2025 Rankings: County Week Girls

Post Portage and we’ve got a clear picture of the state outlook. Many teams and athletes battled the weekend’s heat, either putting in a memorable performance in adverse conditions, or maybe falling victim to the unusual conditions. A few teams proved that they’ll be a force in the coming weeks. Others will stew and look for revenge in a months’ time.

In the meantime, you get my own spin on rankings. It’s important to note that while there were some gigantic races over the weekend, this is a cumulative ranking. Great performances may move the needle in an upward direction, abnormally poor ones in a sea of great races won’t have too much of a downward effect.

As with the previous rankings, all meets with over 50 participants of each gender are included (even if the ratings themselves aren’t posted to the site, they’re in my database). The rankings take the individual ratings from each race and weigh them using factors of recency, field size, and field competitiveness. Those weighted ratings are then sorted by team, scored against the entire division, and ranked. Thus, teams with more depth tend to be ranked a little higher than they’d be at a regular invite or even the State Finals. But I know no better way to rank all the teams in a division than to compare against all teams in a division.

These are filtered a bit, a runner has to have competed in a race since September 12th (Spartan/Ottawa Hills day) at a race I’ve rated. Hopefully this accounts for injuries.

As always, these are for fun and a vehicle to drive interest in the best sport in the world. If they cause undue stress or pressure or motivate you to write me unkind messages (only happened a few times this year, but gotta get out ahead of it!), this site might not be for you. That’s fine, the many XC fans of Michigan will enjoy it all the same.

Podium Contenders

As Carina Burchi has risen throughout the year, returning to her familiar form, Whitmore Lake has more solidly held onto the top spot. The Trojans now have the best trio in D4 and can still hold their own through the back half of their lineup. That was the case at Portage, where WL bettered the D4 team field at every spot in the lineup.

The ratings differ a bit from the Portage results, Hillsdale Academy becoming more of a contender. The reason? All seven Colts would’ve found a place into the top-five of every team besides Whitmore Lake and HA’s fifth (Mary Schlueter) was ahead of everyone else’s fifth. Of course, we’re talking about a hypothetical state final race where the fifth is the most consequential spot. What actually happened is Kalamazoo Hackett was third, benefitting from a PR from Kiera Piper in the early morning heat. If the Irish depth can hang close to Hillsdale Academy, then look for Hackett to occupy the other podium spot.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Whitmore Lake	33	119	111.5	85.5	3:50	7:39
2	Hillsdale Academy	34	196	91.1	87.4	1:25	1:47
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	201	95.0	82.5	2:44	4:15
4	Buckley	29	228	85.8	78.7	1:23	1:59
5	Grand Traverse Academy	29	251	84.0	75.4	1:58	2:30
6	Maple City Glen Lake	29	265	87.7	70.9	4:22	5:14
7	Gobles	31	271	93.2	69.6	5:40	7:11
8	Ubly	35	314	79.1	50.5	1:56	6:25
9	Concord	34	348	75.6		2:25
10	Kingston	35	392	73.6		5:04
11	Martin	31	393	77.0	59.0	3:48	5:55
12	Lansing Christian	33	412	70.3	48.6	1:26	6:13
13	Royal Oak Shrine	36	465	66.8	54.4	3:27	5:26
14	Bear Lake	29	476	61.8	47.8	3:04	4:20
15	Onekama	29	487	66.9		7:27
16	Dryden	35	504	60.3		6:07
17	Petoskey St. Michael	28	511	56.3	-6.6	6:18	18:10
18	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	539	55.8	41.7	2:46	4:36
19	Bellaire	28	560	53.6		4:03
20	Harbor Beach	35	566	53.5	43.9	2:40	3:21
21	Genesee Christian Academy	33	630	45.5	2.9	3:35	9:27
22	Rogers City	28	646	27.9		9:56
23	Lutheran Westland	36	659	37.2		7:47
24	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	33	667	41.6	23.5	3:31	6:58
25	Petersburg-Summerfield	34	680	20.0		11:39
26	Ellsworth	28	705	36.0	18.7	5:07	6:38
27	Indian River Inland Lakes	28	779	14.8	-9.2	7:09	7:53

