50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #12

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 800m – 2:18
• 1600m – 4:59
• 3200m – 10:49
• 5k (XC) – 17:57

• 7^th Place – D2 State
• OK Green Champion
  • 2x Top-10
• 3^rd Place – Region 11
  • 2x Top-15
• 17^th Place – D1 State 1600m
• 2^nd Place – Region 2 1600 & 3200m
• OK Green 800/1600/3200m Champion
• 2x All-State 4×8

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
11	Emma Drnek	17:57.3	Zeeland East	152.9	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
11	Emma Drnek	18:07.7	Zeeland East	151.8	Division 2 State	4-Nov	2023
11	Emma Drnek	18:08.2	Zeeland East	149.9	Region 11	28-Oct	2023
11	Emma Drnek	18:38.9	Zeeland East	151.7	OK Green Conference	18-Oct	2023
11	Emma Drnek	18:29.1	Zeeland East	148.3	Portage	7-Oct	2023
11	Emma Drnek	18:12.2	Zeeland East	151.3	Otsego Bulldog	30-Sep	2023
11	Emma Drnek	18:15.0	Zeeland East	141.3	Chargers Autumn Sunrise	23-Sep	2023
11	Emma Drnek	18:44.1	Zeeland East	149.3	Spartan	15-Sep	2023
11	Emma Drnek	19:03.2	Zeeland East	142.3	Bredeweg	9-Sep	2023
11	Emma Drnek	19:20.0	Zeeland East	138.0	Under the Lights v2	25-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Emma Drnek	20:07.1	Zeeland East	116.0	Division 2 State	5-Nov	2022
10	Emma Drnek	19:40.5	Zeeland East	124.5	Region 11	29-Oct	2022
10	Emma Drnek	20:08.9	Zeeland East	115.0	OK Green Conference	19-Oct	2022
10	Emma Drnek	20:02.1	Zeeland East	115.6	Portage	8-Oct	2022
10	Emma Drnek	20:01.1	Zeeland East	115.6	Otsego Bulldog	1-Oct	2022
10	Emma Drnek	19:55.9	Zeeland East	114.0	OK Green 2	28-Sep	2022
10	Emma Drnek	20:12.6	Zeeland East	113.1	Autumn Sunrise	24-Sep	2022
10	Emma Drnek	20:54.0	Zeeland East	108.3	Spartan	16-Sep	2022
10	Emma Drnek	20:51.8	Zeeland East	108.4	Bredeweg	10-Sep	2022
10	Emma Drnek	20:40.4	Zeeland East	108.5	Under the Lights v2	26-Aug	2022

The Rundown

Freshman year of track, she found the sport.

Sophomore year of cross country, she built the foundation.

Sophomore year of track, the foundation + the speed were coming together.

Junior year of cross country, everything came to a head.

She’d shown speed on the track, playing a prominent role in Zeeland East’s 4×8, placing high in the OK Green’s 800m & 1600m. The previous fall, she’d displayed a rabid consistency all year and even broke into the 19’s on a few occasions.

Emma’s junior year began on a much higher note than the previous year, running 80 seconds faster than she had at UTL. And then she descended those times rapidly. 19:20 became 19:03, that turned into 18:44, and before you know it… 18:12. That same ability to hit similar times lasted into championship season, as Emma ran in the low-18’s at Region 11 (3^rd place) and State (7^th place), before giving us one last step forward, 17:57.

Senior year of cross country, a conclusion I can’t wait to view.