2025 Rankings: League Week Boys

This sport of ours gives us enjoyment all year. Trudging through the snow on wintry days, speedy circles around the track, fun summer runs. But does anything beat these final weeks of the year? The huge mid-season meets are done and we’re rolling towards races of great consequence. Lifetime memories have been accrued all fall and even more are to come.

Hopefully this batch of rankings validates what’s already occurred and gives motivation to what could come.

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 19th (Jackson/Cougar Falcon/VSV weekend) 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.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	12	Marek Butkiewicz	Kalamazoo Hackett	213.1	32
2	12	Brody Karg	Harbor Beach	206.4	35
3	12	Grayson Rorick	Hillsdale Academy	204.6	34
4	12	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine	203.2	36
5	12	Landon Rogers	Three Oaks River Valley	202.3	32
6	11	Kyle Redman	Mesick	199.1	29
7	12	Landen Livingston	Whitmore Lake	195.8	33
8	11	Ty Redman	Mesick	195.1	29
9	12	Sean Siems	Kalamazoo Hackett	193.4	32
10	9	Mason Rogers	Three Oaks River Valley	193.0	32
11	11	Christian Getz	Holland Calvary Christian	191.9	31
12	11	Noah Schipper	Holland Calvary Christian	191.5	31
13	12	Carson Burgess	Brown City	191.3	35
14	11	Abraham Feeney	Maple City Glen Lake	191.2	29
15	10	Lincoln Laansma	Tri-Unity Christian	191.0	31
16	9	Spencer McNitt	Maple City Glen Lake	190.9	29
17	11	Brady Edwards	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	187.2	30
18	11	Jacob Ferdubinski	Riverview Gabriel Richard	185.3	36
19	12	Joel Johnson	Detroit Frederick Douglass	184.3	36
20	12	Cody Bradley	Petoskey St. Michael	183.5	28
21	11	Gibson White	Holland Calvary Christian	182.2	31
22	11	Anthony Rowe	Breckenridge	182.0	30
23	12	Max Brannan	Lutheran Westland	177.4	36
24	9	Christian Feeney	Maple City Glen Lake	177.3	29
25	12	Jonah Pollatz	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	176.9	30
26	11	Daniel Chaney	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	175.5	29
27	12	Liam McCaw	Maple City Glen Lake	175.4	29
28	10	Leo Weaver	Whitmore Lake	174.5	33
29	10	Nathan West	Webberville	174.3	33
30	12	Jack Sharar	Rogers City	174.0	28
31	12	Reuben Jiran	Novi Christian Academy	173.6	33
32	12	Luke Molenkamp	Hillsdale Academy	173.4	34
33	11	Timothy Gaebler	Hillsdale Academy	173.2	34
34	11	Wesley Chaffee	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	173.0	30
35	12	Michael Bowker	Royal Oak Shrine	172.9	36
36	9	Gavin Bowers	Austin Catholic	172.1	36
37	12	Timothy Chamberlain	Portland St. Patrick	172.0	31
38	12	Logan Romain	Dryden	171.5	35
39	10	Levi Fitchett	Dryden	171.5	35
40	12	Quentin Smith	Fowler	171.2	31
41	11	Brody VanTuinen	Holland Calvary Christian	170.5	31
42	12	Cole Brege	Rogers City	170.3	28
43	12	Henry Lindley	Hillsdale Academy	170.3	34
44	11	Lincoln Bailey	Maple City Glen Lake	169.7	29
45	11	Rush Marsden	Fulton	169.0	30
46	10	Peter Winn	Hillsdale Academy	168.8	34
47	11	Amos Norder	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	168.7	30
48	9	Ethan Harrand	Buckley	168.4	29
49	10	Owen Jarosz	Frankfort	168.1	29
50	12	James Rahe	Hillsdale Academy	167.3	34

Finally, An Individual Breakdown

It’s a banner year for senior D4 runners. This ’25 class has been a prominent faction of the D4 landscape for a few years now. Last fall, the top-four spots were all occupied by the current senior class – Marek Butkiewicz winning, followed by Abenezer Cerone, Landon Rogers, and Grayson Rorick. Landen Livingston hung back in 10^th, Brody Karg made his presence known during track. And this fall, all of ‘em have been sub-16. Butkiewicz still is a level above, flashing a sub-15 this past weekend at Gabriel Richard. Beyond him, I can see a world where any of the above grab second place.

