We’ve finally arrived in the prime part of the year. Meets such as Holly, Spartan, Jackson, Cougar Falcon, Otsego Bulldog, Bluejay have been excellent bellwethers, showcasing how different teams from different areas compare against one another. We have one final example of those this week at Portage (which isn’t technically a championship, but I’m gonna label it as our mid-season championship) before embarking on our stretch of county, area, league, and finally – Regionals and State Finals.
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 started with three for the first rankings, then five this week, and so on.
- 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. With a bit of free-r time this week, I should get to the Upper Peninsula.
Unfortunately, the injury rule is in place, where if I don’t have a rating from the past month, that runner is taken out. If you’re willing to share (and I can understand why not – someone’s medical situation doesn’t have to be the public’s business) that your athlete or you yourself are healthy/injured, feel free. There are some exceptions based on situations that make sense. Hopefully these don’t rub salt in the wound of someone who’s already hurting.
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.
WEEK THREE RANKINGS
WEEK FOUR RANKINGS
Grand Rapids Christian
Week Three: Conquered a strong field at Benzie then turned around and routed a very competitive OK White. Showing much strength early with frontrunners and depth, could very well put all five girls on the podium.
Week Four: More of the same at Ottawa Hills from the Eagle girls. All scoring girls placed in the top-11, with Adia Sikkema and Lucy Waalkes pulling up in the top-20.
Otsego Bulldog is often the first D2 showcase of the season, this year being no different, with 6 of the top 15 ranked teams in appearance. Just as every other meet, the Eagles up front, making up half of the first 8 finishers. Senior Payton Holtz is peaking at the right time to close her career, hitting sub-19 in her past two invites.
Otsego
Week Three: Sadly, we won’t see the Bulldogs at a major Michigan invitational until Jackson, but when you have the opportunity to run at the legendary Detweiller Park, you take it. Their season is setting up very similarly to last year, a strong top four plus a solid fifth. Though it appears their 5th spot might be improved from 2022.
Week Four: Placed 7th of 61 in the Richard Spring Invite down in Peoria. Now I don’t know much about Illinois XC at the moment, but that field had some legendary and recognizable names – York, Neuqua Valley, Palatine, Downer’s Grove, etc. Illinois Speed Ratings uses a similar methodology, but a different scale. Without getting too deep into it, converting to my scale, Detweiller rates out to about a +69 (+75 for boys) for its 2.97-to-3-mile course (highly debatable distance!) To make a short story long, the Bulldogs ran better than they have this season, even missing Taylor Mitchell.
In her final Bulldog Invite, senior Megan Germain ran her fastest time at Otsego’s signature home meet. Her 18:29 was good for a 6th place finish, fast enough for three consecutive top-10’s, and clutch enough to grant her Bulldogs a 2nd place finish.
Goodrich
Week Four: Changed things up on us! The past few years, the Martians have been at Holly, this year they headed further west to East Lansing. And evidenced by their 3rd place finish in the Elite Division, an excellent decision. These girls get it done through their pack, going seven deep, displacing fools left and right.
The Martians marked Shepherd as their territory in prep for Regionals. A 23-point win in a D2-centric field, even with Kamy Lauinger having a rough go of it.
East Grand Rapids
Week Four: After missing Under the Lights, Drew Muller has returned, to EGR’s benefit. Her 3rd spot at Ottawa Hills meant the Pioneers really had to only score four. Combine that with personal bests from Adeline Armstrong and Sadey Seyferth and you have this traditional power rising through the ranks.
Great through three and finding contributors further back. Rory Workman (I swear there are thousands of Waalkes, Workmans, Kuzmas, and VanderKoois up this way) has dropped more than a minute from her Under the Lights debut.
Zeeland East
Week Three: An easy victory in the OK Green was sandwiched between a 2nd place in their division at Under the Lights and a 5th at Bredeweg. Emma Drnek has come into her own this year, giving the Chix a formidable 1-2 combo.
Another OK Green victory to go with a bronze at Otsego Bulldog. Taryn DiLaura has been a key figure on their varsity outfit, breaking 20:00 in two of her past three races, nearly a minute quicker than her freshman form.
