Portage, our great bellwether for the season’s progress, has come and passed. There were many affirmations and a few surprises. You’ll see a bit more movement in these rankings this week, as more recent meets are weighed more, early season meets mean less and less.
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.
As a result of taking into the entire season into account, the rankings will be more conservative and less reactionary than most. Putting together a great performance once will bring about a tiny bit of movement, doing so repeatedly will elicit much greater change.
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.
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.
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK RANKINGS
WEEK FOUR RANKINGS
WEEK THREE RANKINGS
Jackson Lumen Christi
Week Three: “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.”
Week Four: Hopped into the Elite race at Spartan and held their own against the State’s best. Scoring only Michigan teams, the Titans placed 7th out of 14. Where some of their girls have good days or bad days, a consistent spot has been Thia Tello, holding it down in the 21’s regardless of the course.
Championship Week: When did I miss that Lumen Christi joined the CHSL?!? Anyhow, the Titans won their first CHSL Jamboree in late September, that victory sandwiched between two others – at Jackson and at DeWitt.
Osterberg and Schroeder might get all the awards, but it’s the pack that makes these Titans tick. They had their best combined performance at Portage, with the Fazekas girls and Layla Lopez each finishing in the top 30 as LC picked up another victory.
Traverse City St. Francis
Week Three: “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 4th runner (and more often, a rival team’s 2nd or 3rd girl).”
Week Four: “Came down to Grand Rapids on Friday to race at Ottawa Hills. Betsy Skendzel is beginning to come into the form that she displayed toward the end of ’22, hitting the mid-18’s. And the #GladPack worked their magic in the middle, doing their job to land TCSF the best spot amongst D3 teams.”
Championship Week: The GladPack did their thing again at both Cadillac and Bluejay. Two Saturdays ago, they moved up a division and held their own, placing 2nd of 12 in a field full of D1/D2 teams. Then a week later at Bluejay, their 2nd-4th girls occupied spots between 15th and 19th, opening up enough of a gap to clinch a 20 pt. victory.
Mary Masserant keeps leveling up and doing so, unlocks greater potential for TCSF. Two of her last three races in the 19’s to go along with a 6th place finish in the LMC, which the Gladiators just captured.
Grand Rapids Covenant Christian
Week Four: “Charging forward have been freshmen such as Shelby Kuiper, Lydia Minderhoud, and Anna DeVries. Each have run the best of their young careers at invites in recent weeks.”
Championship Week: Those superb freshmen were joined Saturday by a senior. Lindsay Minderhoud came in as the Chargers’ 4th girl, helping lead GRCC to a 4th place finish. Despite being in 12th grade, this is her second year of competing, and in this second year, she’s dropped 40+ seconds from 2022.
Amber Koole has been mega consistent at the front. Her portfolio in 2023 consists of many low-19 efforts with the occasional blast into the 18’s. Through her leadership, the Chargers placed 4th at Portage.
Pewamo-Westphalia
Championship Week: The name of the game for the Pirates is consistency. Whether that’s Whitney Werner up front, Melanie Werner/Abbie Schneider/Alyssa Kramer in the middle or, anyone else on their persistent squad, consistency abounds. P-W rode that reliability to a 5th place finish in the Gold division at Bluejay along with a win at their home invite.
The Pirate freshmen don’t just consist of boys. Alyssa Kramer has been mentioned here too and now we must mention Jenna Keilen. She’s come from the 22’s to begin the year to a 20:50 this past weekend, helping the Pirates slide into 3rd over on the west side.
Elk Rapids
Week Three: “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.”
Week Four: “Week off for the Elks, who traveled over to Kalkaska tonight and down to Cadillac on Saturday.”
Championship Week: After taking a bit of time off, the Elks returned to action at Cadillac, Kalkaska, and Bluejay. The mini break benefitted a girl such as Eva Pray, who has ventured into the 20’s in two consecutive races and was the 3rd girl in a win at Cadillac over a ton of D3 schools.
Traveled up north of Little Traverse Bay to claim second in the LMC, placing six girls in the top-18 on a rainy, hilly Boyne Highlands track.
Stanton Central Montcalm
Championship Week: There’s the excellence of Kyah Hoffman up front, the rising freshman Andrea Rolston. But don’t forget the two other frontrunners – Ashley Choponis and Grace Coston. By my numbers and their times, each of the two had their best race of the season/career.
