50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #17

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 1600m – 4:26
• 3200m – 9:16
• 5k (XC) – 15:44

• 27^th Place – D2 State
• Region 13 Champion
• 2^nd Place – Allegan County
• 3^rd Place – Wolverine Conference
• 11^th Place – D2 State 3200m
• Wolverine Conference & Region 14 3200m Champion
• 2^nd Place – Wolverine Conference 1600m

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Henry Cox	15:52.7	Plainwell	196.4	Division 2 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Henry Cox	15:56.1	Plainwell	196.0	Region 13	28-Oct	2023
11	Henry Cox	16:37.9	Plainwell	188.0	Allegan County	20-Oct	2023
11	Henry Cox	15:44.2	Plainwell	190.9	Wolverine Conference	17-Oct	2023
11	Henry Cox	16:26.6	Plainwell	187.8	Allegan	7-Oct	2023
11	Henry Cox	16:07.8	Plainwell	191.1	Otsego Bulldog	30-Sep	2023
11	Henry Cox	16:36.3	Plainwell	189.2	Bangor	23-Sep	2023
11	Henry Cox	16:05.3	Plainwell	195.2	Ottawa Hills	15-Sep	2023
11	Henry Cox	16:57.8	Plainwell	188.1	Delton Kellogg	7-Sep	2023
11	Henry Cox	16:07.8	Plainwell	192.4	SW Rustbuster	30-Aug	2023
11	Henry Cox	17:27.5	Plainwell	194.2	Big Hill	22-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Henry Cox	17:23.0	Plainwell	173.3	Division 2 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Henry Cox	17:41.6	Plainwell	162.5	Region 13	29-Oct	2022
10	Henry Cox	18:17.0	Plainwell	158.0	Wolverine Conference	18-Oct	2022
10	Henry Cox	17:40.1	Plainwell	157.6	Allegan	8-Oct	2022
10	Henry Cox	17:37.6	Plainwell	163.5	Otsego Bulldog	1-Oct	2022
10	Henry Cox	18:01.3	Plainwell	158.9	Ottawa Hills	16-Sep	2022
10	Henry Cox	18:21.2	Plainwell	160.3	Delton Kellogg	8-Sep	2022
10	Henry Cox	18:10.8	Plainwell	157.4	SW Rustbuster	31-Aug	2022
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Henry Cox	18:25.8	Plainwell	145.4	Region 12	30-Oct	2021
9	Henry Cox	18:48.7	Plainwell	140.4	Allegan County	22-Oct	2021
9	Henry Cox	19:10.2	Plainwell	137.6	Wolverine Conference	19-Oct	2021
9	Henry Cox	19:39.8	Plainwell	133.4	Wolverine Paw Paw	12-Oct	2021
9	Henry Cox	18:41.8	Plainwell	139.4	Allegan	9-Oct	2021
9	Henry Cox	18:43.8	Plainwell	144.1	Otsego Bulldog	2-Oct	2021
9	Henry Cox	19:13.0	Plainwell	131.3	Bangor	25-Sep	2021
9	Henry Cox	19:24.6	Plainwell	136.1	Ottawa Hills	17-Sep	2021
9	Henry Cox	19:56	Plainwell	114.7	SW Rustbuster	1-Sep	2021
9	Henry Cox	21:25.0	Plainwell	107.0	Viking Stampede	20-Aug	2021

The Rundown

Just who is this cat? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself. With many of the names on these lists, I’ve seen them for years and can easily rattle off a few anecdotes. For Henry Cox, the name was drawing a blank, which can only mean one thing:

A chart. Yep, dramatic progression coming out of his third year of high school. After a little introduction to the sport, Henry’s freshman year consisted of ratings that hovered around 140 (19-flat equivalent). A year later, the ratings stayed steady near 160 (18-flat equivalent), before a big bounce at State. Then this past fall, even more of a step forward. Henry hunkered down in the 190’s and once again ran some of his better races of the year at season’s end.

The progression is palpable and it’s not just evident in cross. Track too saw considerable breaks in time. These might even be more dramatic than the fall versions, 5:26 to 4:26 and 11:43 to 9:16, each in a two-year span.

Will the progress ever end? Doubtful.