| Race | Boys Adj. | Girls Adj. |
| Region 16 | -9 | -11 |
The only region where, in both races, I had to subtract seconds from an athletes’ time!
MIXC vs. REALITY
The teams projected to advance were the teams that actually advanced. In the same order as well. Judging by the scoring, a few squads out-performed expectation – both of the winners, the Pinckney Girls and Fenton Boys, along with the Detroit Country Day Boys, who nearly moved into 2nd. Beyond the places, I’m of the opinion that the teams here will perform better at MIS relative to the other teams in the Lower Peninsula. The adversity of MIS is nothing compared to the Linden hills, while that rise before 2 miles may seem massive to the flatlanders.
Especially impressive conquering the Linden hills were:
Elliana Hufton, Lake Fenton – projected 18th, placed 10th. She’s made her hay in the spring, a mid-distance star. Now she’s put down her best month ever of XC. Three consecutive races in the 20’s, her first time back in that range since August of ’24. A personal best two weeks back. And her best regional finish ever, 15 spots ahead of last year.
Ben Sushynski, Linden – projected 28th, placed 21st. Two years in a row, he’s brought his best material on regional day. Last year, he dropped a massive 30+ second PB at Holly, this year he just slipped under his new PB on a much tougher course.
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating |
| 11 | Jaelyn Ray | 18:37.3 | Pinckney | 151.2 |
| 12 | Julia Garcia | 18:56.2 | Pinckney | 145.0 |
| 11 | Addison Josephson | 18:56.2 | Linden | 144.9 |
| 10 | Ana Lovell | 19:21.2 | Lake Fenton | 136.6 |
| 10 | Courtney Floeter | 19:56.4 | Linden | 124.9 |
| 10 | Eastynn Charder | 19:57.7 | Pinckney | 124.4 |
| 11 | Melody Meckstroth | 20:05.0 | Linden | 122.0 |
| 10 | Lucy Bott | 20:07.9 | Fenton | 121.0 |
| 11 | Hannah Haines | 20:11.8 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 119.7 |
| 11 | Elliana Hufton | 20:18.8 | Lake Fenton | 117.4 |
| 10 | Gabby Schuff | 20:24.5 | Marian (Bloomfield Hills) | 115.5 |
| 9 | Jordane Falvey | 20:27.0 | Dearborn Divine Child | 114.7 |
| 11 | Diya Goyal | 20:27.5 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 114.5 |
| 11 | Lucille Clark | 20:28.6 | Marian (Bloomfield Hills) | 114.1 |
| 10 | Valyntina Garcia | 20:33.2 | Pinckney | 112.6 |
| 10 | Molly Roberts | 20:43.8 | Linden | 109.1 |
| 12 | Nora Gerzema | 20:47.4 | Farmington Hills Mercy | 107.9 |
| 12 | Brooklyn Reason | 20:54.4 | Pinckney | 105.5 |
| 10 | Elizabeth Gerzema | 20:56.6 | Farmington Hills Mercy | 104.8 |
| 9 | Zeta Adamski | 20:58.3 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 104.2 |
| 12 | Elizabeth Salinas | 21:02.0 | Dearborn Divine Child | 103.0 |
| 11 | Flora Ramos | 21:02.5 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 102.9 |
| 11 | Paige Willman | 21:05.8 | Lake Fenton | 101.7 |
| 9 | Julia Geisz | 21:05.8 | Marian (Bloomfield Hills) | 101.7 |
| 9 | Anna McCarthy | 21:09.7 | Marian (Bloomfield Hills) | 100.4 |
| 11 | Sidney Shepard | 21:13.4 | Linden | 99.2 |
| 12 | Roisin Whelan | 21:18.3 | Marian (Bloomfield Hills) | 97.6 |
| 10 | Zahiya Khan | 21:22.4 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 96.2 |
