The Regional Previews: Division 2, Region 10

Last Year

SUMMER PREVIEW
MID-SEASON
REGIONAL PROJECTIONS
THE RESULT

Girls

1. Petoskey (16^th)
2. Ludington (19^th)
3. Cadillac (21^st)

Boys

1. Sparta (14^th)
2. Fremont (13^th)
3. Petoskey (18^th)

Top 27 Teams

Previous years had top-25 teams, but there’s 27 (and sometimes more) team qualifiers and what does it hurt to add another two?

Girls

Ludington (13^th)

Boys

Petoskey (9^th), Gladwin (12^th), Fremont (14^th), Sparta (17^th), Cadillac (23^rd)

(If your team isn’t listed in the images above or the scores below, you probably don’t have five returners, at least on ol’ athletic.net. I’m sure many of these teams will fill out their rosters by late October)

Projected Scores

Place	Girls Team	Score
1	Ludington	55
2	Cadillac	99
3	Petoskey	114
4	Gaylord	117
5	Sparta	142
6	Whitehall	143
7	Gladwin	202
8	Newaygo	223
9	Fremont	224
10	Big Rapids	237
11	Cheboygan	271
12	Muskegon Oakridge	280
13	Howard City-Tri County	295
14	Ogemaw Heights	455

Place	Boys Team	Score
1	Petoskey	62
2	Gladwin	77
3	Fremont	80
4	Sparta	87
5	Cadillac	118
6	Ludington	144
7	Big Rapids	180
8	Whitehall	195
9	Howard City-Tri County	210
10	Cheboygan	323
11	Ogemaw Heights	342
12	Gaylord	348
13	Newaygo	365

Top Runners

Thought I’d give a review of some of the top returners in each region. Returners means no incoming freshman (you’ll get your days in the sun). If you’re on a top team or in the 50 Tickets and you’re projected highly here, you hit the jackpot! Yes, I’m writing a bit less than previous years, but I think I’ve learned my lesson in that I need to conserve energy and brainpower for all divisions and regions. Typically by August, I’m rushing to get these done. This time around, hopefully all regions get the same amount of coverage.

Katie Berkshire, Gaylord

First high school season closed with nine consecutive sub-20’s and a 3^rd place finish here.

CamBrie Corey, Petoskey

Running two tougher courses late (here and MIS) may have not led to an accurate display of her fitness. Still, she ran low-19’s at both, placing 2^nd here and nabbing her first All-State. But then time-wise, the real shoe dropped with an 18:25 at Shepherd.

Nora O’Leary, Petoskey

Greatly excelled at the 3200m during track, finding her way into the 11’s for the first season ever, then placing 16^th in Division 2.

Brooklynn Brown, Cadillac

So dang consistent in the 1600m this spring. During May, almost all of her efforts were +/- a few seconds from 5:20. That was enough to place 2^nd in Region 11 and qualify for State, where she placed 18^th.

Sean Pettis, Fremont

You could tell his large leap during track was in the cards, as he moved from a mid-17 runner to one that was able to run 16:30 on this tough course and 16:19 on a MIS track that’s getting more difficult each year.

Gregory Janesak, Sparta

Competing for his Spartans, Gregory added to his trophy collection in track, gaining a OK Silver 1600m crown to go with his 3200m from last year.

Nolan Nixon, Cadillac

On top of winning last fall’s regional, Nolan moved up from 13^th to 4^th in the BNC, 51^st to 13^th at State, and ran exactly a minute faster at the MITCA Meet of Champions.

Caleb Palmreuter, Gladwin

Ran a ton of events for Gladwin (and for good reason – they made MITCA Team State, placing 7^th), though usually was fresh for the 1600m. When you see multiple 4:23’s and a 9^th place in Division 2, you know he’s the owner of some solid fitness.

Owen Metzger, Sparta

Came on strong at the end of the fall, leading into a stellar track season where his 1600 and 3200m ranked in the top-5 amongst ALL the state’s freshmen boys.

Shane Izzard, Petoskey

Leading into his magnificent track season was a cross country campaign featuring his 2^nd straight top-10 over here in Region 10.