All this talk about their top-3, their rising freshmen, well you gotta have someone else. Braelyn Bunting has been in the 22’s throughout the entire year. Shepherd, Portage, Spartan, always in those 22’s. Her 106th place this past weekend comfortably clinched a 5th place for the Hornets.
Caro
Championship Week: Senior Paige Herron is coming into her own on the cross course. While the Tigers finished 2nd at Wagener Park, she matched her 5th place finish from last year while dropping 22 seconds from her mark here in 2022.
The Tigers took the weekend off as they prep for a tough stretch. GTC, Thumb Area, then a regional title on the line.
Lansing Catholic
With Greater Lansing week on the horizon, the Cougars took the weekend off. Beforehand, they captured yet another CAAC White Jamboree, adding to their lengthy winning streak.
Hart
Week Four: “The Pirate girls continued their winning ways in the first WMC Rivers Jamboree then placed 6th amongst the west side’s best in the first session at Ottawa Hills. A bright spot early has been the consistent running of freshman Natalie Rosema, crossing the line in the low-21’s for each major race.”
Championship Week: On a quick track at Shepherd, five of the top six Pirates achieved a season’s best. One of those was the rapidly rising Harriet Kidder, who’s dropped 2.5 minutes from her opener in early September.
Having been down one of their better girls for the majority of the season, some Pirates have needed to step up. One of those has been Lexie Beth Nienhuis, whose 20:16 was a Portage PR and a season best.
Leslie
Haley Creisher and Erin Lubahn have been steadying forces at the front, each running in the 20’s at Jackson, Stockbridge, and Portage.
| Place | Team | Region | Score | Champ Wk | Week 4 | Week 3 | Summer |
| 1 | Jackson Lumen Christi | 23 | 151 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 | 171 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 21 | 266 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Pewamo-Westphalia | 24 | 273 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Elk Rapids | 19 | 294 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Stanton Central Montcalm | 24 | 295 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | Caro | 25 | 340 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Lansing Catholic | 26 | 350 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Hart | 20 | 436 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Leslie | 26 | 460 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | Hanover-Horton | 23 | 468 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 12 | Remus Chippewa Hills | 20 | 481 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 23 |
| 13 | Ithaca | 25 | 501 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| 14 | Monroe St. Mary CC | 27 | 528 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 11 |
| 15 | Clinton | 27 | 545 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 18 |
| 16 | Kent City | 21 | 578 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
| 17 | Fennville | 21 | 615 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 26 |
| 18 | Buchanan | 22 | 677 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 27 |
| 19 | Grass Lake | 27 | 714 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | Onsted | 23 | 736 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 21 |
| 21 | Grandville Calvin Christian | 21 | 796 | 23 | 22 | 41 | 51 |
| 22 | Ann Arbor Greenhills | 27 | 806 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
| 23 | Blissfield | 27 | 817 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 15 |
| 24 | McBain | 20 | 838 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 34 |
| 25 | St. Louis | 25 | 856 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 31 |
| 26 | Clare | 19 | 859 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 8 |
| 27 | Benzie Central | 20 | 889 | 39 | 23 | 19 | 14 |
Traverse City St. Francis
Week Three: 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.
Week Four: “Traveled down to Ottawa Hills for the late session, placing fifth in a field comprised primarily of D1/D2 teams. Bolstered by the addition of Josh Slocum, running his first 5k of the season in 17:00.”
Championship Week: Since writing this, Slocum has upped his game even further, dropping mid-16 performances at Cadillac and Shepherd. And so has Robby Myler, who’s foray into the 16’s at Bluejay was his third sub-17 of the year.
Could have ran their 6th through 10th boys at yesterday’s LMC Championship and would’ve still came away with the title. That’s how much depth these Glads have.
Grand Rapids Covenant Christian
Week Three: 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 4th and 5th spots. And in D3, when your 4th/5th guys are hovering near or under 18:00, you’ll be ahead of many teams.
Week Four: “Ottawa Hills constitutes a larger field and the Chargers hung right in there with all the D1/D2 teams in the second session. In fact, they were the only lower division team to compete in the boys evening race, placing 9th.”
Championship Week: Graeson Decker must’ve watched all these other freshmen drop astounding times and wondered if he can do so himself. After opening with mid-17 efforts at Under the Lights and Saranac, he’s rapidly dropped into the low-16’s.
