We’re actually a bit past halfway, but in my mind, Portage is the end of the regular season. Past this upcoming weekend, the schedule will be dominated by championships – county, league, area, regional, and state. In anticipation of that, why not some regional projections?
These projections take on the same format as the rankings, just at the regional level now. Real quick:
Ratings are generated via:
- The top 67% (rounding to the nearest whole number) performances of a runner
- Runners with three or less rated races have all races counted
- Those are then weighed on recency, meet size, and competitiveness of the meet
Those ratings are then compiled and scored as a hypothetical meet. Every runner that’s run a rated race from September 1st on is included.
Yes, athletic.net has simulations. These are different than athletic.net because:
- They account for course conditions and distance
- If you ran a shorter course, you’re likely to be overrated on there
- If you ran only hilly, rough courses, you’re likely to be underrated on there
- They take your best performance, I capture more of the resume
Is one better than the other? The only year (2021) I compared my predictions vs. athletic.net, I correctly predicted 188 of the 216 team qualifiers, a.net simulated 184. 2% difference, but I’ll take it. Last year, I had 194 of those 216 top-3 regional teams, the previous year, 197 of 216. I like my track record. I ain’t no a.net hater either, as I bet I spend more time on there than any human in the US.
Anyhow, as I’ve said on my division rankings, these are for fun. I’m positive in my writings toward everyone, you can be cool toward me. Enjoy.
Any Surprises?
Fenton
I always love it when an influential, fast kid comes along (Gavin Katic) comes along and the fortunes of a program change. I’m not saying Katic is the reason, but it’s sort of a coincidence, right? Anyhow, in the past year, we’ve seen the development of Gerard Gilmour (barreling toward the 15’s), Abram Larsen (getting into the 16’s for the first time ever), and Benjamin Panter (dropping a significant PB at Jackson), amongst many others.
Troy
New coach, no problem. The Colts have embraced the change and ran with it. The Witt boys, Henry and Jack, have been at the front of it, each running in the 16’s on a tough day at Holly, then Henry grabbing his first All-County medal this past weekend. Troy has also been helped by the addition of mid-distance star Andrew Svoboda, who is adjusting the longer distances quite nicely with his mid-17 efforts. I’m sure Clarkston, Lakeland, and Milford will be gunning for a qualifying spot, but the Colts have put themselves in a great position for success.
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 1 | 1 | Jenison | 43 | 3 | 200.2 |
| 1 | 2 | Rockford | 74 | 11 | 192.0 |
| 1 | 3 | East Kentwood | 79 | 15 | 194.6 |
| 1 | 4 | Hudsonville | 111 | 183.4 | |
| 1 | 5 | Grand Haven | 133 | 183.6 | |
| 1 | 6 | Grandville | 139 | 179.4 | |
| 1 | 7 | Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills | 208 | 165.8 | |
| 1 | 8 | Grand Rapids Northview | 262 | 155.9 | |
| 1 | 9 | Forest Hills Northern | 273 | 152.8 | |
| 1 | 10 | Grand Rapids Union | 291 | 151.4 | |
| 1 | 11 | Greenville | 307 | 148.1 | |
| 1 | 12 | Muskegon Mona Shores | 347 | 140.5 | |
