50 Tickets to Brooklyn: Girls #7

THE SUMMER PREVIEW

Accomplishments & Accolades

• 1600m – 4:59
• 3200m – 10:39
• 5k (XC) – 17:32

• 4^th Place – D2 State
• Region 14 Champion
• Greater Lansing Champion
• CAAC Red Champion
• D2 State 3200m Champion
• 7^th Place – D2 State 4×8
• CAAC Red 1600/3200m Champion
• Region 20 3200m Champion

Ratings Throughout the Years

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating	Meet	Date	Year
9	Ava Schafer	17:32.6	St. Johns	161.1	MITCA	11-Nov	2023
9	Ava Schafer	17:53.8	St. Johns	156.4	Division 2 State	4-Nov	2023
9	Ava Schafer	18:28.6	St. Johns	154.1	Region 14	27-Oct	2023
9	Ava Schafer	18:20.2	St. Johns	147.3	CAAC Red 3	19-Oct	2023
9	Ava Schafer	18:32.5	St. Johns	152.5	Greater Lansing	14-Oct	2023
9	Ava Schafer	17:54.4	St. Johns	157.2	Bluejay	30-Sep	2023
9	Ava Schafer	18:33.4	St. Johns	150.5	Bath	9-Sep	2023
9	Ava Schafer	18:50.2	St. Johns	150.6	Corunna Early Bird	29-Aug	2023
9	Ava Schafer	18:16.0	St. Johns	160.7	Under the Lights	18-Aug	2023

The Rundown

10^th at the mile, 6^th at two, 4^th at the finish. Holding back the first two laps, drawing even at the mile, biding her time before ripping a 2:35 final 800m. Patient racing, wise beyond her years, that’s Ava Schafer.

The first sentence describes her XC State Finals, a 17:53 that was one of a few sub-18 efforts last fall. Ava showed a tendency to rise to the occasion when needed, whether that was being dragged to fast times at Bluejay, State, or MITCA. Or embracing championship season with wins at Greater Lansing, in the CAAC Red and at Region 14.

The second sentence describes her 3200m at D2 State, another mastery of a performance. After a few hours of rest following her contribution to the Redwing 4×8 All-State, Schafer smartly held back and let others do the work. The opportunity was there to aggressively pace after a major PB, however winning a title was much more important. Wisdom. Racing with a purpose, when Ava decided to move, she moved with a purpose, opening up an insurmountable gap on second place. Even after an uneven pace and tactics focused on winning, Schafer left Hamilton with a new PR, 10:39.

Being even-keeled, being patient, staying steady. Underrated characteristics in life and in racing. Ava’s in a good place.