50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #16

SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• Division 4 State Champion (XC)
• 3x Top-5 Division 4 State (XC)
• 2x Region 29 Champion (XC)
• Distance Triple – Division 4 State Track
• 6x Track State Champion
• 12x All-State (XC & Track)



Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
11	Aiden Harrand	19:38.1	Buckley	131.0	Pete Moss	27-Aug
11	Aiden Harrand	19:37.8	Buckley	133.4	Buckley	10-Sep
11	Aiden Harrand	18:41.8	Buckley	147.1	Sparta	17-Sep
11	Aiden Harrand	18:30.1	Buckley	142.3	Cadillac	24-Sep
11	Aiden Harrand	18:33.2	Buckley	144.6	Bluejay	1-Oct
11	Aiden Harrand	19:10.2	Buckley	132.9	Portage	8-Oct
11	Aiden Harrand	18:59.4	Buckley	135.5	Class D	22-Oct
11	Aiden Harrand	18:11.0	Buckley	140.7	Region 29	29-Oct
11	Aiden Harrand	19:05.9	Buckley	136.4	Division 4 State	5-Nov
11	Aiden Harrand	18:10.6	Buckley	147.8	MITCA	12-Nov
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
10	Aiden Harrand	18:55.1	Buckley	145.3	Pete Moss	28-Aug
10	Aiden Harrand	19:11.6	Buckley	142.8	Buckley	11-Sep
10	Aiden Harrand	19:15.8	Buckley	131.1	NWC 1	14-Sep
10	Aiden Harrand	18:28.5	Buckley	145.5	Cadillac	25-Sep
10	Aiden Harrand	19:44.0	Buckley	132.0	NWC 2	28-Sep
10	Aiden Harrand	18:17.9	Buckley	139.4	NWC Benzie	12-Oct
10	Aiden Harrand	18:37.0	Buckley	140.0	Class D	23-Oct
10	Aiden Harrand	18:08.8	Buckley	140.4	Region 29	30-Oct
10	Aiden Harrand	18:30.6	Buckley	141.5	Division 4 State	6-Nov
10	Aiden Harrand	18:41.0	Buckley	144.0	MITCA	13-Nov
Grade	Name		Team	Rating	Meet	Date
9	Aiden Harrand		Buckley	116.3	Pete Moss	29-Aug
9	Aiden Harrand		Buckley	127.0	Buckley	12-Sep
9	Aiden Harrand		Buckley	126.0	Buckley Bear	26-Sep
9	Aiden Harrand		Buckley	127.8	NWC Jamboree 2	29-Sep
9	Aiden Harrand		Buckley	126.5	Cecil Burch	3-Oct
9	Aiden Harrand		Buckley	118.3	Pre-Region 58	24-Oct
9	Aiden Harrand		Buckley	136.5	Region 29	31-Oct
9	Aiden Harrand		Buckley	121.7	Division 4 State	7-Nov

The Rundown

Someone may have to count those All-States and State Titles again. With the rate Aiden gains them, it’s hard to keep track. Anyhow, her and I go way back. Let’s take a trip back to 2020, when I had no clue how to use Photoshop and still included incoming freshmen in these tickets. Based off her middle school profile of 5:14 7^th grade miles and battling with Alyson Enns at Portage, Aiden made her way onto here. Three years later, she’s back again.

Her and I can joke about it now, but she should’ve been on here last year. As a sophomore, she placed 2^nd at the Division 4 XC Finals, then came back and showcased her speed on the track. She was aided by winter training from the Up North Elite crew, having training partners near her speed, relays to put her in competitive spots, leading to new worlds of pace she may have not thought possible. Her sophomore season ended with a sub-5 in the 1600m, a 2:19 in the 800m, both winning the Division 4 Finals. I screwed up (it happens!) and for some reason didn’t match her track times to her cross ratings, and she was left out. If it had been done correctly, she’d have come in the 30’s last summer.

With her old friendly rival Makenna Scott moving onto Oakland, Abby VanderKooi taking her talents to Grand Valley, the door was open for Aiden to claim her first title in Brooklyn. She left little doubt throughout the year, winning all but one of her pre-State races. Then she left little doubt at the Speedway, opening up a 10 second gap in the first mile that only grew as the race progressed. Come spring, it was more of the same title-winning, but in even more impressive fashions. She perfected the distance triple, first running for time at Reed City, blasting personal best after personal best (4:53, 2:11, 10:54). Then for place at State, outlasting all the other Division 4 girls en route to wins in all three events.

That distance triple paved the way for her little Buckley team to win the Division 4 track title. She’ll be leading them again in these next few months, hoping to make it back down south. Aiden, I hope this makes up for last year!