50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #37

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 5k (XC) – 17:53

• 4^th Place – D3 State
• 3x Top-10 – D3 State
• 2x Region 19 Champion
• 2x Lake Michigan Conference Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Betsy Skendzel	18:11.2	Traverse City St. Francis	148.9	Division 3 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	17:52.9	Traverse City St. Francis	146.4	Region 19	28-Oct	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	17:57.2	Traverse City St. Francis	150.3	Northern Mich. MOC	21-Oct	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	18:49.3	Traverse City St. Francis	143.9	LMC Championship	10-Oct	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	18:16.5	Traverse City St. Francis	152.5	Portage	7-Oct	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	18:15.3	Traverse City St. Francis	150.2	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	18:47.5	Traverse City St. Francis	138.2	Cadillac	23-Sep	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	18:34.4	Traverse City St. Francis	147.2	Ottawa Hills	15-Sep	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	19:00.7	Traverse City St. Francis	132.4	Bear Country	9-Sep	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	18:45.5	Traverse City St. Francis	138.8	Red Devil	30-Aug	2023
11	Betsy Skendzel	19:11.7	Traverse City St. Francis	140.8	Pete Moss	25-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Betsy Skendzel	18:48.3	Traverse City St. Francis	144.9	Division 3 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	18:07.5	Traverse City St. Francis	144.2	Region 19	29-Oct	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	18:49.5	Traverse City St. Francis	138.8	Northern Michigan	22-Oct	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	18:40.7	Traverse City St. Francis	137.8	LMC Championship	15-Oct	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	18:59.6	Traverse City St. Francis	136.5	Portage	8-Oct	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	18:37.6	Traverse City St. Francis	143.1	Bluejay	1-Oct	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	19:00.8	Traverse City St. Francis	132.1	Cadillac	24-Sep	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	19:34.0	Traverse City St. Francis	126.7	Ottawa Hills	16-Sep	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	19:32.0	Traverse City St. Francis	129.3	Northwood	10-Sep	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	19:32.4	Traverse City St. Francis	137.5	Red Devil	31-Aug	2022
10	Betsy Skendzel	19:10.9	Traverse City St. Francis	140.0	Pete Moss	27-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Betsy Skendzel	18:41.8	Traverse City St. Francis	138.1	Division 3 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	18:52.4	Traverse City St. Francis	125.9	Region 19	30-Oct	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	19:24.9	Traverse City St. Francis	125.4	Northern Michigan	23-Oct	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	19:50.3	Traverse City St. Francis	119.6	LMC	16-Oct	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	19:28.9	Traverse City St. Francis	134.4	Portage	9-Oct	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	19:37.1	Traverse City St. Francis	126.6	Bluejay	2-Oct	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	19:42.3	Traverse City St. Francis	124.9	Petoskey	25-Sep	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	20:00.0	Traverse City St. Francis	126.3	Ottawa Hills	17-Sep	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	19:32.3	Traverse City St. Francis	124.9	Northwood	11-Sep	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	19:38.9	Traverse City St. Francis	129.4	East Jordan	1-Sep	2021
9	Betsy Skendzel	20:06.9	Traverse City St. Francis	121.4	Pete Moss	28-Aug	2021

The Rundown

When you’re a team such as St. Francis, you deservedly have high hopes of championship season glory. In order to fulfill that, you must have reliable girls in the final stretch of the season. Betsy’s history has shown she’s one of those girls for the Glads.

That characteristic was evident as a freshman, when Skendzel raced primarily in the 19’s for much of the year, before dropping into the 18’s for her final two races. The next year, same story, quick feet leading to a humongous PR to win Region 19, then being her top-10 self as she celebrated a state championship with her teammates. Finally, last fall, summoning two sub-18 efforts before a 4^th place at MIS, her best ever. I won’t give a full sneak peek of where I have the Glads at State, but let’s just say that Betsy could again put them in position to hoist some hardware.