Division 1 State: Individual Ratings

Adjustment: +16

Projections vs. Reality

These girls were the first since the D4 bunch where I got more All-Staters than what I thought I might get. 24 of 30 with the projections thinking I’d hit 23.86.

Unexpected All-State

Lillian Deskins, Romeo

Projected: 36^th, 36.2% chance of All-State

Late start to the season in a new place, but a quick study to Romeo’s system. Ran her best towards the end of the year, with a 18:28 here and 18:25 in Terre Haute.

Alexis Ball, Traverse City Central

Projected: 56^th, 8.2% chance of All-State

Past two years had sub-19’s and top-50 finishes, but no All-States to show for it. Came through in a big way with a nearly 20 sec. personal best.

Isabelle Becker, Bay City Western

Projected: 33^rd, 36.6% chance of All-State

Patient race led to a large payoff. 72^nd at the mile, 25^th when she finally crossed the line.

Ava Kurczewski, Walled Lake Northern

Projected: 112^th, 1.3% chance of All-State

Previous two MIS performances were 93^rd and 103^rd place finishes. Senior year, final race for the Knights was the best of her career – Ava’s first time in the 18’s since 2022’s MITCA race.

Ella Kirkwood, Traverse City Central

Projected: 44^th, 7.4% chance of All-State

Third mile was her fastest of the race and her kick was 3^rd fastest of all girls. All in all, she moved up 60 places from her spot at the mile, crossing the line in 29^th to grab her first All-State ever.

Jordyn Klaasen, Zeeland West

Projected 50^th, 10.9% chance of All-State

By this point, her ability to come through in early November shouldn’t be doubted. Three years, three finishes in the top-30.

All-State History

Rachel Forsyth

Whether that be from the great record keepers and writers from our track/XC community, local reporters, or national outlets, Rachel’s story has been shared far and wide. Often, she’s been asked to give her thoughts and asked how she’d recount the past few years. These articles and pieces are essential to understanding how her journey has led to her historical senior season.

Michtrack Newsletter
Free Press Article
Dyestat Interview

I believe these features tell her story much better than I could, so I’d like to focus on the stats, which speak volumes to where she has and will place in history

COURSE RECORDS

(thank you to Jeff Hollobaugh and michtrack.org for this tremendous resource)

Indian Creek Park (SEC Red 1) – 16:44, previously 16:58 from Zofia Dudek

Forest Akers GC (Spartan) – 16:59, tying Olivia Theis

Sharp Park (Jackson) – 16:36, previously 17:23 from Maggie Farrell

Saline HS (SEC Red 2) – 16:18, first year on the course

Portage West MS (Portage) – 16:47, previously 17:00 from Olivia Theis

Hudson Mills South (SEC Championship) – 16:40, previously 17:47 from Anne Forsyth

Lake Erie (Region 5) – 16:07, previously 17:05 from Zofia Dudek. Dirt from the hill was used as part of a shoreline restoration, making it impassable for the course, so a bit of a change. But not a 58 second change 🙂

MIS (D1 State) – 16:28, previously 16:53 from Olivia Theis

If you’re counting, that’s 9 Michigan races, 8 raced to a new course record. The only one that she missed was a Benzie course that had been changed and by my numbers, was slower than the previous version. But I’m sure Rachel is fine with letting her sister, Anne, hold onto one of them records.

WINNING RECORD

Of Rachel’s 14 races this year, 12 were wins. The 2 defeats were a 5^th place finish at Nike Nationals and a 3^rd place finish at Foot Locker. Rachel was the only girl to place in the top-10 in each national meet. On her career, she finished with a 63% win rate, coming across the line first in 29 of 46 tries. That would be impressive head-to-head, mind-boggling when regularly competing against fields of 100+ girls.

SPEED RATING RANKS

Over the past 5 years of speed ratings, Rachel is tied with Zofia Dudek for the highest overall rating, a 190.1 at the SEC Championship. The Hudson Mills course is normally a quick one, but rains had wrecked the Gabriel Richard meet five days prior, and the South course was slow to recover. Rachel was anything but slow, winning by well over 2 minutes in what is one of the more competitive conferences in the State.

On the all-time speed rating list (dating back to 2019, containing 150k+ ratings), Rachel holds 3 of the top-5 marks, 5 of the top-11, and 8 of the top-21. Her top three, the SEC Championship, Region 5, and Division 1 State, were all run during championship season, meaning she upped her already impressive game to another rarely seen level.

Movin’ Up

Tied for the most passes from Mile 1 were Pioneer’s young freshman, Nina Moore and one of Oakland County’s best, Alena Tiernan. Both girls went by 74 girls in the final 2.1 miles.

In her final race of her career, Portage Central’s Addison Begeman was able to go by 43 girls after 2 miles.

And in the final kick, from three on, Macomb Dakota’s Lidia Clancy mowed down 13 other girls in order to finish 100^th.

Matching her OK Gold counterpart, Selma Anderson came through with the quickest kick in the field. You wouldn’t know it in terms of the number of girls that she passed, but you do know it in terms of time, 31.5 seconds in the final 0.1 miles. That equates to around a 4:52 pace and is unsurprising if you’ve ever seen the tenacity in which Selma closes a race.

Perfectly Paced

Far and away, the most even splits in the race went to Annabeth Hazlewood. The Salem freshman ran with wisdom well beyond her years. Her 19:09 finishing time came out to 6:10 pace. With a 6:09 split at the mile, 12:20 at two, and 18:30 at three, she easily was the most consistent throughout the race. The benefit of that strategy? Moving from 125^th at one, 69^th at two, 57^th at three and finishing in 54^th.

