50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #13

SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• OAA White Champion (XC)
• 2^nd Place – Oakland County (XC)
• 5^th Place – Division 1 State 3200m
• 2^nd Place – OAA Red/White 3200m
• 2^nd Place – Region 8 3200m



Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:30.1	Royal Oak	200.0	Lamplighter	19-Aug
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:38.4	Royal Oak	203.9	Mustang	30-Aug
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:15.0	Royal Oak	196.0	OAA White 1	13-Sep
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:28.9	Royal Oak	194.7	Holly	17-Sep
11	Sebastian Ramirez	15:47.0	Royal Oak	200.0	Jackson	24-Sep
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:29.2	Royal Oak	189.6	OAA White 2	27-Sep
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:10.1	Royal Oak	203.0	Oakland County	8-Oct
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:38.9	Royal Oak	186.0	OAA White Championship	20-Oct
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:46.2	Royal Oak	185.6	Region 8	29-Oct
11	Sebastian Ramirez	16:56.5	Royal Oak	180.9	Division 1 State	5-Nov
11	Sebastian Ramirez	15:56.3	Royal Oak	193.9	MITCA	12-Nov
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
10	Sebastian Ramirez	17:03.4	Royal Oak	189.9	Lamplighter	20-Aug
10	Sebastian Ramirez	17:28.1	Royal Oak	186.6	Mustang	31-Aug
10	Sebastian Ramirez	17:07.8	Royal Oak	188.7	OAA White 1	14-Sep
10	Sebastian Ramirez	16:35.8	Royal Oak	194.7	Holly	18-Sep
10	Sebastian Ramirez	16:45.3	Royal Oak	187.6	Jackson	25-Sep
10	Sebastian Ramirez	17:02.1	Royal Oak	177.0	OAA White 2	28-Sep
10	Sebastian Ramirez	17:02.1	Royal Oak	192.0	Oakland County	9-Oct
10	Sebastian Ramirez	17:09.8	Royal Oak	178.4	OAA White 3	22-Oct
10	Sebastian Ramirez	17:40.6	Royal Oak	174.5	Region 8	29-Oct
10	Sebastian Ramirez	16:56.9	Royal Oak	179.0	Division 1 State	6-Nov
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	151.7	Royal Oak/Stoney Creek	9-Sep
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	151.7	Rochester/Royal Oak	15-Sep
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	159.7	Brother Rice/Royal Oak	19-Sep
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	152.3	BH/RO	25-Sep
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	160.3	Athens/Royal Oak	30-Sep
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	168.6	Hansons	3-Oct
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	160.8	Farmington/Royal Oak	6-Oct
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	171.9	Oakland County	9-Oct
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	165.5	Pre-Region 16	21-Oct
9	Sebastian Ramirez		Royal Oak	168.7	Region 8	30-Oct

The Rundown

Up close and personal, I’ve been witness to Sebas’s growth through the years. Summer before his freshman year, he came into the store to buy gear and shoes, and you knew there was something different about him. An air of confidence so to speak, an aggression to prove his worth in the running scene.

That attitude paid off on multiple occasions early, whether it was at the Freshman County meet, where a 4:40 and 10:47 both earned 2^nd place, or earlier in the year where a 10:20 established him as the best Royal Oak 9^th grader since Ben Hill. During the fall, he had grown from a kid running in the mid-17’s as a freshman to one that was sub-17 on a few occasions as a sophomore, but the real jump came during track of that sophomore year, where a clutch 9:32 at Regionals led to a 13^th place finish at Division 1 State.

As with anyone, there have been valleys before the peaks, and his 2022 championship season was a bit of a valley. There were a few factors, not excuses, just reasons that his State Finals weren’t up to the level of his 2^nd place Oakland County performance. Those lumps were taken, lessons learned, as he primed himself for a run at All-State on the track. A confidence booster at Farmington let him know that he could run in the 9:1x’s, then he fueled the tank for what was about to be a scorcher at State. Coaches handing out water, elite athletes dropping out, yet Sebastian was still there, grinding through it all on the way to a 5^th place finish. The road towards a similar spot in cross country will be rough, but this grinder is 100% ready for it.