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2025 Ratings: Birch Run Early

Girls cresting the Taymouth Twp. Park hill

Finally finished with the summer previews, onto REALACTUAL performances by the great kids making up the sport in our state!

You’re gonna have to bear with me as I build out the 2025 apparatus and how I want the posts to appear this year. There are some areas I think I’ve shored up, getting the math done even quicker, so more time can be spent focused on the athletes. No I have not learned how to program (I never will – sounds boring), everything is still pumped out in trusty ‘ol Excel. The graphics below are from previous years, the plan is to update those over Labor Day weekend.

As always, I’ll do my best to give a few shoutouts on these posts. Early in the season, these will be concentrated on names I don’t immediately recognize or athletes that are running much faster than I had anticipated. If someone’s given love, they probably deserve it, because there’s a ton of dedication that goes into finding those improvements. If you’re a coach/parent/teammate that feels someone deserves a mention, nicely e-mail/message me, and I’ll do my best to write some words about that person.

Girls Adjustment: -14
Boys Adjustment: -19

FAST AND EARLY

Julia Bambach, Holly

Girls are improving rapidly over in northern Oakland County. Maddie Lindley is one example of Broncho progress, Julia Bambach is another. Save for one race at Cadillac, Julia was always over 22 min. during her freshman year. She’s jumped multiple levels already, her 20:25 ending up as more than an 80 sec. personal best, with much room to grow over the course of the season.

Jayden Fox, Saginaw Valley Lutheran

Two meets in and it’s appearing that Jayden is set to finish what he started during track. Picking himself up off the mat after he was unable to compete at MIS last fall, Fox earned a 3200m qualifier with his 10:03, 2nd place finish from the Vassar Regional. The good vibes have continued into this late summer, his 16:19 here being a lifetime best. Fox has set a solid foundation for what can be his best season yet.

*** = State Title Contender
** = Top Ten Contender
* = State Qualifying Contender

GIRLS TEAM RATINGS

TeamTop 5 Avg.Division
Macomb Dakota100.01
Lapeer95.01
Holly84.91
Sault Ste. Marie74.41
TeamTop 5 Avg.Division
Alma50.82
Fenton41.92
Birch Run24.42
TeamTop 5 Avg.Division
Midland Bullock Creek71.13
Saginaw Valley Lutheran67.03
Ithaca63.73
Pigeon-Laker59.33
Chesaning41.93
Hemlock24.33
Cass City1.93
TeamTop 5 Avg.Division
Kingston*61.24
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary23.74

BOYS TEAM RATINGS

TeamTop 5 Avg.Division
Macomb Dakota*180.01
Sault Ste. Marie174.51
Holly163.81
Walled Lake Western140.31
Lapeer131.61
TeamTop 5 Avg.Division
Alma**191.62
Fenton*179.72
North Branch128.72
Birch Run116.12
Flint Kearsley105.72
Clio90.62
TeamTop 5 Avg.Division
Ithaca**169.83
Pigeon-Laker*162.33
Midland Bullock Creek154.13
Chesaning133.13
Cass City92.93
Saginaw Valley Lutheran35.03
Hemlock1.43
TeamTop 5 Avg.Division
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary134.44
Genesee Christian Academy128.04
Unionville-Sebewaing119.34
Kingston86.04
Byron84.64
Mayville79.74