There were a few other girls that were steady as well:

Romeo’s Olivia Purdy and Lillian Deskins, securing that state title
Brownstown-Woodhaven’s young Hope Noal
Forest Hills Northern’s Izzy Fazio

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	Rachel Forsyth	16:28.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	185.2
12	Selma Anderson	17:13.6	GR Ottawa Hills	170.1
11	Lucy Cook	17:19.7	Rochester	168.1
9	Annie Hrabovsky	17:28.7	Romeo	165.1
11	Victoria Garces	17:29.1	Midland Dow	165.0
12	Jayden Harberts	17:57.8	Macomb Dakota	155.4
10	Natalia Guaresimo	18:05.8	Romeo	152.7
12	Ella Christensen	18:12.6	Northville	150.5
12	Layla Krayem	18:14.8	Livonia Stevenson	149.7
11	Grace Tykocki	18:15.9	Grand Blanc	149.4
11	Helen Sachs	18:17.7	Holland West Ottawa	148.8
11	Mallory Bigelow	18:19.1	Oxford	148.3
10	Emmerson Clor	18:20.2	Romeo	147.9
11	Valerie Beeck	18:23.7	Grand Haven	146.8
12	Laney Alig	18:25.2	Saline	146.3
9	Anyla Robinson	18:26.6	Detroit Cass Tech	145.8
12	Clara James-Heer	18:27.9	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	145.4
12	Morgan Brown	18:28.4	Livonia Churchill	145.2
11	Cassie Garcia	18:28.5	Northville	145.2
12	Payton Scheffler	18:28.6	Brownstown Woodhaven	145.1
10	Lydia LaMarra	18:28.7	Brighton	145.1
11	Lillian Deskins	18:28.9	Romeo	145.0
12	Lydia Bowman	18:29.0	Ann Arbor Pioneer	145.0
12	Alexis Ball	18:34.5	Traverse City Central	143.2
11	Isabelle Becker	18:35.7	Bay City Western	142.8
11	Ava Alicandro	18:36.3	White Lake Lakeland	142.6
12	Ava Kurczewski	18:38.5	Walled Lake Northern	141.8
12	Carrigan Eberly	18:38.9	Brighton	141.7
12	Ella Kirkwood	18:39.3	Traverse City Central	141.6
11	Jordyn Klaasen	18:41.2	Zeeland West	140.9
11	Addy Smith	18:42.2	Grand Haven	140.6
12	Hannah DeRoeck	18:42.9	Lake Orion	140.4
11	Ava Peters	18:43.3	Livonia Franklin	140.2
12	Paige McArdle	18:44.3	Davison	139.9
12	Braydee Elling	18:45.2	Oxford	139.6
11	Kaelin Hughes	18:46.5	Livonia Stevenson	139.2
10	Ava Porras	18:48.4	Holland West Ottawa	138.5
12	Nikki Carothers	18:50.8	Brighton	137.7
11	Corynn Gady	18:51.0	Saline	137.7
11	Jane Olney	18:52.3	Holland West Ottawa	137.2
11	Olivia Purdy	18:52.8	Romeo	137.1
12	Katie Watkins	18:55.2	Midland Dow	136.3
12	Emma Hoffmeyer	18:56.3	Walled Lake Western	135.9
12	Sylvia Sanok Dufallo	18:58.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	135.1
10	Abby Veit	18:58.9	TC West (Traverse City)	135.0
11	Sydney Roberts	18:59.1	Midland Dow	135.0
10	Ava Lawrence	18:59.3	East Kentwood	134.9
9	Becca van Lent	19:01.2	Ann Arbor Skyline	134.3
12	Katie Hume	19:01.6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	134.1
12	Sonya Shelgikar	19:03.1	Ann Arbor Huron	133.6
11	Annie Alkema	19:03.4	Kalamazoo Central	133.5
12	Lily Salazar	19:07.8	Okemos	132.1
9	Jillian Broyles	19:08.3	Highland-Milford	131.9
9	Annabeth Hazlewood	19:09.0	Salem	131.7
11	Molly Baracco	19:09.3	Farmington	131.6
10	Addison Herr	19:09.7	Bloomfield Hills	131.4
12	Natalie Mello	19:10.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	131.2
11	Elle Bissett	19:10.8	Brighton	131.1
12	Mariah Belmont	19:11.3	Macomb Dakota	130.9
10	Trinity VanderWoude	19:11.4	Rockford	130.9
9	Colette Lozo	19:13.8	Northville	130.1
11	Taylor Brodeur	19:14.0	Oxford	130.0
10	Jersi Bilek	19:15.0	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	129.7
12	Allison Mayer	19:15.1	Ann Arbor Skyline	129.6
11	Lauren Walker	19:16.2	Holt	129.3
12	Kylee King	19:16.5	Oak Park	129.2
9	Jaclyn Suderman	19:16.8	Bay City Western	129.1
12	Nicole Mays	19:17.0	Okemos	129.0
10	Macy Czelada	19:18.0	South Lyon	128.7
12	Izzy Fazio	19:18.5	FHN GR Forest Hills Northern	128.5
12	Anna Reineck	19:19.1	Clarkston	128.3
10	Nevaeh Polovina	19:19.2	Davison	128.3
11	Chloe DeRidder	19:19.9	Grandville	128.0
10	Lillian Schlack	19:19.9	Saline	128.0
10	October Harns	19:20.0	Okemos	128.0
9	Daisy Cox	19:20.4	Rockford	127.9
10	Siene Muraszewski	19:20.9	Utica	127.7
9	Ava Goodman	19:21.5	Hartland	127.5
9	Sophie Roth	19:22.8	Saline	127.1
9	Tessa Mascari	19:24.9	TC West (Traverse City)	126.4
12	Nancy Gage	19:25.8	Saline	126.1
12	Emilee Rudlaff	19:27.4	Kalamazoo Central	125.5