Major Moves

They were thought to be in the top-ten to begin the season, now they’ve clawed their way back. Concord came to Portage with a small squad, but almost all made the most of their opportunities. Two girls earned season bests, two freshmen earned personal bests. Audrey Pyle had been on the high side of 21:00 all year, then busted a 20:44 in the early morning heat. Coming in less than a minute later was Audrey Rinehart, dropping over 40 sec. from her previous best.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Whitmore Lake	33	119	1	0
2	Hillsdale Academy	34	196	5	-3
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	201	2	1
4	Buckley	29	228	4	0
5	Grand Traverse Academy	29	251	3	2
6	Maple City Glen Lake	29	265	8	-2
7	Gobles	31	271	6	1
8	Ubly	35	314	7	1
9	Concord	34	348	12	-3
10	Kingston	35	392	11	-1
11	Martin	31	393	10	1
12	Lansing Christian	33	412	13	-1
13	Royal Oak Shrine	36	465	9	4
14	Bear Lake	29	476	15	-1
15	Onekama	29	487	14	1
16	Dryden	35	504	17	-1
17	Petoskey St. Michael	28	511	20	-3
18	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	539	18	0
19	Bellaire	28	560	19	0
20	Harbor Beach	35	566	16	4
21	Genesee Christian Academy	33	630	27	-6
22	Rogers City	28	646	22	0
23	Lutheran Westland	36	659	24	-1
24	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	33	667	23	1
25	Petersburg-Summerfield	34	680	25	0
26	Ellsworth	28	705	–	NR
27	Indian River Inland Lakes	28	779	–	NR

What’s Next?

One lil’ midweek showdown and one on Saturday. The two contenders for Region 35 will go at it, Ubly hosting their home invite, Kingston looking to escape with a trophy. The Cardinals are inching ever closer to the Bearcats. They’ve lost each matchup, but were separated by 2 points at Green Devil. Come Saturday, Kalamazoo Hackett will take the trip east to a typically quick Hudson Mills South course. They’ll meet Whitmore Lake there. The temps appear cool, so expect some spicy times, and perhaps the two will emerge holding the first and second spot in a week.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	11	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	156.7	33
2	11	Libby Smith	Gobles	151.9	31
3	10	Sophia Grinage	Leland	142.2	29
4	10	Callie Sinke	Onekama	139.8	29
5	11	Veyda Conley	Martin	131.4	31
6	10	Carmella Julian	Maple City Glen Lake	128.6	29
7	12	Emma Riker	Kalamazoo Hackett	126.3	32
8	12	Cara Prusakiewicz	Dryden	119.7	35
9	9	Norah Kiley	Kingston	119.1	35
10	11	Lauren Shaffer	Gobles	117.6	31
11	10	Malynda Lambros	Whitmore Lake	116.8	33
12	8	Faith Schipper	Holland Calvary Christian	116.3	31
13	9	Ava Higley	Frankfort	116.1	29
14	12	Lilah Kiley	Kingston	115.2	35
15	9	Ryleigh Alderink	Holton	114.5	31
16	12	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake	113.7	33
17	10	Ella Lamb	Royal Oak Shrine	113.2	36
18	11	Addy Zeller	Onekama	110.9	29
19	11	Evelyn Meyer	Hillsdale Academy	110.8	34
20	11	Claire Long	Saginaw Nouvel	110.4	30
21	10	Maizy Matthews	Breckenridge	106.7	30
22	12	Eleanor Cole	Lutheran Westland	104.0	36
23	12	Katie Sweeney	Ubly	103.3	35
24	10	Alyvia Janke	Unionville-Sebewaing	103.0	35
25	10	Deirdre O’Connell	Allen Park Cabrini	102.3	36
26	11	Veronica Paga	Petoskey St. Michael	102.2	28
27	9	Alyse Cox	Maple City Glen Lake	101.9	29
28	11	Kiera Piper	Kalamazoo Hackett	101.8	32
29	12	Rowan Allen	Mendon	99.8	32
30	11	Lindsey Nordyke	Byron Center Zion Christian	99.5	31
31	11	Amelia McKinney	Grand Traverse Academy	99.5	29
32	9	Audrey Pyle	Concord	99.3	34
33	11	Natalie Burpee	Leland	98.7	29
34	10	Cassidy Bowers	Austin Catholic	98.7	36
35	12	Mirthe Breuker	Buckley	97.3	29
36	9	Lillian Coen	Ellsworth	96.5	28
37	11	Brie Siems	Kalamazoo Hackett	96.0	32
38	8	Amelia Hoyt	Bellaire	95.6	28
39	10	Melodie Hulinek	Bear Lake	95.0	29
40	10	Payton King	Kingston	94.8	35
41	10	Claire Wright	Dryden	94.7	35
42	9	Heather Morris	Hillsdale Academy	92.6	34
43	12	Kinsey Peer	Buckley	91.0	29
44	10	Zoe Fabing	Fowler	90.6	31
45	12	Alyssa Spicer	Mesick	90.3	29
46	12	Elodie Weaver	Whitmore Lake	90.1	33
47	12	Stella Behnan	Cardinal Mooney Catholic	89.7	36
48	11	Addison Patrzik	Grand Traverse Academy	89.7	29
49	10	Skylar Maclennan	Fulton	89.2	30
50	11	Ava DeYoung	Gobles	89.2	31

Podium Contenders

Adding newcomers and improving the ones that’ve been there, Lansing Catholic appears to be the heavy favorite. Portage is a prime example, the baby blue crew is excellent at all the spots. Josie Bishop and Grace Wonch excellent frontrunners, Anna Drauer the best third runner in the field, Lindsey Ludwig the best fourth, Frances Melinn the best fifth. Need I go on?