| 10 | Emily Anderson | 21:31.9 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 93.0 |
| 10 | Ryan Huhn | 21:34.0 | Dearborn Divine Child | 92.3 |
| 12 | Zeva Hathaway | 21:35.8 | Pinckney | 91.7 |
| 12 | Anna Kujansuu | 21:36.3 | Dearborn Divine Child | 91.6 |
| 10 | Ella Trueman | 21:37.4 | Dearborn Divine Child | 91.2 |
| 10 | Ainslie Carter | 21:46.6 | Farmington Hills Mercy | 88.1 |
| 10 | Jade Siy | 21:57.7 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 84.5 |
| 12 | Annabelle Ellenbogen | 21:58.3 | Detroit Country Day | 84.2 |
| 12 | McKenna Richard | 21:58.6 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 84.1 |
| 10 | Madeline Mlinarcik | 22:01.4 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 83.2 |
| 10 | Abigail Adams | 22:02.4 | Pinckney | 82.9 |
| 10 | Alayna Smith | 22:02.8 | Marian (Bloomfield Hills) | 82.7 |
| 10 | Bryleigh Belcher | 22:07.9 | Linden | 81.0 |
| 12 | Catherine Kipila | 22:09.0 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 80.7 |
| 9 | Emma Durling | 22:10.2 | Linden | 80.3 |
| 11 | Eva D’Agostino | 22:17.9 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 77.7 |
| 10 | Stella Handel | 22:18.0 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 77.7 |
| 12 | Grace Kim | 22:20.0 | Farmington Hills Mercy | 77.0 |
| 9 | Melanie Clark | 22:22.2 | Marian (Bloomfield Hills) | 76.3 |
| 12 | Nouhad Hammoud | 22:23.8 | Detroit Country Day | 75.7 |
| 10 | Veronica Perry | 22:26.9 | Dearborn Divine Child | 74.7 |
| 12 | Victoria Andrzejczak | 22:28.9 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 74.0 |
| 11 | Amoriah Tanton | 22:30.1 | Lake Fenton | 73.6 |
| 9 | Madelyn Robison | 22:39.7 | Farmington Hills Mercy | 70.4 |
| 11 | Sofia Razny | 22:42.1 | Farmington Hills Mercy | 69.6 |
| 11 | Lilly Reynolds | 22:43.9 | Fenton | 69.0 |
| 10 | Evie Sarigiannis | 22:46.2 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 68.3 |
| 9 | Taelor Dowdell | 22:57.2 | Detroit Country Day | 64.6 |
| 11 | Charlotte Hartley | 23:01.3 | Detroit Country Day | 63.3 |
| 9 | JJ Lukas | 23:02.8 | Farmington Hills Mercy | 62.7 |
| 10 | Morgan Hamilton | 23:13.0 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 59.3 |
| 12 | Jillian Steckroth | 23:16.8 | Lake Fenton | 58.1 |
| 11 | Isabella Kaminskas | 23:19.7 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 57.1 |
| 11 | Chellie Slocum | 23:22.9 | Detroit Country Day | 56.0 |
| 10 | Olivia Berman | 23:26.7 | Detroit Country Day | 54.8 |
| 10 | Megan Sroczynski | 23:29.6 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 53.8 |
| 12 | Daniya Vann | 23:33.2 | Garden City | 52.6 |
| 9 | Julia Eichbauer | 23:42.6 | Fenton | 49.5 |
| 9 | Cora Campbell | 24:00.1 | Fenton | 43.6 |
| 10 | Lucy DeCapite | 24:02.4 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 42.9 |
| 11 | Sophia Shvartsman | 24:02.4 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 42.9 |
| 12 | Lily Bagozzi | 24:04.6 | Garden City | 42.1 |
| 9 | Abigail Kahn | 24:10.7 | Lake Fenton | 40.1 |
| 9 | Leah Edgar | 24:19.0 | Fenton | 37.3 |
| 12 | Samira Jraiche | 24:31.5 | Dearborn Divine Child | 33.2 |
| 11 | Claire Dunn | 24:33.8 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 32.4 |
| 10 | Ellie Lemmer | 24:37.7 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 31.1 |