St. Joseph
Week Four: The rare case of having two low sticks and needing to score three. Among those three, you could have reliable seniors such as Jade Murdoch or Ceci Ruchti. Or perhaps freshmen that are coming along nicely such as Lydia Johnson or Lily Cummings. Like many West Coast teams, the Bears traveled to Ottawa Hills on Friday, coming away from Session 2 placing 4th of 18.
Make it 4 straight and 13 of the past 14. The Bears have truly established a Berrien County dynasty.
St. Johns
The Redwing top three can hang with anybody. For instance, in the first two CAAC Red Jamborees – Fletcher, Schafer, and Young combined for 17 points. That’s in two meets, folks. SJ has won each of those jamborees.
Spring Lake
Bea Reeser has been ON IT all year. First, opening with her best debut ever, then parlaying that into a personal best she’s been waiting to snatch since her sophomore year. Twice 6th in the OK Blue Jamborees, contributing to Laker victories each time.
| Rank | Team | Region | Score | Week 5 | Week 4 | Week 3 | Summer |
| 1 | Grand Rapids Christian | 11 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Otsego | 13 | 194 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Goodrich | 15 | 285 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | East Grand Rapids | 12 | 290 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 5 | Zeeland East | 11 | 362 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | St. Joseph | 13 | 397 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Johns | 14 | 415 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Spring Lake | 11 | 463 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 | Frankenmuth | 15 | 467 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | Holland Christian | 11 | 489 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 10 |
| 11 | DeWitt | 14 | 520 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| 12 | Freeland | 15 | 534 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Ludington | 10 | 555 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg | 12 | 604 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 27 |
| 15 | Hudsonville Unity Christian | 11 | 650 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 |
| 16 | Owosso | 14 | 674 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 26 |
| 17 | Alma | 15 | 708 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 18 | Warren Regina | 17 | 735 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 34 |
| 19 | Croswell-Lexington | 17 | 737 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 29 |
| 20 | Linden | 16 | 761 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 20 |
| 21 | Dearborn Divine Child | 16 | 762 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 19 |
| 22 | Petoskey | 10 | 763 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 18 |
| 23 | Forest Hills Eastern | 12 | 802 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 25 |
| 24 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 16 | 869 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 44 |
| 25 | Chelsea | 18 | 888 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 21 |
| 26 | Grand Rapids South Christian | 12 | 939 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 22 |
| 27 | Stevensville Lakeshore | 13 | 982 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 24 |
Forest Hills Eastern
Week Three: That’s two years in a row that the Hawks have put the state on notice with an Under the Lights masterpiece. All five scorers were sub-17 on that humid, late August night. With three of those capable of low-16’s or better, much pressure will be placed on other teams to close that gap.
Week Four: Missing Brendan Hoving and Liam Hinman at Sparta, the Hawks still emerged victorious, eking out a 6-point victory over the home team. Youngster Steven Zawacki stepped up in a major way – he’s dropped more than a minute since Under the Lights.
Lost in the TJ Hansen spectacle was the fact that FHE stole the show in the elite race. The field contained tons of top teams from all divisions, yet the Hawks still prevailed. Nearly putting four under 16-flat will tend to lead to those victories
Grand Rapids Christian
Week Three: Saw FHE throw down the gauntlet on a Friday night, then woke up Saturday and decided to match it. Winners of Pete Moss by 88 points, then put seven guys in the top-16 at a star-filled OK White Jamboree.
Week Four: Probably underrated here because of their cruise through Christian Schools and the fact that we’re comparing against the entire state. In actual competition, the Eagles are undefeated, finding another clear victory this past weekend at Ottawa Hills.
It’s not as strong as in past years, but you can’t help who you run against, you can only aim to win. Which the Eagles did at Otsego, completing the sweep from their boys and girls squads. Senior Dylan Clark with the big breakthrough, knocking 15 seconds off his previous best.
Allendale
Week Four: There were a few doubters last week with the Falcons’ #4 ranking. I think their effort at Spartan proved a few wrong. Three in the top-15, half the points of any other school in the White Division.
Even if Grand Haven had Seth Norder competing, the Allendale Falcons would’ve still won their home invite. If that ain’t a show of how impressive they’ve been of late, I don’t know what is.
East Grand Rapids
Week Three: Still missing a piece, but those who have competed have had success. That could come in the form of an Alex Thole, who pulled a massive upset at Under the Lights or a Jack Edison, who navigated his way into the 16’s for the first time ever at the OK White Jamboree.
