2022 Mid-Season Regional Projections – Chippewa Hills

REGION 30

SUMMER PREVIEW

Michigan Lutheran Seminary has moved up in a major way, Jeffery Harden playing a major role in the Cardinals high early ranking. He’s been hitting times that last year took him until late October to reach. It looks like Breckenridge will be able to absorb the loss of Ondray Thornton, though they’ll have a challenge to wheel away another trophy in their trailer.

As projected over the summer, there will be four teams fighting for three spots. Breckenridge made history last week, winning their first ever MSAC Jamboree over the Sacred Heart team ranked above them. Both outfits from Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart have battled numbers issues, what was four girls competing at Michigan Catholic has turned into six finishers at Cadillac. Beal City has added depth, and I’ve heard the Aggies may have another surprise up their sleeve.

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	184.9
2	12	Dakota Dykhuis	Montabella	182.2
3	11	Sawyer Stoneman	Breckenridge	170.7
4	12	Owen Gross	Beal City	165.3
5	11	Alex Wanty	Hale	162.1
6	11	Isaac Humm	Breckenridge	157.0
7	10	Rodney Iamurri	Saginaw Nouvel	152.9
8	11	Jeffery Harden	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	136.0
9	9	Sean Bernard	Hale	135.2
10	12	James Wilson	Montabella	134.2
11	11	Carter Follett	Merrill	129.1
12	10	Camden Fager	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	128.1
13	11	Jaden Ostrander	Breckenridge	127.8
14	12	Jesse Jones	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	121.3
15	10	Sean O’Grady	Saginaw Nouvel	120.1
16	12	Silas Schultz	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	117.8
17	11	Elijah Kimbel	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	116.0
18	10	Logan Dudley	Coleman	116.0
19	9	Aiden Sprague	Beal City	102.5
20	12	Ethan Sharrow	Charlton Heston Academy	101.9

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Amelia Thompson	Big Rapids Crossroads Academy	104.5
2	10	Isabelle Eppert	Farwell	93.2
3	12	Kaylee Locke	Beal City	91.7
4	12	Kaylee Aultman	Coleman	84.7
5	12	Autumn Wakefield	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	78.0
6	9	Kaya Rose	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	74.1
7	11	Jacqueline Morton	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	72.1
8	12	Raini Sponseller	Farwell	71.9
9	12	Hadyn Armstrong	Beal City	71.1
10	9	Ally Schmitz	Breckenridge	69.6
11	10	Avery Westall	Breckenridge	68.2
12	10	Abigail Davis	Vestaburg	57.7
13	10	Lilly Leppert	Beal City	52.6
14	10	Jessica Penrod	Vestaburg	50.0
15	12	Remi Sponseller	Farwell	49.5
16	10	Brianna Locke	Beal City	48.6
17	10	Lauryn Licari	Beal City	48.2
18	11	Tori Most	Breckenridge	47.0
19	12	Lily Deja	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	46.0
20	12	Olivia Ervin	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	43.4

REGION 20

SUMMER PREVIEW

Hart has been very Hart-like in ways, maybe in a different manner than in years past. Their boys have begun the year in a strong fashion, the Pirates winning their division at Pete Moss and Cougar Falcon, placing high at Spartan and Bredeweg. Caleb Bitely, back after not competing in 2020 and 2021, has solidified their top-5. Even with that gap in results, he’s knocked off a minute plus from his freshman best.

As far as state-wide rankings go, their girls have held steady in the #4 spot. Powered up front by Jessica Jazwinski and Alyson Enns, they’re almost guaranteed to have the best two in any race, any setting. Even accounting for the downward trend in times caused by better weather, their depth had their best races of the season.

Beyond Hart, chalk has prevailed thus far. Reed City’s boys were predicted to finish in a great spot in 2021, but that may have been a year premature. 2022 has fared much better, where the Coyotes have picked up trophies at Oiler and Early Season Warrior, won the first CSAA Jamboree, and finished 3rd in a highly competitive, D3-centric division at Pete Moss.

Benzie Central’s girls have absolutely been a surprise. Mylie Kelly always turns it on come championship season, we saw that in track with her gritty 8th place in the D3 3200m. She’s the steady hand up front, Nora Grossnickle has been finishing in PB’s each time out, Bianca Delogu has joined the Huskies for her senior year and just dropped 90 seconds in less than two weeks.