Both Pewaukee (pttiming, what’re ya doin’?) Pewamo-Westphalia and Saugatuck have faced off twice, both outings won by the Pirates. Head to head, it seems the Pirates are solidly in front, though the Trailblazers showed at an invite such as Holly that they can rise to a level similar to P-W.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Lansing Catholic	26	80	129.6	122.6	1:14	2:10
2	Saugatuck	22	241	111.9	92.3	1:41	5:34
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	255	112.7	105.6	2:28	2:44
4	Blissfield	27	337	105.7	93.3	2:50	4:18
5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	382	99.3	93.7	1:32	2:05
6	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	409	102.8	94.1	3:21	3:43
7	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	439	95.5	89.0	1:29	2:34
8	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	440	95.4	84.7	1:27	2:43
9	Olivet	23	446	104.3	88.1	4:26	4:54
10	Hart	20	461	94.8	83.7	1:57	3:04
11	Traverse City St. Francis	19	472	93.1	86.3	1:27	2:08
12	Benzie Central	20	516	93.8	82.5	3:15	3:49
13	McBain	20	522	94.9	86.5	3:23	3:34
14	Kent City	21	528	96.8		3:45
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	25	577	92.4	80.7	3:21	3:54
16	Plymouth Christian Academy	26	619	86.4	70.2	1:58	4:22
17	Ithaca	25	627	87.8		2:33
18	Midland Bullock Creek	25	655	85.8	71.3	2:29	4:22
19	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	723	82.7	55.7	2:58	8:42
20	Bronson	23	726	83.8	69.2	4:01	5:16
21	Harbor Springs	19	750	78.5	72.3	1:24	1:32
22	Leslie	26	757	87.5	52.3	5:42	11:51
23	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	25	778	79.8	56.5	3:12	5:23
24	Caro	25	783	84.2		4:34
25	Bath	24	794	78.1	48.1	2:54	9:56
26	Reed City	20	807	79.9	66.2	3:35	4:28
27	Sanford-Meridian	25	861	75.8	67.4	2:27	3:00

Major Moves

For Midland Bullock Creek, both genders excelled at the 2^nd Jack Pine Jamboree. But we can only write about one for now. Comparing the two JPC meets, the top-two teams have remained the same: Shepherd and Clare (fierce rivalry!). Placing third in the first one was Sanford-Meridian, the Lancers Region 25 competition. Then in this last one, MBC had opened up a gap with their 3^rd place finish. Of significant improvement was Sara Guest, dropping from 32^nd place to 19^th, running a personal best of 21:49, a far cry from the 24’s she was finding to start the year.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Lansing Catholic	26	80	1	0
2	Saugatuck	22	241	2	0
3	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	255	3	0
4	Blissfield	27	337	4	0
5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	382	6	-1
6	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	409	5	1
7	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	439	11	-4
8	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	440	7	1
9	Olivet	23	446	8	1
10	Hart	20	461	9	1
11	Traverse City St. Francis	19	472	10	1
12	Benzie Central	20	516	12	0
13	McBain	20	522	14	-1
14	Kent City	21	528	16	-2
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	25	577	13	2
16	Plymouth Christian Academy	26	619	20	-4
17	Ithaca	25	627	15	2
18	Midland Bullock Creek	25	655	26	-8
19	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	723	17	2
20	Bronson	23	726	18	2
21	Harbor Springs	19	750	24	-3
22	Leslie	26	757	19	3
23	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	25	778	25	-2
24	Caro	25	783	21	3
25	Bath	24	794	22	3
26	Reed City	20	807	23	3
27	Sanford-Meridian	25	861	27	0

What’s Next?

Two area championships will feature D3 teams that could contend. Over on the far southeast side, Blissfield will compete for the Lenawee County crown. In our capital region, Lansing Catholic, Pewamo-Westphalia, and Olivet will try to assert that D3 teams are truly the best Lansing-area squads. I’ll do some deeper inspection and simulations before Saturday, but it appears that Blissfield will be the Lenawee County favorite. At Greater Lansing, Okemos is probably the team to shoot for, but Lansing Catholic has answered every challenge this year (and actually won in the Cougar 2 Mile opener).