Week Four: That piece has arrived. Ryan Brinker, with only one race under his belt in ’23 has already raced faster than he had to this point in the ’22 season.
It wasn’t just FHE taking it to those D1 boys, the Pioneers were right there with them. Jonah Workman was a workhorse, reaching wayyyy into the 15’s to sneak into the top-10.
Alma
Ali Kudmani’s return coincides with the Panthers’ 3 meet victory streak – in conference, at Bluejay against many teams they could see at State, and this week at Birch Run.
Adrian
Carter Fenner and Matthew Canales have been steady as they come, both trending towards the 16’s as the Maples have held their own in the SEC White and picked up a victory at Jackson.
Marshall
Week Four: Even missing Kaiden Gore (their five guy) at Holly, the Redhawks triumphed in the D3 race. With five divisions there, you get a mix of D2 and D3 teams in the 3rd Division, but even if Marshall was in the 2nd Division this past weekend, odds are that they’d win. When you have four boys capable of going sub-17, many possibilities are on the table.
These past two years, Connor Griffith has been a kid hellbent on dropping time. From 10th to 11th grade, he stormed from the 18’s to the very low-17’s. Now he’s knocking on the door of the 15’s, hitting 16:05’s at both Stockbridge and Barney Roy.
Otsego
The Bulldogs were missing a few of their top boys at home, perhaps Jackson was a better show of their capabilities. On those rolling Ella Sharp hills, the Dawgs packed up between 16:39 and 17:02, placing right in the middle of a field complete with D1 teams.
| Rank | Team | Region | Score | Week 5 | Week 4 | Week 3 | Summer |
| 1 | Forest Hills Eastern | 12 | 198 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Christian | 11 | 257 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Allendale | 11 | 267 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | East Grand Rapids | 12 | 301 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Alma | 15 | 444 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Adrian | 18 | 459 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | Marshall | 12 | 464 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Otsego | 13 | 479 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| 9 | Holland Christian | 11 | 534 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 8 |
| 10 | Sparta | 10 | 546 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 |
| 11 | Pinckney | 16 | 567 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 6 |
| 12 | Petoskey | 10 | 575 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 9 |
| 13 | Frankenmuth | 15 | 585 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 21 |
| 14 | Gladwin | 10 | 598 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 |
| 15 | Plainwell | 13 | 635 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 37 |
| 16 | Hamilton | 11 | 661 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| 17 | Yale | 17 | 665 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 19 |
| 18 | Flint Powers Catholic | 15 | 674 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 25 |
| 19 | Fremont | 10 | 698 | 17 | 21 | NR | 14 |
| 20 | Spring Lake | 11 | 739 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| 21 | Clio | 15 | 789 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 28 |
| 22 | Parma Western | 14 | 834 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 27 |
| 23 | Chelsea | 18 | 837 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 7 |
| 24 | St. Clair | 17 | 839 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
| 25 | DeWitt | 14 | 899 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 20 |
| 26 | St. Johns | 14 | 906 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 34 |
| 27 | Shepherd | 15 | 927 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 33 |
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Natalie VanOtteren
Week Four: Sub-18 at Ottawa Hills was the 3rd of her career and 40+ seconds faster than her ’22 effort on the banks of the Grand River.
Four straight wins for this Eagle senior. One of those was a 17:35 personal best at Cougar Falcon, another a 17:43 effort at the Otsego D2 Showcase.
Gail Vaikutis
Week Three: Her 18-flat at Lakeview was a massive personal best and over 80 seconds faster than her 2022 performance. In track, she was able to display great speed and now we’re witness to her strength.
Week Four: Gail’s just out here stacking personal best after personal best. Similar conditions, similar courses, 22 second improvement from week to week. Gail now owns the fastest time AND best rating in Division 2.
A senior going out with wins all over the place. In conference, in county, and in her college decision, recently committing to Michigan.
Elena Figueroa
Week Three: Right alongside Vaikutis at both their home invite and the PC Early Bird. Missed out on a great time at Lakeview, I hope for non-injury reasons. Regardless, her early season best is already an improvement from her sophomore year.
Week Four: Her first race in over three weeks, Elena hopped right back on the wagon with a 17:44 at Riverside. A minute faster than her 2022 effort there and a 35 second personal best.