12	Madelyn Gordon	19:27.8	Walled Lake Northern	125.4
9	Iva Ravindra	19:28.5	Temperance Bedford	125.2
11	Grace Grupido	19:29.7	Fraser	124.8
10	Cianah Budnik-Ramos	19:30.6	Grand Haven	124.5
11	Julia Frampton	19:31.8	Holland West Ottawa	124.1
11	Emma Gunnett	19:33.1	Holland West Ottawa	123.6
9	Irie Scrase	19:33.7	Ann Arbor Skyline	123.4
10	Kayla Ward	19:34.8	South Lyon	123.1
12	Nina Frost	19:35.1	Fenton	123.0
9	Hope Noal	19:35.7	Brownstown Woodhaven	122.8
12	Sydney Smith	19:35.9	Davison	122.7
11	Emma Smith	19:37.2	Rockford	122.3
11	Savannah Spangler	19:38.1	Grosse Pointe South	122.0
9	Nina Moore	19:38.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	121.9
9	Olivia Jenney	19:38.7	Bloomfield Hills	121.8
12	Ava King	19:38.9	TC West (Traverse City)	121.7
11	Violet Hrabovsky	19:39.2	Romeo	121.6
10	Lidia Clancy	19:39.3	Macomb Dakota	121.6
10	Olivia Stacy	19:39.4	Portage Northern	121.5
10	Lauren Bradley	19:39.4	Highland-Milford	121.5
10	Katelyn Frazier	19:39.7	Fraser	121.4
10	Audrey Hamilton	19:39.8	Troy	121.4
10	Brooke McFarland	19:39.9	Utica	121.4
12	Bryna Mead-O’Brien	19:40.3	Okemos	121.2
9	Cassie Karasinski	19:40.8	Hudsonville	121.1
11	Abi Albright	19:41.5	Grand Haven	120.8
11	Anna Sybenga	19:41.7	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	120.8
12	Alisia Olteanu	19:42.4	Walled Lake Western	120.5
10	Aviana Skinner	19:42.7	Grand Ledge	120.4
10	Quincy Behm	19:43.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	120.1
11	Rosie Gregory	19:43.9	Northville	120.0
9	Gabriella Fugazzi	19:45.0	Okemos	119.7
10	Peyton Tucker	19:45.5	TC West (Traverse City)	119.5
10	Elizabeth Schafer	19:47.4	Okemos	118.9
9	Claire Porinsky	19:48.0	South Lyon East	118.7
11	Alena Tiernan	19:49.3	White Lake Lakeland	118.2
11	Alena Blumberg	19:50.0	Dexter	118.0
12	Viktoria Bloniarz	19:50.7	Monroe	117.8
10	Juliet Lewis	19:51.6	Brighton	117.5
11	Stephanie Bulat	19:52.8	Rochester	117.1
9	Roxanne Jorgensen	19:55.1	Portage Northern	116.3
10	Bailey Wenzlick	19:55.4	TC West (Traverse City)	116.2
10	Nora Gerzema	19:55.5	Farmington Hills Mercy	116.2
10	Taylor Parsons	19:56.3	Rochester	115.9
11	Norah Lesner	19:56.5	Utica	115.8
10	Rhea Mouw	19:56.7	Portage Central	115.8
10	Rebecca Jud	19:57.3	Salem	115.6
11	Clare Mathison	19:57.6	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	115.5
10	Annabelle Beloiu	19:57.8	Northville	115.4
11	Lucinda Paliani	19:58.4	Ann Arbor Huron	115.2
10	Olivia Cereska	19:59.1	Fraser	115.0
9	Maya Pletzer	19:59.7	White Lake Lakeland	114.8
12	Samantha Wogaman	20:02.0	Grand Blanc	114.0
9	El McMahan	20:02.1	Rochester Adams	114.0
11	Mia Snellgrove	20:04.9	Rochester	113.0
11	Ellie Nohovig	20:05.9	Highland-Milford	112.7
11	Ella Harlow	20:06.2	Portage Northern	112.6
9	Lilianna Peace	20:06.4	Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley	112.5
12	Payton Hosley	20:06.5	Grand Haven	112.5
11	Catherine Steele	20:06.7	Farmington	112.4
12	Gracie Youngblood	20:06.9	Romeo	112.4
10	Selena White	20:07.7	Brighton	112.1
9	Addison Brigham	20:07.9	Clarkston	112.0
9	Avery DeGrendel	20:08.0	Clarkston	112.0
10	Eleanor Grant	20:08.3	Wyandotte Roosevelt	111.9
11	Ella Reaves	20:08.9	Holt	111.7
12	Aubrey Mery	20:09.3	Oxford	111.6
12	Lily Hetzel	20:10.2	Salem	111.3
12	Peyton Ludwig	20:10.8	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	111.1
10	Payton Lamb	20:11.4	TC West (Traverse City)	110.9
10	Lilamae Frank	20:11.6	BC Lakeview	110.8
12	Claire Bireta	20:11.7	Allen Park	110.8
9	Aubrey Rizzo	20:11.9	Macomb Dakota	110.7
9	Mia Carson	20:13.4	Northville	110.2
11	Isabelle Krause	20:13.4	Walled Lake Northern	110.2
10	Addie Birkholz	20:13.5	Holland West Ottawa	110.2
11	Ayla Balazer	20:14.2	Ann Arbor Skyline	109.9
11	Mia Stibitz	20:14.3	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	109.9
10	Molly Kate Coates	20:15.0	Northville	109.7
11	Luciana Rodriguez	20:15.2	Fraser	109.6
10	Laila Bodell	20:16.0	Oxford	109.3
9	Katelyn Parrish	20:17.3	Farmington	108.9
9	Emma Brown	20:18.4	Utica	108.5
9	Kareena Babu	20:19.1	Novi	108.3
11	Addison Bruckman	20:20.2	Dexter	107.9
11	Camden Essenmacher	20:20.8	Hartland	107.7
11	Abby Roth	20:21.2	Saline	107.6
11	Melana Karsten	20:22.4	Rockford	107.2