Frontrunnin’ Levi Kamps has stepped it up a notch these past two weeks, running in the low-16’s at both Bluejay and Portage. His Chargers followed suit, coming in 3rd amongst the 35 teams in their Division 3 race.
Pewamo-Westphalia
Championship Week: After the season’s done, perhaps I can look into various stats and answer various questions, one of them being, “who had the best freshman class?” In D3 at least, the answer’s gotta be P-W, who now has four(!) 9th grade boys below 18-flat.
In that Portage field, the efforts of upperclassmen Sam Muirhead and Allan George loomed large, each finishing in the low 40’s, low enough to sneak under GRCC into 2nd place.
Hanover-Horton
Week Four: “Winners of the White Division at Spartan, doing so by placing five in the top-40. Freshman Cooper Flick has run a personal best in four of his five races to begin his 9th grade year and he was the crucial fifth runner for the Comets.”
Championship Week: The Backward Hat Crew put up fights against the best D3 fields at invites these past two weeks. At Jackson, the Comets beat out top squads such as Jonesville and Lumen Christi. At Bluejay, over Reed City, Central Montcalm, P-W, and Covenant Christian.
Coming off a huge weekend invite into a dual against top-15 Jonesvilles must’ve been tough, yet the Comets still prevailed, winning 26-29 last night.
Reed City
Week Three: 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.
Week Four: ”Utter domination in the Big School race at Evart. Top-2, 4 of the top-5, 7 of the top-14. Anthony Kiaunis showed off his strength, gritting his way through the sand and hills, his 17:16 knocking nearly 20 sec. off his performance from ’22.”
Championship Week: Two Tuesdays, two weeks aparts, the Yotes knocked out CSAA victories over their conference competition from down south.
Stayed away from Portage, instead traversed the treacherous Pine River course. Placing all five scorers in the top-10, the ‘Yotes cruised to a nearly 60 pt. victory.
The Potter’s House
Had a few guys come out to play on Saturday – most notably Jackson Rodriguez and Edward Mugisha. Add a Caleb Swiney into their Portage lineup and you have a team that’d move up closer to 5th thru 7th.
Stanton Central Montcalm
Championship Week: Standout runner Graham Coston is throwing down some of his best stuff to finish out his career. His 16:24 at Shepherd was a 10 second personal best and a great way to cap off four years of running on that course. He’s come a long way from his Bluejay Invite in 2020, where he ran a 19:14.
Sophomore Sylus Wilson has been unmovable from the low-17’s, running there early and often as the Hornets rack up top finishes.
Hart
Championship Week: Of the 15 boys that have recorded a time for the Pirates, over half are freshmen. And of those freshmen, five have been sub-20. This ain’t a rebuilding year, this is a RELOADING YEAR. The Tatros have left an indelible legacy and leave the program in good hands for whomever takes the reigns.
Even as the youth movement takes hold, key seniors play a role. For example, Tyler Vanderzanden, who’s consistently in the 17:40’s, coming in as the Pirates’ 3rd-4th man.
Clare
Adding to Brad White and Nic Porter has been senior Andrew Klaus. Klaus has taken the sub-17 he ran at MITCA last November and ran with it, lowering his personal best down to 16:32.
Jackson Lumen Christi
Championship Week: Lumen Christi’s move from a team barely in the top-27 during the summer to a top-10 squad mid-season is largely due to two kids – Gibson Shore and Avery Morrow. Gibson has only continued the trajectory he showed during last October, now a steady figure in the 17’s. Avery has stepped in as a freshman, commonly right behind Gibson. And perhaps he’ll go on the late season run as Gibson did too?
