50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #38

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 2:17
• Mile – 5:06
• 3200m – 10:57
• 5k (XC) – 18:08

• OK Red Champion
• 2x Top-10
• 37^th Place – D1 State
• 13^th Place – MITS 800m
• 3^rd Place – OK Red 3200m
• 5^th Place – Region 2 3200m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Ava Porras	18:48.4	Holland West Ottawa	138.5	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
10	Ava Porras	19:13.3	Holland West Ottawa	128.2	Region 1	28-Oct	2023
10	Ava Porras	18:08.1	Holland West Ottawa	151.3	OK Red Conference	19-Oct	2023
10	Ava Porras	18:13.1	Holland West Ottawa	153.6	Portage	7-Oct	2023
10	Ava Porras	18:17.3	Holland West Ottawa	149.6	Otsego Bulldog	30-Sep	2023
10	Ava Porras	19:06.4	Holland West Ottawa	141.9	Spartan	15-Sep	2023
10	Ava Porras	19:44.3	Holland West Ottawa	128.6	Bredeweg	9-Sep	2023
10	Ava Porras	19:01.0	Holland West Ottawa	144.3	Under the Lights v2	25-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Ava Porras	19:25.0	Holland West Ottawa	130.7	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
9	Ava Porras	19:10.1	Holland West Ottawa	134.6	Region 1	29-Oct	2022
9	Ava Porras	19:00.6	Holland West Ottawa	131.1	OK Red Championship	20-Oct	2022
9	Ava Porras	19:10.7	Holland West Ottawa	132.8	Portage	8-Oct	2022
9	Ava Porras	19:46.5	Holland West Ottawa	124.5	OK Red 2	4-Oct	2022
9	Ava Porras	19:20.0	Holland West Ottawa	129.3	Otsego Bulldog	1-Oct	2022
9	Ava Porras	20:03.0	Holland West Ottawa	112.7	OK Red 1	20-Sep	2022
9	Ava Porras	20:10.8	Holland West Ottawa	122.8	Spartan	16-Sep	2022
9	Ava Porras	20:22.3	Holland West Ottawa	118.2	Bredeweg	10-Sep	2022
9	Ava Porras	20:10.9	Holland West Ottawa	118.4	Under the Lights v2	26-Aug	2022

The Rundown

Burst into a leadership role, we got to see how a young Ava responded in real time. Her freshman year took a gradual, learning the sport start, with races above 20 min. for the early part of the season before finishing 50^th in Division 1 and ripping a sub-19 in Terredise. For her sophomore year, with Helen Sachs still on the mend, Porras was thrust into a more prominent role, one that she handled quite well. By mid-September, the PRs started rolling in. An 18:50 became an 18:17, then 18:13, culminating in the masterpiece, an 18:08 victory in the OK Red Championship.

The regional and state portion of Ava’s sophomore year may have not gone as planned, but the evidence is that her sophomore season was a success. Learning the lessons on the fly as she did will yield much profit in the coming seasons.