12	Sydney Gergics	20:24.5	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	106.5
11	Rachel Grice	20:25.5	Kalamazoo Central	106.2
12	Laurel Tolliver	20:25.5	Grand Haven	106.2
12	Gabrielle Bolitho	20:26.0	Brighton	106.0
9	Samantha Bartell	20:26.6	Salem	105.8
9	Gabrielle Chevez	20:27.1	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	105.6
12	Addison Begeman	20:27.5	Portage Central	105.5
9	Allie Gallagher	20:27.6	Walled Lake Northern	105.5
12	Holly Corteville	20:27.8	Walled Lake Northern	105.4
12	Tessa Rindfliesch	20:29.3	Zeeland West	104.9
9	Reagan Reaume	20:30.1	Gibraltar Carlson	104.6
10	Sydney Fischer	20:30.3	Clarkston	104.6
9	Morgan Scally	20:30.4	White Lake Lakeland	104.5
9	Brooklyn Wiltse	20:31.0	Davison	104.3
11	Gracey Barry	20:31.7	Grand Haven	104.1
11	Grace Roth	20:33.7	Saline	103.4
11	Sophia Aquino	20:34.0	Utica	103.3
12	Leanna Barnett	20:35.4	Rockford	102.9
9	Olivia Storteboom	20:35.9	Portage Central	102.7
11	Kerrigan Kennedy	20:37.0	Highland-Milford	102.3
12	Brooke Lemos	20:38.3	Davison	101.9
9	Annie Roraff	20:38.3	Rochester	101.9
11	Alanna Clague	20:39.5	Portage Central	101.5
12	Mackenzie Hendry	20:39.8	White Lake Lakeland	101.4
10	Reese Smith	20:40.0	TC West (Traverse City)	101.3
10	Jacalyn Yakel	20:40.5	Utica Eisenhower	101.2
9	Lyla Dowling	20:42.3	Holland West Ottawa	100.6
11	Claire O’Boyle	20:44.1	Lowell	100.0
10	Lexi Kowalski	20:45.1	Kalamazoo Central	99.6
9	Maggie Baginski	20:45.6	Utica Eisenhower	99.5
10	Ryann Smitka	20:46.1	Macomb Dakota	99.3
10	Sarah Wazne	20:46.7	Dearborn Heights Crestwood	99.1
9	Addie Jones	20:46.9	Salem	99.0
11	Jamie Patterson	20:47.4	Oxford	98.9
12	MK Elliott	20:49.6	Portage Central	98.1
12	Lauren Thomas	20:49.7	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	98.1
11	Allison Nussear	20:50.6	Midland Dow	97.8
11	Julia Timpa	20:51.4	Macomb Dakota	97.5
11	Natalie Lewis	20:53.1	Rockford	97.0
10	Macy Guikema	20:55.2	Jenison	96.3
10	Elliana Perugi	20:59.1	Brownstown Woodhaven	95.0
11	Anna Krampe	20:59.7	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	94.8
9	Addison Sokolowski	21:00.3	Highland-Milford	94.6
9	Viktoria MacDougall	21:01.0	Farmington	94.3
12	Sydney Lambert	21:01.0	Midland Dow	94.3
9	Linda Lopez	21:01.5	Lake Orion	94.2
10	Joslyn Bechtol	21:02.0	Brownstown Woodhaven	94.0
9	Alex Iacoban	21:02.4	Farmington	93.9
12	Remi Flanz	21:05.8	Fraser	92.7
9	Paige Haller	21:06.2	Walled Lake Central	92.6
11	Olivia Gartrell	21:08.0	Davison	92.0
11	Lily Rosender	21:10.4	Walled Lake Northern	91.2
11	Daphne Ball	21:10.5	Byron Center	91.2
9	Logan Robison	21:11.3	Clarkston	90.9
12	Shawna Monsere	21:11.8	Highland-Milford	90.7
10	Alyssa Mertes	21:12.2	Rockford	90.6
12	Ana Lopez	21:12.3	Rochester Adams	90.6
11	Natalie Joiner	21:12.4	White Lake Lakeland	90.5
10	Lilah Yoder	21:13.1	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	90.3
10	Abby Spencer	21:16.8	Farmington	89.1
10	Kate Molloy	21:19.4	Fraser	88.2
11	Macy Jenkins	21:20.2	Highland-Milford	87.9
12	Alexandria Mason	21:20.2	Ann Arbor Skyline	87.9
9	Reese Storteboom	21:21.3	Portage Central	87.6
11	Jun Hur	21:23.9	Portage Central	86.7
10	Audrey Henckel	21:24.9	Rochester	86.4
10	Kierra Magner	21:26.0	Farmington	86.0
9	Skylar Seedman	21:26.9	Rochester	85.7
10	Camryn Quidort	21:28.8	Oxford	85.1
11	Mylene Pham	21:33.9	Macomb Dakota	83.4
12	Morgan Gill	21:35.2	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	82.9
12	Eleanor Kroetsch	21:41.5	Utica	80.8
9	Katie Yuan	21:43.1	Ann Arbor Skyline	80.3
12	Olivia Hyatt	21:43.6	Davison	80.1
10	Ava Danielson	21:43.7	Clarkston	80.1
10	Anna Furman	21:44.2	Kalamazoo Central	79.9
9	Genevieve Connolly	21:46.7	White Lake Lakeland	79.1
12	Lydia Martoni	21:50.6	Fraser	77.8
11	Ivy Beall	21:58.3	Midland Dow	75.2
12	Mallory Messer	22:09.5	Salem	71.5
10	Tessa Swier	22:16.2	Midland Dow	69.3
9	Chiamara Ogbonna	22:16.6	Brownstown Woodhaven	69.1
9	Emily Alt	22:20.1	Walled Lake Northern	68.0
12	Aileen Bachrens	22:23.2	Ann Arbor Skyline	66.9
9	Lilly McNair	22:34.3	Utica	63.2
9	Erin Sax	22:40.1	Brownstown Woodhaven	61.3
10	Liliana Cipolla	22:57.2	Salem	55.6
11	Isabella Frederick	23:06.4	Kalamazoo Central	52.5

