Regional Previews: Division 3, Region 26

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Lansing Catholic (25^th in D3)
2. Leslie (23^rd)
3. Dansville (27^th)

Girls

1. Lansing Catholic (7^th)
2. Leslie (16^th)
3. Rochester Hills Lutheran NW (27^th)

Once again, those third place teams come back to haunt. At this point, you’ve gotta feel a little more secure being top-2 in these summer previews.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Lansing Catholic
#17 – Leslie
#27 – Ann Arbor Greenhills

Girls

Top Ten – Lansing Catholic
Top Ten – Leslie

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Lansing Catholic	32
2	Leslie	64
3	Ann Arbor Greenhills	85
4	Algonac	130
5	Almont	168
6	Clawson	196
7	University Liggett	214
8	Marine City	223
9	Charyl Stockwell Academy	227
10	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	237
11	Stockbridge	239
12	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	330
13	Detroit Osborn	394
14	Communication Media Arts	414

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Lansing Catholic	33
2	Leslie	43
3	Ann Arbor Greenhills	111
4	Almont	187
5	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	188
6	Marine City	194
7	Stockbridge	195
8	Algonac	205
9	University Liggett	206
10	Wixom St. Catherine	229
11	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	267
12	Clawson	287
13	Charyl Stockwell Academy	294

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Lucas Gates	Lansing Catholic
2	11	Julian Walker	Algonac
3	10	Everett Beach	Lansing Catholic
4	10	Kenneth Mangles	Leslie
5	10	William Gancer	Stockbridge
6	9	Grady Richey	Lansing Catholic
7	11	Henry Beck	Ann Arbor Greenhills
8	12	Michael Darlington	University Liggett
9	10	Téo Krumm	Lansing Catholic
10	10	Cooper Schmelter	Leslie
11	12	Mason Stranahan	Ann Arbor Greenhills
12	10	Matthew Killeen	Leslie
13	9	Carson Potter	Lansing Catholic
14	10	Finn Korte	Lansing Catholic
15	9	Anthony Tocco	Clawson
16	11	Grason Weber	Leslie
17	11	Nico Aagesen	Ann Arbor Greenhills
18	11	Blaise Demko	Lansing Catholic
19	11	Royal Seale	Ann Arbor Greenhills
20	10	Clayton Gady	University Liggett
21	11	Owen Beindit	Algonac
22	12	Jose Domecq	Leslie
23	12	Gavin Campbell	Almont
24	10	Colton Grzyb	Almont
25	9	Landon Shimkus	Charyl Stockwell Academy

Lucas Gates

Huge rise through the regional rankings thanks to an astounding final month on the track. Three 3200m efforts in the very low-10’s, then finally a breakthrough at State with a 9:57 and 16^th place finish.

Julian Walker

The top returner from last year and twice top-10 here at the regional level. Battled the Possum Hollow hills one week and then dropped nearly 1.5 minutes the next week at MIS.

Everett Beach

Another young Cougar who had a breakout track campaign. His 10:10 over eight laps ranked #8 amongst all D3 freshmen.

Kenneth Mangles

Had some shining moments during his freshman year, with mid-17 efforts at Portage and the Cascades Conference Championship. His 18:35 here wasn’t his quickest, but you can’t be too displeased with a top-5 regional finish.

William Gancer

Another freshman with no shame in a big race. Prediction was 11^th, he tore that to shreds with a 4^th place finish.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	9	Isabelle Currie	Lansing Catholic
2	10	Grace Wonch	Lansing Catholic
3	11	Hailey Creisher	Leslie
4	11	Frances Melinn	Lansing Catholic
5	9	Addison Gregg	Ann Arbor Greenhills
6	10	Libby Schuster	Ann Arbor Greenhills
7	9	Margaret Guerra-Harrison	Leslie
8	10	Reagan Lees	Wixom St. Catherine
9	12	Erin Lubahn	Leslie
10	11	Laila Evola	Almont
11	9	Madi Hunter	Leslie
12	10	Avery Miller	Lansing Catholic
13	12	Jaidyn Smith	Leslie
14	12	Kaitlin Ludwig	Lansing Catholic
15	9	Stella Gates	Lansing Catholic
16	9	Taylor Stanczak	Almont
17	9	Lindsey Ludwig	Lansing Catholic
18	11	Jasmine Walker	Algonac
19	11	JayLee Chapman	Stockbridge
20	10	Mia Papendick	Leslie
21	12	Ava Vaccaro	Stockbridge
22	9	Elaina McDonald	Clawson
23	12	Kerith Short	University Liggett
24	10	Emily Satkowiak	Stockbridge
25	11	Janaan Rehman	Ann Arbor Greenhills

Isabelle Currie

Another exception to my freshman writeup rule. All wins last year, the last one the most important. Jr. Greater Lansing is always a predictor of future glory and she won that by 10+ seconds.

Grace Wonch

Fitness from track should pay dividends for XC. Competed in all sorts of events, but the one that stuck the most was surely the 800m, where a 2:21 was good enough to get on the D3 podium.

Haley Creisher

A sleeper to do some big things this fall. Mastered the four lap distance this spring, her first track voyage for the Blackhawks. 5:40’s became 5:30’s, then 5:20’s, then a 5:16 stepped her up to 10^th in D3.

Frances Melinn

After a month of suffering through 21 min.+ races, came through with a huuuge race at State, 19:39 earning her a 37^th place finish. For context, coming into the race, she was projected to be 61^st.

Libby Schuster

Moves over from Region 27, where she raced to an 8^th place finish.

Reagan Lees

Four of her final five freshman performances were in the 20’s. Lone exception was here, though in a 2^nd place finish.