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Maple City Glen Lake	120	29	180.9	169.7	1:04	2:34
2	Hillsdale Academy	146	34	178.0	174.0	1:47	2:13
3	Holland Calvary Christian	149	31	179.5	173.3	1:32	1:48
4	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	246	30	169.7	158.1	1:42	3:18
5	Whitmore Lake	304	33	166.4	159.5	2:29	2:43
6	Kalamazoo Hackett	375	32	168.7	154.0	3:57	5:08
7	Petoskey St. Michael	419	28	158.1	142.6	2:12	4:01
8	Leland	431	29	155.7	140.8	1:12	3:38
9	Breckenridge	434	30	156.6	135.4	2:46	6:05
10	Royal Oak Shrine	454	36	159.9	149.2	3:43	4:06
11	Mesick	511	29	158.8	124.2	3:39	10:42
12	Portland St. Patrick	556	31	149.2		2:42
13	Riverview Gabriel Richard	567	36	150.2	138.2	3:26	4:15
14	Grand Traverse Academy	598	29	145.6	140.0	1:13	1:46
15	Lutheran Westland	644	36	144.7	129.2	2:37	5:47
16	Genesee Christian Academy	644	33	144.4	121.6	3:15	6:02
17	Fowler	654	31	143.5	134.9	2:23	3:04
18	Three Oaks River Valley	695	32	149.7	131.9	4:52	5:49
19	Buckley	702	29	141.1		2:33
20	Ubly	703	35	140.9		3:12
21	Gobles	708	31	140.0	130.3	1:26	3:07
22	Dryden	737	35	140.3		3:01
23	Webberville	744	33	139.4	125.6	3:16	4:14
24	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	762	30	137.5	125.7	3:12	3:57
25	Manchester	845	34	133.3	118.9	3:06	4:51
26	Concord	864	34	132.6	106.6	3:07	8:08
27	Novi Christian Academy	869	33	132.2	119.6	3:28	4:47

Intriguing League Battles

Almost everyone’s done with league competition, save for a few. We have two top-10 teams battling it out in the MSAC – #4 Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart and #9 Breckenridge. The first outing saw a runaway Irish victory, all five Sacred Heart scorers finishing before Breckenridge’s 2^nd man. In the rematch, the Huskies significantly closed the gap, running almost even with SH, save for a tiny gap at their 2^nd man. How will the trend continue – will it be Breckenridge’s improvement driving a win or will Sacred Heart keep up the win streak?

Of the teams that finished their league season, a shoutout has to go to Maple City Glen Lake, winning the NWC for the first time in 23 years.

Rank	Team	Score	Region	County Week	Move
1	Maple City Glen Lake	120	29	1	0
2	Hillsdale Academy	146	34	3	-1
3	Holland Calvary Christian	149	31	2	1
4	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	246	30	4	0
5	Whitmore Lake	304	33	5	0
6	Kalamazoo Hackett	375	32	6	0
7	Petoskey St. Michael	419	28	7	0
8	Leland	431	29	24	-16
9	Breckenridge	434	30	8	1
10	Royal Oak Shrine	454	36	9	1
11	Mesick	511	29	10	1
12	Portland St. Patrick	556	31	12	0
13	Riverview Gabriel Richard	567	36	11	2
14	Grand Traverse Academy	598	29	13	1
15	Lutheran Westland	644	36	15	0
16	Genesee Christian Academy	644	33	14	2
17	Fowler	654	31	16	1
18	Three Oaks River Valley	695	32	17	1
19	Buckley	702	29	21	-2
20	Ubly	703	35	20	0
21	Gobles	708	31	18	3
22	Dryden	737	35	19	3
23	Webberville	744	33	23	0
24	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	762	30	22	2
25	Manchester	845	34	26	-1
26	Concord	864	34	25	1
27	Novi Christian Academy	869	33	42	-15