| 12 | Audrey Buckley | 24:39.2 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 30.6 |
| 12 | Regina Diosdado | 24:54.9 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 25.4 |
| 11 | Megan Mateer | 25:17.4 | Detroit Country Day | 17.9 |
| 12 | Keira Krzywdzinski | 25:23.1 | Garden City | 16.0 |
| 12 | Ella Whiteman | 25:30.8 | Lake Fenton | 13.4 |
| 11 | Caelyn Bono | 25:50.4 | Fenton | 6.9 |
| 11 | Stacy Page | 25:55.6 | Pontiac | 5.1 |
| 10 | Chloe Januszyk | 25:57.3 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 4.6 |
BOYS INDIVIDUAL RATINGS
| Grade | Name | Time | Team | Rating |
| 10 | Gavin Katic | 15:55.5 | Fenton | 204.5 |
| 10 | Gerard Gilmour | 16:28.1 | Fenton | 193.7 |
| 11 | Omar Elbashir | 16:31.7 | Detroit Country Day | 192.4 |
| 12 | Cole Wisniewski | 16:40.0 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 189.7 |
| 10 | Jack Hincks | 16:43.5 | Detroit Country Day | 188.5 |
| 11 | Cole McCraw | 16:53.1 | Pinckney | 185.3 |
| 12 | Brodie Licata | 16:59.0 | Lake Fenton | 183.3 |
| 9 | John Rochowiak | 17:02.2 | Pinckney | 182.3 |
| 10 | Jackson Butts | 17:13.7 | Lake Fenton | 178.4 |
| 11 | Lincoln Reed | 17:13.8 | Pinckney | 178.4 |
| 10 | Andrew Nunning | 17:22.2 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 175.6 |
| 10 | Ethan Bray | 17:24.9 | Detroit Country Day | 174.7 |
| 10 | Abram Larsen | 17:26.5 | Fenton | 174.2 |
| 9 | Hari Varma | 17:27.4 | Detroit Country Day | 173.9 |
| 11 | Joseph Arriola | 17:34.1 | Dearborn Divine Child | 171.6 |
| 11 | Jackson Defina | 17:34.5 | Fenton | 171.5 |
| 10 | Landen Bermudez | 17:35.0 | Dearborn Divine Child | 171.3 |
| 11 | Caleb Maciag | 17:35.4 | Pinckney | 171.2 |
| 9 | Matthew McFall | 17:35.7 | Pinckney | 171.1 |
| 12 | Nate Sandula | 17:40.7 | Pinckney | 169.4 |
| 10 | Ben Sushynski | 17:45.2 | Linden | 167.9 |
| 11 | Ben Panter | 17:48.3 | Fenton | 166.9 |
| 11 | Grant Goodwin | 17:48.8 | Dearborn Divine Child | 166.7 |
| 11 | Jackson Martin | 17:49.5 | Fenton | 166.5 |
| 11 | Grant Hunault | 18:02.7 | Fenton | 162.1 |
| 9 | Kipton Smyth | 18:18.1 | Linden | 157.0 |
| 10 | Adam Ahmad | 18:23.4 | Detroit Country Day | 155.2 |
| 12 | Austin Derrick | 18:30.3 | Garden City | 152.9 |
| 9 | Ryland Giannini | 18:30.7 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 152.8 |
| 10 | Karsten Martin | 18:30.7 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 152.8 |
| 12 | Jake Yono | 18:31.7 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 152.4 |
| 9 | Alex Hagerty | 18:32.3 | Pinckney | 152.2 |
| 12 | Nicolas (Nico) Sepanak | 18:35.9 | Linden | 151.0 |
| 9 | Luke Sushynski | 18:42.6 | Linden | 148.8 |
| 10 | Jacob Borowicz | 18:50.7 | Dearborn Divine Child | 146.1 |
| 12 | Jack Jablonski | 18:55.4 | Linden | 144.5 |
| 11 | Remy Cicotte | 18:56.1 | Detroit Country Day | 144.3 |
| 10 | Zachary Barszczowski | 18:58.7 | Dearborn Divine Child | 143.4 |
| 12 | Carter Johnston | 19:05.9 | Linden | 141.0 |
| 11 | Nicholas Kostecke | 19:08.3 | Detroit Country Day | 140.2 |
| 11 | Nicholas Sargent | 19:08.9 | Dearborn Divine Child | 140.0 |
| 9 | Andrew Yousif | 19:09.6 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 139.8 |
| 12 | Salvador Mendez | 19:16.8 | Redford Union | 137.4 |
