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Race Boys Adj. Girls Adj. Region 8 +26 +23
MIXC vs. REALITY
On the quick Clintonwood course, the girls’ qualifiers went as expected, at least in terms of the teams. What was unexpected were the Rochester Adams Highlanders pulling off a victory, clinching the regional title on the sixth runner. That sixth girl was Maddie Deering , who has been coming into her own at the tail end of her freshman fall. She’s been sub-21 in her past three races, her improvement the key in Adams taking home a trophy.
The surprise was in the race expected to be exciting. Three teams were thought to be in contention for two spots, separated by a single point. Both the Oxford and Rochester boys had runners come in clutch. For the Wildcats, you can point to Matthew Buchanan , a senior who has dropped significant margins in each season of his career. He’s had a progression from the 22’s in 2022 to a 16:20 here in 2025. For the Falcons, their 5th guy was the necessary closer. Alonso San Vicente Lugo wasn’t on Rochester’s varsity lineup for the 2024 regional, but his PROM race showed someone who can perform on the Clintonwood course, a personal best of 18:11. A year later, he laid down another PR, dropped 25 seconds from his previous PB.
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS
Grade Name Time Team Rating 11 El McMahan 17:40.4 Rochester Adams 158.9 12 Leah Corby 18:05.6 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 150.5 12 Ella Abraham 18:22.4 Rochester 144.9 10 Charlotte Jones 18:24.3 Rochester 144.2 9 Jessica Soldan 18:28.3 Rochester Adams 142.9 12 Audrey Hamilton 18:36.1 Troy 140.3 9 Abigail Deering 19:05.1 Rochester Adams 130.6 12 Taylor Parsons 19:15.5 Rochester 127.2 12 Sydney Fischer 19:16.1 Clarkston 127.0 11 Avery DeGrendel 19:17.3 Clarkston 126.6 9 Annabelle Shaw 19:21.8 Clarkston 125.1 10 Sienna Chapin 19:23.5 Oxford 124.5 10 Amelia Garvin 19:25.0 Clarkston 124.0 11 Linda Lopez 19:25.9 Lake Orion 123.7 11 Tessa Kozlowski 19:52.3 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 114.9 12 Cecilia Kreiter 19:52.5 Rochester Adams 114.8 11 Adrienne Jones 19:56.7 Rochester 113.4 10 Maren Greve 19:57.3 Rochester 113.2 11 Natalie Meldrum 20:04.2 Lake Orion 110.9 12 Gianna D’Angelo 20:12.3 Utica Ford 108.2 10 Ava Thomas 20:14.3 Rochester Adams 107.6 9 Clare O’Reilly 20:16.5 Troy Athens 106.8 11 Kendal Russette 20:17.1 Clarkston 106.6 11 Addison Brigham 20:18.4 Clarkston 106.2 12 Emma Miller 20:22.5 Utica Ford 104.8 10 Riah Guoin 20:30.8 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 102.1 11 Claire Pikal 20:32.4 Waterford Kettering 101.5 11 Liliana Anderson 20:32.8 Lake Orion 101.4 12 Laila Bodell 20:37.3 Oxford 99.9 10 Hailey Lan 20:39.1 Troy 99.3 11 Mary Graves 20:39.5 Lake Orion 99.2 11 Alexis (Lexi) Schwartz 20:40.3 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 98.9 10 Lucy Dubeck 20:42.0 Clarkston 98.3 12 Bhuvi Narkhede 20:50.3 Troy 95.6 9 Maddie Deering 20:50.7 Rochester Adams 95.4 9 Addison Geml 20:51.5 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 95.2 12 Kayla DiFonzo 20:55.5 Sterling Heights Stevenson 93.8 10 Grace McDonald 21:00.2 Utica Ford 92.3 11 Lacy Ortega 21:03.8 Utica Ford 91.1 9 Leigh Sapp 21:09.3 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 89.2 12 Lily Limberg 