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

GradeNameTimeTeamRating
11Maddie Lindley18:45.7Holly149.4
12Lidia Clancy19:40.4Macomb Dakota131.2
12Lilah Weber19:48.3Lapeer128.6
11Lydia Powers19:55.2Lapeer126.3
11Kylie Mausolf20:16.2Birch Run119.3
10Julia Bambach20:25.0Holly116.3
11Makinna Foglesong20:26.2Ithaca115.9
9Norah Kiley20:33.8Kingston113.4
12Nadia Cordes20:35.8Lapeer112.7
9Grace Mathers20:43.3Macomb Dakota110.2
11Emily Beethe20:44.4Saginaw Valley Lutheran109.9
12Lilah Kiley20:48.0Kingston108.7
10Gabriella Mercier20:54.0Macomb Dakota106.7
12Mattie Gagne20:55.0Midland Bullock Creek106.4
10Khloe Lehnst21:15.9Ithaca99.4
10Ruby Gross21:16.2Chesaning99.3
12Samantha Brown21:16.5Clio99.2
10Lindsey Cmeyla21:17.2Saginaw Valley Lutheran98.9
10Lucy Bott21:21.2Fenton97.6
10Sarah Nothstine21:27.3Midland Bullock Creek95.6
10Isabelle McCord21:33.2Sault Ste. Marie93.6
11Pyper Braun21:48.3EPBP Laker88.6
10Payton King21:50.1Kingston88.0
11Regan Sporte21:58.6Sault Ste. Marie85.1
12Stephanie Jones22:04.4Sault Ste. Marie83.2
10Leah Theile22:05.4Chesaning82.9
12Olive Wakefield22:06.2Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary82.6
10Alyvia Janke22:10.0Unionville-Sebewaing81.3
12Makenna Gwisdalla22:12.0Bad Axe80.7
11Kaitlyn Rizzo22:12.2Macomb Dakota80.6
11Olivia Hooper22:31.6EPBP Laker74.1
11Lydia Faubert22:35.2Hemlock72.9
9Evelyn Clancy22:40.0Macomb Dakota71.3
10Emily Meek22:49.7Unionville-Sebewaing68.1
10Amelia Dawe22:59.7Ithaca64.8
9Rachel Becker23:06.8Unionville-Sebewaing62.4
12Anna Johnson23:11.8Alma60.7
9Cora Goulet23:20.2Sault Ste. Marie57.9
9Evie McCreedy23:22.7Lapeer57.1
11Adeline Ludwig23:23.0Midland Bullock Creek57.0
9Evelyn Wiegand23:23.4Macomb Dakota56.9
11Jenna Billings23:24.4Macomb Dakota56.5
12Aubrey Zarnke23:24.6EPBP Laker56.5
12Tori Ferguson23:24.8Genesee Christian Academy56.4
11Alexa Palmer23:25.0Alma56.3
10Samantha Skym23:25.3Midland Bullock Creek56.2
11Olivia McDowell23:25.5Holly56.2
9Sevarah Markham23:27.0Alma55.7
10Bethany Cmeyla23:32.6Saginaw Valley Lutheran53.8
10Alonna Schack23:32.9Chesaning53.7
10Olivia Brown23:34.4Bad Axe53.2
12Delaney Richardson23:36.8Byron52.4
10Isabeau Woodard23:37.1Sault Ste. Marie52.3
12Sarah Munger23:38.1Alma52.0
11Taylor Byrne23:39.1Holly51.6
10Sofia Sporman23:39.4Flint Kearsley51.5
12Gabriela Knight23:41.6Holly50.8
12Halle Hoyt23:42.0St. Louis50.7
9Avery Fidler23:42.8Lapeer50.4
11Devon Byrne23:46.1Holly49.3
12Maryn Hyatt23:48.1Saginaw Valley Lutheran48.6
11Molly Gaudard23:51.3Flint Kearsley47.6
