50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #24

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

1600m – 5:02
3200m – 10:50
5k (XC) – 18:03

• 17^th Place – D2 State
  • 2^nd in 2023
• Allegan County Champion
  • 2^nd in 2023
• 6^th Place – D2 State 3200m
• 9^th Place – D2 State 1600m
• Region 14 & Wolverine Conference 1600/3200m Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Emma Hoffman	18:31.3	Otsego	143.9	Division 2 State	4-Nov	2023
10	Emma Hoffman	18:56.6	Otsego	135.8	Region 13	28-Oct	2023
10	Emma Hoffman	19:42.3	Otsego	125.9	Allegan County	20-Oct	2023
10	Emma Hoffman	18:18.9	Otsego	138.7	Wolverine Conference	17-Oct	2023
10	Emma Hoffman	18:48.5	Otsego	141.8	Portage	7-Oct	2023
10	Emma Hoffman	18:03.8	Otsego	154.1	Otsego Bulldog	30-Sep	2023
10	Emma Hoffman	18:33.7	Otsego	144.8	Jackson	23-Sep	2023
10	Emma Hoffman	19:12.9	Otsego	146.0	BS Shamrock	5-Sep	2023
10	Emma Hoffman	18:31.0	Otsego	144.0	SW Rustbuster	30-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Emma Hoffman	18:27.8	Otsego	149.1	Division 2 State	5-Nov	2022
9	Emma Hoffman	18:38.9	Otsego	141.4	Region 13	29-Oct	2022
9	Emma Hoffman	19:11.2	Otsego	138.9	Wolverine Conference	18-Oct	2022
9	Emma Hoffman	18:48.0	Otsego	140.3	Portage	8-Oct	2022
9	Emma Hoffman	18:34.9	Otsego	144.4	Otsego Bulldog	1-Oct	2022
9	Emma Hoffman	18:34.7	Otsego	142.1	Cougar Falcon	24-Sep	2022
9	Emma Hoffman	19:08.4	Otsego	143.5	Spartan	16-Sep	2022
9	Emma Hoffman	19:09.6	Otsego	137.5	SW Rustbuster	31-Aug	2022
9	Emma Hoffman	20:18.9	Otsego	127.7	St. Joseph	23-Aug	2022

The Rundown

Emma’s 50 Ticket post from last year focused on her freshman State Finals race, deservedly so, that was a dang good race. Her 2023 race wasn’t quite as fast and she didn’t quite place as well. But I’ll say that her sophomore year was an improvement over her freshman year.

Why?

Well for one, the personal best and Otsego school record. Her 18:03, even while conquering Mt. Bulldog, was a 30+ second improvement from the same race in 2022 and still a 20 sec. time drop from her freshman best. During her sophomore year, she was under 19:00 on nine occasions (and would’ve been 10 if Illinois ran correct distances), three more than the previous year. The real improvement though was on the track, where Emma grabbed two top-10 finishes on a non-optimal day. Her 5:02 in the 1600m and 10:57 in the 3200m were both personal bests, each over 10 seconds better than what they were when I was writing this last summer.