21:11.4 Rochester 88.5 11 Morgan Hoyt 21:13.6 Oxford 87.8 10 Avery Strom 21:16.5 Troy 86.8 11 Chelsea Myrand 21:20.0 Oxford 85.7 9 Ava Fox 21:21.0 Oxford 85.3 10 Lauryn Harper 21:24.2 Troy Athens 84.3 12 Mercy Brown 21:26.5 Warren Cousino 83.5 10 Advika Rao 21:29.9 Lake Orion 82.4 9 Lyla Eidson 21:32.4 Auburn Hills Avondale 81.5 10 Leah Keith 21:33.1 Rochester Adams 81.3 10 Sophia Mulka 21:38.3 Utica Ford 79.6 10 Julia Warrington 21:39.8 Oxford 79.1 12 Amanda Dickinson 21:43.8 Utica Ford 77.7 11 Lily Ortega 21:49.3 Utica Ford 75.9 10 Molly Gorman 21:51.3 Troy 75.2 9 Ruby Clark 21:54.8 Oxford 74.1 11 Valentina Mansour 21:56.0 Troy Athens 73.7 9 Kaitlyn Bacevicius 21:56.8 Lake Orion 73.4 9 Sam Wendt 21:58.5 Waterford Kettering 72.8 9 Angela Franco 22:06.8 Warren Mott 70.1 9 Hailey McDonald 22:08.5 Lake Orion 69.5 11 Gargi Sonawane 22:11.8 Troy Athens 68.4 10 Nina Lewis 22:13.9 Troy Athens 67.7 12 Reshmi Senthil Kumar 22:24.0 Troy 64.3 12 Audrie Dixon 22:29.6 Waterford Kettering 62.5 10 Eunah Kim 22:31.8 Troy 61.7 12 Alison Doka 22:35.3 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 60.6 10 Mia Feliciano 22:49.7 Warren Mott 55.8 12 Layah Cociuba 22:57.5 Waterford Mott 53.2 12 Maya Saleski 22:58.3 Troy Athens 52.9 10 Eva Stuckey 23:07.3 Warren Mott 49.9 10 Madison Mann 23:08.8 Sterling Heights Stevenson 49.4 10 Macy Grembos 23:11.0 Sterling Heights Stevenson 48.7 11 Aris Swan 23:13.1 Waterford Kettering 48.0 12 Leajah Ferguson 23:16.8 Warren Mott 46.7 10 Maddie Lacourciere 23:25.3 Warren Mott 43.9 9 Sophia Clement Billings 23:28.1 Waterford Kettering 43.0 11 Alexa Main 23:36.4 Waterford Mott 40.2 9 Kiersten Warda 23:46.5 Warren Cousino 36.8 10 Addison Larson 23:49.4 Auburn Hills Avondale 35.9 10 Violet Meyers 24:18.3 Warren Cousino 26.2 12 Lourd Alahwal 24:33.6 Troy Athens 21.1 11 Kylie Bruno 24:35.9 Warren Mott 20.4 9 Makenna Mayer 24:41.7 Sterling Heights Stevenson 18.4 11 Alyvia Kymla 24:58.6 Waterford Mott 12.8 9 Emma Harvat 25:01.8 Sterling Heights Stevenson 11.7 9 Emily Patton 25:27.5 Sterling Heights Stevenson 3.2
BOYS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS
Grade Name Time Team Rating 12 Ryan Barnes 15:30.6 Clarkston 201.1 12 David Dubeck 15:32.6 Clarkston 200.5 12 Max Houvener 15:36.7 Lake Orion 199.1 12 Nathaniel Linden 15:46.8 Troy Athens 195.7 10 Cooper McNaughton 15:50.1 Clarkston 194.6 12 Evan Owczarek 15:59.2 Rochester 191.6 12 Dylan Pascoe 15:59.7 Rochester 191.4 12 Gavin Wilkins 16:05.7 Rochester Adams 189.4 10 Oscar Wordell 16:06.3 Rochester Adams 189.2 10 Aidan Schwalbach 16:16.2 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 185.9 10 Asa Konwinski 16:19.2 Troy 184.9 12 Matthew Buchanan 16:20.5 Oxford 184.5 11 Vern Clyne 16:20.8 Clarkston 184.4 9 Luis Nava 16:21.2 Lake Orion 184.3 10 Lucas Campbell 16:22.3 Rochester 183.9 11 Miles Foster 16:25.2 Clarkston 182.9 11 Ethan Christoff 16:26.4 Oxford 182.5 12 Trent Logan 16:29.4 Clarkston 181.5 9 Joseph Leigh 16:30.4 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 181.2 12 Anthony Dubeck 16:36.3 Clarkston 179.2 11 Jack Witt 16:37.5 Troy 178.8 10 Ricardo Guajardo 16:40.3 Lake Orion 177.9 12 Cayden Canham 16:42.3 Oxford 177.2 12 Alexandro Skakal 16:45.7 Lake Orion 176.1 10 Brady Bigelow 16:50.1 Oxford 174.6 11 Colin Blachford 16:50.5 Troy Athens 174.5 11 Henry Witt 16:50.9 Troy 