Morrow and Bolton displayed a maturity to their racing on Saturday, moving up through every split, keeping the Titans right in that 9th spot.
| Rank | Team | Region | Score | Champ Wk | Week 4 | Week 3 | Summer |
| 1 | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 21 | 317 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Pewamo-Westphalia | 24 | 318 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 4 | Hanover-Horton | 23 | 332 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Reed City | 20 | 359 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | The Potter’s House | 21 | 390 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Stanton Central Montcalm | 24 | 424 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Hart | 20 | 455 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Clare | 19 | 465 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 |
| 10 | Jackson Lumen Christi | 23 | 478 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 11 | Jonesville | 23 | 492 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 8 |
| 12 | Bath | 24 | 525 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 12 |
| 13 | Midland Bullock Creek | 25 | 569 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 37 |
| 14 | St. Louis | 25 | 570 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 4 |
| 15 | Ithaca | 25 | 612 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 16 |
| 16 | Buchanan | 22 | 650 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 18 |
| 17 | Flat Rock | 27 | 718 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| 18 | Charlevoix | 19 | 735 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 30 |
| 19 | Leslie | 26 | 815 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 36 |
| 20 | Kalkaska | 19 | 845 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 29 |
| 21 | Olivet | 22 | 849 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 |
| 22 | Clinton | 27 | 863 | 25 | 24 | 36 | 20 |
| 23 | Kent City | 21 | 886 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 33 |
| 24 | Ann Arbor Greenhills | 27 | 893 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 23 |
| 25 | Lansing Catholic | 26 | 901 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 26 |
| 26 | Monroe St. Mary CC | 27 | 915 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 27 |
| 27 | Sanford-Meridian | 25 | 934 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 21 |
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Jessica Jazwinski
Week Three: 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.
Week Four: “Back to her winning ways this past week, triumphing at her first conference jamboree and at Ottawa Hills. Her 17:29 at Riverside was a season best and only proves that she’s in better fitness than she was at this point last fall.”
Championship Week: This grinder just doesn’t let up. In these past two weeks, wins at all four meets. And in the same fashion that I’ve written before, with faster performances than this point last year. I’m getting old, my memory is fading, but I feel that we’ve raced under similar conditions to 2022. At Cougar Falcon, she improved from 17:54 to 17:12, at Bluejay, from 17:41 to 17:08.
Opened up a significant early lead and stretched it out. 7 seconds at the mile, 11 thru 2, and then 14 at the finish. Two straight Portage wins and undefeated from September 1st on.
Madison Osterberg
Week Three: 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.
Week Four: “Had the XC race of her career at Spartan, crushing her time from 2022 by 85 seconds. Outlasted Lucy Cook in the final 1800m, nearly matching her time from Lakeview on a much tougher track.”
Championship Week: Came out victorious in a huge race between D3 and D4 powers at Jackson. Madison, Emmry, and Kaylie went out blazing fast, and Madison just had enough to outlast the other two.
Her second defeat of the year occurred at Portage. Though in defeat and in victory, she seems to love those 17:40’s, showing toughness either in front or trailing.
Emmry Ross
Week Three: 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.
Week Four: “Continued the undefeated streak with a comfortable win in the first LCAA Meet and a challenge from Kyah Hoffman at Spartan. This week, we’re setting up for one of the better D3 individual battles at Jackson.”
Championship Week: Was put to the test early at Jackson and came up a little short. But failing is sometimes a blessing in disguise and often leads to greater heights – such as her 17:29 PERSONAL BEST and 2nd consecutive Stockbridge win.
Has picked herself back up after Jackson and is on another winning streak. Just in this past week, she’s won in conference and at two invites.
Kyah Hoffman
Week Four: “Continuing to put it all together during her junior year, hanging with Ross at Forest Akers until succumbing by 5 seconds in the final 1.1.”
Championship Week: I recall her joy after hitting that 18:16 at MITCA to close her sophomore year. It felt like the perfect ending and a show that she could run with all the elite girls. Which she has more than showed this fall, the latest piece of evidence being her 17:56 winner in the Gold race at Bluejay.
Hung with Jazwinski and Osterberg for as long as she could before fading a bit. Even with the slight fade, Kyah crossed the line in another personal best.
Mylie Kelly
Week Four: “Her 18:29 at Riverside was her best time in the past 23 months and nearly a minute faster than each of her previous two efforts at the Ottawa Hills Invite.”
Championship Week: The training, the fire and focus showed over the summer is paying many dividends. Twenty races later, Mylie finally broke her personal best from her sophomore year. Her 18:04 from Saturday was 5 seconds faster than that regional race as a sophomore and over a minute quicker than her Bluejay performance from a fall ago.
While others were off setting personal bests and duking it out against each other, Mylie and her BC teammates took to the sand at Pine River. She came out of it a stronger girl, trudging away from the field by over 80 seconds.