Adjustment: +19

Projections vs. Reality

And to close it out, correct on 25 of the 30 All-State boys. Throughout these finals, the projections nailed 198 of the 240 All-Staters, right on 82.5%

Unexpected All-State

Vincent Peterson Sand, Ann Arbor Pioneer

Projected: 31^st, 46.3% chance of All-State

Mr. Consistent in the 15’s this year, with 8 of his 11 races of the sub-16 variety.

Anirudh Krishnan, Plymouth

Projected: 36^th, 15.7% chance of All-State

From 2 miles to the finish, Anirudh had the 10^th fastest split of any D1 boy. That speed on the closing stretch moved him up from 28^th at two to 21^st at the finish.

Benjamin Hartigan, Northville

Projected: 34^th, 20.9% chance of All-State

In 2022, was one of the better freshmen in the State to NOT run in the State Finals. In this, his first appearance, made up for lost time, as he was the 3^rd sophomore across the line.

Oliver Moss, Berkley

Projected: 42^nd, 15.0% chance of All-State

Career progression is something to marvel. Oliver went from a 19:47 personal best as a freshman to a 15:37 here in their last cross race in a Berkley uniform.

Ian Lewis, Livonia Churchill

Projected: 38^th, 13.6% chance of All-State

Saw a significant drop this past spring (4:45 to 4:27 in the 1600m) which led to further gains in cross. Sub-16 on three occasions during cross, winning the Livonia City title and placing 28^th here.

All-State History

Seth Norder

I don’t think you’ll find a more calloused, yet grateful athlete than Seth. Two second place finishes on the big stage, another one on the track. Countless accounts of him being a great teammate and motivator for his Grand Haven Bucs. And then after seasons of trying, triumphs in championship meets.

Seth was introduced to us during his sophomore year, but the groundwork was laid much earlier. As a freshman, although unable to compete in the XC State Finals, Seth was able to close his season with three consecutive sub-17’s, including a 16:18 at the inaugural Michigan Meet of Champions. Come spring, his 4:28 in the 1600m earned him the #2 rank amongst all Michigan freshmen. The times were there, both on the grass and on the track, the foundation established for the next three years.

The following three seasons, we saw Seth learn how to race with the elitest of the elites, while throwing down marks for his age that would wow us for the future. On the track, examples would be his sub-9 in late April of his sophomore year or an 8:46 at Bluejay Elite this past May. Two years ago, a late season run that included two 15:2x’s. And in the fall of ’22, multiple sub-15’s at important regular season meets.

With that established speed, Seth was able to challenge some of the State’s best. The cross final in 2021 was a runaway Riley Hough victory, but that gap was considerably closed seven months later, where Norder gave Hough everything he could handle, falling in the D1 1600m final by less than a second. A few months later, on a windy day at MIS, a back-and-forth battle ensued with Benne Anderson, with Anderson prevailing in the final meters. Three championship races, three straight runner-ups, learning the necessary lessons before the dominance of the past two seasons.

June’s Division 1 3200m final was certainly a dominant one. Coming off that 8:46 in early May, a 4:08 in late April, and a scorching 4x800m split (I had 1:51), it was clear that Seth was in impeccable shape. Adversity came in the way of smothering heat, the likes of which that we hadn’t seen all spring. Wisely skipping the 1600m and throwing everything into the 3200m, Seth strained and grinded, but won in a comfortable margin, his 9:04 giving him his first individual title.

Look below and you’ll find that Seth grinded his way to a cross title as well. Consistent splits, all in the 4:45-4:50 range. He led a pack 20 boys through that first mile in 4:50 or under, but with that steady attitude, increasing effort, and laser focus on efficient running, he was alone by two miles, opening up a 5 second lead on Thomas Westphal (his future teammate, the only kid to run sub-15 at State and lose). Come the finishing stretch, that gap had closed, but it was apparent to all watching that Seth would win, overcoming two years of defeats to finally hoist an individual cross country title of his own.

Movin’ Up

Romeo typically embarks on a conservative start to the race, but passing 124 people in the final 3400 meters is absurd. Michael Magnoli was able to do that and was nearly matched by Kalamazoo Central’s Ty Billings.

Billings did capture the crown of the passes in the final 1.1, moving up 50 spots in the nearly 1800m.

Neither two could match Forest Hills Central’s soccer star Will Banfield in the final stretch, who went by 25(!!!) boys with his 26.9 second split in the final tenth of a mile. That was the fastest split from three miles on, the equivalent of 4:10 pace.

Perfectly Paced

Hardly surprising that the perfectly paced award goes to the lad who controlled the race – Seth Norder. On his way to a 14:54 (4:48 pace), Seth gave us 4:46.2, 4:49.1, and 4:47.5 splits.

