2025 Ratings: Night Light

Finally finished with the summer previews, onto REAL, ACTUAL 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: -26
Boys Adjustment: -29

The first night race on Bay City Western’s new course. Early returns on this course say it’s a fair track. Hopefully I can get out there someday.

LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT

Elise Barden, Frankenmuth

The best opener that the ‘Muth senior has ever had. In all three of her previous years, Elise had found her way into the 19’s. But also in those three seasons, she had openers that were all above 20:30. A 19:16 opener here gives great hope that she can have the fastest season of her career.

Xavier Solgot, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North

The LCN Crusader had a breakout track season that’s only continuing on this fall. After breaking into the 16’s and placing in the top-10 at the prestigious Macomb County Championship, Xavier embarked on a track season that saw him rise to be the 6^th fastest Michigan freshman in the 3200m. He’s been in the 16’s twice already to start the year, including a 16:12 at Lamplighter that was over a minute quicker than his 2024 time.

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

GIRLS TEAM RATINGS

Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
White Lake Lakeland	109.9	1
Midland Dow	93.4	1
L’Anse Creuse North	69.3	1
Flushing	63.6	1
Saginaw Heritage	38.0	1
Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Freeland	94.2	2
Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Sanford-Meridian	53.9	3

BOYS TEAM RATINGS

Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Saginaw Heritage*	182.0	1
Midland Dow	170.1	1
L’Anse Creuse North	148.8	1
Flushing	131.2	1
Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Freeland	157.2	2
Lake Fenton	155.2	2
Bay City John Glenn	97.0	2
Bay City Central	85.8	2
Team	Top 5 Avg.	Division
Sanford-Meridian	148.5	3

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
11	Clara Kaczor	19:03.1	Freeland	147.6
12	Elise Barden	19:16.1	Frankenmuth	143.3
10	Ana Lovell	19:24.3	Lake Fenton	140.6
12	Natalie Foltz	19:44.3	Frankenmuth	133.9
11	Maya Pletzer	20:25.1	White Lake Lakeland	120.3
10	Sawyer Lynn	20:31.6	Saginaw Heritage	118.1
11	Genevieve Connolly	20:58.1	White Lake Lakeland	109.3
11	Gabby Marino	21:00.1	White Lake Lakeland	108.6
11	Isabelle Verellen	21:02.9	White Lake Lakeland	107.7
12	Allie Metzler	21:05.7	Midland Dow	106.8
10	Ava Knight	21:07.8	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	106.1
9	Katie Niederquell	21:12.9	Freeland	104.4
11	Jenna Sievert	21:15.5	White Lake Lakeland	103.5
11	Morgan Scally	21:15.8	White Lake Lakeland	103.4
10	Jessica Toole	21:32.1	Midland Dow	98.0
11	Mikenna Nagel	21:38.0	Sanford-Meridian	96.0
12	Tessa Swier	21:48.0	Midland Dow	92.7
10	Gracie Grzymokwski	21:55.6	White Lake Lakeland	90.1
9	Hannah Vogel	21:59.9	Midland Dow	88.7
10	Eleanor Olivo	22:00.4	Flushing	88.5
12	Ava Johnson	22:03.8	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	87.4
9	Olivia Mustonen	22:08.3	White Lake Lakeland	85.9
10	Maylin Parish	22:10.5	Grosse Pointe North	85.2
9	Brooklyn Verellen	22:18.2	White Lake Lakeland	82.6
10	Kate Macfarlane	22:23.1	Midland Dow	81.0
12	Jada Prescott	22:28.8	Freeland	79.1
11	Breslin Scott	22:50.8	White Lake Lakeland	71.7
10	Gabriella Dallas	22:52.2	Freeland	71.3
10	Avery Byers	22:53.5	Flushing	70.8
9	Grace Kloha	22:59.8	Freeland	68.7
11	Ellie Beach	23:06.1	Sanford-Meridian	66.6
11	Addison Sirianni	23:11.9	Bay City Central	64.7
10	Sophie Allen	23:13.8	Flushing	64.1
11	Olivia Mielke	23:14.9	Freeland	63.7
10	Emily Lasceski	23:31.0	Freeland	58.3
10	Marilise (Mari) Yezak	23:35.4	Midland Dow	56.9
10	Lily Vivio	23:38.1	White Lake Lakeland	56.0
10	Nolah Balbach	23:40.0	Frankenmuth	55.3
11	Emma DiPaola	23:40.7	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	55.1
12	Peyton Knight	23:42.5	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	54.5
11	Eve Sheldon	23:43.0	Flushing	54.3
12	Madeleine Varhola	23:44.3	Midland Dow	53.9
11	Bayleigh Finney	23:47.0	Sanford-Meridian	53.0
10	Genevieve Koepke	23:49.9	Saginaw Heritage	52.0
11	Isabel Reinke	23:59.6	Freeland	48.8
10	Charle McDonald	24:00.6	White Lake Lakeland	48.5
11	Madelyn Frisbee	24:01.2	Midland Dow	48.3
9	Sarah Diffin	24:07.6	Freeland	46.1
12	Jillian Steckroth	24:09.7	Lake Fenton	45.4
11	Morgan Sprague	24:11.0	White Lake Lakeland	45.0
10	Madison Francke	24:11.3	Bay City Central	44.9
9	Sophi Beach	24:11.8	Sanford-Meridian	44.7
11	Alexis Toutant	24:15.8	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	43.4
12	Adela Jurado	24:19.4	White Lake Lakeland	42.2
10	Ellie Thering	24:20.2	Freeland	41.9
9	Stella Nunez	24:25.8	Flushing	40.1
10	Addison Smith	24:33.5	Saginaw Heritage	37.5
10	Leyah Reed	24:48.8	Midland Dow	32.4
11	Jasmine Rodner	24:50.5	White Lake Lakeland	31.9
11	Alaina Weyrowske	24:54.7	Midland Dow	30.4
12	Avery Boutell	24:55.2	Grosse Pointe North	30.3
12	Madeline Downs	24:57.3	White Lake Lakeland	29.6
12	Kaitlynn Ortiz	25:11.5	Flushing	24.8
11	Alayna Zahn	25:27.8	Midland Dow	19.4
9	Bella Mehta	25:29.5	Midland Dow	18.8
9	Grace Jambeck	25:32.5	White Lake Lakeland	17.8
12	Keira Kalbfleisch	25:37.0	Saginaw Heritage	16.3
10	Margo Burba	25:39.5	Flushing	15.5
11	London Batkins	25:43.2	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	14.3
9	Grace Golembiewski	25:46.4	White Lake Lakeland	13.2
9	Melody Guerra-Edwinson	25:51.7	White Lake Lakeland	11.4
9	Madeline Orr	25:57.6	Flushing	9.5
9	Elizabeth Lietzow	25:59.1	Sanford-Meridian	9.0
10	Erin Doolittle	26:01.4	Grosse Pointe North	8.2
9	Abigail Kahn	26:20.5	Lake Fenton	1.8