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	11	Hunter Eaton	Charlevoix	211.3	19
2	12	Gage Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	204.8	24
3	10	Nole Lorenzen	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	201.5	26
4	10	Christian Craanen	Monroe St. Mary CC	200.5	27
5	11	Luke Herron	Caro	199.5	25
6	11	Ryder Hopkins	Charlevoix	197.9	19
7	10	Will Hulin	Centreville	196.9	23
8	12	Edward Mugisha	The Potter’s House	196.2	21
9	11	Caleb Blonde	Jonesville	195.9	23
10	12	Matthew Solomon	Charlevoix	195.4	19
11	12	Jayden Fox	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	195.1	25
12	11	Logan Youngman	Hillsdale	193.9	23
13	11	Chad Tyson	Hanover-Horton	193.7	23
14	12	Tyler Leach	Otisville LakeVille	193.7	24
15	10	Owen Poppema	Bath	193.5	24
16	12	Gibson Shore	Jackson Lumen Christi	193.3	23
17	10	Clint Couchman	Brooklyn Columbia Central	193.3	23
18	11	John Keser	Buchanan	191.9	22
19	11	Jonas Ballard	Holland Black River	191.1	21
20	10	Eli VanPoortfliet	Benzie Central	189.9	20
21	12	Landen Styka	Ithaca	189.4	25
22	12	Noah Devereaux	Laingsburg	189.4	24
23	11	Rocky Bolton	Jackson Lumen Christi	188.7	23
24	11	Marcus Silva	Saugatuck	187.5	22
25	12	Qwynn Darnell	Elk Rapids	187.3	19
26	11	Marshall Brandt	Midland Bullock Creek	186.7	25
27	11	Grant Rehkopf	Saugatuck	186.7	22
28	12	Jacob Mankey	Ithaca	186.6	25
29	11	Evan Olson	Pigeon-Laker	186.5	25
30	12	Jeryn Frisbie	Belding	186.1	21
31	12	Jackson Schaub	Benzie Central	185.6	20
32	11	William Gancer	Stockbridge	185.1	26
33	12	Paul Saladin	Reed City	184.4	20
34	11	John Kowatch	Pewamo-Westphalia	184.3	24
35	10	Soren Crosthwaite	Jackson Lumen Christi	183.9	23
36	11	Evan MacLaren	Ithaca	183.5	25
37	11	Isaac Dionne	Boyne City	183.1	19
38	12	Trenton Fetter	Adrian Madison	182.8	27
39	10	Michael Weidmayer	Blissfield	182.6	27
40	9	Isaac Cox	Plymouth Christian Academy	182.6	26
41	11	James Tennes	Lansing Catholic	182.1	26
42	12	Lucas Gates	Lansing Catholic	182.1	26
43	12	Emmanuel Mehari	Plymouth Christian Academy	182.0	26
44	10	Grant Corlew	Harbor Springs	180.6	19
45	12	Caiden Helsel	Lake City	180.5	20
46	12	Liam McBeth	Buchanan	180.3	22
47	12	John Edler	Homer	180.1	23
48	10	Tristan Hernandez	Kingsley	180.0	20
49	10	Wyatt Roberts	Otisville LakeVille	179.9	24
50	10	Nolan Kessler	Montague	179.8	21

Finally, An Individual Breakdown

Lightly raced, but impactful nonetheless has been Hunter Eaton. The Rayder junior has won four of those outings, the most recent being his 2^nd consecutive Northern Shores victory. The quickest of the bunch was at Bluejay, his 15:22 in the Elite section only bested by D1 and D2 standouts. This spring, he was able to establish himself as one of the better endurance athletes in Michigan, winning the D3 3200m. Coming off a 9^th place finish last fall, the upward trajectory is too apparent.

Two sophomores are continually finding their way into the mix. Christian Craanen was the runner-up at Portage and Nole Lorenzen’s 15:41 from yesterday gives him the 2^nd best time in all of D3. Craanen’s loss at Portage was to a guy we’ve seen here for a few years, Gage Hoffman. Hoffman was 3^rd at last fall’s State Finals and has been spitting out sub-16’s all year.