Tessa Roe
Championship Week: Lansing Catholic did their early season thing on the tough courses, great preparation for a tough hilly regional at Possum Hollow. In her first real opportunity to rip it, Tessa made the most of it, blasting an 18:21 personal best at Cougar Falcon.
Through her career, she’s run three times at Greater Lansing, placing in the top-15 each time out. As a senior, she has a real chance of ending her career just as she commenced it, placing in the top-5.
Betsy Skendzel
Championship Week: D3’s most unheralded star had a breakout race at Shepherd. Betsy’s 18:15 nearly matched her personal best and was close to 20 seconds better than any race in 2023.
It had been a two-year absence from the winner’s circle, but I’m sure the wait was worth it. Just last night, Betsy captured the LMC title to go along with her team’s victory.
Miranda McNeil
Championship Week: Miranda must love the taste of that Shepherd Sweetness, because she brings her best material there each time out. By my count, she’s raced through those mid-Michigan fields on five occasions, and on four of those, ran her lifetime best. The 18:25 from Saturday beat out her previous PR by 23 seconds and solidly affirms her as a favorite to grab a fourth All-State.
A 6th place finish and 18:40 caps three years of running at Portage. Three years in the top-10, with two of those being sub-19’s.
Lila Volkers
Beginning to stick her nose in there more and more as the season rolls on. Her 18:28 at Portage builds upon her 18:32 from Sparta and shows that she’s primed for another podium finish in early November.
Eliza Bush
Has shown the gradual time drops from her sophomore year. Wins at Novi Christian and Jefferson, an 18:34 at Stockbridge, were all around 20 seconds faster than her 10th grade form.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | Region |
| 1 | 11 | Jessica Jazwinski | Hart | 20 |
| 2 | 12 | Madison Osterberg | Jackson Lumen Christi | 23 |
| 3 | 11 | Emmry Ross | Onsted | 23 |
| 4 | 11 | Kyah Hoffman | Stanton Central Montcalm | 24 |
| 5 | 12 | Mylie Kelly | Benzie Central | 20 |
| 6 | 12 | Tessa Roe | Lansing Catholic | 26 |
| 7 | 11 | Betsy Skendzel | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 |
| 8 | 12 | Miranda McNeil | Morley-Stanwood | 20 |
| 9 | 11 | Lila Volkers | Kent City | 21 |
| 10 | 11 | Eliza Bush | Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory | 27 |
| 11 | 11 | Whitney Werner | Pewamo-Westphalia | 24 |
| 12 | 9 | Samantha Schroeder | Jackson Lumen Christi | 23 |
| 13 | 12 | Amber Koole | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 21 |
| 14 | 11 | Ashley Choponis | Stanton Central Montcalm | 24 |
| 15 | 9 | Kamryn Salladay | Lakeview | 20 |
| 16 | 12 | Jenna Sweeney | Reese | 25 |
| 17 | 10 | Bella LaFountain | Monroe St. Mary CC | 27 |
| 18 | 11 | Kaya Vrable | Caro | 25 |
| 19 | 12 | Avelina Hollandsworth | Remus Chippewa Hills | 20 |
| 20 | 9 | Isabelle Sliter | Fennville | 21 |
| 21 | 10 | Hope Miller | Blissfield | 27 |
| 22 | 10 | Grace Coston | Stanton Central Montcalm | 24 |
| 23 | 12 | Olivia Perrine | Hanover-Horton | 23 |
| 24 | 12 | Liliana Lehnst | Ithaca | 25 |
| 25 | 12 | Cecilia Postma | Manistee | 20 |
| 26 | 12 | Isabella Max | Kent City | 21 |
| 27 | 10 | Brynne Schulte | Elk Rapids | 19 |
| 28 | 9 | Sophia Buzzelli | Clare | 19 |
| 29 | 9 | Shelby Kuiper | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 21 |
| 30 | 12 | Kinsie Jacques | Pinconning | 25 |
| 31 | 11 | Lola Bryce | Grandville Calvin Christian | 21 |
| 32 | 12 | Jaiden Dickman | St. Louis | 25 |
| 33 | 11 | Mary Masserant | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 |
| 34 | 12 | Cylee Elkins | Clinton | 27 |
| 35 | 12 | Paige Herron | Caro | 25 |
| 36 | 11 | Megan Woelkers | Flat Rock | 27 |
| 37 | 10 | Quinn Hatfield | Remus Chippewa Hills | 20 |
| 38 | 10 | Macy Fazekas | Jackson Lumen Christi | 23 |
| 39 | 10 | Ashlynn Harris | Bronson | 23 |
| 40 | 12 | Gracie Houtman | Kent City | 21 |
| 41 | 9 | Molly Kate Hollandsworth | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 |
| 42 | 11 | Isabelle Eppert | Farwell | 19 |
| 43 | 11 | Alaina Klooster | Kalamazoo Christian | 22 |
| 44 | 11 | Layla Lopez | Jackson Lumen Christi | 23 |
| 45 | 12 | Sophia Reynolds | Hanover-Horton | 23 |
| 46 | 12 | Claire Neumann | Saginaw Valley Lutheran | 25 |
| 47 | 10 | Mattie Gagne | Midland Bullock Creek | 25 |
| 48 | 10 | Anna Pray | Elk Rapids | 19 |
| 49 | 11 | Chloe Stalhood | Hillsdale | 23 |
| 50 | 12 | Maddie Gallagher | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 |
BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
Collin Farmer
Week Four: Was able to lower his already low school record from 15:53 to 15:43. Three for three in terms of victories this year.