| 1 | 13 | Muskegon Reeths-Puffer | 402 | 130.1 | |
| 1 | 14 | Wyoming | 423 | 121.0 | |
| 1 | 15 | Muskegon | 435 | 111.7 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 2 | 1 | Traverse City West | 42 | 4 | 201.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Midland | 83 | 6 | 193.8 |
| 2 | 3 | Fenton | 114 | 17 | 191.0 |
| 2 | 4 | Traverse City Central | 135 | 21 | 187.3 |
| 2 | 5 | Saginaw Heritage | 138 | 23 | 187.1 |
| 2 | 6 | Davison | 151 | 26 | 185.6 |
| 2 | 7 | Grand Blanc | 191 | 181.8 | |
| 2 | 8 | Midland Dow | 203 | 180.5 | |
| 2 | 9 | Alpena | 213 | 178.3 | |
| 2 | 10 | Mount Pleasant | 261 | 173.7 | |
| 2 | 11 | Oxford | 290 | 168.2 | |
| 2 | 12 | Bay City Western | 342 | 159.0 | |
| 2 | 13 | Flushing | 377 | 152.7 | |
| 2 | 14 | Lapeer | 417 | 144.2 | |
| 2 | 15 | Swartz Creek | 451 | 133.9 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 3 | 1 | Caledonia | 85 | 12 | 191.4 |
| 3 | 2 | Lowell | 88 | 10 | 195.1 |
| 3 | 3 | Kalamazoo Central | 92 | 14 | 193.6 |
| 3 | 4 | Holland West Ottawa | 121 | 24 | 186.3 |
| 3 | 5 | Zeeland West | 151 | 185.3 | |
| 3 | 6 | Battle Creek Lakeview | 168 | 183.4 | |
| 3 | 7 | Kalamazoo Loy Norrix | 198 | 179.4 | |
| 3 | 8 | Richland Gull Lake | 205 | 178.8 | |
| 3 | 9 | Portage Central | 231 | 177.0 | |
| 3 | 10 | Portage Northern | 232 | 175.1 | |
| 3 | 11 | Forest Hills Central | 238 | 174.8 | |
| 3 | 12 | Byron Center | 282 | 171.0 | |
| 3 | 13 | Zeeland East | 294 | 169.4 | |
| 3 | 14 | Mattawan | 325 | 165.3 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 4 | 1 | Brighton | 42 | 2 | 201.0 |
| 4 | 2 | Grand Ledge | 58 | 5 | 195.6 |
| 4 | 3 | Dexter | 78 | 16 | 191.8 |
| 4 | 4 | East Lansing | 121 | 183.6 | |
| 4 | 5 | Howell | 122 | 186.9 | |
| 4 | 6 | Okemos | 196 | 171.7 | |
| 4 | 7 | Holt | 201 | 173.2 | |
| 4 | 8 | South Lyon | 235 | 167.7 | |
| 4 | 9 | South Lyon East | 235 | 168.5 | |
| 4 | 10 | Mason | 251 | 164.2 | |
| 4 | 11 | Lansing Waverly | 324 | 145.8 | |
| 4 | 12 | Lansing Everett | 387 | 122.6 | |
| 4 | 13 | Lansing Eastern | 405 | 99.7 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 5 | 1 | Saline | 52 | 8 | 194.4 |
| 5 | 2 | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 66 | 19 | 192.0 |
| 5 | 3 | Brownstown Woodhaven | 110 | 179.2 | |
| 5 | 4 | Gibraltar Carlson | 158 | 171.7 | |
| 5 | 5 | Wyandotte Roosevelt | 160 | 171.8 | |
| 5 | 6 | Allen Park | 162 | 171.3 | |
| 5 | 7 | Dearborn Fordson | 162 | 171.5 | |
| 5 | 8 | Monroe | 174 | 167.5 | |
| 5 | 9 | Temperance Bedford | 179 | 167.3 | |
| 5 | 10 | Ypsilanti Lincoln | 324 | 132.3 | |
| 5 | 11 | Southgate Anderson | 343 | 117.3 | |
| 5 | 12 | Belleville | 356 | 120.4 | |
| 5 | 13 | Detroit Cass Tech | 361 | 116.8 | |
| 5 | 14 | Lincoln Park | 433 | 79.5 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 6 | 1 | Ann Arbor Skyline | 22 | 1 | 201.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Salem | 51 | 7 | 195.1 |
| 6 | 3 | Plymouth | 111 | 181.0 | |
| 6 | 4 | Detroit U-D Jesuit | 120 | 179.9 | |
| 6 | 5 | Livonia Churchill | 131 | 178.3 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ann Arbor Huron | 191 | 166.8 | |
| 6 | 7 | Canton | 208 | 165.7 | |
| 6 | 8 | Dearborn | 242 | 161.8 | |
| 6 | 9 | Grosse Pointe South | 259 | 158.7 | |
| 6 | 10 | Livonia Franklin | 282 | 154.5 | |