10Piper Schultz23:53.3Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary46.9
9Kelsey Daley23:55.8Sault Ste. Marie46.1
10Chloe Koskinen23:56.5Birch Run45.8
11Alyssa Fudge23:58.7Macomb Dakota45.1
9Lexi Kinder24:01.2St. Louis44.3
12Payton Scott24:01.6EPBP Laker44.1
9Grace Schulte24:04.2Macomb Dakota43.3
9Abigail Endres24:08.1Macomb Dakota42.0
10Asia Jones24:10.5Sault Ste. Marie41.2
9Zophia Zaleski24:12.1Hemlock40.6
9Sara Guest24:12.8Midland Bullock Creek40.4
9Chloe Muirhead24:14.0Macomb Dakota40.0
11Josie Cabala24:16.5Midland Bullock Creek39.2
11Lilly Reynolds24:21.3Fenton37.6
10Agrata Thapa24:22.5Walled Lake Western37.2
12Ryann Tackabury24:25.0Lapeer36.3
10Charlee MacLaren24:27.5Ithaca35.5
10Eleanor Woodard24:30.8Walled Lake Western34.4
10Sophia Carson24:32.4University Liggett33.9
9Sadie Mueller24:33.4St. Charles33.5
12Ryann Smitka24:33.8Macomb Dakota33.4
10Lydia Popp24:35.1EPBP Laker33.0
12Carla Cortes24:36.4Cass City32.5
10Averie Schons24:37.8Lapeer32.1
10Julia Shupe24:40.3EPBP Laker31.2
11Lexi Tamlyn24:40.7Cass City31.1
9Olivia Campbell24:44.6Macomb Dakota29.8
9Isabella West24:45.1Mayville29.6
10Eleanor Szafarczyk24:46.1University Liggett29.3
9Lydia Gilbert24:46.8Alma29.1
9Aubrey Goike24:47.6Macomb Dakota28.8
9Madison Lemert24:49.6St. Louis28.1
9Rebekah Huber24:51.0Midland Bullock Creek27.7
11Caelyn Bono24:51.4Fenton27.6
12Aletheia Thomas24:51.8Holly27.4
9Leah Murchie24:52.7Holly27.1
11Karlee Herr24:53.4Lapeer26.9
9Leia Thomas24:54.3Alma26.6
11Sydney Oke24:56.0Lapeer26.0
9Leah Edgar25:01.9Fenton24.0
11Rachael Heikkinen25:03.0Saginaw Valley Lutheran23.7
9Cassie Morella25:05.5Fenton22.8
11Addyson Labadie25:18.2Sault Ste. Marie18.6
9Kylee Smith25:22.7Birch Run17.1
11Natalie Hunault25:24.0Fenton16.7
10Emma Jaremba25:25.6Hemlock16.1
9Natalie Kettler25:25.7Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary16.1
10Ariana Stewart25:26.8Genesee Christian Academy15.7
10Gabby Putman25:27.1EPBP Laker15.6
11Samantha Osborne25:27.3North Branch15.6
10Lillian Bricker25:36.0Macomb Dakota12.7
11Greta Schroeder25:39.7Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary11.4
10Brooke Springer25:40.0Chesaning11.3
9Julia Eichbauer25:48.1Fenton8.6
9Talia Harrington25:50.6Kingston7.8
9Grace Hancock25:53.4Alma6.9
9Olivia Herr25:54.8Clio6.4
10Brystal Klinkman25:55.6Cass City6.1
10Cleo Ridley26:01.4Lapeer4.2
12Emma Dawe26:05.2Ithaca2.9
9Kara DeMink26:05.5Lapeer2.8
9Aubree Herr26:05.9Lapeer2.7
12Eleanor Carey26:06.5Sault Ste. Marie2.5
9Mikayla Brown26:07.3Genesee Christian Academy2.2
11Jazmine Mason26:07.7Holly2.1
9Leah Rourke26:09.2Hemlock1.6

