2023 Rankings: Week 3, Division 3

It’s that time! We’re back again with rankings, both for teams and individuals. Three weeks into the season, plenty of rust busted, times dropped, and a bit of clarity towards our top teams and athletes.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I’ll start the story with three teams/individuals this week, then expand in future weeks.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. It’ll be Division 4 first this week, then next week I think I’ll have enough stats to start on the Upper Peninsula, so they’ll go first.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Jackson Lumen Christi

Two invites into the season and the Titans have won them both. After a bit of a struggle at Michigan Catholic, Lumen Christi acquitted themselves well to the quick Lakeview course. Many in their top seven ran personal bests or close. Their girls will get a prime opportunity to prove their fitness again, running in the Elite race at Spartan.

Traverse City St. Francis

It’s all about their pack. Both at Bear Country and Red Devil (both wins), the Glads were able to put five runners ahead of any other team’s 4^th runner (and more often, a rival team’s 2^nd or 3^rd girl).

Elk Rapids

The Elks are taking a bit of a break until returning back for action next Tuesday at Kalkaska. One girl that’s stood out early has been Ella Peck, who has dropped nearly a minute from her junior best.

Rank	Team	Score	Region
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	158	23
2	Traverse City St. Francis	213	19
3	Elk Rapids	253	19
4	Hart	274	20
5	Caro	280	25
6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	328	21
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	343	24
8	Stanton Central Montcalm	360	24
9	Lansing Catholic	379	26
10	Hanover-Horton	464	23
11	Leslie	473	26
12	Ithaca	499	25
13	Clinton	537	27
14	Kent City	578	21
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	580	20
16	Monroe St. Mary CC	591	27
17	Buchanan	656	22
18	Grass Lake	674	27
19	Benzie Central	719	20
20	Fennville	732	21
21	Clare	776	19
22	Ann Arbor Greenhills	793	27
23	McBain	875	20
24	St. Louis	887	25
25	Onsted	896	23
26	Laingsburg	933	24
27	Blissfield	938	27

Traverse City St. Francis

Came into the season as one of the top teams in Division 3, only bolstered by the addition of the Swagers. Leo’s debut went down in the TCSF record books, his 15:54 at Buckley was a school record.

Grand Rapids Covenant Christian

The greatness of the Chargers might not be evident early, but watch as they get towards large fields. Grant Koole and Tyler Kooienga have appeared to lock down the 4^th and 5^th spots. And in D3, when your 4^th/5^th guys are hovering near or under 18:00, you’ll be ahead of many teams.

Reed City

Addition of Isaac Clementshaw has taken the Yotes from a team happy to make State to one that can step on the podium. He’s been in the low-18’s in each of his four races.

Rank	Boys Team	Score	Region
1	Traverse City St. Francis	201	19
2	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	348	21
3	Reed City	357	20
4	Hanover-Horton	371	23
5	The Potter’s House	377	21
6	Stanton Central Montcalm	440	24
7	Jackson Lumen Christi	447	23
8	Hart	451	20
9	Pewamo-Westphalia	452	24
10	Clare	458	19
11	Buchanan	552	22
12	Midland Bullock Creek	562	25
13	Ithaca	574	25
14	Jonesville	631	23
15	St. Louis	647	25
16	Bath	648	24
17	Flat Rock	660	27
18	Kalkaska	672	19
19	Olivet	783	22
20	Charlevoix	796	19
21	Elk Rapids	810	19
22	Union City	812	22
23	Kent City	865	21
24	Leslie	875	26
25	Monroe St. Mary CC	915	27
26	Benzie Central	958	20
27	Lansing Catholic	963	26

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Jessica Jazwinski

Her 2023 debut may have ended in defeat, but I saw a girl that didn’t lay down when the race wasn’t going her way. A 17:35 at Benzie was 10 seconds faster than her sophomore performance, likely on a tougher course as well.

Emmry Ross

Was undefeated until 2022’s State Finals and she’s on the same streak yet again. Four wins in four races, including a sub-18 at Addison. Some big tests are coming soon on the schedule – at Spartan and then Jackson.

