Regional Previews: Division 1, Region 7

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. White Lake Lakeland (9^th)
2. Highland-Milford (10^th)
3. Walled Lake Northern (19^th)

Girls

1. White Lake Lakeland (19^th)
2. Walled Lake Northern (18^th)
3. Highland-Milford (21^st)

Lakeland’s girls were the story of the year. 5/6 again over here.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

#15 – Highland-Milford
#24 – White Lake Lakeland

Girls

#20 – White Lake Lakeland
#21 – Walled Lake Northern

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Highland-Milford	49
2	White Lake Lakeland	80
3	Novi	84
4	Walled Lake Northern	103
5	Detroit Catholic Central	113
6	Royal Oak	161
7	South Lyon	210
8	Berkley	243
9	South Lyon East	284
10	Birmingham Seaholm	308
11	Beverly Hills Groves	308
12	West Bloomfield	323
13	North Farmington	394
14	Walled Lake Central	399
15	Brother Rice	455
16	Walled Lake Western	456

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	White Lake Lakeland	71
2	Walled Lake Northern	77
3	Novi	109
4	Highland-Milford	110
5	Birmingham Seaholm	166
6	Royal Oak	171
7	Walled Lake Central	187
8	South Lyon	190
9	South Lyon East	211
10	Berkley	218
11	North Farmington	275
12	Beverly Hills Groves	366
13	Walled Lake Western	374
14	West Bloomfield	385

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	11	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford
2	11	Soma Sato	Novi
3	12	Matthew Verellen	White Lake Lakeland
4	10	Briggs Warren	Novi
5	10	Nathan Bruss	Walled Lake Northern
6	12	Drew Abbott	Detroit Catholic Central
7	12	Ryan Carrannanto	Highland-Milford
8	11	Gavin Johns	White Lake Lakeland
9	11	Finn Gammerath	Walled Lake Northern
10	10	Josh Sanchez	Highland-Milford
11	10	Musa Kay	West Bloomfield
12	11	Bastien Beaubien	Highland-Milford
13	12	Nolan Till	Royal Oak
14	10	Trevor Baptist	Novi
15	12	Ayden McDonald	White Lake Lakeland
16	12	Chase Griffith	Walled Lake Northern
17	11	Gavin Tisch	Detroit Catholic Central
18	11	Aiden LaVictor	Beverly Hills Groves
19	12	Reid Tatro	Highland-Milford
20	12	Jacob Mack	South Lyon East
21	12	Thomas Watson	Detroit Catholic Central
22	10	Keats Rosenbrock	Royal Oak
23	12	Jacob Kosidlo	White Lake Lakeland
24	9	Todd Tobin	Highland-Milford
25	11	Alex Hamilton	North Farmington

Kyle O’Rourke

Yet to come…

Soma Sato

Had to fire up spreadsheets from last November to see where I had Soma projected before State. 147^th! A far cry from his 61^st place finish. To be fair, that was a nearly 30 sec. PR.

Matthew Verellen

An indicator of his progress is how he’s moved through the region. JV as a freshman, 46^th as a sophomore, 18^th as a junior. Now, ample opportunity to move into the top-5.

Briggs Warren

Came on strong late in his freshman season, running in the low-17’s on a muddy KLAA day, 16:24 at Shepherd too. But it was the 9:57 at the KLAA track meet that explains his high ranking here.

Nathan Bruss

I know this is a XC preview, but his 1:55.97 800m ranked 18^th amongst the NATION’S freshmen.

Drew Abbott

Bits and pieces of his potential shine through, such as his 16:16 at Bluejay or 16:29 at State.

Ryan Carrannanto

Has underwent the traditional Maverick leap these past two years. 2023 was much more dramatic, however, as Ryan leapt from a kid running mid-17’s on Oakland County’s hilly courses to 16:12 at MIS.

Gavin Johns

I think he’s ready to move up another degree, evidenced by back-to-back 10:07’s in the LVC and at Oakland County.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Ava Alicandro	White Lake Lakeland
2	9	Paige Rohda	Berkley
3	11	Kayla Ward	South Lyon
4	10	Allie Gallagher	Walled Lake Northern
5	10	Jillian Broyles	Highland-Milford
6	10	Katelynn Egli	Novi
7	10	Emily Alt	Walled Lake Northern
8	10	Claire Porinsky	South Lyon East
9	9	Eliana Fredrick	Walled Lake Northern
10	9	Alexa Siegel	Walled Lake Central
11	12	Alena Tiernan	White Lake Lakeland
12	10	Maya Pletzer	White Lake Lakeland
13	11	Macy Czelada	South Lyon
14	10	Jane Meinecke	Royal Oak
15	12	Emily Bieniasz	Walled Lake Central
16	11	Lauren Bradley	Highland-Milford
17	10	Kareena Babu	Novi
18	12	Cora Liu	North Farmington
19	9	Claire Galas	Novi
20	12	Natalie Joiner	White Lake Lakeland
21	9	Olivia Peterson	Royal Oak
22	12	Isabelle Krause	Walled Lake Northern
23	11	Mya Tass	Novi
24	10	Paige Haller	Walled Lake Central
25	9	Claire Yandora	Birmingham Seaholm

Ava Alicandro

Kayla Ward

Quietly, this Lion junior has racked up two years in the low-19’s and two top-10 finishes here.

Allie Gallagher

Sometimes you see the freshman progression come to a pinnacle at MIS, sometimes you have to wait until May. Four of Allie’s final five 3200s were sub-11:30.

Jillian Broyles

Another prominent example of Sal’s kids letting it rip at seasons end. Top-5 at both the LVC and Region 7, then unleashed a massive 19:08 PB at MIS.

Katelynn Egli

Had a similar trajectory to Allie Gallagher above, albeit in the shorter distances. Her 5:08 may be more applicable to cross, but her 2:16 half mile was more impactful, ranking 5^th among Michigan’s freshmen.