50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #42

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 27^th Place – Division 1 State (XC)
• 2^nd Place – OAA White (XC)
• 5^th Place – Region 8 (XC)
• 9^th Place – Oakland County (XC)
• OAA Red/White 3200m Champion
• 4^th Place – Oakland County 3200m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
10	Taye Levenson	16:12.7	Bloomfield Hills	200.1	Corunna Early Bird	30-Aug
10	Taye Levenson	15:38.8	Bloomfield Hills	201.4	Muskrat Classic	10-Sep
10	Taye Levenson	16:34.0	Bloomfield Hills	189.7	OAA White 1	13-Sep
10	Taye Levenson	16:05.1	Bloomfield Hills	202.6	Holly	17-Sep
10	Taye Levenson	16:06.3	Bloomfield Hills	200.9	Mott Fall Classic	23-Sep
10	Taye Levenson	16:57.7	Bloomfield Hills	180.1	OAA White 2	27-Sep
10	Taye Levenson	15:53.7	Bloomfield Hills	197.1	Hansons	1-Oct
10	Taye Levenson	16:40.0	Bloomfield Hills	193.0	Oakland County	8-Oct
10	Taye Levenson	16:48.1	Bloomfield Hills	183.0	OAA White Championship	20-Oct
10	Taye Levenson	16:30.7	Bloomfield Hills	190.8	Region 8	29-Oct
10	Taye Levenson	16:10.4	Bloomfield Hills	196.2	Division 1 State	5-Nov

The Rundown

Being witness to many of Taye’s races over the course of the year, let me speak to the growth he undertook in the past 10 months. Although there were some speedy efforts early in cross country, there were some hiccups too, especially in the OAA meets. Going out too hard early, paying the price as more experienced runners laid in the cut waiting to take over. But as the season wore on, he found himself more patient early, mixing it up late, and finishing ahead of Oakland County’s best, all leading to a 27^th place finish at State. During the spring, that attitude was evident in meets such as Farmington, where he let others control the pace for the first 80-90% of the race, then took over to capture the 1^st section of the 3200m, running his best time of the year. If he keeps up the studious nature, he can easily move up higher on the Division 1 podium.