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

Grade	Name	Time	Team	Rating
11	Nick Parker	16:46.6	Frankenmuth	194.1
10	Xavier Solgot	16:49.6	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	193.1
12	John Blaskowski	16:59.0	Saginaw Heritage	190.0
12	David Fiore	17:00.5	Saginaw Heritage	189.5
12	Brodie Licata	17:11.2	Lake Fenton	185.9
10	Jackson Butts	17:22.3	Lake Fenton	182.2
12	Griffin Good	17:27.6	Flushing	180.5
10	CJ Shilling	17:27.8	Flushing	180.4
11	Matthew Wortley	17:29.9	Saginaw Heritage	179.7
9	Ryan Brown	17:31.9	Freeland	179.0
10	Alec Brown	17:32.9	Saginaw Heritage	178.7
9	Jake Roberts	17:33.3	Midland Dow	178.6
10	Travis Schiebner	17:52.3	Saginaw Heritage	172.2
10	Pascal Rasmussen	17:55.5	Saginaw Heritage	171.2
10	Abe Blaskowski	17:56.7	Saginaw Heritage	170.8
11	Joshua Reed	17:57.0	Midland Dow	170.7
10	Joshua England	18:02.7	Midland Dow	168.8
11	Evan Amthor	18:04.7	Saginaw Heritage	168.1
9	Whitman Newland	18:08.8	Midland Dow	166.7
12	Elijah Good	18:11.0	Midland Dow	166.0
11	Brett Lewis	18:14.7	Saginaw Heritage	164.8
12	Henry Schanbeck	18:21.8	Bay City John Glenn	162.4
11	Jackson Horn	18:25.1	Freeland	161.3
10	Gabe Jaime	18:27.1	Saginaw Heritage	160.6
10	Cameron Osterbeck	18:31.9	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	159.0
12	Carston Broderick	18:33.8	Midland Dow	158.4
10	Matteo Ortega	18:37.2	Saginaw Heritage	157.3
12	James Schroder	18:39.3	Sanford-Meridian	156.6
12	Conner Wilkinson	18:40.8	Bay City John Glenn	156.1
10	Remyngton Clish	18:42.1	Sanford-Meridian	155.6
9	Kai Truitt	18:42.6	Midland Dow	155.5
11	Austin Kloha	18:44.5	Freeland	154.8
11	Dillon Spilker	18:45.0	Sanford-Meridian	154.7
10	Collin Andrews	18:46.8	Lake Fenton	154.1
10	Gabriel Nix	18:47.0	Midland Dow	154.0
11	Braeden Conger	18:47.5	Frankenmuth	153.8
10	Laken Reynolds	18:52.2	Midland Dow	152.3
11	Joshua Ross	18:57.5	Midland Dow	150.5
11	Peter Mann	18:58.0	Midland Dow	150.3
10	Noah Dallas	19:03.6	Freeland	148.5
10	Colton Lynn	19:09.9	Saginaw Heritage	146.4
12	Logan Brawt	19:10.1	Sanford-Meridian	146.3
11	James Morrison	19:15.1	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	144.6
11	Devlin Johnson	19:21.5	Freeland	142.5
12	Chase Somers	19:25.5	Freeland	141.2
11	Benjamin Laurain	19:25.7	Saginaw Heritage	141.1
11	Noah Glaza	19:27.4	Freeland	140.5
10	Johannes Visser	19:27.9	Midland Dow	140.4
9	Cristian Ortega	19:34.5	Saginaw Heritage	138.2
11	Oliver Ridley	19:37.5	Saginaw Heritage	137.2
11	Grant Mielke	19:43.6	Freeland	135.1
10	Daniel Broderick	19:45.5	Midland Dow	134.5
9	Ryan Kaczor	19:45.7	Freeland	134.4
10	Reid Barden	19:52.1	Frankenmuth	132.3
12	Gavin Hiler	19:55.2	Lake Fenton	131.3
12	Connar McDonald	20:01.7	Sanford-Meridian	129.1
11	Carter English	20:05.6	Midland Dow	127.8
11	Jackson Jaworski	20:09.9	Freeland	126.4
11	David Carroll	20:12.4	Bay City Central	125.5
10	Daniel Ross	20:13.6	Midland Dow	125.1
