Regional Previews: Division 4, Region 29

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Mason County Eastern (8^th in D4)
2. Maple City Glen Lake (12^th)
3. Leland (23^rd)

Girls

1. Buckley (7^th)
2. Mason County Eastern (10^th)
3. Grand Traverse Academy (13^th)

Stymied by both third place teams, but dead on the top-two.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Mason County Eastern
Top Ten – Maple City Glen Lake
#11 – Frankfort
#16 – Leland

Girls

Top Ten – Bear Lake-Onekama
#13 – Buckley
#14 – Leland
#16 – Mason County Eastern
#17 – Grand Traverse Academy
#25 – Frankfort

Tough region. Like I said back in June, the MHSAA could have probably moved GTA up to Region 28.

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Mason County Eastern	53
2	Maple City Glen Lake	63
3	Frankfort	91
4	Leland	118
5	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	151
6	Grand Traverse Academy	152
7	Mesick	156
8	Bear Lake-Onekama	158
9	Pentwater	224
10	Marion	277

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Bear Lake-Onekama	39
2	Buckley	74
3	Grand Traverse Academy	79
4	Leland	79
5	Mason County Eastern	80
6	Frankfort	133
7	Pentwater	190

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Alex Tyndall	Mason County Eastern
2	12	Colebrook Sutherland	Maple City Glen Lake
3	10	Kyle Redman	Mesick
4	12	Mason Sinke	Bear Lake-Onekama
5	10	Ty Redman	Mesick
6	10	Abraham Feeney	Maple City Glen Lake
7	10	Sebastian Dunaway	Frankfort
8	9	Christopher Knudsen	Leland
9	12	Carroll Robotham	Frankfort
10	10	Milo Shoup	Mason County Eastern
11	11	Keith Crompton	Frankfort
12	11	Liam McCaw	Maple City Glen Lake
13	12	Henry Malburg	Mason County Eastern
14	9	Lance Niedzielski	Mason County Eastern
15	9	Kaiden Lague	Mason County Eastern
16	12	Parker Rubin	Grand Traverse Academy
17	10	Evan Keen	Leland
18	11	Cody Couturier	Lake Leelanau St. Mary
19	11	Matthew Bentley	Buckley
20	12	Greyson Hoeflinger	Mason County Eastern
21	10	Joel Martin	Maple City Glen Lake
22	10	Aron Mascorro	Walkerville
23	11	Oliver Mitchell	Lake Leelanau St. Mary
24	9	Beckett Dennis	Grand Traverse Academy
25	10	Lincoln Bailey	Maple City Glen Lake

Alex Tyndall

Had a late start to cross, but still hung tough enough to find his way to a State medal for the first time ever. Watch out when he gets a full season, you may get something like track, where he raced to a 9:30 3200m at Bluejay and a 2^nd place in the same event at State.

Colebrook Sutherland

In 2022 we saw the promise, in 2023 we saw his true self. NWC Champion, 2^nd place here, and 9^th spot in D4. The Drowns keep growing the Laker squad and making it more powerful from within.

Kyle Redman

Seemingly made for the high school stage, picking up wins in the WMD Conference and here in Region 29. This past spring, his 9:55 3200m ranked #15 among all the freshmen in the state.

Mason Sinke

Work over the winter paid dividends come outdoor, where his 1600m PR dropped from 4:47 to 4:31 and his 3200m from 10:27 to 9:50.

Ty Redman

Kyle’s counterpart, impressive in his own right, finishing 12^th in Division 4 and moving to a 15:59 personal best attained here in this race.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	9	Callie Sinke	Bear Lake-Onekama
2	12	Ella Knudsen	Leland
3	9	Carmella Julian	Maple City Glen Lake
4	10	Addy Zeller	Bear Lake-Onekama
5	9	Melodie Hulinek	Bear Lake-Onekama
6	10	Addison Patrzik	Grand Traverse Academy
7	11	Brooklynn Frazee	Buckley
8	11	Lauren Niedzielski	Mason County Eastern
9	11	Kinsey Peer	Buckley
10	11	Jennifer Kmiecik	Bear Lake-Onekama
11	10	Natalie Burpee	Leland
12	10	Mikayla Kulawiak	Buckley
13	11	Addison Chownyk	Frankfort
14	12	Lucy Shoup	Mason County Eastern
15	10	Brailyn Johnson	Mason County Eastern
16	9	Claire Couturier	Lake Leelanau St. Mary
17	11	Shenoah Collier	Grand Traverse Academy
18	10	Bailey Stephen	Grand Traverse Academy
19	10	Madison Smith	Grand Traverse Academy
20	10	Addison Malburg	Mason County Eastern
21	9	Sophia Grinage	Leland
22	10	Kaylee Swanson	Buckley
23	12	Emily Alaimo	Maple City Glen Lake
24	10	Bailey Case	Pentwater
25	11	Natalie Brown	Bear Lake-Onekama

Callie Sinke

Making an exception to my “rarely writing about incoming freshmen” philosophy. Because when you run 18:29 here at the PROM race and 18:49 at Shepherd, it’s obvious you have great odds of becoming a frontrunner at the high school level.

Ella Knudsen

Leland career has included two All-States and three top-5’s here. The last of which was a massive 19:09 personal best.

Addy Zeller

Was on a tear following Portage, hitting sub-21 in six of her final seven races. One of those was a 3^rd place finish here.

Addison Patrzik

Freshman year saw gradual progress toward a sub-21 here at Regionals, a 12^th place that earned another week of competing.

Brooklynn Frazee

We know her as a sprinter in the spring, but many would love to have her fall resume. Two top-7 finishes here at the regional level.