Joining him in the land of metronomic races were:

Novi’s Carter Lukas and Soma Sato
Canton’s Clark Madden
Forest Hills Central’s Ben Romero

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
12	Seth Norder	14:54.3	Grand Haven	216.2
12	Thomas Westphal	14:57.9	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	215.0
12	Brendan Herger	15:05.6	Northville	212.5
9	Kamari Ronfeldt	15:08.6	Ann Arbor Pioneer	211.5
11	Seth Conner	15:12.2	Jenison	210.3
12	Jasper Cane	15:16.0	Kalamazoo Central	209.0
12	Brandon Anderson	15:19.9	Dexter	207.7
12	Truman Johnson	15:21.0	Saline	207.3
12	Sebastian Ramirez	15:22.0	Royal Oak	207.0
10	Kyle O’Rourke	15:22.4	Highland-Milford	206.9
12	Noah Selvaraj	15:23.7	Bay City Western	206.4
12	Tyler Langley	15:25.5	Brighton	205.8
11	Ethan Powell	15:28.0	Northville	205.0
12	Vincent Peterson Sand	15:29.7	Ann Arbor Pioneer	204.4
12	Vincent Guaresimo	15:31.0	Romeo	204.0
11	Taye Levenson	15:31.1	Bloomfield Hills	204.0
12	Iain Forrest	15:31.3	Davison	203.9
10	Aiden Pengelly	15:31.6	Canton	203.8
12	Ty Parker	15:32.6	Walled Lake Northern	203.5
12	Pierce Grzymkowski	15:32.9	White Lake Lakeland	203.4
12	Anirudh Krishnan	15:33.4	Plymouth	203.2
12	Vishvaa Ravishankar	15:34.0	Troy	203.0
12	Mitchell Clark	15:36.6	Canton	202.1
10	Benjamin Hartigan	15:37.7	Northville	201.8
12	Oliver Moss	15:37.9	Berkley	201.7
10	Harper Wesley	15:38.0	Utica	201.7
12	Carter Fox	15:38.8	Macomb Dakota	201.4
12	Ian Lewis	15:40.7	Livonia Churchill	200.8
12	Luke Suliman	15:42.6	Ann Arbor Skyline	200.1
11	Alexander McArthur	15:45.6	Oxford	199.1
11	Elijah Forbord	15:45.8	Brighton	199.1
12	Colin MacGregor	15:47.5	Midland Dow	198.5
11	Mason Lucas	15:50.7	Jenison	197.4
12	Mason Jett	15:52.5	Ann Arbor Skyline	196.8
11	Ben Eisnor	15:53.3	Grand Haven	196.6
11	Andrew Kaczmarczyk	15:53.7	Bay City Western	196.4
12	Aiden Moore	15:54.0	BC Lakeview	196.3
9	Jack MacGregor	15:54.8	Howell	196.1
12	Liam Walters	15:55.2	GR Ottawa Hills	195.9
12	Braxton Sipes	15:55.7	Royal Oak	195.8
12	Tyler Brothers	15:56.3	Utica Eisenhower	195.6
11	Tyler Brock	15:57.4	Brighton	195.2
12	Jaxon Allen	15:57.9	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer	195.0
12	Bryce Nowik	15:58.3	Clarkston	194.9
9	Luka Hammond	15:58.7	Grand Haven	194.8
9	Samuel Baker	15:59.3	Kalamazoo Central	194.6
11	Tyler Outlaw	15:59.4	Brighton	194.5
11	Cayden DeGrendel	16:00.5	Clarkston	194.2
12	Willem DeGood	16:01.5	TC West (Traverse City)	193.8
12	Luke Campbell	16:03.0	Brighton	193.3
12	Kenny Lewis	16:03.5	Saginaw Heritage	193.2
11	Jack Chadwick	16:03.9	Plymouth	193.0
10	Beckett Crooks	16:04.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	192.9
11	Nick Barretto	16:05.1	Northville	192.6
11	Ben Mussen	16:06.3	Plymouth	192.2
11	Kian Schneeweis	16:07.1	Troy	192.0
9	Ben Romero	16:07.2	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	191.9
12	Simon Davis	16:08.2	Macomb Dakota	191.6
12	Ryan Ward	16:09.0	White Lake Lakeland	191.3
12	Luke Oyster	16:09.9	Utica Eisenhower	191.0
10	Soma Sato	16:11.0	Novi	190.7
10	Benjamin Rottier	16:11.8	Grand Ledge	190.4
11	Ryan Carrannanto	16:12.6	Highland-Milford	190.1
12	Andrew Floros	16:12.8	Clarkston	190.1
12	Brandon Penberthy	16:12.9	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	190.0
11	Joseph Spada	16:13.3	Kalamazoo Central	189.9
10	Ty Billings	16:13.9	Kalamazoo Central	189.7
12	Nicholas Yaquinto	16:14.8	Northville	189.4
12	Louis D’Souza	16:15.3	Troy	189.2
10	Caleb Keller	16:15.9	Traverse City Central	189.0
10	Andrew Wright	16:16.0	Kalamazoo Central	189.0
11	Sawyer McCarthy	16:16.2	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	188.9
11	Brady Millington	16:16.8	Brighton	188.7
12	Carter Lukas	16:17.3	Novi	188.6
10	Ian Morgan	16:18.4	Okemos	188.2
11	Clark Madden	16:18.5	Canton	188.2
11	Kort Thompson	16:19.7	Caledonia	187.8
12	Roman Smith	16:20.1	Grand Haven	187.6
11	James Latstetter	16:20.2	Flushing	187.6
10	Ryan Barnes	16:20.6	Clarkston	187.5
11	Luke Morehouse	16:20.6	Utica	187.5
11	Max Myrand	16:20.7	Oxford	187.4
10	Brennan LaRusso	16:21.1	Saline	187.3
12	Noah Tiernan	16:21.7	White Lake Lakeland	187.1
11	Lucas LaMilza	16:22.1	Macomb Dakota	187.0
11	Caleb Snyder	16:22.4	Dexter	186.9