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	12	Hunter Jones	Benzie Central	227.6
2	12	Clayton Ackley	Hart	196.5
3	11	Anthony Kiaunis	Reed City	188.2
4	12	Wyatt Dean	Hart	188.1
5	12	Jake O’Neil	Remus Chippewa Hills	187.8
6	10	August Rohde	Reed City	187.2
7	12	Pol Mollins	Benzie Central	185.4
8	12	Seth Ackley	Hart	184.3
9	11	Ryan Allen	Reed City	176.6
10	10	Max Stitt	Hart	174.3
11	10	Coleson Cruzan	White Cloud	170.0
12	12	Dade Allen	Benzie Central	169.8
13	11	Paxton Hall	Lake City	168.6
14	12	Caleb Bitely	Hart	162.3
15	11	Jack O’Donnell	Manistee	161.8
16	11	Claydon Ingleright	McBain	161.7
17	12	Ty Kailing	Reed City	161.6
18	12	Logan Patrick	Manton	157.7
19	11	Luke Senters	Manistee	156.1
20	12	Enzo Gagliardi Ramalho	Lake City	155.7

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	10	Jessica Jazwinski	Hart	160.1
2	11	Alyson Enns	Hart	149.9
3	11	Mylie Kelly	Benzie Central	134.7
4	11	Miranda McNeil	Morley-Stanwood	130.3
5	11	Cecilia Postma	Manistee	117.9
6	12	Emma Soelberg	Shelby	109.6
7	9	Quinn Hatfield	Remus Chippewa Hills	108.6
8	11	Ava Hollandsworth	Remus Chippewa Hills	107.9
9	10	Lexie Beth Nienhuis	Hart	106.1
10	10	Nora Grossnickle	Benzie Central	101.9
11	12	Nora Smoes	Reed City	100.4
12	12	Chloe Colton	Manton	93.0
13	12	Bianca Delogu	Benzie Central	88.6
14	12	Savanna Owens	Hart	85.7
15	12	Hadley Saylor	Manton	82.2
16	10	Brooklyn Carter	Hart	81.6
17	12	Elizabeth Rigling	Leroy Pine River	78.8
18	10	Ava Iverson	Benzie Central	78.6
19	12	Abigail Pretty	Hart	76.2
20	10	Megan Gottschall	Lake City	76.1

REGION 10

SUMMER PREVIEW

Boys, girls, the Sparta teams have been the story of September and August. While on the outside looking in during the summer, the girls have inserted themselves in the conversation for advancement out of here and down south. Kennedi Wood has raced especially well comparative to 2021, thus far a near guarantee to finish in the 20’s. Both Emma and Greg Janesak are capable of All-State level honors.

While the boys side is rather unsurprising, the girls bring all the intrigue, and this projected result is a great factor in why I’m making the trek up this way. Ludington, mentioned in the preview up above, has some redemption to be had. The young freshman addition, Christina Theis, has kept the Orioles in the game. An enormous breakthrough was just realized for her, a 19:36 at Cougar Falcon. Cadillac gives us the combination of the best depth and the quickest rise. The Vikings are projected to have the strongest 4th-7th runners in this field and are coming off two top-10 finishes at Spartan and their home invite.

We also get a special chart:

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Petoskey	87	2	3	6	35	41	51	56
2	Ludington	88	4	8	15	29	32	36	37
3	Cadillac	91	12	14	16	21	28	30	34
4	Sparta	91	1	10	13	25	42	50	53

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Gregory Janesak	Sparta	199.2
2	11	Nolan Nixon	Cadillac	193.6
3	12	Owen Westerkamp	Big Rapids	191.6
4	12	Andre Richmond	Whitehall	190.5
5	12	Carter McIlroy	Whitehall	189.3
6	11	Shane Izzard	Petoskey	189.0
7	12	Ben Knuth	Big Rapids	186.0
8	9	Owen Metzger	Sparta	179.4
9	12	Noah Momber	Sparta	178.2
10	10	Parker Fettig	Petoskey	177.2
11	11	Sean Pettis	Fremont	176.0
12	11	Jose Flores	Ludington	175.4
13	11	Brodie Delamater	Grant	175.0
14	11	Gabe Outman	Cadillac	174.4
15	10	Peyton Ruel	Muskegon Oakridge	173.9
16	11	Dylan Odenbach	Petoskey	172.8
17	11	John Christensen	Fremont	167.2
18	12	Henrik Quist	Fremont	166.9
19	11	Trey Keson	Ludington	166.4
20	12	Ramon Hernandez	Howard City-Tri County	166.3

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Emma Janesak	Sparta	137.3
2	10	Madeline Loe	Petoskey	132.5
3	11	CamBrie Corey	Petoskey	129.8
4	9	Christina Theis	Ludington	122.1
5	9	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	118.8
6	11	Nora O’Leary	Petoskey	117.9
7	9	Linnea Paige	Fremont	117.0
8	10	Summer Brower	Ludington	116.6
9	11	Remington Arney	Newaygo	115.7
10	11	Kennedi Wood	Sparta	114.6
11	10	Cami Kraai	Whitehall	113.2
12	9	Brooklynn Brown	Cadillac	112.8
13	12	Madyson Oudbier	Sparta	109.8
14	12	Regan Hill	Cadillac	108.8
15	10	Nadia Grierson	Ludington	108.4
16	12	Eleanor Cool	Cadillac	107.4
17	12	Ariana Treat	Whitehall	103.5
18	9	Lily Sargent	Gaylord	99.1
19	10	Skylee Ames	Gaylord	90.5
20	12	Allison Tate	Whitehall	86.3