174.4 11 Luke Nagy 16:52.1 Rochester Adams 174.0 12 Joey Light 16:54.0 Troy 173.3 12 Dean Gallucci 16:59.1 Utica Ford 171.6 12 Noah Nasceif 16:59.3 Sterling Heights Stevenson 171.6 11 Conner McLaughlin 17:06.4 Rochester 169.2 11 Jesse Reed 17:08.6 Rochester Adams 168.5 11 Jaron Osanaiye 17:08.6 Sterling Heights Stevenson 168.5 11 Zach Shaffer 17:09.4 Utica Ford 168.2 12 Carter Jacobsen 17:10.3 Oxford 167.9 12 Ryan Harper 17:10.9 Troy Athens 167.7 12 James Mihelich 17:13.4 Troy 166.9 12 Isaac Clark 17:18.3 Troy 165.2 11 Alonso San Vicente Lugo 17:21.8 Rochester 164.1 11 Conrad Schaub 17:22.1 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 164.0 10 Eddie Nolan 17:22.2 Troy Athens 163.9 12 Camden Wornson 17:22.8 Rochester Adams 163.7 12 Luke Mulka 17:24.3 Utica Ford 163.2 11 Jesus Garcia 17:25.4 Waterford Mott 162.9 12 Kyle Massimilla 17:26.3 Utica Ford 162.6 12 Emmanuel Roque-Bocangera 17:27.7 Oxford 162.1 12 Aaron Hemstreet 17:28.3 Warren Cousino 161.9 9 Matthew Zora 17:28.5 Rochester 161.8 12 Parker Mowl 17:30.4 Utica Ford 161.2 9 Avery Clinton-Barnett 17:31.7 Oxford 160.8 11 Wyatt Bovensiep 17:32.3 Auburn Hills Avondale 160.6 11 Zach McGee 17:32.4 Lake Orion 160.5 12 Christopher Gatto 17:38.6 Troy 158.5 9 Franklin Wyrembelski 17:46.8 Rochester Adams 155.7 10 Anderson Buckland 17:48.5 Lake Orion 155.2 11 Benjamin Barkham 18:02.7 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 150.4 11 Carson Pavloff 18:03.4 Auburn Hills Avondale 150.2 11 Caleb Erkkinen 18:04.3 Sterling Heights Stevenson 149.9 11 Ethan Feys 18:05.1 Troy Athens 149.6 12 Caleb Schwarz 18:07.4 Waterford Kettering 148.9 11 Daniel Rudolph 18:10.4 Utica Ford 147.9 11 Timothy Minfield 18:10.9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 147.7 10 Bennett Ogilvy 18:12.1 Utica Ford 147.3 11 Keston Rodda 18:13.2 Rochester Adams 146.9 11 Braulio Limon Urdapilleta 18:14.2 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 146.6 11 Kyle Swanson 18:15.1 Sterling Heights Stevenson 146.3 10 Aiden McDonald 18:17.1 Lake Orion 145.6 11 Santanna Minfield 18:20.2 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 144.6 10 Nixon Magnotte 18:23.7 Sterling Heights Stevenson 143.4 11 David Alsip 18:34.1 Warren Mott 140.0 9 Royce Berletic 18:44.2 Rochester 136.6 10 Collin Mahar 18:45.6 Sterling Heights Stevenson 136.1 11 Luke Shelton 18:52.5 Troy Athens 133.8 11 Jaden Ethier 19:01.2 Troy Athens 130.9 12 Bailey McClain 19:03.6 Waterford Kettering 130.1 12 Brandon Chan 19:22.9 Auburn Hills Avondale 123.7 11 Nathan Feliciano 19:37.7 Warren Mott 118.8 10 Jaiden Nguyen 19:47.7 Warren Mott 115.4 10 Liam Jimenez 19:57.3 Waterford Kettering 112.2 12 Joshua Schang 20:07.6 Warren Cousino 108.8 12 Andrei Liliac 20:07.7 Sterling Heights 108.8 10 Justin Higgins 20:08.9 Sterling Heights 108.4 9 Keaton Pikal 20:13.3 Waterford Kettering 106.9 11 Cooper Valko 20:23.6 Waterford Mott 103.5 12 Gavin Oxenreider 20:30.7 Waterford Kettering 101.1 9 Ben Yater 20:43.9 Waterford Kettering 96.7 12 Ruben Romano 20:45.5 Warren Mott 96.2 10 Logan Barrington 21:08.5 Waterford Kettering 88.5 10 Jack Schwartz 21:23.3 Sterling Heights 83.6 12 Aldwin Swincicki-Murai 21:24.4 Sterling Heights 83.2 10 Edin Halilovic 23:03.8 Auburn Hills Avondale 50.1 12 Nassif Alsalman 24:18.4 Sterling Heights 25.2 9 Lucas Jantz 25:28.2 Warren Cousino 1.9