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	12	Hailey Creisher	Leslie	151.2	26
2	11	Samantha Schroeder	Jackson Lumen Christi	144.8	23
3	11	Grace Wonch	Lansing Catholic	142.1	26
4	10	Elliana Max	Kent City	141.9	21
5	10	Tiya Feldpausch	Olivet	141.4	23
6	11	Alyssa Kramer	Pewamo-Westphalia	141.2	24
7	12	Hope Miller	Blissfield	139.9	27
8	10	Josie Bishop	Lansing Catholic	138.3	26
9	10	Caelyn Torry	McBain	136.3	20
10	11	Violet Tetil	Caro	134.4	25
11	11	Isabelle Sliter	Fennville	132.8	22
12	12	Brynne Schulte	Elk Rapids	131.1	19
13	9	Lily Britton	Olivet	130.3	23
14	9	Calista George	Pewamo-Westphalia	128.0	24
15	11	Kamryn Sixberry	Saugatuck	127.4	22
16	12	Anna Pray	Elk Rapids	126.7	19
17	12	Bella LaFountain	Monroe St. Mary CC	126.3	27
18	9	Anna Drauer	Lansing Catholic	126.3	26
19	12	Ashlynn Harris	Bronson	126.1	23
20	10	Avery Kelly	Benzie Central	125.6	20
21	12	Alina Martinson	Saugatuck	125.6	22
22	10	Dory Simon	Remus Chippewa Hills	125.1	25
23	10	Isabelle Currie	Lansing Catholic	123.9	26
24	11	Marlowe Walcott	Reed City	120.5	20
25	11	Betsy Gooden	Manton	119.9	20
26	11	Shelby Kuiper	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	118.7	21
27	12	Abigail Reis	Millington	117.6	24
28	10	Lindsey Ludwig	Lansing Catholic	117.4	26
29	9	Tala Carlin	Buchanan	117.3	22
30	12	Mattie Gagne	Midland Bullock Creek	117.1	25
31	12	Macy Fazekas	Jackson Lumen Christi	117.0	23
32	11	Makinna Foglesong	Ithaca	116.8	25
33	10	Maisey Toteff	Hanover-Horton	116.2	23
34	12	Grace Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	115.7	24
35	10	Madisyn Wanstead	Leroy Pine River	115.6	20
36	11	Lyvia Curtis	Saugatuck	114.6	22
37	9	Kylie Zwiep	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	114.1	21
38	11	Natalie Rosema	Hart	112.4	20
39	12	Quinn Hatfield	Remus Chippewa Hills	112.2	25
40	10	Shelby Zimmer	Kent City	112.1	21
41	10	Khloe Lehnst	Ithaca	111.7	25
42	12	Aletta Scholten	Grandville Calvin Christian	111.5	21
43	12	Frances Melinn	Lansing Catholic	111.5	26
44	12	Hailey Sills	Blissfield	111.3	27
45	12	Anna Poppema	Bath	110.9	24
46	10	Ellason Foster	Newaygo	109.5	21
47	12	Madi Hare	Plymouth Christian Academy	109.1	26
48	11	Jenna Keilen	Pewamo-Westphalia	108.4	24
49	11	Nico Triebold	Grayling	107.7	19
50	11	Molly Kate Hollandsworth	Traverse City St. Francis	106.8	19

Podium Contenders

Otsego is still the favorite at this point, though Holland Christian keeps steadily closing the gap. Two Saturdays back at Otsego, the Bulldogs 2^nd-5^th girls averaged 18:41, their Maroon counterparts averaged 19:03. A week later at Portage, that difference had greatly decreased, 19:41 to 19:45.

