The Regional Previews: Division 1, Region 6

Last Year

SUMMER PREVIEW

MID-SEASON

REGIONAL PROJECTIONS

THE RESULT

Girls

1. Northville (9^th)
2. Canton (27^th)
3. Ann Arbor Huron (24^th)

Boys

1. Northville (State Champions)
2. Plymouth (6^th)
3. Livonia Churchill (23^rd)

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

Northville (10^th), Farmington (21^st)

Boys

Northville (Top 2), Plymouth (15^th), Canton (20^th), Livonia Churchill (26^th)

(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	Northville	57
2	Farmington	91
3	Ann Arbor Huron	130
4	Livonia Franklin	143
5	Canton	145
6	Livonia Stevenson	164
7	Livonia Churchill	170
8	Salem	182
9	Plymouth	218
10	Farmington Hills Mercy	235
11	Wayne Memorial	305
12	Detroit Renaissance	315
13	Oak Park	331

Place	Boys Team	Score
1	Northville	31
2	Plymouth	78
3	Canton	88
4	Livonia Churchill	110
5	Salem	128
6	Ann Arbor Huron	141
7	Detroit U-D Jesuit	152
8	Livonia Stevenson	200
9	Detroit Renaissance	290
10	Farmington	310
11	Livonia Franklin	316
12	Westland John Glenn	391
13	Wayne Memorial	391
14	Ferndale	428

Top Runners

I’m making a slight change for the Division 1 folks. Previous regional writeups had the top finishers, even if they were mentioned in the Top 10’s or 50 Tickets. Because so many Division 1 kids make up the top 50 returners (which makes sense, since D1 covers about 60% of the state), I’ll write about a few returners beyond those 50. This will hopefully extend a bit more coverage towards more deserving athletes. Some of the 50 have been covered, others will get their own post. Check the Summer Preview page or keep checking back until next Thursday for those.

Nora Gerzema, Farmington Hills Mercy

The rare addition to here of someone that didn’t run cross. But when you gather valuable intel, you must share it. Nora ended her freshman season with personal bests of 2:15 and 5:04, qualifying for State in both the 800m and 1600m.

Kaelin Hughes, Livonia Stevenson

Flashed some speedy times late, reaching down into the low-19’s in this region and in Brooklyn. She was 4^th here, a far cry from the 38^th place in which she crossed the line as a freshman.

Ava Peters, Livonia Franklin

Subtracted over 80 seconds from her freshman 3200m best. An 11:18 in the KLAA Final earned Ava a 5^th place finish. Six days later in the regional rain, she also earned a 5^th spot, but lowered her best down to 11:13.

Kylee King, Oak Park

Another spring and summer of never folding, Kylee overcame a mid-season slump to finish 2^nd in the Division 1 800m, then represented the Motor City on her way to a 17-18 National Title in Des Moines.

Sofia Figueroa, Wayne Memorial

Slipped into the 19’s for the first time ever as a junior, ending her season with three of four races in that category. Unfortunately unable to compete at the MHSAA level, but managed top-10 finishes in Wayne County and the KLAA.

Adam Dicken, Canton

Some take a step forward, level off, then take another one. Some take that step forward, then just keep on rolling. If you thought Adam was done after reaching the mid-16’s in cross, you were dead wrong. If you thought he was done after going sub-2 during track, you were dead wrong. Kid just kept kicking it down, ending with a 1:55 in the 800m at the MITCA meet.

Jack Chadwick, Plymouth

Has always been a guy that has excelled through his strength. Well this spring, added some speed, lowering his bests from 2:05 to 2:00 and 4:35 to 4:25. Over at Stevenson’s regional, he raced in both the 1600m and 3200m, placing top-8 in each.

Ian Lewis, Livonia Churchill

Has undergone that typical Skroll transformation, coming from a freshman running on the high side of 19:00 to now a senior that has been sub-17 on seven occasions.

Nicholas Yaquinto, Northville

Before 11^th grade, nearly half of his races were north of 18:00. During that 11^th grade year, he was sub-17 on six occasions. More importantly, two of those came at Regional and State.

Benjamin Hartigan, Northville

Potentially one in the next generation of Northville studs. Slipped into the 16’s once in September, then ended the year getting there on three of four occasions, his 16:31 here at Willow being the quickest of the bunch.