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50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #18

SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

  • 16th Place – Division 2 State (XC)
  • 2nd Place – SMAC Championship (XC)
  • 4th Place – Region 13 (XC)
  • 5th Place – Division 1 State 1600m
  • SMAC 3200m Champion
  • 2nd Place – SMAC 1600m



Ratings Throughout the Years

GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDate
10Elena Figueroa18:52.1St. Joseph141.3Lakeview10-Sep
10Elena Figueroa18:45.7St. Joseph142.8Ottawa Hills16-Sep
10Elena Figueroa19:26.5St. Joseph139.5SMAC West 121-Sep
10Elena Figueroa18:30.2St. Joseph143.6Cougar Falcon24-Sep
10Elena Figueroa19:06.0St. Joseph130.0Berrien County1-Oct
10Elena Figueroa19:21.6St. Joseph130.5SMAC West 25-Oct
10Elena Figueroa18:41.1St. Joseph142.6Portage8-Oct
10Elena Figueroa19:11.7St. Joseph131.4Rock n Run13-Oct
10Elena Figueroa18:37.9St. Joseph144.7SMAC Championship22-Oct
10Elena Figueroa18:56.8St. Joseph135.4Region 1329-Oct
10Elena Figueroa19:05.3St. Joseph136.6Division 2 State5-Nov
GradeNameTimeTeamRatingMeetDate
9Elena Figueroa20:34.3St. Joseph128.2St. Joseph24-Aug
9Elena Figueroa20:00.4St. Joseph123.9Harper Creek Optimist28-Aug
9Elena Figueroa19:14.1St. Joseph141.3Lakeview11-Sep
9Elena Figueroa18:52.5St. Joseph148.8Ottawa Hills17-Sep
9Elena Figueroa19:52.0St. Joseph121.7SMAC West 122-Sep
9Elena Figueroa19:06.8St. Joseph139.1Cougar Falcon25-Sep
9Elena Figueroa18:55.7St. Joseph127.1Berrien County2-Oct
9Elena Figueroa20:03.8St. Joseph118.7SMAC West 26-Oct
9Elena Figueroa19:29.5St. Joseph134.2Portage9-Oct
9Elena Figueroa19:55.8St. Joseph119.1Rock n Run14-Oct
9Elena Figueroa20:03.0St. Joseph120.3SMAC Championship23-Oct
9Elena Figueroa19:40.4St. Joseph120.5Region 329-Oct
9Elena Figueroa19:32.1St. Joseph126.3Division 1 State6-Nov

The Rundown

From start to finish, Elena’s sophomore year was a marvel to see. Her cross country season commenced with a sub-19 win at Lakeview, then her track season was complete after a 4:52 at the Division 1 1600m. As a freshman, she had given us hints of that talent, racing to sub-19 first at Riverside Park, then pulling off a Berrien County victory in a similar time. During her championship season in ’21, she was able to roll off a slew of 19-min. efforts, but not quite as quick as her performances earlier in the year. Perhaps it was a year’s growth, perhaps lessons learned, either way, she raced in a much more consistent manner as a sophomore, nearly matching her PB in the SMAC Championship, moving into the top-5 in Region 13, and then notching her first All-State ever. And that was all before her great track seasons, where she set PBs in all events, displaying range across the board. With another year of her Bears near the top of Division 2 and Gail Vaikutis to train with, expect the same streak of elite results.

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