Championship Week: And within two weeks, that school record was ripped to shreds. Collin’s 15:29 at Shepherd was a statement, announcing a serious candidacy for the D3 crown.
Senior strength pulled through in the end. His 5:36 for the final 1.1 (5:03 pace) was the fastest final split in the Division Three field.
Bobby Jazwinski
Week Three: Following his astounding debut at Benzie, picked up wins in the first WMC Rivers Jamboree and at Leanna Wolf Geers.
Week Four: “There were 92 athletes that competed at both Pete Moss and Ottawa Hills. Removing a few anomalies, the average runner ran 10-11 seconds faster at Ottawa Hills. Bobby was 15 seconds faster, showing that even at the elite level, he’s improving at a faster rate than many of his competitors. His 15:33 was of course, a personal best.”
Championship Week: Two intense races since that 15:33 at Ottawa Hills, two 15:3x efforts. Bobby is showing no letting up in the middle stages of his freshman year.
Succumbed late to Farmer, coming across the line 11 seconds back. Even in defeat, comfortably ran the fastest time of any freshman at Portage’s massive invite.
Isaiah Dinverno
Week Four: “Has raced three times this year – at Michigan Catholic, Lakeview, and Spartan. Last year, he opened with those three as well. His average time last year was 18:22, this season is 16:18. This past weekend, he was victorious at Spartan in a field that will resemble many during championship season.”
Championship Week: Five races this year, four wins. A sub-16 at Jackson was the quickest of all and he covered the Sharp Park course in 45 less seconds than his sophomore regional effort.
Moved up throughout the race in typical LC fashion. 6th at the mile to 4th at the finish, notching another sub-16 and another considerably quicker time compared to his sophomore year.
Boden Genovese
Week Three: 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.
Week Four: “Acquitted himself quite well to the D1 race at Spartan, placing 3rd with a 16:15.”
Championship Week: A 3rd place in the Berrien County Championship marked four consecutive top-5 finishes there.
3.5 years of races and his first 15:xx ever. Congrats to Boden, coming back strong after slightly slower efforts at Jackson and Berrien County.
Ben March
Championship Week: Historically, the Sharks begin to hunt at this time of year, with Ben at the front of it all. Perhaps a prep for Regionals, perhaps a statement, but most affirmatively, a massive personal best. His 15:46 was nearly 20 seconds faster than his previous lifetime best.
Just capped off an undefeated season in the TVC Blue, winning his first conference title of his career.
Samuel Martini
Week Four: “When he’s brought it, he’s been his usual high-15/low-16 self. Shaved 4 sec. off his time from last fall’s race at Sparta, placing an admirable 2nd to Farmer.”
Championship Week: Has opened CSAA competition with two consecutive wins to go along with another dub on his home course.
At White Cloud early last week, grabbed his 9th consecutive CSAA win. Then at Portage, came through with his 3rd consecutive top-10 placing.
Brad White
Championship Week: It’s taken 3.5 years and a few close calls, but the sub-16 finally happened. Brad’s 15:55 at Cadillac was only a slight improvement from his best as a junior, but I bet it meant the world. And to prove it was no fluke, he doubled it up with another one at Bluejay.
