A summer tradition returns.
Hard to fathom that I’ve been penning these Summer Previews for now, 7 years. Just as in the past, I’ll have the 50 best returners, then as time rolls on, the Regional Previews and Top Ten Teams.
Differing from the past is the format. Individual posts for each region and ticket are a TON OF WORK. Instead, I’ll be knocking off the 50 Tickets with sets of 10 and Regional Previews by their division and gender. Hopefully with these methods, I’ll be finishing on time and actually spending effort detailing what could be some great regional battles.
Anyhow, starting with the girls (they run first this year), your 50 Tickets to Brooklyn. These celebrate our top-50 returners – based on the 2024 XC season, 2025 track season, projected improvement, and a tiny bit of my own opinions.
Enjoy!
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
(Also, first time ever that I’ve included Upper Peninsula folks in these! I know they’re not running at MIS, but they’re still representatives of Michigan)
Name: Kaylie Livingston
School: Whitmore Lake
Grade: 11th
Personal Records
5k (XC) – 17:39
800m – 2:19
1600m – 4:56
3200m – 10:24
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating | Meet | Date | Year |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 17:44.5 | Whitmore Lake | 159.2 | MITCA | 9-Nov | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:06.5 | Whitmore Lake | 149.8 | Division 4 State | 2-Nov | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 17:51.9 | Whitmore Lake | 153.7 | Region 33 | 25-Oct | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 17:51.2 | Whitmore Lake | 151.9 | Larry Steeb | 19-Oct | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:32.2 | Whitmore Lake | 150.3 | River Rat Open | 11-Oct | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:11.8 | Whitmore Lake | 154.7 | Portage | 5-Oct | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 17:55.2 | Whitmore Lake | 161.3 | Bluejay | 28-Sep | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:22.7 | Whitmore Lake | 148.4 | Brooks Mid-Season Spectacular | 21-Sep | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:33.9 | Whitmore Lake | 158.7 | Holly | 14-Sep | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:19.8 | Whitmore Lake | 158.4 | John Bruder Classic | 4-Sep | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:47.0 | Whitmore Lake | 157.7 | Early Bird Open | 29-Aug | 2024 |
| 10 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:17.9 | Whitmore Lake | 160.7 | Lamplighter | 23-Aug | 2024 |
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating | Meet | Date | Year |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 17:39.2 | Whitmore Lake | 158.9 | MITCA | 11-Nov | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 17:44.7 | Whitmore Lake | 157.1 | Division 4 State | 4-Nov | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:01.9 | Whitmore Lake | 155.4 | Region 33 | 27-Oct | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:09.4 | Whitmore Lake | 159.2 | Larry Steeb | 21-Oct | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 17:59.0 | Whitmore Lake | 159.7 | MIAC Championship | 17-Oct | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:19.1 | Whitmore Lake | 157.0 | Gabriel Richard | 14-Oct | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 17:48.8 | Whitmore Lake | 161.7 | Portage | 7-Oct | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:06.8 | Whitmore Lake | 145.7 | Stockbridge | 30-Sep | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:09.6 | Whitmore Lake | 152.8 | Jackson | 23-Sep | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:31.0 | Whitmore Lake | 155.3 | Holly | 16-Sep | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:13.7 | Whitmore Lake | 157.8 | John Bruder Classic | 7-Sep | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:14.1 | Whitmore Lake | 151.6 | Birch Run Early | 31-Aug | 2023 |
| 9 | Kaylie Livingston | 18:18.0 | Whitmore Lake | 164.7 | Lamplighter | 18-Aug | 2023 |
Accolades
XC
2024 Division 4 State Champion
2nd Place – 2023 Division 4 State
2x Region 33 Champion
2x MIAC Champion
Track
2024 & 2025 Division 4 State 3200m Champion
2024 Division 4 State 4×8 Champion
2nd Place – 2025 Division 4 State 1600m
6x All-State
Her Specialty
Any distance from 3200m and above.
Competing in a championship race – indoor, outdoor, on the grass, on the track, Kaylie has a nearly perfect track record in race from 3200m and above. The lone blemish was still a successful one, a runner-up finish in the 2023 D4 XC Finals, still one that helped earn her Trojans a trophy. Since that point, it’s been win after win. Back-to-back on the track, this latest one by 10+ seconds over her D4 brethren. Against the entire state during indoor of ’24, perhaps one of her more herculean efforts. And most relevant here, her first cross state title, a dominant win last November that once again helped her Whitmore Lake team attain a state title.
Excelling for herself and her teammates.
Michigan XC Speed Ratings 