A slight, ever so slight personal best at Cougar Falcon is still a personal best. 17:44.0 to 17:43.9 counts for me. Elena and Gail have gone 1-2 in both of the SMAC West meets along with Berrien County – all Bear victories.
Ava Schafer
Week Three: Adjusting very well to the high school scene. After taking her lumps with a second-place finish at Under the Lights, she’s ripped off two consecutive victories. All mid-18 efforts from this young freshman. The Redwings have some light racing in their future, so we’ll see how much she’s improved come late September at Shepherd.
Week Four: The Redwings took the weekend off racing and well, that looks to be to Ava’s benefit. Girl just blasted a 17:48 to capture the first CAAC Red Jamboree.
Stuck her nose right in there at Bluejay, heading out with the lead girls, coming through the mile in 5:34. Ava faded a bit, but got a good look of what she’ll need to do when similar runners race her in a month. Comparing against only D2 girls in that Elite section, Ava did place 1st of all 46, so she’s performing admirably against her competition.
Drew Muller
Just announced her commitment to Virginia, a great institution for its education, history, and distance running (the Hoos are currently ranked #11). I’m sure Drew will contribute there as she does here, consecutive mid-18 efforts to begin her senior year.
I believe her trip to Shepherd was the first of her career, and that initial run through produced her best mark of the year, an 18:16.
Katie Berkshire
Has been a barrier-busting season for Berkshire. She first slipped under 19:00 at the Mud Run of all places, then has ripped off three consecutive low-18 efforts at Cadillac, Shepherd, and Mancelona.
Emma Hoffman
Think of all the success, all the accomplishments over Otsego’s past ~15 years. Three titles, a runner-up, plenty of state appearances. And atop of them all, time-wise, was Emma’s 18:03 from this past weekend.
Mary Richmond
Four years of races at Bluejay – all in the low-18’s, all in the top-15. The Frankenmuth senior has taken on a lighter load than in years past and should be ready to roll for the coming month.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | Region |
| 1 | 12 | Natalie VanOtteren | Grand Rapids Christian | 11 |
| 2 | 12 | Gail Vaikutis | St. Joseph | 13 |
| 3 | 11 | Elena Figueroa | St. Joseph | 13 |
| 4 | 9 | Ava Schafer | St. Johns | 14 |
| 5 | 12 | Drew Muller | East Grand Rapids | 12 |
| 6 | 10 | Katie Berkshire | Gaylord | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Emma Hoffman | Otsego | 13 |
| 8 | 12 | Mary Richmond | Frankenmuth | 15 |
| 9 | 12 | Meghan Ford | Mason | 14 |
| 10 | 11 | Emma Drnek | Zeeland East | 11 |
| 11 | 10 | Ellie Scholma | Grand Rapids Christian | 11 |
| 12 | 12 | Emily Tomes | Grand Rapids Catholic Central | 11 |
| 13 | 10 | Lilah Poel | Grand Rapids Christian | 11 |
| 14 | 12 | Logan Brazee | Otsego | 13 |
| 15 | 11 | Sadey Seyferth | East Grand Rapids | 12 |
| 16 | 11 | Summer Brower | Ludington | 10 |
| 17 | 12 | Payton Holtz | Grand Rapids Christian | 11 |
| 18 | 11 | Sophy Skeels | Adrian | 18 |
| 19 | 12 | Megan Germain | Otsego | 13 |
| 20 | 11 | Natalia DeMea | Chelsea | 18 |
| 21 | 12 | Naomi Nelson | Grand Rapids Christian | 11 |
| 22 | 9 | Clara Kaczor | Freeland | 15 |
| 23 | 12 | Allison Kuzma | Zeeland East | 11 |
| 24 | 11 | Eva Thompson | Croswell-Lexington | 17 |
| 25 | 11 | Kamryn Lauinger | Goodrich | 15 |
| 26 | 10 | Natalie Foltz | Frankenmuth | 15 |
| 27 | 11 | Ezgi Kurt | Alma | 15 |
| 28 | 11 | Ava Crews | Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg | 12 |
| 29 | 11 | Layla Jordan | Goodrich | 15 |
| 30 | 12 | Jenna Pilachowski | Monroe Jefferson | 18 |
| 31 | 12 | Abby Young | St. Johns | 14 |
| 32 | 12 | Emma DeVries | GR West Michigan Aviation | 12 |
| 33 | 12 | Camille DeCola | Marshall | 12 |
| 34 | 9 | Jaelyn Ray | Pinckney | 16 |
