Regional Previews: Division 1, Region 8

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Troy (18^th)
2. Clarkston (8^th)
3. Oxford (20^th)

Girls

1. Oxford (9^th)
2. Clarkston (25^th)
3. Rochester (15^th)
4. Utica (20^th)

Rough one for me, but that just means Oxford’s boys and Rochester’s girls stepped up.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Clarkston
#16 – Oxford
#20 – Troy
#26 – Rochester

Girls

#11 – Oxford
#14 – Rochester

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Clarkston	63
2	Oxford	80
3	Troy	96
4	Rochester	116
5	Lake Orion	127
6	Rochester Adams	178
7	Troy Athens	194
8	Bloomfield Hills	207
9	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	223
10	Utica Ford	258
11	Warren Cousino	276
12	Sterling Heights Stevenson	300
13	Waterford Kettering	392
14	Auburn Hills Avondale	447
15	Warren Mott	473

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Oxford	54
2	Rochester	65
3	Rochester Adams	110
4	Clarkston	111
5	Bloomfield Hills	139
6	Lake Orion	142
7	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	150
8	Troy	154
9	Troy Athens	306
10	Utica Ford	313
11	Waterford Kettering	350
12	Warren Cousino	388
13	Warren Mott	391
14	Auburn Hills Avondale	400

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Taye Levenson	Bloomfield Hills
2	12	Kian Schneeweis	Troy
3	12	Alexander McArthur	Oxford
4	12	James Cusick	Oxford
5	12	Blake Peardon	Lake Orion
6	11	Ryan Barnes	Clarkston
7	11	Nate Linden	Troy Athens
8	12	Cayden DeGrendel	Clarkston
9	12	Raymond Lucero II	Lake Orion
10	12	Jaxson Nowik	Clarkston
11	12	Collin McLaughlin	Rochester
12	12	Max Myrand	Oxford
13	12	Napolean Lino	Rochester
14	11	Dylan Pascoe	Rochester
15	11	Brock Washburn	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
16	11	Max Houvener	Lake Orion
17	12	Reynold Wei	Rochester Adams
18	12	Akshat Arora	Troy
19	12	Kent Wilson	Clarkston
20	12	Joshua Ellingsworth	Clarkston
21	12	Braden Cinato	Warren Cousino
22	12	Quinn Kelly	Troy
23	9	Colin Hunt	Bloomfield Hills
24	12	Richard Qu	Troy
25	12	Myles Linden	Troy Athens

Taye Levenson

Kian Schneeweis

More writing to come!

Alex McArthur

James Cusick

Blake Peardon

Ryan Barnes

If the 50 Tickets were just based on track, there’s a good chance he’d be in there. Ryan’s 9:30 in the 3200m signified great improvement. Just think of it this way, his freshman 1600m best was 4:51, now he doubled the distance and subtracted 5 sec. off the pace.

Nate Linden

Past a middling September, just kept getting faster and faster. In a month’s time, Nate’s personal best jumped from 17:12 to 16:11.

Cayden DeGrendel

As these projections are partially based on last fall, Cayden could be a bit underrated. Take his State Finals for example – projected 76^th, placed 48^th.

Raymond Lucero II

Was moving toward an individual qualifier, but unfortunately his junior season was a bit disjointed. If he stays healthy, a candidate to mix it up in the top-10.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Lucy Cook	Rochester
2	12	Mallory Bigelow	Oxford
3	11	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
4	10	El McMahan	Rochester Adams
5	11	Addison Herr	Bloomfield Hills
6	10	Olivia Jenney	Bloomfield Hills
7	9	Charlotte Jones	Rochester
8	12	Taylor Brodeur	Oxford
9	9	Sienna Chapin	Oxford
10	10	Avery DeGrendel	Clarkston
11	10	Addison Brigham	Clarkston
12	11	Audrey Hamilton	Troy
13	9	Priya Bodell	Oxford
14	11	Cecilia Kreiter	Rochester Adams
15	10	Linda Lopez	Lake Orion
16	12	Stephanie Bulat	Rochester
17	9	Riah Guoin	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
18	11	Taylor Parsons	Rochester
19	12	Kaitlyn Kauppila	Rochester Adams
20	12	Madie Miller	Troy
21	10	Olivia Jenny	Bloomfield Hills
22	12	Jamie Patterson	Oxford
23	12	Mia Snellgrove	Rochester
24	12	Allison Murray	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek
25	11	Sydney Fischer	Clarkston

Lucy Cook

Mallory Bigelow

Can you believe the above two are seniors? I can’t.

Leah Corby

El McMahan

I believe this is Day 61 of training to be All-State in XC. El is probably running right now, in the midst of checking off another 60 mile week. Which has worked for her, as she boasted the 11^th fastest freshman 1600m in the State.

Addison Herr

Spent the mid-season running tough terrain such as Holly, Hess Hathaway, and Possum Hollow. And all those races were in the 19’s, so you knew the payoff would come late. Addison finished the year just barely above 19 with a 19:09 at State.

Olivia Jenney

Faced with the same schedule as Addison, Olivia underwent an even more dramatic time drop. Of course it was her first year of cross, but going from the 21’s to 19:38 is remarkable.