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	199	23	184.4	177.4	0:47	1:50
2	Charlevoix	236	19	188.5	177.7	2:12	3:26
3	Saugatuck	249	22	180.9	173.9	0:46	1:46
4	Ithaca	253	25	181.2	166.2	0:55	3:37
5	Lansing Catholic	306	26	177.9	174.4	0:33	0:51
6	Benzie Central	402	20	175.5	170.9	1:15	1:49
7	Stanton Central Montcalm	449	24	176.6	168.1	2:28	3:17
8	The Potter’s House	463	21	174.2	168.8	1:42	2:08
9	Buchanan	509	22	172.6	163.1	1:50	2:53
10	Hanover-Horton	517	23	171.9	165.9	1:47	2:16
11	Jonesville	528	23	172.7	159.5	2:40	4:00
12	Hart	583	20	167.8	166.2	0:20	0:27
13	Ann Arbor Greenhills	629	26	167.0	157.7	1:17	2:22
14	Holland Black River	636	21	168.2	153.9	2:33	3:45
15	Plymouth Christian Academy	672	26	166.7	150.5	2:30	3:40
16	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	718	21	164.5	157.6	1:13	2:09
17	Lake City	736	20	163.9	151.4	1:51	3:52
18	Reed City	751	20	163.3	156.0	1:52	2:45
19	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	782	21	162.2	145.2	1:58	4:10
20	Pewamo-Westphalia	788	24	163.0	153.7	2:20	2:46
21	Caro	795	25	164.3	154.3	2:46	3:48
22	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	814	21	160.8	156.0	1:16	1:29
23	Pigeon-Laker	841	25	161.0	147.7	2:21	4:02
24	Midland Bullock Creek	858	25	160.7	148.9	2:22	3:56
25	Traverse City St. Francis	873	19	158.9	144.9	0:59	3:29
26	Erie Mason	895	27	158.5	152.9	1:26	1:56
27	Blissfield	915	27	158.8	151.8	2:02	2:37

Intriguing League Battles

Save for Lansing Catholic (CAAC White, going for back-to-back titles), The Potter’s House (Alliance Conference, the Pumas winning 2 of the 3 jamborees this fall), and Hanover-Horton (Cascades), everyone else in the top-ten is done.

The latter team mentioned, the Hanover-Horton Comets, are in an absolute battle with #11 Jonesville. The first Cascades West race featured a 2-point Jonesville win, those other Comets opening up enough of a gap through 4 guys to hold on for a win. For the next jamboree, H-H was able to subtract a point, Jonesville added one, and H-H won on the sixth runner. That 6^th guy, Bristen Cekander, has been finding his form late in his first year of competing, five straight sub-19 efforts. This is close. Not much more needs written.

Rank	Team	Score	Region	County Week	Move
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	199	23	1	0
2	Charlevoix	236	19	3	-1
3	Saugatuck	249	22	2	1
4	Ithaca	253	25	4	0
5	Lansing Catholic	306	26	5	0
6	Benzie Central	402	20	6	0
7	Stanton Central Montcalm	449	24	7	0
8	The Potter’s House	463	21	8	0
9	Buchanan	509	22	9	0
10	Hanover-Horton	517	23	10	0
11	Jonesville	528	23	11	0
12	Hart	583	20	12	0
13	Ann Arbor Greenhills	629	26	14	-1
14	Holland Black River	636	21	13	1
15	Plymouth Christian Academy	672	26	16	-1
16	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	718	21	15	1
17	Lake City	736	20	17	0
18	Reed City	751	20	18	0
19	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	782	21	19	0
20	Pewamo-Westphalia	788	24	21	-1
21	Caro	795	25	20	1
22	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	814	21	22	0
23	Pigeon-Laker	841	25	23	0
24	Midland Bullock Creek	858	25	25	-1
25	Traverse City St. Francis	873	19	24	1
26	Erie Mason	895	27	26	0
27	Blissfield	915	27	29	-2

