Sep
11
Nicolas Fry
16:32.5
195.5
SEC 1
Hudson Mills (South)
14-Sep
11
Nicolas Fry
16:36.4
190.5
Jackson
Sharp Park
25-Sep
11
Nicolas Fry
16:39.7
192.1
SEC Red 2
Munson Park
28-Sep
11
Nicolas Fry
16:03.3
201.6
Portage
Portage West MS
9-Oct
11
Nicolas Fry
16:02.6
192.1
Gabriel Richard
Hudson Mills (South)
16-Oct
11
Nicolas Fry
16:19.5
193.2
SEC Championship
Hudson Mills (North)
21-Oct
11
Nicolas Fry
16:22.1
194.6
4 Meadows
Huron Meadows
29-Oct
11
Nicolas Fry
16:00.1
198.0
D1 State
MIS
6-Nov
Grade
Name
Rating
Meet
Course
Date
10
Nicolas Fry
157.1
Hartland/Skyline
Hudson Mills North
25-Aug
10
Nicolas Fry
159.3
Adrian/Hudson/Skyline/Tecumseh
Heritage Park (Adrian)
12-Sep
10
Nicolas Fry
172.2
Pioneer/Skyline
Pioneer HS
3-Oct
10
Nicolas Fry
170.7
Plymouth/Skyline
Huron Meadows
13-Oct
10
Nicolas Fry
179.2
SEC Red
Indian Creek Park
17-Oct
10
Nicolas Fry
178.0
PR 11
Hudson Mills (North)
24-Oct
10
Nicolas Fry
181.6
D1 Reg 6
Willow
31-Oct
Grade
Name
Rating
Meet
Course
9
Nicolas Fry
118.7
Mustang
Cass Benton
9
Nicolas Fry
129.4
Jackson
Sharp Park
9
Nicolas Fry
143.7
Portage
Portage West MS
Mackenzie has been another one, quietly running to glory, quietly leading one of the better Howell teams in years
She first entered my radar as a freshman, where after a slow beginning, she snuck into the 19’s late in championship season
That progress continued to her sophomore year, where she broke 19:00 for the first time
Although she didn’t make this list last year, she was my last projected All-Stater during the summer, she more than lived up to that promise, finishing 26th at MIS
Which I believe is Howell’s first All-State girl in 20+ years
That junior year was full of other honors as well, third straight All-Region, 2nd straight top-10 at KLAA, along with dropping her personal best from 18:49 to 18:25
Joined by McGregor, Cholewa, Koons, and others – can she help lead Howell to the promised land in Brooklyn?
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