Regional Previews: Division 1, Region 4

SUMMER PREVIEW

Last Year

Summer
Mid-Season
Final Projections
The Result

Boys

1. Brighton (2^nd)
2. Dexter (13^th)
3. Ann Arbor Skyline (26^th)

Girls

1. Brighton (4^th)
2. Davison (14^th)
3. Ann Arbor Skyline (17^th)

Rough one here! Davison’s girls and the perennially underrated Skyline Eagles came through.

Top 27 Teams

Boys

Top Ten – Brighton
#22 – Dexter

Girls

Top Ten – Hartland
Top Ten – Brighton
#15 – Dexter
#22 – Ann Arbor Skyline

Projected Scores

Boys

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Brighton	30
2	Dexter	84
3	Howell	126
4	Ann Arbor Skyline	139
5	Holly	161
6	Davison	192
7	Hartland	200
8	Flushing	201
9	Grand Blanc	213
10	Fenton	244
11	Lapeer	270
12	Swartz Creek	314
13	Jackson	323

Girls

Place	Team	Projected Score
1	Hartland	54
2	Brighton	60
3	Dexter	79
4	Ann Arbor Skyline	98
5	Grand Blanc	127
6	Davison	175
7	Lapeer	210
8	Fenton	221
9	Holly	233
10	Howell	280
11	Flushing	312
12	Swartz Creek	358

Top Runners

Boys

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	10	Jack MacGregor	Howell
2	12	Tyler Brock	Brighton
3	12	Elijah Forbord	Brighton
4	12	Caleb Snyder	Dexter
5	12	Jacob Essenmacher	Lapeer
6	12	Brady Millington	Brighton
7	12	James Latstetter	Flushing
8	12	Tyler Outlaw	Brighton
9	12	Lucas Wood	Howell
10	12	Julian Linebaugh	Dexter
11	11	Zach Wyderko	Brighton
12	10	Blake Kulesza	Brighton
13	9	Gavin Katic	Fenton
14	12	Drake Wallace	Howell
15	11	Griffin Good	Flushing
16	12	Maxwell Merrill	Grand Blanc
17	12	Elijah Smith	Dexter
18	12	Jacob Huntoon	Fenton
19	10	Trevor Murphy	Holly
20	11	Bruno Cifaldi	Ann Arbor Skyline
21	12	Scott Smith	Dexter
22	10	Broden Ladd	Holly
23	11	Jonny Striler	Swartz Creek
24	11	Noah Linstrom	Davison
25	12	Jack Costa	Hartland

Jack MacGregor

Tyler Brock

Elijah Forbord

Just missed the MIS podium with a 31^st place finish. Would be disappointing for many, but consider that the 15:45 was his first second sub-16 ever and Elijah was projected at 67^th.

Caleb Snyder

Took awhile for the running genes to kick into full gear, but when they have, they’ve been fun to watch. First sub-16 in the fall and a move from 9:54 to 9:33 this past spring.

Jacob Essenmacher

Here as always for the career arc. First race ever over 26:00, by the middle of his junior year, Jacob had dropped 10 FULL minutes.

Brady Millington

Brighton always gets kids running under 10-flat in the 3200m in the spring and 2024 was year two of Brady hitting that mark.

James Latstetter

Always love seeing folks from non-traditional schools stick their nose in there. After placing in the 40’s the previous two years, James moved into 10^th here as a junior.

Tyler Outlaw

Feel like I could write the same few sentences for every Brighton kid. Sub-16 late, sub-10 in track. There’s a reason the Bulldogs are always in D1 contention.

Girls

Place	Grade	Name	Team
1	12	Elle Bissett	Brighton
2	11	Lydia LaMarra	Brighton
3	10	Becca Van Lent	Ann Arbor Skyline
4	12	Grace Tykocki	Grand Blanc
5	9	Hannah DePestel	Hartland
6	12	Alena Blumberg	Dexter
7	10	Ava Goodman	Hartland
8	9	Morgan Mahoney	Hartland
9	11	Nevaeh Polovina	Davison
10	10	Kodie Snyder	Dexter
11	12	Annabel O’Haver	Dexter
12	10	Maddie Lindley	Holly
13	10	Irie Scrase	Ann Arbor Skyline
14	12	Ayla Balazer	Ann Arbor Skyline
15	11	Elliana Neuer	Hartland
16	11	Juliet Lewis	Brighton
17	10	Brooklyn Wiltse	Davison
18	9	Leah Humphrey	Grand Blanc
19	9	Addison Trammel	Hartland
20	11	Maizie Cavanaugh	Brighton
21	11	Cayla Marzban	Brighton
22	10	Becca vanLent	Ann Arbor Skyline
23	12	Addison Bruckman	Dexter
24	11	Selena White	Brighton
25	11	Courtney Lince	Brighton

Elle Bissett

Lydia LaMarra

Becca van Lent

Grace Tykocki

Great discrepancy between her D1 State projections and her place. Grace placed 10^th there, 15 spots higher than her projected spot. I guess when you run a good 45 seconds faster than most of your races, you’ll shock the numbers and you’ll shock anyone in the state. Incredible growth throughout time too, as the 2021 Grace spent much of her fall in the 22’s.

Alena Blumberg

Moving from Dexter to play ball at Spring Arbor, but this sophomore All-Stater’s got one more year of cross left.