If either team is to falter in their bid for glory, Grand Rapids Christian will be laying in the weeds waiting. The experienced Eagles squad, many of whom have toed the line in big races, earned 3^rd place at both Bulldog and Portage.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Otsego	13	148	143.3	136.0	2:54	3:50
2	Holland Christian	11	172	135.7	132.5	1:21	1:29
3	Grand Rapids Christian	12	216	131.1	126.7	1:08	1:16
4	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	345	122.4	116.1	1:29	2:04
5	Goodrich	15	398	121.4	107.6	2:05	3:35
6	Cadillac	10	411	120.3	108.7	2:06	2:48
7	Coopersville	11	440	119.1	108.7	2:22	3:49
8	Spring Lake	10	447	115.3	107.9	1:15	2:41
9	East Grand Rapids	12	470	116.1	106.0	2:01	3:42
10	St. Joseph	13	482	115.5	100.1	1:40	3:26
11	Pinckney	16	532	118.8	106.0	3:27	4:54
12	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	538	113.2	103.0	2:21	3:06
13	DeWitt	14	579	108.3	105.1	0:44	1:08
14	Forest Hills Eastern	12	613	107.8	98.0	1:31	2:35
15	Linden	16	631	107.8	93.5	1:59	3:40
16	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	662	108.4	103.1	2:41	3:13
17	Frankenmuth	15	699	113.1	101.0	3:56	4:07
18	Freeland	15	733	106.8	99.0	3:18	3:35
19	Fremont	10	764	103.0	86.8	2:37	4:50
20	Shepherd	15	774	101.4	93.3	1:59	2:31
21	Holland	11	797	107.8	94.6	3:48	4:47
22	Charlotte	14	817	99.5	91.2	1:28	2:30
23	Clare	10	828	99.4	91.8	1:44	2:27
24	Bloomfield Hills Marian	16	889	95.7	91.1	0:51	1:17
25	Cedar Springs	10	889	98.5	86.2	2:32	3:24
26	Richland Gull Lake	13	916	99.9	92.0	3:35	3:49
27	Sturgis	13	921	96.7	87.7	2:10	2:50

Major Moves

The D2 Portage field was loaded, containing 9 of the top-13 teams, then #14 Pinckney. The Pirates ventured west and beat five of ‘em. They did so via a gradual move throughout the race, 331 points at the mile finding them in 8^th, tabulating 278 at two, then 252 at the finish, good enough for 7^th. Eastynn Charder and Valyntina Garcia were two that exemplified that strategy, picking off 67 points combined in the final two miles.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Otsego	13	148	1	0
2	Holland Christian	11	172	2	0
3	Grand Rapids Christian	12	216	3	0
4	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	345	4	0
5	Goodrich	15	398	6	-1
6	Cadillac	10	411	5	1
7	Coopersville	11	440	9	-2
8	Spring Lake	10	447	7	1
9	East Grand Rapids	12	470	8	1
10	St. Joseph	13	482	11	-1
11	Pinckney	16	532	14	-3
12	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	538	12	0
13	DeWitt	14	579	13	0
14	Forest Hills Eastern	12	613	10	4
15	Linden	16	631	19	-4
16	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	662	17	-1
17	Frankenmuth	15	699	15	2
18	Freeland	15	733	21	-3
19	Fremont	10	764	18	1
20	Shepherd	15	774	24	-4
21	Holland	11	797	16	5
22	Charlotte	14	817	23	-1
23	Clare	10	828	20	3
24	Bloomfield Hills Marian	16	889	26	-2
25	Cedar Springs	10	889	22	3
26	Richland Gull Lake	13	916	25	1
27	Sturgis	13	921	28	-1

What’s Next?

Following D2 bangers at Bluejay, Bulldog, and Portage, it only makes sense that a majority of folks are opting for rest and recuperation. Two teams will be in action over the weekend, Grand Rapids Christian at Kent Ottawa and Goodrich at its Kayla O’Mara Invite (hard to believe it’s been almost 20 years since her tragic passing).

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	12	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	185.1	13
2	12	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	178.6	10
3	11	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney	161.5	16
4	9	Eliza Schwass	Ludington	161.3	10
5	11	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	156.8	14
6	10	Avery Engbers	Holland Christian	153.7	11
7	11	Caroline Randall	Hastings	151.6	12
8	12	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	151.6	15
9	11	Johanna Mulder	Holland	150.1	11
10	12	Marie Gates	Hudsonville Unity Christian	148.8	11
11	11	Annabelle Lowman	Ludington	148.8	10
12	11	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	148.7	15
13	11	Lane Isom	Richland Gull Lake	147.8	13
14	10	Oakley Osterhart	Coopersville	147.6	11
15	12	Elise Barden	Frankenmuth	147.3	15
16	11	Mia May	Sparta	145.7	11
17	11	Ayda Skeels	Adrian	145.6	18
18	10	Kayla Shellenbarger	Goodrich	144.2	15
19	10	Remie Ellis	Eaton Rapids	143.3	14
20	11	Alivia Ottinger	Goodrich	142.0	15
21	12	Lilah Poel	Grand Rapids Christian	140.5	12
22	10	Ana Lovell	Lake Fenton	140.2	16
23	11	Olivia Weiss	Holland	139.5	11
24	12	Julia Garcia	Pinckney	138.9	16
25	10	Anneliese Passchier	East Grand Rapids	138.6	12
26	11	Eliana Stob	Holland Christian	138.6	11
27	9	Alayna Verhage	Otsego	138.2	13
28	12	Ellie Scholma	Grand Rapids Christian	137.6	12
29	11	Bridget Fidkowski	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	137.4	18
30	12	Chloe Rinzema	Grand Rapids South Christian	135.9	12
31	10	Tiffany DeMaagd	Grand Rapids South Christian	134.8	12
32	12	Georgia Babcock	Edwardsburg	134.6	13
33	10	Mai Nguyen	Plainwell	134.3	13
34	11	Zoe Hoekstra	Grand Rapids Christian	134.3	12
35	9	Addelyn Sabatke	Otsego	133.7	13
36	10	Madison Petty	Adrian	133.2	18
37	12	Brooklynn Brown	Cadillac	132.7	10
38	9	Adelyn Verhage	Otsego	132.7	13
39	12	Layla Geurink	Holland Christian	132.6	11
40	12	Miriam Kloha	St. Johns	132.1	14
41	12	Alexis Kotkowicz	Spring Lake	132.0	10
42	11	Ella McInerney	Cadillac	131.9	10
43	11	Adeline Armstrong	East Grand Rapids	130.1	12
44	9	Vittoria Perucchetti	St. Joseph	129.9	13
45	11	Addison Josephson	Linden	129.0	16
46	10	Audrey Kline	St. Joseph	128.2	13
47	12	Rebekah Stachura	Otsego	127.0	13
48	12	Linnea Paige	Fremont	126.9	10
49	11	Ellery Lampen	Holland Christian	126.9	11
50	11	Skylar Mejeur	Otsego	126.7	13

