50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #14

SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 15^th Place – Division 1 State (XC)
• LVC Champion (XC)
• 2^nd Place – Region 7 (XC)
• 5^th Place – Oakland County (XC)
• 4^th Place – Division 1 State 1600m
• Region 9 1600m Champion
• 2^nd Place – Oakland County 800m
• 2^nd Place – LVC 1600m



Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
11	Ty Parker	16:27.1	Walled Lake Northern	197.6	Highlander	26-Aug
11	Ty Parker	16:31.2	Walled Lake Northern	204.3	Averill	10-Sep
11	Ty Parker	16:36.0	Walled Lake Northern	193.0	Spartan	16-Sep
11	Ty Parker	16:16.4	Walled Lake Northern	197.5	Mott Fall Classic	23-Sep
11	Ty Parker	15:46.1	Walled Lake Northern	199.6	Hansons	1-Oct
11	Ty Parker	16:24.4	Walled Lake Northern	198.2	Oakland County	8-Oct
11	Ty Parker	15:53.4	Walled Lake Northern	199.5	LVC Championship	20-Oct
11	Ty Parker	16:34.7	Walled Lake Northern	194.4	Region 7	28-Oct
11	Ty Parker	15:57.1	Walled Lake Northern	200.6	Division 1 State	5-Nov
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
10	Ty Parker	13:24.7	Walled Lake Northern	185.1	Golden Grizzly	3-Sep
10	Ty Parker	16:37.2	Walled Lake Northern	181.9	Northwood	11-Sep
10	Ty Parker	17:03.6	Walled Lake Northern	186.8	Spartan	17-Sep
10	Ty Parker	17:06.2	Walled Lake Northern	186.6	Mott Fall Classic	24-Sep
10	Ty Parker	16:43.9	Walled Lake Northern	187.4	Coaching Legends	2-Oct
10	Ty Parker	17:12.6	Walled Lake Northern	188.5	Oakland County	9-Oct
10	Ty Parker	17:03.9	Walled Lake Northern	189.0	LVC Championship	21-Oct
10	Ty Parker	20:06.1	Walled Lake Northern	129.0	Region 7	30-Oct
10	Ty Parker	16:55.4	Walled Lake Northern	179.5	Division 1 State	6-Nov
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
9	Ty Parker		Walled Lake Northern	153.0	Lakeland/WLN	3-Sep
9	Ty Parker		Walled Lake Northern	166.6	Fenton/WLN	26-Sep
9	Ty Parker		Walled Lake Northern	163.2	Walled Lake City Meet	1-Oct
9	Ty Parker		Walled Lake Northern	158.8	Pre-Region 13	23-Oct
9	Ty Parker		Walled Lake Northern	170.5	Region 7	30-Oct

The Rundown

Things began to fall into place during his sophomore year of track. After a freshman year where he showed a penchant for speed (2:04, freshman County champ) and two cross seasons with satisfactory strength, Ty started to take his races to another level. He wasted hardly meets in dropping time, opening with a 2:01 at SVSU, then knocking on the door of 2:00 many times. While he was waiting to bust through 2:00, his mile times began to drop as well, and by season’s end, we had a 1:59/4:20 kid.

With the breakthroughs on the track came similar accomplishments in cross. Learning to race, how to redline it, and hang tough was a major emphasis. Ty was able to grind through tough courses, placing 2^nd in Region 7 and 5^th in Oakland County, then outlasting fast competition at the Hansons and LVC Invite. His 15^th place at the State Finals was his first All-State, a feat he was able to match in track, even from the slower heat. The Knights have a great mix of speed, strength, youth, and Ty’s experience. This fall may be special, both in the confluence of all those factors and Ty’s mix of grit and wheels.