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

GradeNameTimeTeamRating
12Gabe Litzner15:42.6Sault Ste. Marie212.1
11Ezekiel Baltierra15:52.2Alma209.0
12Thomas Larson16:00.0Alma206.3
10Gavin Katic16:08.8Fenton203.4
11Broden Ladd16:12.7Holly202.1
12Jayden Fox16:19.2Saginaw Valley Lutheran199.9
10Gerard Gilmour16:32.6Fenton195.5
12Andrew Scheloske16:41.1Macomb Dakota192.6
11Marshall Brandt16:43.1Midland Bullock Creek192.0
12Jacob Mankey16:43.3Ithaca191.9
12Joseph Kaleto16:48.0Macomb Dakota190.3
11Kevin Terpstra17:10.7Alma182.8
11Evan Olson17:13.4EPBP Laker181.9
10Samuel Johnson17:17.7Alma180.5
12Luca Lebron17:20.4Alma179.5
11Evan MacLaren17:22.7Ithaca178.8
9Nico Lebron17:25.2Alma177.9
10Christopher Shemes17:26.1Ithaca177.6
12Shea Armstrong17:31.0Sault Ste. Marie176.0
12Adam Brandt17:35.3Sault Ste. Marie174.6
12Jacob Giovannini17:37.5Macomb Dakota173.8
11Jackson Defina17:37.7Fenton173.8
10Logan LaMilza17:37.9Macomb Dakota173.7
12Ian Ferguson17:43.3Genesee Christian Academy171.9
11Amos Norder17:44.3Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary171.6
10Wesley Lafever17:51.1Macomb Dakota169.3
12Noah Chouinard17:55.4Alma167.9
12Thad Whitmore17:57.4Ithaca167.2
10Kale Miklovic17:58.6EPBP Laker166.8
11Hunter Hall17:58.9Lapeer166.7
11Ben Panter18:02.6Fenton165.5
10Nolan Stadel18:07.2Genesee Christian Academy163.9
11Henry Haag18:07.6EPBP Laker163.8
11Chase Mallory18:10.1Macomb Dakota163.0
9Carson Clements18:11.6Sault Ste. Marie162.5
12Cole Fernandez18:13.3Flint Kearsley161.9
11Jaxon Hemgesberg18:15.6Chesaning161.1
11Said Baca-Mora18:18.1Walled Lake Western160.3
11Jackson Martin18:18.4Fenton160.2
12Zac Brown18:21.0Holly159.3
11Grant Hunault18:25.3Fenton157.9
10Joshua Byrtus18:26.5Holly157.5
12Jace Thomas18:26.7Birch Run157.4
9Connor Miller18:27.7Alma157.1
10Abram Larsen18:28.0Fenton157.0
11Jackson Briley18:33.2Clio155.3
12Oliver Davis18:34.7Macomb Dakota154.8
11Brennan Robinson18:39.3Kingston153.2
12Eric Lane18:40.6Clio152.8
12Duane Davis18:41.4Midland Bullock Creek152.5
10Chase Pihalja18:42.1Macomb Dakota152.3
12Caleb Stern18:42.6Lapeer152.1
11Jobriel Octubre18:44.7Chesaning151.4
9Travis Murphy18:46.0Holly151.0
11Cooper Hoyt18:47.3North Branch150.6
11Noah Young18:48.6EPBP Laker150.1
10Brendan Plante18:50.8Midland Bullock Creek149.4
12Landon Heikka18:51.8Holly149.1
12Nicholas Milosavlevski18:52.4Macomb Dakota148.9
9Walter Haag18:52.7EPBP Laker148.8
12Dallin Ormond18:54.6Walled Lake Western148.1
9Charlie Fields18:56.8North Branch147.4
10Luke Page18:57.0Fenton147.3
11Chase Aldridge18:57.2Sault Ste. Marie147.3
9Tristan Reinstra18:58.9Alma146.7
10Micah Stern19:02.8Lapeer145.4
12Hayden Shattuck19:03.7St. Louis145.1
10Maksim Kohl19:08.2Unionville-Sebewaing143.6
10Brody Kochanski19:08.7Macomb Dakota143.4