12	Lucas Karbel	16:23.5	Walled Lake Northern	186.5
12	Luke VanderHeuvel	16:24.2	Port Huron Northern	186.3
11	Logan Mullan	16:24.4	Detroit U-D Jesuit	186.2
12	Andrew Foshag	16:24.5	Monroe	186.2
12	Aiden Janes	16:25.0	Rochester Adams	186.0
10	Aron Gal	16:25.0	Grand Haven	186.0
12	Julian Liang	16:25.4	Novi	185.9
12	Jack DeKruyter	16:25.9	Zeeland West	185.7
11	Mitchell Jeruzal	16:26.1	Byron Center	185.6
10	Robert Dodd	16:26.4	Zeeland West	185.5
11	Julian Linebaugh	16:26.6	Dexter	185.5
11	Joseph Rohmfeld	16:26.7	Livonia Churchill	185.4
12	Brayden Mullins	16:27.0	Highland-Milford	185.3
11	Matthew Schwartz	16:27.2	Jenison	185.3
10	John Blaskowski	16:27.4	Saginaw Heritage	185.2
12	Jack DeWaele	16:28.1	Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley	185.0
12	Will Banfield	16:28.1	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	185.0
10	Gavin Johns	16:28.4	White Lake Lakeland	184.9
11	Carter Livermore	16:28.7	Grandville	184.8
12	Michael Magnoli	16:29.2	Romeo	184.6
11	Drew Abbott	16:29.8	Detroit Catholic Central	184.4
9	Brandon Cloud	16:29.9	Northville	184.4
12	Cass Feeney	16:29.9	Oxford	184.4
12	Brandon Blandino	16:29.9	Canton	184.4
10	Luke Allen	16:30.2	Romeo	184.3
11	Parker Strelecki	16:30.3	Jenison	184.2
10	Theo Sacks-Thomas	16:30.4	Ann Arbor Pioneer	184.2
10	Keagan Smith	16:30.5	Zeeland West	184.2
11	Chase Wolters	16:30.7	Livonia Churchill	184.1
10	Ethan Shoffner	16:30.8	Cedar Springs	184.1
11	Walker Brose	16:30.9	Ann Arbor Huron	184.0
9	Jacob Szalay	16:31.2	Saline	183.9
12	Max Vangrouw	16:31.4	Holland West Ottawa	183.9
12	Lucas Ames	16:31.8	Oxford	183.7
10	Steven Dusseau	16:31.8	Canton	183.7
11	Spencer Parker	16:32.3	Portage Central	183.6
9	Nathan Bruss	16:32.8	Walled Lake Northern	183.4
11	Evan Nickoles	16:33.3	East Kentwood	183.2
11	Adam Dicken	16:33.3	Canton	183.2
12	Reponse Shema	16:33.6	East Kentwood	183.1
12	Lucas Weintraub	16:33.7	Ann Arbor Huron	183.1
11	Ian Boss	16:34.3	Traverse City Central	182.9
12	Skylar Jess-Isenegger	16:34.4	Highland-Milford	182.9
12	Caleb Wynn	16:34.5	Allen Park	182.8
11	Logan Gehoski	16:34.8	Bay City Western	182.7
11	Brady Boroniec	16:35.3	Allen Park	182.6
12	Grayson Albers	16:35.3	Ypsilanti Lincoln	182.6
11	Napolean Lino	16:36.0	Rochester	182.3
12	Parker Ludwig	16:36.2	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	182.3
11	Dominic Otto	16:36.4	Jenison	182.2
9	Josh Sanchez	16:36.6	Highland-Milford	182.1
10	Nate Linden	16:36.7	Troy Athens	182.1
9	Memphis Connor	16:37.3	Byron Center	181.9
11	Jacob Sanford	16:37.7	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	181.8
9	Liam Wierzba	16:37.8	TC West (Traverse City)	181.7
11	Matthew Verellen	16:38.1	White Lake Lakeland	181.6
12	Miles Killips	16:38.1	Bay City Western	181.6
10	Pierce Scheffler	16:38.3	Brownstown Woodhaven	181.6
12	Ryan Illikman	16:38.4	Detroit Catholic Central	181.5
12	Bode Cooper	16:38.7	Brighton	181.4
12	Bryce Goodsell	16:40.5	Romeo	180.8
11	Elijah Smith	16:41.1	Dexter	180.6
12	Alvin Stanton	16:41.5	Detroit U-D Jesuit	180.5
11	Aidan Daly	16:41.7	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	180.4
11	Saman Meshinchi	16:41.8	Saline	180.4
11	Ishaan Kundapur	16:42.9	Northville	180.0
11	Logan Grills	16:43.7	Bay City Western	179.8
11	Isaac Tanis	16:43.8	East Kentwood	179.7
10	Alex Vazquez	16:43.8	Brownstown Woodhaven	179.7
9	Matii Tarekegn	16:43.8	East Kentwood	179.7
12	Zachary Rubicz	16:44.2	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	179.6
12	Joey Seale	16:44.9	Salem	179.4
11	Cole Triffle	16:45.7	Canton	179.1
10	Elijah Thompson	16:46.6	Kalamazoo Central	178.8
10	Hudson Wojtkowicz	16:46.9	Livonia Churchill	178.7
12	Kaiden Morey	16:47.1	Traverse City Central	178.6
12	Gabe Rusch	16:47.9	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	178.4
11	Malcolm Spiegle	16:48.2	Livonia Churchill	178.3
12	Logan Begeman	16:49.5	Portage Central	177.8
11	Ayden McDonald	16:49.5	White Lake Lakeland	177.8
11	Jaxson Nowik	16:49.6	Clarkston	177.8
12	Sam Gibson	16:49.6	Dexter	177.8
11	Reid Tatro	16:50.0	Highland-Milford	177.7
10	Finn Gammerath	16:51.0	Walled Lake Northern	177.3
12	Sam King	16:51.2	TC West (Traverse City)	177.3
10	Lucas LaPointe	16:51.3	Plymouth	177.2
