50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Boys #7

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 1600m – 4:19
• 3200m – 9:10
• 5k (XC) – 15:17

• 10^th Place – D1 State
• Region 7 Champion
  • 2x Top-10
• LVC Champion
  • 2x Top-5
• 2^nd Place – Oakland County
  • 2x All-County
• 6^th Place – D1 State 3200m
• LVC 1600/3200m Champion
• Region 9 3200m Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
10	Kyle O’Rourke	15:17.3	Highland-Milford	207.2	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
10	Kyle O’Rourke	15:22.4	Highland-Milford	206.9	Division 1 State	4-Nov	2023
10	Kyle O’Rourke	16:10.3	Highland-Milford	206.9	Region 7	27-Oct	2023
10	Kyle O’Rourke	15:57.5	Highland-Milford	203.2	LVC Championship	19-Oct	2023
10	Kyle O’Rourke	16:07.4	Highland-Milford	205.5	Oakland County	7-Oct	2023
10	Kyle O’Rourke	16:13.1	Highland-Milford	201.3	Linden Classic	23-Sep	2023
10	Kyle O’Rourke	16:00.4	Highland-Milford	211.5	Averill	9-Sep	2023
10	Kyle O’Rourke	16:29.8	Highland-Milford	205.7	Milford	31-Aug	2023
Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Kyle O’Rourke	16:22.3	Highland-Milford	185.2	MITCA	12-Nov	2022
9	Kyle O’Rourke	16:55.2	Highland-Milford	181.3	Division 1 State	5-Nov	2022
9	Kyle O’Rourke	16:49.8	Highland-Milford	189.4	Region 7	28-Oct	2022
9	Kyle O’Rourke	16:40.4	Highland-Milford	183.9	LVC Championship	20-Oct	2022
9	Kyle O’Rourke	16:57.9	Highland-Milford	187.0	Oakland County	8-Oct	2022
9	Kyle O’Rourke	16:24.7	Highland-Milford	191.1	Ottawa Hills	16-Sep	2022
9	Kyle O’Rourke	19:27.9	Highland-Milford	145.4	Averill	10-Sep	2022
9	Kyle O’Rourke	17:33.6	Highland-Milford	187.1	Milford	1-Sep	2022

The Rundown

2023’s Ticket (29) spoke to Kyle establishing himself as one of the state’s better freshmen that year, then admired his ability to hang with the state’s best in the D1 3200m.

Kyle’s freshman version of XC stayed above 16:00 while running a bunch of tough courses. The sophomore one competed on the same hilly tracks and turned into sub-16 equivalents each time out. Wins came at Averill, Linden, the LVC, and a Regional at home. Then when it was time to kick it up a degree, Kyle did just that, racing to 15:22 at State and 15:17 at MITCA. Those speedy efforts led to a Milford class record (beating out former State Champion, Brian Kettle) and leaving him 4^th all-time in Milford history.

To make it three straight seasons of hanging with the state’s best, Kyle stuck his nose in there at another State Final 3200m. His 9:10 earned him a 6^th place finish, set another Milford sophomore record, and left him #2 of all-time in the school’s record books.

When you’re etching your name on Milford’s legendary lists, you’ve gotta have a great path ahead of you.