Regional Previews: Division 3, Region 25

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. St. Louis (D3 Runner-Up)
2. Ithaca (11^th)
3. Midland Bullock Creek (21^st)

Girls

1. Caro (6^th)
2. Ithaca (9^th)
3. St. Louis (21^st)

Once again, super accurate on top-two and a darkhorse sneaks in for 3^rd.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Ithaca
#25 – St. Louis
#26 – Pigeon-Laker

Girls

Top Ten – Ithaca
#20 – Midland Bullock Creek

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Ithaca	43
2	St. Louis	105
3	Pigeon-Laker	111
4	Sanford-Meridian	116
5	Midland Bullock Creek	119
6	Caro	141
7	Reese	152
8	Sandusky	189
9	Cass City	218
10	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	229
11	Carrollton	299
12	Millington	313

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Ithaca	31
2	Midland Bullock Creek	70
3	Caro	86
4	Sanford-Meridian	90
5	St. Louis	107
6	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	155
7	Cass City	156
8	Millington	225
9	Carrollton	272

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Landon Pestrue	St. Louis
2	11	Landen Styka	Ithaca
3	12	Tyler Heal	Sanford-Meridian
4	12	Miingen Bertrand	Ithaca
5	12	Brayden Sweeney	Midland Bullock Creek
6	12	Cade Truemner	Pigeon-Laker
7	10	Luke Herron	Caro
8	9	Christopher Shemes	Ithaca
9	12	Jacob Moore	Caro
10	11	Jacob Mankey	Ithaca
11	9	Remyngton Clish	Sanford-Meridian
12	10	Evan Olson	Pigeon-Laker
13	11	Jayden Fox	Saginaw Valley Lutheran
14	11	Hayden Shattuck	St. Louis
15	11	Alex Rodriguez	St. Louis
16	11	Duane Davis	Midland Bullock Creek
17	12	Colin Kuhn	St. Louis
18	10	Marshall Brandt	Midland Bullock Creek
19	11	Thad Whitmore	Ithaca
20	11	Blake Darnell	Bad Axe
21	11	Logan Brawt	Sanford-Meridian
22	12	Brent DeSaegher	Ithaca
23	9	Kale Miklovic	Pigeon-Laker
24	10	Robby Samborn	Saginaw Valley Lutheran
25	10	Evan MacLaren	Ithaca

Landon Pestrue

50 Tickets post didn’t even mention the ginormous improvement in the 1600m. 4:54 through two years of HS to 4:23 as a junior.

Landen Styka

From late October on, he was a new person. Coming into the all-TVC meet, Styka held a personal best of 16:42. His last four races were all faster, including a 16:10 at State. The iron was still hot during track, where he firmly established himself as one of D3’s best, placing 3^rd in the 3200m.

Tyler Heal

Silently a candidate to make some major noise in November. Along with an All-State finish, had a couple jaunts into the low-16’s in the fall. The 4:24 1600m is intriguing, especially considering his sophomore best was 4:44.

Miingen Bertrand

Finishing one spot off the D3 podium may have been disheartening, but dude had a day. Six second personal best and a far cry from the mid-17’s that were present at the end of his sophomore year.

Brayden Sweeney

Wasn’t just satisfied moving past the 17’s, his 3200m track season showed more is in the cards. Placed 10^th in a wild Region 30 race, his 10:02 still good enough to advance to State.

Cade Truemner

Came from the start of his career running in the 20’s to one, 30+ races later, busting through into the 16’s. One of those breakthroughs was at Laker’s home invite, another here on the regional stage.

Luke Herron

Appears to be the next Tiger that’ll figure prominently in D3. At the XC State Finals, he was 6^th amongst all freshmen and his 3200m time ranks 7^th when filtered the same way.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Kaya Vrable	Caro
2	9	Khloe Lehnst	Ithaca
3	9	Averie Stefanovsky	Caro
4	10	Pyper Braun	Pigeon-Laker
5	11	Myleigh Hephner	Ithaca
6	10	Makinna Foglesong	Ithaca
7	11	Mattie Gagne	Midland Bullock Creek
8	10	Mikenna Nagel	Sanford-Meridian
9	9	Isabelle Strand	Ithaca
10	12	Maddie Huysentruyt	Sandusky
11	9	Sarah Nothstine	Midland Bullock Creek
12	12	Abby Dice	St. Louis
13	10	Haley Fitzgibbon	Sanford-Meridian
14	10	Olivia Hooper	Pigeon-Laker
15	9	Charlee MacLaren	Ithaca
16	9	Lily LaFave	Sanford-Meridian
17	11	Braylee Rice	Reese
18	10	Emily Beethe	Saginaw Valley Lutheran
19	11	Alexis Fabbro	Vassar
20	9	Samantha Skym	Midland Bullock Creek
21	9	Amelia Dawe	Ithaca
22	11	Aubrey Zarnke	Pigeon-Laker
23	11	Emma Fisher	Reese
24	12	Autumn Fransen	Midland Bullock Creek
25	11	Makenna Gwisdalla	Bad Axe

Kaya Vrable

In spite of a career of surgeries and setbacks, Kaya finds a way to keep coming back stronger. With two fully functional hips, she rattled off times of 5:18 and 11:17. Both were massive personal bests, setting the stage for a memorable senior year.

Pyper Braun

Cross country was a steady trickle of improvement, track was a downpour. Her 5:25 1600m ended up as the #8 time across all of D3’s freshmen girls.

Myleigh Hephner

’23 track campaign showed evidence that a coming storm was rumbling. But wow, I don’t think many could’ve predicted a move into the mid-19’s.

Makinna Foglesong

Incredibly consistent for a young freshman. All but two of her races were in the 20’s. One of the exceptions was the overall TVC meet, where Makinna juuust barely dipped her toes into the 19’s.

Mattie Gagne

Shepherd’s course must be a sweet spot for Gagne, as she PR’ed here each of the past two years and ripped off two state qualifiers as well.