Podium Contenders

For the top spot, it’s likely all Ann Arbor Pioneer. The Purple Crew has left the huge mid-season meets unscathed, winning handily at Spartan, Jackson, Otsego, and Portage. With the exception of Romeo, the Pioneers were able to place five girls in front of everyone else’s third girl.

The aforementioned Bulldogs were without Emmie Clor (who’s listed in the entries at Macomb County), but still finished 4^th in that loaded field. With her, it’s an easy task to figure out that Romeo could have placed 2^nd. Could have isn’t reality though, and that’s where a team such as Brighton steps in. Those other Bulldogs persevered through the heat, putting all five of their scorers under 20-flat.

Holland West Ottawa could also be in there, the Panthers packed up four girls between 17:50 and 18:30 in their runner-up finish at Otsego. Upstart Hudsonville was behind their league rivals there, but finished first in the most recent OK Red Jamboree.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	76	163.0	154.8	2:36	2:42
2	Romeo	9	199	146.7	130.3	1:53	3:56
3	Brighton	4	237	141.3	135.7	1:15	1:45
4	Ann Arbor Skyline	4	278	137.7	131.6	1:27	2:10
5	Holland West Ottawa	3	279	138.1	130.7	1:09	1:51
6	Hudsonville	1	336	138.3	127.1	2:25	3:11
7	Northville	7	373	135.3	129.8	1:50	2:11
8	Traverse City West	2	375	134.7	130.4	1:50	2:02
9	Okemos	4	407	139.7	124.6	3:22	4:50
10	Rockford	1	435	130.8	123.5	1:34	1:55
11	Jenison	1	439	131.1	122.4	1:20	3:22
12	Hartland	2	496	128.5	121.8	1:21	2:08
13	Portage Central	3	528	127.6	122.2	1:22	1:48
14	Saline	5	547	126.8	118.7	1:41	2:25
15	Novi	7	602	124.1	117.4	1:26	2:10
16	Traverse City Central	2	623	123.0	117.4	1:05	1:39
17	Rochester	8	671	124.0	116.4	2:13	3:08
18	Zeeland East	3	723	123.6	117.3	2:38	2:57
19	Midland Dow	2	725	123.8	118.1	2:46	2:57
20	Forest Hills Northern	1	726	119.9	112.7	0:33	1:46
21	Rochester Adams	8	734	125.2	112.1	3:36	4:18
22	Utica	9	796	119.2	109.7	2:18	3:30
23	Livonia Churchill	6	802	117.1	100.8	0:36	3:19
24	White Lake Lakeland	7	864	115.2	110.4	1:13	1:51
25	Bay City Western	2	873	115.4	106.6	1:45	2:42
26	Grand Blanc	2	894	114.4	99.4	1:16	3:22
27	Grand Ledge	4	917	115.4	108.4	2:21	2:47

