Regional Previews: Division 2, Region 16

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Pinckney (2^nd)
2. Divine Child (24^th)
3. Cranbrook-Kingswood (23^rd)

Girls

1. Linden (15^th)
2. Divine Child (16^th)
3. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (24^th)

Whew, Divine Child’s boys were much better than their projected 6^th. 5/6 tho.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

#16 – Pinckney

Girls

Top Ten – Linden
#22 – Divine Child
#23 – Pontiac Notre Dame Prep

Projected Scores

(Oak Park has apparently asked to move up to Division 1, but that hasn’t been reflected on the MHSAA website)

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Pinckney	42
2	Dearborn Divine Child	73
3	Detroit Country Day	89
4	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	108
5	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	109
6	Lake Fenton	158
7	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood	161
8	Redford Union	200
9	Linden	213
10	Detroit Henry Ford	328
11	Detroit Cody	359

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Linden	47
2	Dearborn Divine Child	87
3	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	94
4	Detroit Country Day	109
5	Pinckney	115
6	Lake Fenton	146
7	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood	177
8	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	191
9	Bloomfield Hills Marian	196
10	Garden City	333
11	Canton Preparatory	377
12	Detroit Cody	385

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Colin Murray	Dearborn Divine Child
2	10	Cole McCraw	Pinckney
3	12	Jacob Hopkins	Detroit Country Day
4	12	Isaak Brook	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
5	12	Zach Newman	Pinckney
6	10	Omar Elbashir	Detroit Country Day
7	12	Kyle Osborne	Pinckney
8	11	Cole Wisniewski	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
9	10	Cooper Steckroth	Lake Fenton
10	12	Gabe Maciag	Pinckney
11	12	Tamer Zahr	Dearborn Divine Child
12	12	Nicholas Nakic	Dearborn Divine Child
13	12	Ethan VandenHaute	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
14	11	Jake Yono	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
15	11	Bela Matyus	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
16	12	Ryan Wojichowski	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
17	11	Brodie Licata	Lake Fenton
18	11	Nate Sandula	Pinckney
19	11	Wyatt Larson	Pinckney
20	11	Andrew Hagerty	Pinckney
21	9	Andrew Nunning	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
22	12	Blaise Gooding	Linden
23	9	Alexander Dirlea	Detroit Country Day
24	10	Grant Goodwin	Dearborn Divine Child
25	12	Maximiliano Juarez	Dearborn Divine Child

Colin Murray

Individually, how tough was this region last year? Tough enough that Colin placed 5^th… and then 9^th in the entire State. More words to come later!

Cole McCraw

Tough courses early led to fast times late. The young freshman broke 17:00 in four of his final five races, including a 16:27 at MITCA and a 7^th place finish here.

Jacob Hopkins

As a freshman, never strayed under 20:00. As a junior, with the exception of a hilly Mustang Invite, stayed under 18:00.

Isaak Brook

If the 4:27 1600m and Region 19 win are any indication, Brook has a real good chance of sneaking onto the MIS podium.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	10	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney
2	12	Mea D’Agostino	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s
3	12	Chloe Josephson	Linden
4	12	Maria Nunning	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
5	10	Melody Meckstroth	Linden
6	12	Nell Stover	Detroit Country Day
7	10	Addison Josephson	Linden
8	10	Elliana Hufton	Lake Fenton
9	12	Kathryn Kurtinaitis	Dearborn Divine Child
10	10	Diya Goyal	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
11	12	Claire Heller	Detroit Country Day
12	9	Ana Lovell	Lake Fenton
13	12	Kayla Slade	Dearborn Divine Child
14	9	Eastynn Charder	Pinckney
15	10	Sidney Shepard	Linden
16	11	Anna Kujansuu	Dearborn Divine Child
17	9	Courtney Floeter	Linden
18	12	Skylar Vanhecke	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
19	10	Claire Dunn	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
20	9	Molly Roberts	Linden
21	10	Paige Willman	Lake Fenton
22	10	Lucille Clark	Bloomfield Hills Marian
23	12	Mary Larocca	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
24	12	Kate Paluszewski	Dearborn Divine Child
25	12	Tess Scicluna	Dearborn Divine Child

Jaelyn Ray

Mea D’Agostino

Altitude plus an outstanding track season will lead to cross country success. Mea posted huge improvements, 5:29 to 5:08 and 11:45 to 11:12, the latter of which earned her an 11^th place finish at State.

Maria Nunning

All three years, Maria has been in the top-10 here. And with another track season consisting of a 1600m state qualifier, I don’t see her streak changing.

Melody Meckstroth

Seem to recall a recent Linden star with a similar surname. Melody is on the path to becoming one of her own, ending her freshman year with four straight 19:xx performances.

Nell Stover

Candidate to really surprise at the state level, her 5:23 regional 1600m win a show of great promise.

Addison Josephson

Sub-20 at Shepherd may have given a boost of confidence heading into track. Addison’s 11:55 in the 32 ended up as the #8 time amongst D2 freshmen.