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	11	Robert Jazwinski III	Whitehall	216.6	10
2	12	Jonah Workman	East Grand Rapids	216.3	12
3	10	Lennox Naswell	Flint Powers Catholic	210.5	15
4	11	Ezekiel Baltierra	Alma	210.3	14
5	10	Gavin Katic	Fenton	208.3	16
6	12	Thomas Larson	Alma	207.4	14
7	11	Mason Hill	Allendale	206.9	11
8	10	Micah Becker	East Grand Rapids	205.6	12
9	11	Caiden Caswell	Vicksburg	204.7	13
10	11	Mitchell Dunlap	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	204.2	11
11	12	Vincent Pattison	Goodrich	204.1	15
12	11	Cole McCraw	Pinckney	203.0	16
13	12	Bryce Gross	Flint Powers Catholic	202.7	15
14	11	Steven Zawacki	Forest Hills Eastern	202.6	12
15	12	Ronnie Silveira	Allendale	202.0	11
16	12	Edison Lopeman	Parma Western	201.9	14
17	12	Moises Salazar Jr.	Adrian	201.7	18
18	11	Bryce Cahoon	Shepherd	200.5	15
19	11	Abraham McHugh	Marshall	199.6	13
20	12	Aden Ashworth	Allendale	199.5	11
21	12	Sean Ryan	Grand Rapids Christian	199.2	12
22	12	Brett Magnus	Frankenmuth	198.0	15
23	12	Cole Wisniewski	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	197.9	16
24	12	Shephard Bower	Forest Hills Eastern	197.6	12
25	12	Jacob Stanislawski	Flat Rock	196.9	18
26	10	Ashton Fink	Grand Rapids Christian	196.1	12
27	12	Jack Edison	East Grand Rapids	195.4	12
28	10	Ryan Rathsburg	Flint Powers Catholic	195.4	15
29	12	Aiden Weller	Cedar Springs	195.2	10
30	12	Murphy Wagner	Saginaw Swan Valley	194.0	15
31	12	Asher Jager	GR West Michigan Aviation	193.9	12
32	11	Joshua Macri	Macomb Lutheran North	193.8	17
33	12	Caleb Carignan	Flint Powers Catholic	193.6	15
34	12	Carson Wood	Sparta	193.5	11
35	12	Ben Verellen	Gladwin	193.1	10
36	11	Owen Adams	Spring Lake	192.9	10
37	12	Charlie Brauer	Three Rivers	192.2	13
38	12	Jacob Hylton	Ortonville Brandon	192.0	15
39	9	Logan Cristian	Parma Western	191.7	14
40	10	Aiden Lambers	Holland	191.6	11
41	12	Landon Gerritsma	Holland Christian	191.4	11
42	10	Jack Hincks	Detroit Country Day	191.4	16
43	11	Nick Parker	Frankenmuth	191.3	15
44	12	Tommy Beiter	Flint Powers Catholic	191.1	15
45	10	Gerard Gilmour	Fenton	191.1	16
46	12	George Scupham	Edwardsburg	190.9	13
47	11	Christopher Vogt	Paw Paw	190.9	13
48	12	Jack Estelle	Hopkins	190.8	11
49	10	Duncan Palmer	Williamston	190.7	14
50	11	Seth Randall	St. Joseph	190.6	13

Finally, An Individual Breakdown

Two have risen above the rest: Robert Jazwinski III and Jonah Workman. Jazwinski has found a home in Whitehall and has undoubtedly benefitted from having a consistent group of folks to run with. Don’t believe me? Check the results. All wins. The fastest time of the day at Spartan. A 15:05 personal best this past week. A 15:13, strength-driven pull away in the final mile at Portage. Workman, recovering a bit from the typical mid-season sickness, hung with Jazwinski for those first two miles. His portfolio, both from the early season (14:58 at Sparta) and from track (9:06 3200m) proves that he contains the necessary tools to make November’s race one of the more anticipated matchups.

