THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades
- 1600m – 5:11
- 3200m – 11:01
- 5k (XC) – 17:56
- 3rd Place – D4 State
- 3x All-State
- Region 31 Champion
- 2x All-Region
- 2x GMAA Champion
- 6th Place – D4 State 1600m
- 7x All-State (Track)
Ratings Throughout the Years
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating | Meet | Date | Year |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 17:56.6 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 153.1 | MITCA | 11-Nov | 2023 |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:27.7 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 142.8 | Division 4 State | 4-Nov | 2023 |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:24.7 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 144.4 | Region 31 | 28-Oct | 2023 |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:43.9 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 141.7 | GMAA | 14-Oct | 2023 |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:24.7 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 149.8 | Portage | 7-Oct | 2023 |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:25.4 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 149.9 | Allendale Falcon | 30-Sep | 2023 |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:28.3 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 146.2 | Sparta | 16-Sep | 2023 |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 19:03.7 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 143.4 | Under the Lights v2 | 25-Aug | 2023 |
| 11 | Grace VanderKooi | 19:56.0 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 134.0 | Fruitport Eagle | 22-Aug | 2023 |
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating | Meet | Date | Year |
| 10 | Grace VanderKooi | 19:22.8 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 133.4 | Division 3 State | 5-Nov | 2022 |
| 10 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:53.3 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 140.2 | Region 21 | 29-Oct | 2022 |
| 10 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:40.0 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 135.0 | GMAA | 15-Oct | 2022 |
| 10 | Grace VanderKooi | 19:25.7 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 127.8 | Portage | 8-Oct | 2022 |
| 10 | Grace VanderKooi | 19:00.5 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 135.5 | Bluejay | 1-Oct | 2022 |
| 10 | Grace VanderKooi | 19:25.1 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 132.6 | Sparta | 17-Sep | 2022 |
| SO | Grace VanderKooi | 19:08.2 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 139.3 | Under the Lights v2 | 26-Aug | 2022 |
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating | Meet | Date | Year |
| 9 | Grace VanderKooi | 19:28.3 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 122.2 | Division 4 State | 6-Nov | 2021 |
| 9 | Grace Vanderkooi | 19:04.5 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 142.5 | Portage | 9-Oct | 2021 |
| 9 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:55.6 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 140.5 | Bluejay | 2-Oct | 2021 |
| 9 | Grace VanderKooi | 18:55.6 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 128.8 | Lakes 8 1 | 21-Sep | 2021 |
| 9 | Grace VanderKooi | 20:43.0 | Muskegon Western Mich. Christian | 124.0 | Hill and Bale | 11-Sep | 2021 |
The Rundown
It’s always a trip counting an athlete’s number of All-States. Then counting again. Perhaps even checking again. I came up with ten, seven on the track, three on the grass. For this here, let’s think of the ones from the 2023-24 season.
- 18:27 from the XC State Finals. Was among her fastest times ever. The two faster ones were both at Allendale, which seemed to run similar to MIS last year. But it was her best time at MIS, and five places higher than what she’d finished in D4 in 2021.
- 5:16 and 6th place in track’s 1600m, her 2nd straight podium finish in the event
- Runner-up in the 4×8, their 9:36 being the fastest time the Warriors have run since she arrived on campus (and the fastest in WMC athletic.net history)
Continually achieving and bringing her team along with her, that Grace is really something else.