THE SUMMER PREVIEW
Accomplishments & Accolades
- 1600m – 5:05
- 3200m – 10:50
- 5k (XC) – 18:25
- 22nd Place – D1 State
- 3x State Qualifier
- 5th Place – Macomb County
- 5th Place – Region 9
- 15th Place – D1 State 3200m
- 4th Place – Macomb County 1600m
- 4th Place – Region 10 3200m
Ratings Throughout the Years
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating | Meet | Date | Year |
| 11 | Lillian Deskins | 18:28.9 | Romeo | 145.0 | Division 1 State | 4-Nov | 2023 |
| 11 | Lillian Deskins | 19:16.6 | Romeo | 143.5 | Region 9 | 27-Oct | 2023 |
| 11 | Lillian Deskins | 19:11.1 | Romeo | 131.0 | MAC Championship | 21-Oct | 2023 |
| 11 | Lillian Deskins | 18:49.0 | Romeo | 143.0 | Macomb County | 14-Oct | 2023 |
| 11 | Lillian Deskins | 19:09.2 | Romeo | 132.3 | Bluejay | 30-Sep | 2023 |
| 11 | Lillian Deskins | 19:22.1 | Romeo | 128.6 | Jackson | 23-Sep | 2023 |
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating | Meet | Date | Year |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 19:46.6 | Grosse Pointe North | 123.5 | Division 1 State | 5-Nov | 2022 |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 18:57.3 | Grosse Pointe North | 131.6 | Region 9 | 29-Oct | 2022 |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 19:28.0 | Grosse Pointe North | 125.0 | MAC Division | 22-Oct | 2022 |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 19:18.0 | Grosse Pointe North | 124.0 | Gabriel Richard | 15-Oct | 2022 |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 19:20.9 | Grosse Pointe North | 123.7 | Wayne County | 8-Oct | 2022 |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 19:24.7 | Grosse Pointe North | 126.1 | MAC Red 1 | 29-Sep | 2022 |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 20:09.5 | Grosse Pointe North | 111.5 | Autumn Classic | 17-Sep | 2022 |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 19:46.5 | Grosse Pointe North | 118.5 | Muskrat Classic | 10-Sep | 2022 |
| 10 | Lillian Deskins | 20:34.7 | Grosse Pointe North | 115.1 | South Lyon | 27-Aug | 2022 |
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating | Meet | Date | Year |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 20:51.2 | Grosse Pointe North | 99.9 | Division 1 State | 6-Nov | 2021 |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 21:06.3 | Grosse Pointe North | 97.2 | Region 8 | 29-Oct | 2021 |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 21:25.2 | Grosse Pointe North | 84.9 | Gabriel Richard | 16-Oct | 2021 |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 21:49.8 | Grosse Pointe North | 87.4 | Wayne County | 9-Oct | 2021 |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 22:03.7 | Grosse Pointe North | 77.8 | MAC Division | 5-Oct | 2021 |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 21:39.1 | Grosse Pointe North | 88.0 | Coaching Legends | 2-Oct | 2021 |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 22:38.9 | Grosse Pointe North | 66.4 | Autumn Classic | 18-Sep | 2021 |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 22:33.9 | Grosse Pointe North | 70.0 | Muskrat Classic | 11-Sep | 2021 |
| 9 | Lillian Deskins | 24:57.4 | Grosse Pointe North | 40.5 | South Lyon | 28-Aug | 2021 |
The Rundown
I’d call her the missing piece, but I fear that’s a little dramatic. But if you look to Romeo’s State Finals race and take Lillian out of the lineup, their run towards a championship becomes a little more difficult.
After a successful first two seasons at Grosse Pointe North, featuring state qualifiers in the fall and spring, Lillian and her family moved to Romeo. Both are schools that have had a history of pumping out great runners, so it was only natural that she’d continue to improve even taking into account the stress of moving to a new environment.
At GPN, her real coming out party was her sophomore year of track, where she ran in the low-5’s and low-11’s, hitting state qualifiers in each event. The following fall at Romeo was a continuation of that pattern, especially late in the year, where reeled off sub-19’s at Macomb County, State, and NXR. Personally, what impressed me was just that, absorbing new training/coaching/surroundings, then applying that to her first All-State ever.
The ability to adapt will undoubtedly be a positive characteristic in life and whatever is thrown at her this upcoming season.
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 