9	Luke Byland	16:51.4	Traverse City Central	177.2
12	Koen Lanker	16:51.4	Saline	177.2
10	Dane Hieronimus	16:52.0	Temperance Bedford	177.0
12	Patrick Donoghue	16:52.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	176.8
12	Dylan Penberthy	16:53.0	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	176.7
9	Caden Livermore	16:53.3	Grandville	176.6
12	Mateo Reyes	16:53.4	Midland	176.5
11	Jacob Essenmacher	16:53.8	Lapeer	176.4
10	Myles Gesselman	16:54.1	East Kentwood	176.3
9	Justin Johnson	16:54.7	East Kentwood	176.1
11	Quinn Kelly	16:55.1	Troy	176.0
12	Michael Cyrul	16:55.5	East Lansing	175.8
12	Aidan Leslie	16:56.7	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	175.4
12	Tommy Gardella	16:56.7	Salem	175.4
10	Ben Irwin	16:57.1	TC West (Traverse City)	175.3
10	Griffin Good	16:57.6	Flushing	175.1
12	Evan Rice	16:58.6	Walled Lake Northern	174.8
9	Bradley Smies	16:58.9	Hudsonville	174.7
11	Greg Vogt	16:59.7	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	174.4
11	Myles Bray	16:59.8	Monroe	174.4
11	Trevor Timmer	17:00.5	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	174.2
11	Scott Smith	17:00.6	Dexter	174.1
11	Carson Berko	17:03.1	Grand Haven	173.3
12	Robert Wisniewski	17:03.3	Hartland	173.2
12	Carson Cook	17:04.1	Hartland	173.0
10	Jackson Lam	17:04.5	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	172.8
11	Noah Schuette	17:05.2	Rockford	172.6
12	Henry Beard	17:05.5	Ann Arbor Huron	172.5
10	Dylan Doggett	17:06.0	Highland-Milford	172.3
11	Andrew Wangler	17:06.7	Jenison	172.1
10	Myles Hendel	17:07.0	Jenison	172.0
12	Zain Syed	17:07.2	Plymouth	171.9
12	Luke Maher	17:07.5	Port Huron Northern	171.8
12	Connor Clor	17:09.5	Romeo	171.2
10	Elijah Bernstein	17:10.0	East Kentwood	171.0
11	Diego Islas-Montantes	17:10.2	Plymouth	170.9
11	Jacob Kosidlo	17:11.4	White Lake Lakeland	170.5
12	Carson Hauch	17:11.5	Zeeland West	170.5
10	Owen Cross	17:11.5	Grand Haven	170.5
11	Joshua Ellingsworth	17:11.6	Clarkston	170.5
10	Andrew Scheloske	17:12.1	Macomb Dakota	170.3
12	Sam DiLaura	17:13.4	Zeeland West	169.9
12	Joey Stevenson	17:13.5	Ann Arbor Pioneer	169.8
10	Bruno Cifaldi	17:14.7	Ann Arbor Skyline	169.4
12	Matthew Mizzi	17:14.8	Allen Park	169.4
10	James Brickel	17:15.0	Romeo	169.3
11	Chase Griffith	17:15.3	Walled Lake Northern	169.2
11	Blake Peardon	17:18.8	Lake Orion	168.1
9	Cameron Varner	17:20.1	Temperance Bedford	167.6
12	Zack Truszkowski	17:20.2	Traverse City Central	167.6
12	Jack McCalla	17:20.6	Dexter	167.5
9	Enshu Kuan	17:20.8	Ann Arbor Skyline	167.4
11	Ethan Morche	17:21.5	Livonia Churchill	167.2
12	AJ Sneller	17:21.6	Zeeland West	167.1
10	Daniel Niehaus	17:22.9	Plymouth	166.7
11	Owen Gould	17:23.1	Romeo	166.6
11	Teo Condevaux	17:23.2	Livonia Churchill	166.6
10	Ethan Dalman	17:24.6	Zeeland West	166.1
11	Lawrence Cubitt	17:24.9	Traverse City Central	166.0
12	Caleb Hirwa	17:26.0	Kalamazoo Central	165.7
11	William Rosales	17:26.2	Saline	165.6
10	Isaiah Clark	17:26.8	Allen Park	165.4
12	Alex Durocher	17:27.1	Traverse City Central	165.3
11	Sam Fairchild	17:32.4	Walled Lake Northern	163.5
11	Akshat Arora	17:34.4	Troy	162.9
9	John (Jack) Klein	17:36.1	Saline	162.3
10	Aidan Simrau	17:36.5	TC West (Traverse City)	162.2
10	Oliver Davis	17:37.4	Macomb Dakota	161.9
11	Jacob Van Houten	17:37.7	Troy	161.8
10	Carter Jacobsen	17:38.1	Oxford	161.6
11	Richard Qu	17:39.6	Troy	161.1
11	Noah Redman	17:40.2	Macomb Dakota	160.9
11	Jack Robichaud	17:42.9	Ann Arbor Skyline	160.0
10	Cayden Canham	17:45.9	Oxford	159.0
10	Jackson Raby	17:49.1	Allen Park	158.0
9	Matthew Guikema	17:50.0	Ann Arbor Skyline	157.7
10	Joseph Kaleto	17:50.6	Macomb Dakota	157.5
11	Landon Hoffman	17:52.1	Allen Park	157.0
10	Aaron Osterman	17:54.2	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	156.3
11	Alex Ebel	17:58.1	Bay City Western	155.0
9	Austin Taft	17:58.7	TC West (Traverse City)	154.8
9	Nicholas Yuan	18:02.0	Ann Arbor Skyline	153.7
10	Jack Monterusso	18:06.7	FHC GR Forest Hills Central	152.1
10	Joseph Sturtevant	18:09.9	TC West (Traverse City)	151.0
11	Cole Spencer	18:11.6	Bay City Western	150.5
9	Brandon Ziehmer	18:14.6	New Baltimore Anchor Bay	149.5
11	James Cusick	18:19.0	Oxford	148.0
12	Ryan Julian	19:40.0	Allen Park	121.0