| 12 | Michael Aramouni | 19:19.0 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 136.7 |
| 9 | Birch Zilisch | 19:25.2 | Linden | 134.6 |
| 10 | Victor Papa | 19:26.7 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 134.1 |
| 11 | Brendan Miller | 19:28.9 | Dearborn Divine Child | 133.4 |
| 10 | William Platt | 19:31.4 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 132.5 |
| 9 | Lucas Martin | 19:37.5 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 130.5 |
| 9 | Henry Plowman | 19:43.3 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 128.6 |
| 12 | Gavin Hiler | 19:51.8 | Lake Fenton | 125.7 |
| 12 | Kingston Willett | 19:53.0 | Garden City | 125.3 |
| 12 | Samuel Xie | 19:53.3 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 125.2 |
| 9 | Joseph Aramouni | 19:58.8 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 123.4 |
| 10 | Gage Clark | 20:16.4 | Garden City | 117.5 |
| 10 | Collin Andrews | 20:17.9 | Lake Fenton | 117.0 |
| 9 | Silvio Jurkovic | 20:23.3 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 115.2 |
| 12 | Dawson Quinn | 21:10.5 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 99.5 |
| 12 | Connor Murphy | 21:14.9 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 98.0 |
| 11 | Thomas Lemmer | 21:22.4 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s | 95.5 |
| 10 | Ryan Warburton | 21:28.3 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 93.6 |
| 10 | Luke Mamou | 21:34.4 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 91.5 |
| 9 | Victor Kamau | 21:36.0 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 91.0 |
| 12 | Qiyuan (Daniel) Li | 21:43.5 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 88.5 |
| 10 | RayVaughn Thompson | 21:45.7 | Redford Union | 87.8 |
| 11 | Ryan Zou | 21:48.0 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 87.0 |
| 9 | Thomas Binkowski | 21:54.5 | Pontiac Notre Dame Prep | 84.8 |
| 11 | Keith White | 21:59.2 | Redford Union | 83.3 |
| 9 | Lezhi (Ritz) Ding | 22:01.7 | Cranbrook Kingswood | 82.4 |
| 10 | Austin Hillman | 22:01.9 | Madison Heights Lamphere | 82.4 |
| 12 | Cameron Jones-Mitchell | 22:05.9 | Detroit Henry Ford | 81.0 |
| 10 | Mikal Robinson | 22:08.3 | Detroit Henry Ford | 80.2 |
| 12 | Joshua Brown | 22:18.6 | Pontiac | 76.8 |
| 11 | Izzaldeen Thabata | 22:33.4 | Garden City | 71.9 |
| 11 | Eric Ba-Silvestre | 23:05.8 | Detroit Henry Ford | 61.1 |
| 12 | Jerome Stallings | 23:18.2 | Detroit Cody | 56.9 |
| 12 | Jaiden Gaines | 23:23.8 | Redford Union | 55.1 |
| 9 | Jayvon Martin | 23:32.8 | Detroit Henry Ford | 52.1 |
| 10 | Robert Buxton | 23:32.8 | Detroit Henry Ford | 52.1 |
| 10 | Nick Muha | 23:38.0 | Garden City | 50.3 |
| 11 | Camren Dixon | 23:39.9 | Redford Union | 49.7 |
| 10 | Salim El-Zaatari | 23:41.3 | Garden City | 49.3 |
| 11 | Marcel Mason | 23:43.6 | Redford Union | 48.5 |
| 11 | Elijah Long | 23:45.0 | Redford Union | 48.0 |
| 9 | Khalil Humphrey | 24:08.2 | Pontiac | 40.3 |
| 11 | Michael Parker | 24:08.2 | Detroit Henry Ford | 40.3 |
| 9 | Malik Mack | 24:48.2 | Detroit Henry Ford | 26.9 |
| 11 | Danny Logan | 24:50.2 | Pontiac | 26.3 |
| 11 | Brady Butzler | 24:58.9 | Lake Fenton | 23.4 |
| 11 | Deshine Logan | 25:34.2 | Pontiac | 11.6 |