The Regional Previews: Division 1, Region 4

Last Year

SUMMER PREVIEW

MID-SEASON

REGIONAL PROJECTIONS

THE RESULT

Girls

1. Brighton (5^th)
2. Ann Arbor Skyline (7^th)
3. Dexter (21^st)

Boys

1. Ann Arbor Skyline (21^st)
2. Brighton (3^rd)
3. Dexter (22^nd)

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

Brighton (4^th), Dexter (13^th), Hartland (23^rd), Fenton (26^th)

Boys

Brighton (Top 2), Dexter (22^nd), Davison (24^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	Brighton	24
2	Dexter	76
3	Hartland	102
4	Fenton	109
5	Davison	138
6	Grand Blanc	144
7	Holly	200
8	Ann Arbor Skyline	210
9	Lapeer	239
10	Flushing	279
11	Howell	301
12	Swartz Creek	392
13	Jackson	403

Place	Boys Team	Score
1	Brighton	37
2	Dexter	94
3	Davison	102
4	Howell	109
5	Flushing	111
6	Hartland	139
7	Ann Arbor Skyline	147
8	Holly	259
9	Grand Blanc	260
10	Fenton	299
11	Swartz Creek	316
12	Lapeer	325
13	Jackson	399
14	Flint Carman-Ainsworth	470

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 Thursday for those.

Lydia LaMarra, Brighton

After a great close to her cross season, showed her strength in the longer distances during track. Her 11:21.82 baaarely qualified for State, but qualified nonetheless. Lydia was one of three freshman girls to compete in the 3200m at Division 1 State.

Alena Blumberg, Dexter

From her freshman to sophomore year, moved up 10 ten spots at both the SEC Championship and here in Region 4, both good enough to win the bronze at each. Though neither ascent was as great as hers at the State Finals, where going from 69^th to 18^th emitted an All-State certificate.

Grace Tykocki, Grand Blanc

Another one of these rare cases where she runs one of her fastest races at State. Most these days succumb to a slightly slower course, Grace rises to the occasion. As a freshman, that was to the tune of a 50 sec. PB, during her sophomore year, that was nearly matching her regional effort.

Annabel O’Haver, Dexter

After Holly, her week-to-week improvement was staggering. A 20:12 on the rolling hills and sharp turns at Springfield Oaks gave way to a 19:14 at Jackson, which eventually led to a few sub-19’s late.

Elle Bissett, Brighton

Before her great improvement during track, had established a cross resume containing two years of sub-20’s.

Allison Mayer, Ann Arbor Skyline

Allison was everywhere in the spring, from the Lab in late March to the large screens at Hayward Field. And in between was a season where she set personal bests in the 1600m and 3200m, subtracting 30 sec. from her sophomore best in the latter.

Luke Campbell, Brighton

Following in the footsteps of his brother Jack, who was a mid-16 runner for much of his career as well. Gained valuable experience last fall, running his first State Finals race and placing in the top-15 in the KLAA.

James Latstetter, Flushing

Etched his name into my mind back in March with a 9:45 opener at SVSU. Ended his spring season with 3^rd places in the FML and Region 1, qualifying for State from the latter.

Tyler Brock, Brighton

His first ten freshman performances were above 20:00, two of his final three sophomore performances were sub-17.

Brady Millington, Brighton

I’m gonna be honest, thinking back to last cross season, I wouldn’t have known who Brady was. But he’s on my radar now, largely thanks to two sub-9:50 efforts during the spring.

Noah DeLand, Howell

I’ve been watching Howell slowly move their way up these past few years, with Noah being at the forefront as of late. His finishing stretch last year contained three sub-17’s and a top-20 placing here, a far stretch from the kid who was 48^th as a sophomore.