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Flint Powers Catholic	121	15	198.6	191.4	0:58	1:53
2	East Grand Rapids	162	12	198.6	193.8	1:26	1:48
3	Alma	290	14	193.6	189.2	1:30	1:39
4	Grand Rapids Christian	350	12	188.3	184.6	0:57	1:20
5	Holland Christian	381	11	186.0	183.9	0:28	0:48
6	Parma Western	435	14	186.0	181.1	1:24	1:40
7	Shepherd	510	15	183.6	177.6	1:29	2:15
8	Otsego	524	13	182.0	172.3	0:47	2:07
9	Forest Hills Eastern	560	12	184.2	178.1	1:47	2:00
10	DeWitt	608	14	180.4	174.7	1:12	1:37
11	Fenton	609	16	182.8	178.0	2:05	2:07
12	Cedar Springs	622	10	180.0	175.7	1:18	1:36
13	Allendale	642	11	185.3	174.0	2:30	3:23
14	Three Rivers	667	13	178.9	172.2	1:33	1:51
15	Richland Gull Lake	695	13	177.5	173.0	0:57	1:23
16	Pinckney	702	16	179.2	175.9	1:42	1:49
17	Frankenmuth	705	15	179.4	168.1	1:43	3:00
18	Spring Lake	745	10	176.9	170.2	1:14	1:59
19	Petoskey	761	10	176.0	171.0	1:01	1:23
20	Grand Rapids South Christian	779	12	175.5	168.9	1:30	1:52
21	Adrian	790	18	177.4	170.2	1:57	2:38
22	Whitehall	814	10	179.6	169.4	3:07	3:51
23	Edwardsburg	839	13	174.8	166.5	1:30	2:20
24	Chelsea	847	18	174.4	170.1	1:16	1:33
25	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	873	18	173.5	169.3	0:55	1:12
26	Macomb Lutheran North	896	17	174.0	166.8	1:38	2:36
27	Detroit Country Day	919	16	173.0	162.1	2:22	2:58

Intriguing League Battles

Contrary to D3 and D4, many of these squads have yet to come into action this week. One has, Otsego adding another Wolverine Conference trophy to their crowded case. Last week, Alma completed their perfect season in the TVC. The OK White is always a hub of D2 activity and this year is no different – #2 East Grand Rapids, #4 Grand Rapids Christian, and #9 Forest Hills Eastern all playing prominent roles. EGR has found significant margins in each of the first two conference competitions, 30 point+ wins in each. Don’t mistake margin for weakness, each of these two races have had >30 boys break 18:00.

Rank	Team	Score	Region	County Week	Move
1	Flint Powers Catholic	121	15	1	0
2	East Grand Rapids	162	12	2	0
3	Alma	290	14	3	0
4	Grand Rapids Christian	350	12	4	0
5	Holland Christian	381	11	5	0
6	Parma Western	435	14	6	0
7	Shepherd	510	15	7	0
8	Otsego	524	13	8	0
9	Forest Hills Eastern	560	12	9	0
10	DeWitt	608	14	11	-1
11	Fenton	609	16	12	-1
12	Cedar Springs	622	10	10	2
13	Allendale	642	11	13	0
14	Three Rivers	667	13	14	0
15	Richland Gull Lake	695	13	15	0
16	Pinckney	702	16	19	-3
17	Frankenmuth	705	15	16	1
18	Spring Lake	745	10	18	0
19	Petoskey	761	10	21	-2
20	Grand Rapids South Christian	779	12	20	0
21	Adrian	790	18	22	-1
22	Whitehall	814	10	23	-1
23	Edwardsburg	839	13	17	6
24	Chelsea	847	18	25	-1
25	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	873	18	26	-1
26	Macomb Lutheran North	896	17	24	2
27	Detroit Country Day	919	16	27	0