| 35 | 9 | Caroline Randall | Hastings | 12 |
| 36 | 12 | Anastee Davis | Adrian | 18 |
| 37 | 12 | Clara Fletcher | St. Johns | 14 |
| 38 | 9 | Olivia Hollebeek | Holland Christian | 11 |
| 39 | 10 | Berkley Holtz | Sturgis | 13 |
| 40 | 10 | Linnea Paige | Fremont | 10 |
| 41 | 9 | Lucy Conzelmann | Frankenmuth | 15 |
| 42 | 9 | Eliana Stob | Holland Christian | 11 |
| 43 | 10 | Brooklynn Brown | Cadillac | 10 |
| 44 | 12 | Ellia Agar | Grand Rapids South Christian | 12 |
| 45 | 12 | Kyla Meyers | Spring Lake | 11 |
| 46 | 9 | Ayda Skeels | Adrian | 18 |
| 47 | 11 | Kayla Williams | DeWitt | 14 |
| 48 | 9 | Johanna Mulder | Holland | 11 |
| 49 | 10 | Samantha Brown | Clio | 15 |
| 50 | 9 | Adeline Armstrong | East Grand Rapids | 12 |
BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Connell Alford
Week Four: Week Three: Cross country is definitely his thing. Facing some fierce competition at Lamplighter, Connell laid down the hammer early en route to a large margin of victory.
Week Four: Unfortunately, couldn’t pull off the win at Spartan, but he did finish first amongst all Michigan competition. His 15:09 nearly matched the 15:06 from last year, and when you’re in the ballpark of your state-winning self, you know you’re in a good place.
Competed in his first SEC White Jamboree of the year, grabbing his third conference win in these past three years. A solid block of training setting up for the future showdowns in the coming months.
TJ Hansen
Week Three: Just continuing and building from his track accomplishments. 15:39 at Under the Lights was a personal best, 15:13 at John Bruder was a massive personal best. It’s a shame Freeland is on the smaller side of D2 schools, we sadly avoid a matchup with Evan Loughridge at Holly.
Week Four: Of the 93 boys that ran at both John Bruder and Holly, only 22 ran faster at Holly. TJ was 0.5 seconds slower, showing his 15:14 through the sharp turns and hills at Springfield Oaks can be sub-15 on the right course on the right day.
An absolutely masterful performance at Bluejay, negative splitting to a 14:46. Let’s just put it this way – in early September, Shepherd hosted the Jeff Drenth Memorial COLLEGE meet. TJ’s 14:46 would have won that.
Solomon Kwartowitz
Week Four: Hung in there pretty well for his first real huge effort of the season. A 15:32 in Spartan Elite earned Kwartowitz a 7th place (5th amongst Michiganders) and a massive personal best.
Each year, Cranbrook takes the trip down to Indiana to run in the Culver Academies Invitational. Solomon’s 15:38 there was 40 seconds faster than where he was in 2022, coming back from injury. He placed a second behind Kyle Grove, who just ran a 15:17 at Lavern Gibson. My guess based on limited evidence is that Solomon is ready to head toward the very low-15’s.
Evan Loughridge
Week Three: “Opener at Possum Hollow was a 20+ second win over a ton of talented D1 runners. He’ll be facing some potential D2 All-Staters this weekend at Holly.”
Week Four: 15 seconds at a mile, 30+ at two, and 36 at the finish, Evan’s 15:35 win at Holly was allll on his lonesome. For many that would be a mental grind, but it’s more of the same for this tough-minded kid. His performance on Saturday was over 25 seconds faster than what he raced to in 2022 and given how his October played out last year, big goals are there for the taking.
After working on their toughness at Bennett Park, the Pirates head toward Portage, the site of Evan’s junior breakout race. All indicators show he’s ready to shock us again.
Sean Pettis
Nestled in between his past two WMC Lakes wins was a 15:24 at Cougar Falcon, first amongst a bevy of potential All-Staters.
Alex Thole
Week Four: State Champions, national qualifiers, insane freshmen, talented underclassmen… Alex has won against them all and we’re only in mid-September. Three races, three wins, all considerably better than his 2022 best.