Madison Osterberg

Usual pattern has been to exert patience then speed up late. Well, her 17:42 at Lakeview was a jolt to that process. The second sub-18 of her career and nearly a minute faster than her 2022 effort.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	11	Jessica Jazwinski	Hart	173.0	20
2	11	Emmry Ross	Onsted	161.0	23
3	12	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	160.0	23
4	11	Kyah Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	153.5	24
5	12	Mylie Kelly	Benzie Central	150.7	20
6	12	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	146.1	26
7	11	Eliza Bush	Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory	145.2	27
8	12	Miranda McNeil	Morley-Stanwood	144.4	20
9	12	Alyson Enns	Hart	143.4	20
10	11	Lila Volkers	Kent City	140.3	21
11	11	Betsy Skendzel	Traverse City St. Francis	137.0	19
12	10	Bella LaFountain	Monroe St. Mary CC	136.2	27
13	10	Hope Miller	Blissfield	131.5	27
14	11	Kaya Vrable	Caro	131.2	25
15	9	Samantha Schroeder	Jackson Lumen Christi	130.3	23
16	12	Amber Koole	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	129.9	21
17	10	Brynne Schulte	Elk Rapids	129.4	19
18	9	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview	127.1	20
19	11	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	126.1	24
20	12	Paige Herron	Caro	125.8	25
21	11	Ashley Choponis	Stanton Central Montcalm	124.2	24
22	12	Jenna Sweeney	Reese	123.8	25
23	12	Liliana Lehnst	Ithaca	121.2	25
24	12	Kendra Koster	Lawton	120.1	22
25	12	Cecilia Postma	Manistee	119.9	20
26	12	Avelina Hollandsworth	Remus Chippewa Hills	119.9	20
27	12	Isabella Max	Kent City	119.8	21
28	12	Olivia Perrine	Hanover-Horton	119.2	23
29	10	Grace Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	118.4	24
30	10	Quinn Hatfield	Remus Chippewa Hills	118.4	20

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Bobby Jazwinski

Following his astounding debut at Benzie, picked up wins in the first WMC Rivers Jamboree and at Leanna Wolf Geers.

Boden Genovese

Three consecutive low-16 efforts, all lower than his junior best. He’ll get another opportunity to roll towards the 15’s on Friday at Spartan.

Keegan Masters

Two 16:1x efforts at the beginning of his senior season, each lower than his best time from his junior year. An example of his progress – Keegan ran 16:46 in last September’s Huron Invitational, this past weekend on the same course, he was nearly 30 sec. faster.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	9	Robert Jazwinski III	Hart	205.0	20
2	12	Boden Genovese	Coloma	198.9	22
3	12	Keegan Masters	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	197.2	27
4	12	Brad White	Clare	196.8	19
5	12	Ben March	St. Louis	196.5	25
6	11	Isaiah Dinverno	Jackson Lumen Christi	196.5	23
7	12	Samuel Martini	Kent City	195.9	21
8	12	Collin Farmer	Pewamo-Westphalia	195.8	24
3	11	Leo Swager	Traverse City St. Francis	195.3	19
9	11	Theodore Davis	Dansville	195.1	26
10	10	Gage Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	193.5	24
11	12	Jackson Rodriguez	The Potter’s House	192.8	21
12	11	August Rohde	Reed City	192.2	20
13	10	Jacob Stanislawski	Flat Rock	191.2	27
14	11	Mitchell Hiatt	Onsted	190.8	23
15	11	Landen Boulis	Hanover-Horton	189.3	23
16	12	Graham Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	187.1	24
17	12	Gavin Guggemos	Kalkaska	186.8	19
18	12	Lucas Hopkins	Olivet	185.1	22
19	12	Evan Shepherd	Hanover-Horton	184.6	23
20	12	Anthony Kiaunis	Reed City	184.6	20
21	11	Daniel Mandujano	Watervliet	184.1	22
22	10	Landen Styka	Ithaca	183.9	25
23	11	Landon Pestrue	St. Louis	183.4	25
24	10	Robert Dykhouse	Manton	183.3	20
25	12	Jaden Barnes	Bloomingdale	183.1	22
26	11	Brayden Sweeney	Midland Bullock Creek	182.9	25
27	12	Ryan Allen	Reed City	182.6	20
28	12	Tucker Krumm	Traverse City St. Francis	182.4	19
29	12	Matthew Pattullo	Caro	182.1	25
30	9	Luke Herron	Caro	181.5	25