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	CW Rating	Region
1	11	Kamari Ronfeldt	Ann Arbor Pioneer	221.3	5
2	11	Brandon Cloud	Northville	216.1	7
3	12	Kyle O’Rourke	Highland-Milford	216.0	2
4	12	Beckett Crooks	Ann Arbor Pioneer	215.6	5
5	11	Caden Livermore	Grandville	215.4	1
6	11	Jack MacGregor	Howell	213.7	4
7	11	Luka Hammond	Grand Haven	212.4	1
8	12	Ian Morgan	Okemos	211.9	4
9	12	Benjamin Hartigan	Northville	211.8	7
10	11	Marshall Huhn	Lowell	210.3	3
11	12	Aiden Pengelly	Canton	210.0	6
12	12	Andrew Wright	Kalamazoo Central	209.9	3
13	10	Mourad Algahmi	Dearborn Fordson	208.2	5
14	12	Jackson Lam	Kalamazoo Loy Norrix	205.3	3
15	11	Justin Johnson	East Kentwood	204.9	3
16	11	Matii Tarekegn	East Kentwood	204.4	3
17	12	Aron Gal	Grand Haven	204.2	1
18	12	Ethan Hertza	Northville	203.7	7
19	11	Coen Hill	Dexter	203.1	4
20	9	Avi Elabed	Lowell	202.8	3
21	12	David Dubeck	Clarkston	202.7	8
22	11	Austin Mercado	Salem	202.2	6
23	11	Jacob Szalay	Saline	202.0	5
24	9	Tommy McCormick	Grand Blanc	201.6	2
25	12	Lucas LaPointe	Plymouth	201.6	6
26	12	Max Houvener	Lake Orion	201.2	8
27	10	Todd Tobin	Highland-Milford	200.3	2
28	11	Samuel Baker	Kalamazoo Central	200.3	3
29	12	Caleb Keller	Traverse City Central	200.2	2
30	12	Noah Johnston	Caledonia	200.0	3
31	12	Zach Wyderko	Brighton	199.7	4
32	10	Alexander Allen	Alpena	199.7	2
33	12	Marcel Stork	Mattawan	199.6	3
34	10	Rylen Richey	Grand Ledge	199.6	4
35	12	Cooper Byrne	Lowell	199.3	3
36	12	Owen Fisher	Mattawan	199.2	3
37	12	Nathaniel Linden	Troy Athens	199.0	8
38	12	Benjamin Rottier	Grand Ledge	198.8	4
39	10	Xavier Solgot	L’Anse Creuse North	198.7	9
40	11	Broden Ladd	Holly	197.9	2
41	10	Brady Glon	Detroit Catholic Central	197.5	7
42	11	Blake Kulesza	Brighton	197.3	4
43	12	Ty Billings	Kalamazoo Central	196.6	3
44	11	Josiah Derksen	Rockford	196.5	1
45	12	Ryan Barnes	Clarkston	196.5	8
46	10	Bennett Snapper	Caledonia	196.4	3
47	11	Liam Wierzba	Traverse City West	196.3	2
48	10	Finn-Frost Grayson	Traverse City West	196.3	2
49	12	Pierce Scheffler	Brownstown Woodhaven	196.2	5
50	12	Liam Preisser	East Lansing	196.2	4

Finally, An Individual Breakdown

I gotta admit, it was a bit of a stretch to give Kamari Ronfeldt the #1 ticket this summer. He didn’t finish last fall’s D1 final (under the weather, no shame in that). He didn’t win any state titles in the spring. He held the 5^th fastest returning 3200m time. But year after year, the numbers say that the jump from 10^th graders exceeds that of 11^th graders, and Ronfeldt was projected to be our fastest runner.

Thus far, the results have held up that projection. Even by Possum Hollow standards, the Milford Invite tends to run slow (the Fox n’ Hounds nature of the meet being a large contributor). Ronfeldt’s 15:35 matched what I believe to be the course record, a 15:35 by Ben Hill. Following that banger, he’s been sub-15 on three separate occasions. The most impressive of the bunch was a 14:50 at Portage, attained during the absolute hottest part of a hot day.

His teammate Beckett Crooks joined him on two of those sub-15 escapades. Crooks won the latest one at Gabriel Richard and has championship experience, winning this spring’s 3200m in the final lap.

Crooks beat Kyle O’Rourke there and O’Rourke is competing in the most Milford of Milford seasons. His 2025 portfolio contains four races. One, a 15:56 opener at Averill. Two, an Oakland County win with his best Possum Hollow time. An LVC meet and an Ohio invite, neither of which count for rating purposes. We’ll see what KOR has in store when it’s his turn on the fast course.

This may be the deepest field I’ve ever seen at the top. I really hate to say this. ‘cause it ain’t about times, but it’s been on my mind for a couple of weeks. The drought we’ve had this fall plus the cooler temperatures may lead to a MIS race where a bunch of kids crack the 15 min. barrier. You can make arguments for any one of the top-13ish runners to break into the 14’s. I hope it’s as many as possible.

