Regional Previews: Division 3, Region 19

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Traverse City St. Francis (D3 State Champs!)
2. Clare (6^th)
3. Charlevoix (15^th)

Girls

1. Traverse City St. Francis (2^nd)
2. Elk Rapids (3^rd)
3. Clare (23^rd)

Charlevoix’s boys slid up from their projected spot of fifth to grab a state berth. Always that one team!

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Traverse City St. Francis – Top Ten
Charlevoix – Top Ten

Girls

Traverse City St. Francis – Top Ten
Clare – Top Ten
#14 – Elk Rapids

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Traverse City St. Francis	20
2	Charlevoix	63
3	Clare	106
4	Grayling	119
5	Elk Rapids	142
6	Kalkaska	172
7	Boyne City	186
8	Roscommon	203
9	Cheboygan	216
10	Standish-Sterling	267
11	Harrison	309
12	Tawas	338

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Traverse City St. Francis	34
2	Clare	76
3	Elk Rapids	82
4	Boyne City	137
5	Kalkaska	142
6	Cheboygan	155
7	Charlevoix	188
8	Grayling	201
9	Farwell	211
10	Standish-Sterling	256
11	Tawas	260
12	Harrison	354

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	10	Hunter Eaton	Charlevoix
2	12	Josh Slocum	Traverse City St. Francis
3	12	Owen Read	Traverse City St. Francis
4	10	William Ready	Traverse City St. Francis
5	12	Robby Myler	Traverse City St. Francis
6	12	Lewis Walter	Traverse City St. Francis
7	12	Riley Pattinson	Traverse City St. Francis
8	10	Connor Schmidt	Clare
9	11	Qwynn Darnell	Elk Rapids
10	12	Joseph Carlson	Traverse City St. Francis
11	12	Tristan Demlow	Grayling
12	10	Ryder Hopkins	Charlevoix
13	11	Matthew Solomon	Charlevoix
14	10	Isaac Dionne	Boyne City
15	12	Max Ward	Elk Rapids
16	9	Owen Lewicki	Grayling
17	9	Owen McGlone	Kalkaska
18	12	David Dhaseleer	Charlevoix
19	11	Jacob Veurink	Charlevoix
20	11	Coltrane Paryani	Kalkaska
21	10	Maxwell Drenth	Charlevoix
22	9	Mathieu Moore	Grayling
23	10	Christian Villa-Bilton	Clare
24	10	Sutton Klaus	Clare
25	11	Andrew Partenio	Houghton Lake

Hunter Eaton

The sleeper of all sleepers. Following a cross season that ended in two sub-17’s, the freshman Eaton underwent significant growth to commence his track career. A 4:24 1600m ranked #5 amongst freshmen and #1 of anyone in D3/4.

Josh Slocum

Three-time top-6 finisher here, breaking 16:00 his last time out on this East Jordan course. Coming off another solid track season that ended on a really good note – 9:44 being good enough for 9^th at State.

Owen Read

Came up huge in the State Finals, finishing 15 spots better than his projection. That 33^rd place finish was probably his best race of the year, a necessary component of the Glads state title.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Betsy Skendzel	Traverse City St. Francis
2	11	Brynne Schulte	Elk Rapids
3	10	Sophia Buzzelli	Clare
4	10	Molly Kate Hollandsworth	Traverse City St. Francis
5	12	Mary Masserant	Traverse City St. Francis
6	12	Isabelle Eppert	Farwell
7	11	Anna Pray	Elk Rapids
8	12	Hunter Shellenbarger	Elk Rapids
9	11	Delaney Little	Boyne City
10	10	Nico Triebold	Grayling
11	11	Paige Ritchie	Traverse City St. Francis
12	9	Hailee Bertels	Boyne City
13	11	Sarah Trojanowski	Traverse City St. Francis
14	10	Lauren Leis	Clare
15	9	Leah Leis	Clare
16	11	Myah Little	Kalkaska
17	12	Samantha Harke	Cheboygan
18	9	Aaliyah Hillier	Kalkaska
19	10	Emily Dunphy	Traverse City St. Francis
20	10	Elizabeth Letherer	Clare
21	9	Emma Kerr	Traverse City St. Francis
22	12	Maya Rohrer	Charlevoix
23	11	Tierney Hartman	Grayling
24	10	Catie Janisse	Roscommon
25	9	Ava Robinson	Clare

Betsy Skendzel

Brynne Schulte

Twice All-State, twice top-3 here, twice ending her seasons in the 18’s. And I think that 5:18 from track shows more could come.

Sophia Buzzelli

Great freshman cross results, among them an All-State and top-3 performances at each Jack Pine meet. What I’m really impressed by was her Team State quad. Relay win in the 4×8, then no lower than 3^rd in the 800m-3200m.

Molly Kate Hollandsworth

Came into herself during the last half of her freshman fall. Five of Molly Kate’s final six races were in the 19’s, including a 4-spot here.

Mary Masserant

Clearly a fan of this East Jordan course, because it’s been home to her season’s best during each year of her career. And from 2022 to 2023, she moved up 11 places from 16^th to 5^th.