50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #33

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 1:58
• 1600m – 4:22
• 3200m – 9:34
• 5k (XC) – 15:53

• 35^th Place – D1 State
• 5^th Place – OK Red
  • 2x Top-15
• 7^th Place – Region 1
  • 2x Top 15
• 22^nd Place – D1 State 3200m
• 2^nd Place – Region 2 & OK Red 3200m
• 4^th Place – D1 State 4×8

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Ben Eisnor	15:56.2	Grand Haven	194.3	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	15:53.3	Grand Haven	196.6	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:07.3	Grand Haven	191.2	Region 1	28-Oct	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:00.5	Grand Haven	193.5	OK Red Conference	19-Oct	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:00.1	Grand Haven	197.0	Portage	7-Oct	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:02.0	Grand Haven	196.0	Allendale Falcon	30-Sep	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:28.6	Grand Haven	193.1	Spartan	15-Sep	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:33.9	Grand Haven	191.0	Bredeweg	9-Sep	2023
11	Ben Eisnor	16:32.8	Grand Haven	192.4	Under the Lights v2	25-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Ben Eisnor	16:42.7	Grand Haven	185.5	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:30.2	Grand Haven	186.6	Region 1	29-Oct	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:33.4	Grand Haven	180.5	OK Red Championship	20-Oct	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	17:16.6	Grand Haven	174.5	OK Red 2	4-Oct	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:33.1	Grand Haven	185.0	Allendale Falcon	1-Oct	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:28.0	Grand Haven	186.7	OK Red 1	20-Sep	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	16:50.5	Grand Haven	188.2	Spartan	16-Sep	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	17:13.5	Grand Haven	179.8	Bredeweg	10-Sep	2022
10	Ben Eisnor	17:09.0	Grand Haven	192.3	Eagle	23-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Ben Eisnor	16:59.5	Grand Haven	178.2	Division 1 State	6-Nov	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	16:49.3	Grand Haven	178.9	Region 1	30-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	16:44.3	Grand Haven	178.2	OK Red Conference	21-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	17:06.8	Grand Haven	180.4	Portage	9-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	16:52.8	Grand Haven	184.1	OK Red 2	5-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	16:50.8	Grand Haven	180.4	Allendale Falcon	2-Oct	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	17:12.3	Grand Haven	169.6	OK Red 1	21-Sep	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	17:11.0	Grand Haven	180.7	Ottawa Hills	17-Sep	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	18:23.1	Grand Haven	157.3	Bredeweg	11-Sep	2021
9	Ben Eisnor	18:52.1	Grand Haven	155.0	Fruitport Eagle	24-Aug	2021

The Rundown

Pattern finding is a common endeavor when analyzing sports. How does a pitcher fare off 5 days rest? 4 days rest? A basketball player on the second game of a back to back? You could apply that to cross country, as well. How does a runner perform on hilly courses? Three meets in ten days? At the end of the year?

Ben’s pattern seems to read two things:

1 – He’ll run consistently at a level for a number of races, then jump levels, then run consistently, then jump levels.

Above 18:00 for his first two races ever, then a jump into the high-16’s/low-17’s, where he closed his freshman year and began his sophomore season. Then a move into the mid-16’s, where he ended his 10^th grade year and began his junior year. The final leap was one between Spartan and Allendale Falcon, where he catapulted into the low-16’s and even the occasional 15:xx.

2 – He runs his best when the meets are large and they matter most.

One of those 15:xx’s was at State, his first career reach into that time zone. That State Final, along with Portage, were his two highest ratings of the year. 2022’s State Finals were on par with his steadily great efforts from that whole season, the same held true in 2021.

May more steps be taken and more patterns hold true.