Rank	Team	Score	Region	Top 5 Avg.	Top 7 Avg.	Top 5 Spread	Top 7 Spread
1	Northville	193	7	203.3	198.7	1:14	1:36
2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	271	5	202.7	197.0	1:43	1:59
3	Lowell	282	3	198.4	187.7	1:07	3:21
4	Kalamazoo Central	315	3	197.2	192.1	1:18	1:42
5	Grand Ledge	369	4	194.1	188.2	0:31	1:23
6	Brighton	419	4	193.0	190.4	0:34	0:57
7	Ann Arbor Skyline	455	4	191.7	188.9	0:23	0:47
8	Midland	468	2	191.4	188.4	0:20	0:44
9	Traverse City West	504	2	191.0	188.5	0:40	0:44
10	Portage Central	584	3	189.9	184.8	1:06	1:16
11	Romeo	600	9	189.0	184.9	0:35	1:12
12	Grand Blanc	605	2	189.8	186.7	1:03	1:08
13	Saline	606	5	190.1	186.0	1:15	1:19
14	Caledonia	611	3	189.6	185.0	1:05	1:23
15	Zeeland West	631	3	188.8	186.4	0:42	0:45
16	Traverse City Central	634	2	189.6	182.2	1:02	1:51
17	Salem	670	6	189.0	185.3	1:06	1:20
18	Clarkston	674	8	188.9	184.7	1:19	1:30
19	East Kentwood	684	3	190.2	184.2	1:21	1:50
20	Jenison	690	1	187.3	185.3	0:18	0:31
21	Holland West Ottawa	717	3	186.7	184.2	0:09	0:52
22	Highland-Milford	761	2	190.6	184.3	2:09	2:25
23	Brownstown Woodhaven	790	5	186.1	182.0	1:07	1:14
24	Rockford	823	1	185.4	178.4	1:25	1:51
25	Plymouth	873	6	185.3	181.1	1:18	1:38
26	Grand Haven	875	1	188.7	179.5	2:08	2:57
27	Saginaw Heritage	881	2	184.1	181.2	0:29	0:47

Intriguing League Battles

We had a bit of an upset in this week’s action, Traverse City Central winning the Big North Conference over Traverse City West. Region 2 is really appearing to be a beast. Midland will be a contender, Grand Blanc can qualify as well, and how either fare against Flint Powers will be a great preview for the future pressured situation. Highland-Milford is perpetually underrated on here, but a Lakes Valley Championship will greatly impact their figures.

Meanwhile, another star-packed region will be at Portage (and I’ll be there to view). We get an early look at what might go down with #4 Kalamazoo Central facing #10 Portage Central. The Mustangs took home the win in the initial SMAC meetup, but the Giants were missing a large chunk of their varsity lineup. We’ll see how the teams compare at full strength.

Rank	Team	Score	Region	County Week	Move
1	Northville	193	7	1	0
2	Ann Arbor Pioneer	271	5	2	0
3	Lowell	282	3	3	0
4	Kalamazoo Central	315	3	4	0
5	Grand Ledge	369	4	5	0
6	Brighton	419	4	9	-3
7	Ann Arbor Skyline	455	4	6	1
8	Midland	468	2	8	0
9	Traverse City West	504	2	7	2
10	Portage Central	584	3	11	-1
11	Romeo	600	9	12	-1
12	Grand Blanc	605	2	13	-1
13	Saline	606	5	10	3
14	Caledonia	611	3	14	0
15	Zeeland West	631	3	16	-1
16	Traverse City Central	634	2	15	1
17	Salem	670	6	17	0
18	Clarkston	674	8	18	0
19	East Kentwood	684	3	19	0
20	Jenison	690	1	20	0
21	Holland West Ottawa	717	3	21	0
22	Highland-Milford	761	2	23	-1
23	Brownstown Woodhaven	790	5	22	1
24	Rockford	823	1	24	0
25	Plymouth	873	6	35	-10
26	Grand Haven	875	1	25	1
27	Saginaw Heritage	881	2	26	1