10	Aristotle Chapman	20:14.1	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	125.0
11	Preston Komara	20:14.3	Midland Dow	124.9
11	Cooper Steckroth	20:20.9	Lake Fenton	122.7
11	Tyler Penberthy	20:21.9	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	122.4
10	Jack Kowalski	20:42.6	Saginaw Heritage	115.5
12	Jorge De Reina Sastre	20:43.5	Freeland	115.2
11	Ethan Nagel	20:44.0	Sanford-Meridian	115.0
12	Brendan Wolf	20:49.2	Saginaw Heritage	113.3
10	Trent Provoast	20:53.3	Midland Dow	111.9
10	Andrew Hillborg	20:53.9	Freeland	111.7
12	Mack Burba	20:56.3	Flushing	110.9
9	Henry Poterek	20:56.5	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	110.8
12	Riley Minnis	21:04.5	Freeland	108.2
10	Luke Sorgeloos	21:06.3	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	107.6
9	Louis Flieger	21:08.1	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	107.0
9	Drew Stanton	21:09.9	Saginaw Heritage	106.4
11	Noah Chinavare	21:10.6	Sanford-Meridian	106.1
10	Carl Villegas	21:13.8	Bay City Central	105.1
10	Owen Cross	21:18.0	Flushing	103.7
12	Elijah Larkowski	21:21.6	Midland Dow	102.5
9	Tyler Frisbee	21:27.1	Midland Dow	100.6
12	Carson Johnson	21:43.7	Sanford-Meridian	95.1
11	Martigan Wernecke	21:51.9	Bay City Central	92.4
10	Haidyn Smith	21:52.7	Saginaw Heritage	92.1
9	Matthew Hafeli	21:54.0	Midland Dow	91.7
12	Keegan Shephard	22:15.4	Sanford-Meridian	84.5
9	Connor Bush	22:27.2	Flushing	80.6
10	Caleb Aspin	22:28.4	Flushing	80.2
9	Jackson Lisek	22:33.5	Flushing	78.5
11	Justice Koprin	22:35.9	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	77.7
12	Evan Elliott	22:44.0	Bay City John Glenn	75.0
9	Tyler Morris	22:46.0	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	74.3
9	Gavin Comerford	22:46.5	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	74.2
9	Gavin Terrill	22:49.6	Midland Dow	73.1
10	Charles Kapa	23:02.1	Flushing	69.0
11	Cody Rule	23:08.1	Bay City Central	67.0
9	Calvin Daut	23:11.2	Midland Dow	65.9
9	Elijah Goodell	23:11.9	Midland Dow	65.7
9	Bentley Lagalo	23:15.4	Midland Dow	64.5
12	Matthew Medd	23:15.8	Saginaw Heritage	64.4
11	Brady Butzler	23:19.0	Lake Fenton	63.3
9	Elias Erickson	23:21.7	Midland Dow	62.4
9	Lucas Moore	23:34.9	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	58.0
9	Noah Zalba	23:45.1	Sanford-Meridian	54.6
10	Matthew Rotarius	24:05.7	Bay City John Glenn	47.8
9	Jonathan Ewers	24:13.2	Saginaw Heritage	45.3
12	Jonathan Lebsack	24:18.2	Bay City John Glenn	43.6
10	Jesse Bayn	24:20.3	Bay City John Glenn	42.9
10	Shane Snyder	24:32.0	Bay City Central	39.0
10	Jack Farkas	24:42.4	Freeland	35.5
12	Malachi Vannette	25:01.7	Midland Dow	29.1
9	Leo Haney	25:08.3	Sanford-Meridian	26.9
12	Julian Trevino	25:44.7	Saginaw Heritage	14.8
10	Joseph Klein	25:51.0	Midland Dow	12.7
10	Jasper Krengel	26:03.3	Midland Dow	8.6
10	Liam Wenn	26:05.0	Flushing	8.0
9	Marcus Crawley	26:10.9	Midland Dow	6.0
12	Noah Bierod	26:28.7	Macomb L’Anse Creuse North	0.1