The Top Tens: Division 3 Girls #7

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

2022 Results

Meet	Division	Place
Happy Acres	Big	1st of 6
Marauder	Small	2nd of 9
Sparta	Silver	1st of 7
Pewamo-Westphalia		1st of 6
DeWitt	D3/4	1st of 8
Apples 2 Apples	Big	2nd of 9
Greater Lansing		5th of 30
Region 24		1st of 10
Division 3 State		2nd of 26

Top Returners

Whitney Werner

Although her regular season times were somewhat similar between her two high school seasons, Whitney definitely moved up in place. 6^th in Region 24 to 4^th, 25^th at the State Finals to 13^th.

Hayden Hengesbach

After two years finishing close to 100^th place, Hayden moved up in droves. Her 42^nd place nearly matched her personal best, set earlier in the year at DeWitt.

Emma Wittenbach

The fifth girl often holds the key to a team’s fortune and Emma was the Pirate fifth for the majority of championship season. Hard to filter out what was her best effort, but it may be the State Finals, where she placed 83^rd. Pretty good for not competing at MIS the previous year.

Melanie Werner

Took many races, she was on the cusp a number of times, but finally snuck under 21:00 at Pewamo’s home invite. Melanie hit that mark twice more throughout the fall.

Lilly Anderson

Freshman fall contained a few sub-22’s, though I think she might be the darkhorse in a few months. Lilly sped to a 5:56 late in the track season, along with a number of 2:4x’s in the 800m.

Isabell Helman

The junior was P-W’s 7^th girl late in the year, matching the mid-21 efforts she’s posted each season of her career.

Potential Newcomers

Alyssa Kramer

Placed 6^th at Jr. Greater Lansing during the fall, then sub-6 on the track just a few months ago.

Delaney Smith

Has been a steady mid-13 girl for much of the past two years, both during the spring and fall.

Claire Thelen

Closed her 8^th grade season with sub-14’s in four of her final five 2-mile races.