The wheels may have come off late at Portage, but I applaud him for taking the risk to run with the front group.
Gage Hoffman
Sophomore has been on the brink of sub-16 on too many occasions this year. Saranac, Cedar Springs, Bluejay, Portage. When that breakthrough comes, he’ll undoubtedly run in the 15:40’s.
Jackson Rodriguez
Greatly emerged with the heightened Portage competition. His sub-16 there was his first since 2022’s Regionals.
Theodore Davis
Ten races this year and he’s been in the 16’s for every last one. The unheralded junior has been in the top-10 at State each of the past two years and while it will take work, can easily get there again.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | Region |
| 1 | 12 | Collin Farmer | Pewamo-Westphalia | 24 |
| 2 | 9 | Robert Jazwinski III | Hart | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Isaiah Dinverno | Jackson Lumen Christi | 23 |
| 4 | 12 | Boden Genovese | Coloma | 22 |
| 5 | 12 | Ben March | St. Louis | 25 |
| 6 | 12 | Samuel Martini | Kent City | 21 |
| 7 | 12 | Brad White | Clare | 19 |
| 8 | 10 | Gage Hoffman | Stanton Central Montcalm | 24 |
| 9 | 12 | Jackson Rodriguez | The Potter’s House | 21 |
| 10 | 11 | Theodore Davis | Dansville | 26 |
| 11 | 12 | Keegan Masters | Ottawa Lake-Whiteford | 27 |
| 12 | 11 | Mitchell Hiatt | Onsted | 23 |
| 13 | 11 | Leo Swager | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 |
| 14 | 11 | August Rohde | Reed City | 20 |
| 15 | 10 | Jacob Stanislawski | Flat Rock | 27 |
| 16 | 11 | Landon Pestrue | St. Louis | 25 |
| 17 | 12 | Jaden Barnes | Bloomingdale | 22 |
| 18 | 11 | Landen Boulis | Hanover-Horton | 23 |
| 19 | 12 | Anthony Kiaunis | Reed City | 20 |
| 20 | 12 | Graham Coston | Stanton Central Montcalm | 24 |
| 21 | 11 | Tyler Heal | Sanford-Meridian | 25 |
| 22 | 11 | Levi Kamps | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 21 |
| 23 | 12 | Lucas Hopkins | Olivet | 22 |
| 24 | 11 | Josh Slocum | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 |
| 25 | 12 | Gavin Guggemos | Kalkaska | 19 |
| 26 | 12 | Evan Shepherd | Hanover-Horton | 23 |
| 27 | 12 | Tucker Krumm | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 |
| 28 | 12 | Ryan Allen | Reed City | 20 |
| 29 | 11 | Daniel Mandujano | Watervliet | 22 |
| 30 | 10 | Landen Styka | Ithaca | 25 |
| 31 | 12 | Gavin VanKampen | Jonesville | 23 |
| 32 | 9 | Graeson Decker | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 21 |
| 33 | 10 | Robert Dykhouse | Manton | 20 |
| 34 | 11 | Isaac Edgington | Holland Black River | 21 |
| 35 | 12 | Nolan Grant | Hillsdale | 23 |
| 36 | 10 | Lucas Taraszkiewicz | Flat Rock | 27 |
| 37 | 12 | Brodie Delamater | Grant | 21 |
| 38 | 9 | Luke Herron | Caro | 25 |
| 39 | 12 | Carter Holmes | Bath | 24 |
| 40 | 12 | Nathan Day | Saranac | 21 |
| 41 | 10 | Noah Devereaux | Laingsburg | 24 |
| 42 | 12 | Gannon Shore | Jackson Lumen Christi | 23 |
| 43 | 10 | Ben Gautsche | Union City | 22 |
| 44 | 9 | Caleb Blonde | Jonesville | 23 |
| 45 | 12 | Bailey Wiggins | Midland Bullock Creek | 25 |
| 46 | 11 | Brayden Sweeney | Midland Bullock Creek | 25 |
| 47 | 12 | Andrew Klaus | Clare | 19 |
| 48 | 11 | Nathan Vargo | Flat Rock | 27 |
| 49 | 12 | Matthew Pattullo | Caro | 25 |
| 50 | 11 | Owen Read | Traverse City St. Francis | 19 |
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