Over the past two years, Alex has surely benefitted from the BluejayBoost. First at the MITCA race, the home of his initial sub-16, the one that paved the way for the enormous success this year. Then again on Saturday, just a show of his progress, 30 seconds quicker than that breakthrough.
Nate Carmody
The Haslett senior has laid low these past few weeks, nabbing his second consecutive win at DeWitt, which was his fourth sub-16 in a row.
Braylon Petty
Hard to believe a school as close as Adrian hadn’t traveled to Jackson in three years. But Braylon showed that he remembered how to attack those long, gradual downhills, rolling to a 15:50 victory.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | Region |
| 1 | 12 | Connell Alford | Chelsea | 18 |
| 2 | 11 | TJ Hansen | Freeland | 15 |
| 3 | 12 | Solomon Kwartowitz | Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood | 16 |
| 4 | 12 | Evan Loughridge | Pinckney | 16 |
| 5 | 12 | Sean Pettis | Fremont | 10 |
| 6 | 12 | Alex Thole | East Grand Rapids | 12 |
| 7 | 12 | Nate Carmody | Haslett | 14 |
| 8 | 12 | Braylon Petty | Adrian | 18 |
| 9 | 11 | Jack Bidwell | Marshall | 12 |
| 10 | 11 | Simon Triezenberg | Grand Rapids Christian | 11 |
| 11 | 12 | Logan Ruffner | Riverview | 18 |
| 12 | 11 | Colin Murray | Dearborn Divine Child | 16 |
| 13 | 12 | Gregory Janesak | Sparta | 10 |
| 14 | 12 | Noah Lambers | Holland | 11 |
| 15 | 12 | Elliott Sirianni | Clio | 15 |
| 16 | 10 | Jonah Workman | East Grand Rapids | 12 |
| 17 | 12 | Caleb Palmreuter | Gladwin | 10 |
| 18 | 12 | Brendan Hoving | Forest Hills Eastern | 12 |
| 19 | 11 | Kilian Whalen | Allendale | 11 |
| 20 | 11 | Alex Doneth | Mason | 14 |
| 21 | 10 | Owen Metzger | Sparta | 10 |
| 22 | 11 | Henry Dixon | Forest Hills Eastern | 12 |
| 23 | 12 | Liam Hinman | Forest Hills Eastern | 12 |
| 24 | 11 | Dylan Lydic | Haslett | 14 |
| 25 | 10 | Ronnie Silveira | Allendale | 11 |
| 26 | 12 | Nolan Pinion | Lake Fenton | 16 |
| 27 | 11 | Dominic Lowrie | Battle Creek Harper Creek | 12 |
| 28 | 10 | Thomas Larson | Alma | 15 |
| 29 | 12 | Ryan Brinker | East Grand Rapids | 12 |
| 30 | 9 | Ezekiel Baltierra | Alma | 15 |
| 31 | 11 | Abatu Dykstra | Hamilton | 11 |
| 32 | 12 | Aiden Krueger | Niles | 13 |
| 33 | 12 | David Murphy | Flint Powers Catholic | 15 |
| 34 | 11 | Will Engbers | Holland Christian | 11 |
| 35 | 11 | Nolan Inglis | DeWitt | 14 |
| 36 | 9 | Bryce Cahoon | Shepherd | 15 |
| 37 | 11 | Seth Mead | Gladwin | 10 |
| 38 | 11 | Nolan Longuski | Shepherd | 15 |
| 39 | 11 | Henry Cox | Plainwell | 13 |
| 40 | 10 | Moises Salazar | Adrian | 18 |
| 41 | 12 | Isaac Staib | St. Johns | 14 |
| 42 | 12 | Connor Griffith | Marshall | 12 |
| 43 | 11 | Sullivan Zietlow | Three Rivers | 13 |
| 44 | 11 | Parker Tiethof | Allendale | 11 |
| 45 | 12 | Brewer Snay | Macomb Lutheran North | 17 |
| 46 | 12 | Cooper Jacobsen | Forest Hills Eastern | 12 |
| 47 | 12 | Nolan Nixon | Cadillac | 10 |
| 48 | 12 | Luke Glasgow | Spring Lake | 11 |
| 49 | 11 | Landen Wise | Frankenmuth | 15 |
| 50 | 12 | Shane Izzard | Petoskey | 10 |
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