9Ty Ormond19:13.8Walled Lake Western141.7
10Luke Mulder19:17.8Midland Bullock Creek140.4
10Gavin Nakai19:19.6Fenton139.8
12Cole Maier19:20.0Chesaning139.7
10Emmett Worden19:21.1Birch Run139.3
12Lincoln Haag19:28.9Unionville-Sebewaing136.7
10Grayson Wells19:31.1Midland Bullock Creek136.0
9Simon Norder19:31.7Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary135.8
10Lee Raines19:33.3Walled Lake Western135.2
9Aaron Byrne19:35.3Holly134.6
10Zachary Panter19:36.2Fenton134.3
9Simeon Ludwig19:38.2Midland Bullock Creek133.6
12Austin Barancik19:38.9Ithaca133.4
11Jack Summers19:42.3Holly132.2
9Ryker Cross19:45.2Fenton131.3
9Gabe Schultz19:46.0Genesee Christian Academy131.0
12Matthew Sells19:49.1Lapeer130.0
12Nathan Lerchenfeld19:51.5Macomb Dakota129.2
12Ryan O’Connor19:53.7Sault Ste. Marie128.4
11Logan Whitmer19:57.3Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary127.2
10MJ Flowers19:59.1Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary126.6
9Ryan Stewart19:59.7Genesee Christian Academy126.4
11Thijs Van Rijn20:05.0Kingston124.7
10Jayden Gelios20:05.4Macomb Dakota124.5
9Chuck Lipset20:05.7Fenton124.4
11Hudson Budreau20:06.1North Branch124.3
10Brendan Aeder20:10.8Unionville-Sebewaing122.7
12Jayce Hyde20:18.9Chesaning120.0
10Gabe Verellen20:20.7North Branch119.4
9Axel Baca-Mora20:30.2Walled Lake Western116.3
10Marshall Posluszny20:30.5Cass City116.2
9Colten Kady20:36.4Cass City114.2
9Drew Burtt20:37.9Sault Ste. Marie113.7
10Zachary Crumby20:38.2Unionville-Sebewaing113.6
9Adrian Byrne20:39.4Holly113.2
9Jonah Redman20:41.4Macomb Dakota112.5
9Jonah Mantey20:42.2EPBP Laker112.3
11Paul Kim20:46.4Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary110.9
11Brock Grabmeyer20:46.7Alma110.8
12Jacob Adamowicz20:52.6Macomb Dakota108.8
11Brayden Steele20:54.2Byron108.3
12Jack Kuberski20:55.3Flint Kearsley107.9
11Jonah Spencer20:57.3Byron107.3
11Noah Mantey21:07.9EPBP Laker103.7
12Preston Boggs21:08.8Flint Kearsley103.4
11Kent West21:09.6Macomb Dakota103.1
11Ben Card21:13.6North Branch101.8
10Bentley Cromer21:14.0Alma101.7
9Dominic Zoli21:16.7Macomb Dakota100.8
9Steven Budreau21:20.7Mayville99.4
10Michael Timpa21:20.9Macomb Dakota99.4
9Jackson Newton21:23.7Birch Run98.4
10Corbin Maddox21:29.5Alma96.5
9Marcus Letterman21:30.1Birch Run96.3
10Hunter Schindel21:36.5Midland Bullock Creek94.2
9Logan Moore21:36.9Midland Bullock Creek94.0
10Cruz Newville21:38.1Alma93.6
10Karter Brack21:39.8Chesaning93.1
11Levi Fager21:40.2Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary92.9
11Mat Amman21:40.9Chesaning92.7
11Hayden Preston21:41.3Sault Ste. Marie92.6
11Caleb Paez21:42.5St. Louis92.2
11Bradley Richards21:51.5Cass City89.2
9Alex Golden21:52.1Birch Run89.0
9Luke Johnson21:53.9Macomb Dakota88.4