Major Moves

At this point in the season, any move is major. Traveling north on 23 to Greater Flint, Hartland set out to launch their bid for a top-10 spot. The Eagles were aggressive on the quick Cummings Center course, four of their scorers hitting personal bests. Two were sub-19, the other three sub-20. The end result was an upper division victory where they nearly scored a third of the closest competitor’s points.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Ann Arbor Pioneer	5	76	1	0
2	Romeo	9	199	2	0
3	Brighton	4	237	5	-2
4	Ann Arbor Skyline	4	278	6	-2
5	Holland West Ottawa	3	279	3	2
6	Hudsonville	1	336	7	-1
7	Northville	7	373	4	3
8	Traverse City West	2	375	8	0
9	Okemos	4	407	9	0
10	Rockford	1	435	10	0
11	Jenison	1	439	11	0
12	Hartland	2	496	14	-2
13	Portage Central	3	528	12	1
14	Saline	5	547	13	1
15	Novi	7	602	15	0
16	Traverse City Central	2	623	16	0
17	Rochester	8	671	19	-2
18	Zeeland East	3	723	18	0
19	Midland Dow	2	725	21	-2
20	Forest Hills Northern	1	726	17	3
21	Rochester Adams	8	734	20	1
22	Utica	9	796	23	-1
23	Livonia Churchill	6	802	26	-3
24	White Lake Lakeland	7	864	29	-5
25	Bay City Western	2	873	27	-2
26	Grand Blanc	2	894	31	-5
27	Grand Ledge	4	917	28	-1

What’s Next?

After they all congregate on Portage, folks tend to go their separate ways. Two spots will have two of the top-ten teams – River Rat Open and Kent Ottawa. Kent Ottawa operates as a quasi-championship meet for Grand Rapids area teams, but it’s tough to go: Portage, Kent Ottawa, OK Conference, Regional, State in five straight weeks. Thus, it’s not as popular as an Oakland County or Greater Lansing. Anyhow, both Hudsonville and Rockford will be there. With Daisy Cox returning, the Rams have found their way into the latter stages of the top-ten. Hudsonville has been there all year, ahead of Rockford in the second OK Red Jamboree and at Portage, hoping to claim west side supremacy. Down at Willow on Friday, Ann Arbor Huron will host its annual regional course preview. Which is sort of interesting as neither Ann Arbor Skyline nor Northville will be running their regional races there. Though it’s a welcome opportunity to get a Saturday off.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	10	Natasza Dudek	Ann Arbor Pioneer	187.9	5
2	10	Rachel Smith	Okemos	178.1	4
3	10	Sienna Klemmer	Ann Arbor Pioneer	170.6	5
4	11	Annie Hrabovsky	Romeo	167.3	9
5	12	Hana Boggess	Ann Arbor Pioneer	163.0	5
6	11	El McMahan	Rochester Adams	162.6	8
7	10	Emilia Garces	Midland Dow	162.3	2
8	11	Tessa Mascari	Traverse City West	159.8	2
9	11	Cassie Karasinski	Hudsonville	159.8	1
10	10	Ainsley Kelm	Portage Northern	159.7	3
11	9	Alexandra Scappaticci	Northville	158.9	7
12	10	Adalyn Raab	Zeeland East	158.2	3
13	9	Taryn Moore	Oxford	157.9	8
14	11	Becca Van Lent	Ann Arbor Skyline	157.6	4
15	9	Keira Von Blon	Ann Arbor Pioneer	157.5	5
16	11	Maddie Lindley	Holly	157.2	2
17	12	Lilah Yoder	Forest Hills Central	155.2	3
18	12	Lydia LaMarra	Brighton	155.1	4
19	12	Leena Shelgikar	Ann Arbor Huron	153.8	6
20	12	Natalia Guaresimo	Romeo	153.5	9
21	12	October Harns	Okemos	153.2	4
22	10	Ella Lorenz	Brighton	153.1	4
23	12	Ella Goodsell	Romeo	152.1	9
24	12	Ella Abraham	Rochester	151.9	8
25	9	Grace Snyder	Hudsonville	149.5	1
26	12	Ava Porras	Holland West Ottawa	149.2	3
27	11	Paige McMeans	Jenison	147.9	1
28	12	Siene Muraszewski	Utica	147.2	9
29	11	Collette Wierks	Holland West Ottawa	145.4	3
30	12	Gracelin Martin	Greenville	145.4	1
31	10	Savannah Staton	Saline	145.2	5
32	9	Maribelle Kofahl	Ann Arbor Huron	145.1	6
33	12	Aviana Skinner	Grand Ledge	144.9	4
34	12	Leah Corby	Rochester Hills Stoney Creek	144.5	8
35	9	Jessica Soldan	Rochester Adams	144.3	8
36	12	Elliana Neuer	Hartland	143.5	2
37	10	Gracie Carlisle	Portage Central	143.4	3
38	9	Kaitlyn Berg	Midland	143.0	2
39	11	Daisy Cox	Rockford	142.2	1
40	12	Olivia Stacy	Portage Northern	142.0	3
41	12	Ava Lawrence	East Kentwood	141.5	3
42	11	Lucia Lachapelle	Northville	139.8	7
43	11	Katelynn Egli	Novi	139.4	7
44	10	Morgan Sanders	Rockford	138.5	1
45	10	Mary Dolbow	Holland West Ottawa	138.0	3
46	11	Chloe Purwin	Hudsonville	137.9	1
47	9	Giada Mills	Beverly Hills Groves	137.3	7
48	10	Madeline Aleisa	Jenison	137.0	1
49	10	Lucia Llanes	Ann Arbor Skyline	136.4	4
50	12	Juliet Lewis	Brighton	136.1	4