12Marshal Smith21:56.5Mayville87.5
11Luke Skutt21:58.6Clio86.8
12Joseph Knea21:59.9Saginaw Valley Lutheran86.4
12Tyler Pruitt22:03.0Mayville85.3
11Holden Davidson22:04.5Fenton84.8
9Dexter Roach22:05.4Fenton84.5
10Rylan Huyck22:13.1Ithaca82.0
10Brendon Pake22:15.8Flint Kearsley81.1
10Lukas Brown22:19.4Unionville-Sebewaing79.9
10Halston Hooley22:25.3Byron77.9
11Timothy Venia22:28.6Mayville76.8
10Landin Struck-Curtis22:36.3Flint Kearsley74.2
9Westin Caister22:39.5Cass City73.2
11Easton Hills22:42.0Sault Ste. Marie72.3
12Andon Prestonise22:43.4Byron71.9
9Charles Federspiel22:43.7Birch Run71.8
9Jacob Ross22:44.0Cass City71.7
9Philip Bondie22:45.8Holly71.1
11Michael Monaco22:49.5Macomb Dakota69.8
9Abel Smith22:55.7Holly67.8
10Kyle Nagel22:56.1Macomb Dakota67.6
9Jackson Bliss22:56.7Cass City67.4
12Logan Priebe23:01.1Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary66.0
11William Welch23:01.3Kingston65.9
10D’mario Guerra23:02.7Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary65.4
9William Hollenbeck23:04.1Fenton65.0
11Collin Hughes23:08.3Lapeer63.6
9Jericho Antoine23:14.3Ithaca61.6
9Cameron Woody23:15.4Chesaning61.2
10Brandon Perantoni23:21.4Fenton59.2
12Jack Chrisinske23:25.2Byron57.9
12Dominic Rivette23:27.1Hemlock57.3
12Henry Myers23:28.7North Branch56.8
9Bryson LaFond23:35.0Kingston54.7
10James Roy23:50.0Mayville49.7
11Remington Jones23:55.5St. Charles47.8
11Christopher Herr23:56.0Lapeer47.7
11Kenny Morell23:56.9Lapeer47.4
9Matthew Fuller23:57.1Chesaning47.3
11Evan Grizzle23:57.8Clio47.1
10Dean Hitsman23:58.2Midland Bullock Creek46.9
12Trenton Jackson23:59.1Genesee Christian Academy46.6
10Hunter Rohlman24:03.2Lapeer45.3
12Sawyer Ross24:10.5Cass City42.8
10Jonathan Armbrust24:13.2Genesee Christian Academy41.9
9Layten Ostrander24:17.3Chesaning40.6
9Caleb Parlberg24:20.0Birch Run39.7
11Gentry Watson24:22.7Fenton38.8
12Jacob Erskin24:22.9St. Louis38.7
10Caleb Reeves24:31.6Birch Run35.8
11Gregory Dismukes24:38.7Chesaning33.4
10Cooper Ward24:43.3Hemlock31.9
9Tim Nies24:43.3North Branch31.9
11Evan Freeland24:44.8Kingston31.4
10Landon Wright24:51.7University Liggett29.1
9Peyton Schaaf24:57.8North Branch27.1
9Cameron Powell25:00.3University Liggett26.2
10Jordan Pittenger25:03.2Genesee Christian Academy25.3
10Nathan Giovannini25:10.7Macomb Dakota22.8
9Anthony Karasienski25:11.0Macomb Dakota22.7
9Chase Barrigar25:23.9Hemlock18.4
9Anderson Frieden25:24.1Fenton18.3
9Connor Dmoch25:27.7Fenton17.1
9Joshua Goode25:27.9Fenton17.0
12Braden Wicke25:29.9St. Charles16.4
9Keegan Sigler25:31.7Fenton15.8
10Kason Lehr25:45.3Clio11.2
12Aaryn Smith25:51.7Holly9.1
9Elliott Smith25:55.1Macomb Dakota8.0
9Blake Robinson25:57.2Kingston7.3
11Hayden Langmaid25:59.7Unionville-Sebewaing6.4
11Remington Snyder26:04.0St. Louis5.0