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Marquette	36	106.3	97.8	2:48	3:36
2	Sault Ste. Marie	64	86.4	78.8	1:12	2:33
3	Houghton	64	86.8	70.2	1:31	3:45
4	Negaunee	114	64.3	44.2	4:30	6:25
5	Calumet	131	59.4	53.7	1:30	1:43
6	Kingsford	160	46.3	8.6	6:21	10:27
7	Gladstone	183	19.6	-13.4	6:11	10:29
8	Powers North Central	202	20.5		5:06
9	Ishpeming Westwood	237	-2.7		5:08

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Marquette	36	1	0
2	Sault Ste. Marie	64	3	-1
3	Houghton	64	2	1
4	Negaunee	114	4	0
5	Calumet	131	5	0
6	Kingsford	160	6	0
7	Gladstone	183	7	0
8	Powers North Central	202	8	0
9	Ishpeming Westwood	237	9	0

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Ella Fure	Marquette	145.0
2	10	Maria Murvich	Kingsford	123.0
3	9	Emma Ziegler	Marquette	114.8
4	11	Keira Waterman	Negaunee	104.5
5	10	Sela Niska	Houghton	101.1
6	11	Winley Brandt	Menominee	99.2
7	10	Isabelle McCord	Sault Ste. Marie	97.5
8	10	Holly Cooke	Houghton	95.1
9	9	Avah Akerley	Escanaba	94.9
10	12	Nori Korsman	Negaunee	94.9

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Rudyard	37	36.2	9.3	3:39	6:59
2	Hancock	37	34.9		2:53
3	Painesdale-Jeffers	53	15.0	5.2	3:56	4:14
4	Ironwood	92	-44.2		8:14

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Change
1	Rudyard	37	2	-1
2	Hancock	37	1	1
3	Painesdale-Jeffers	53	3	0
4	Ironwood	92	4	0

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Talya Schreiber	Pickford	160.4
2	12	Teryn Firack	Pickford	75.9
3	9	Melissa Kirschner	Rudyard	73.8
4	10	Addie Bowerman	Munising	65.4
5	10	Remi Coponen	Painesdale-Jeffers	64.9
6	12	Olivia Cotey	Munising	59.6
7	12	Lydia Pelli	Hancock	54.1
8	11	Lauren Larson	Hancock	53.0
9	9	Ashlynn Mitchell	Rudyard	52.0
10	12	Jill Berg	Hancock	51.5

Rank	Team	Score	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	L’Anse	59	57.6	49.4	2:09	2:27
2	Newberry	63	73.5	30.3	7:00	11:28
3	Ewen-Trout Creek	76	46.9		3:14
4	Stephenson	89	41.7		4:20
5	St. Ignace	143	3.6	-31.3	8:41	10:46
6	Brimley	150	5.9	-7.6	1:17	3:32
7	Rapid River	165	-4.8		5:21
8	Chassell	188	-39.9		10:57
9	Eben Jct. Superior Central	194	-30.2		6:56

Rank	Team	Score	C SZN	Change
1	L’Anse	59	1	0
2	Newberry	63	2	0
3	Ewen-Trout Creek	76	3	0
4	Stephenson	89	4	0
5	St. Ignace	143	7	-2
6	Brimley	150	6	0
7	Rapid River	165	5	2
8	Chassell	188	–	NR
9	Eben Jct. Superior Central	194	8	1

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating
1	12	Samantha Taylor	Newberry	146.8
2	11	Abby Taylor	Newberry	102.6
3	9	Molly McNamara	Newberry	101.7
4	12	Faith Cappaert	Stephenson	92.2
5	10	AJ Feleppa	St. Ignace	84.4
6	10	Bree Besonen	Ewen-Trout Creek	83.9
7	10	Princess Pierre	L’Anse	75.2
8	10	Lily Froese	L’Anse	73.8
9	9	Autumn Broomfield	Watersmeet Township	65.7
10	9	Sophie Mahoski	Ishpeming	64.7