| 6 | 11 | Detroit Renaissance | 286 | 150.4 | |
| 6 | 12 | Westland John Glenn | 342 | 138.8 | |
| 6 | 13 | Wayne Memorial | 404 | 110.6 | |
| 6 | 14 | Dearborn Heights Crestwood | 426 | 96.6 | |
| 6 | 15 | Harper Woods | 448 | 95.2 | |
| 6 | 16 | Detroit Mumford | 536 | -33.0 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 7 | 1 | Northville | 56 | 13 | 193.0 |
| 7 | 2 | Detroit Catholic Central | 57 | 18 | 190.2 |
| 7 | 3 | Novi | 90 | 184.3 | |
| 7 | 4 | Livonia Stevenson | 129 | 178.2 | |
| 7 | 5 | Royal Oak | 165 | 172.5 | |
| 7 | 6 | Berkley | 200 | 167.6 | |
| 7 | 7 | West Bloomfield | 247 | 159.2 | |
| 7 | 8 | Birmingham Seaholm | 251 | 158.3 | |
| 7 | 9 | North Farmington | 257 | 158.4 | |
| 7 | 10 | Bloomfield Hills | 261 | 156.4 | |
| 7 | 11 | Farmington | 280 | 154.0 | |
| 7 | 12 | Oak Park | 313 | 148.0 | |
| 7 | 13 | Walled Lake Western | 345 | 144.3 | |
| 7 | 14 | Beverly Hills Groves | 367 | 139.7 | |
| 7 | 15 | Ferndale | 392 | 127.6 | |
| 7 | 16 | Brother Rice | 417 | 133.7 | |
| 7 | 17 | Walled Lake Central | 524 | 98.4 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 8 | 1 | Highland-Milford | 55 | 20 | 189.8 |
| 8 | 2 | Troy | 60 | 25 | 186.9 |
| 8 | 3 | White Lake Lakeland | 75 | 27 | 185.4 |
| 8 | 4 | Clarkston | 99 | 182.3 | |
| 8 | 5 | Hartland | 141 | 172.6 | |
| 8 | 6 | Utica | 159 | 169.5 | |
| 8 | 7 | Troy Athens | 163 | 170.3 | |
| 8 | 8 | Walled Lake Northern | 213 | 164.0 | |
| 8 | 9 | Warren DeLaSalle | 285 | 145.6 | |
| 8 | 10 | Waterford Kettering | 306 | 144.5 | |
| 8 | 11 | Sterling Heights Stevenson | 318 | 138.5 | |
| 8 | 12 | Utica Ford | 342 | 136.8 | |
| 8 | 13 | Warren Woods Tower | 397 | 116.2 | |
| 8 | 14 | Waterford Mott | 430 | 81.5 | |
| 8 | 15 | Warren Mott | 449 | 88.3 | |
| 8 | 16 | Sterling Heights | 517 | -68.8 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 9 | 1 | Lake Orion | 42 | 9 | 191.9 |
| 9 | 2 | Romeo | 76 | 22 | 186.8 |
| 9 | 3 | Rochester | 91 | 184.0 | |
| 9 | 4 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 120 | 179.8 | |
| 9 | 5 | Rochester Adams | 145 | 174.5 | |
| 9 | 6 | Macomb Dakota | 168 | 171.7 | |
| 9 | 7 | Fraser | 227 | 161.2 | |
| 9 | 8 | Anchor Bay | 237 | 158.5 | |
| 9 | 9 | L’Anse Creuse North | 241 | 159.3 | |
| 9 | 10 | Utica Eisenhower | 242 | 158.0 | |
| 9 | 11 | Port Huron Northern | 242 | 157.1 | |
| 9 | 12 | Chippewa Valley | 309 | 145.2 | |
| 9 | 13 | St. Clair Shores Lakeview | 375 | 128.2 | |
| 9 | 14 | Roseville | 461 | 71.8 | |
| 9 | 15 | Port Huron | 486 | 44.8 |
Battles to Watch
Region 6
Halfway through the fall, it seems that the site selection committee performed a bang-up job on the D1 Boys’ regions. Of course, Region 2 is kinda loaded, but it appears that 2-3 teams have somewhat separated. Much can change, but a good many of these appear definite as to who will be the three qualifiers. With the exception of this one! Salem and Skyline are favorites to advance, top-10 teams that finished 1st and 4th respectively at Jackson.
Who comes next? Maybe Plymouth or Livonia Churchill, two common qualifiers here out of Region 6? Perhaps U-D Jesuit, a 2026 surprise? The Cubs are coming off a Marauder Invite victory, led by Emmet Gardella, who has dropped significant time from his junior season. Churchill and Plymouth are neck in neck, evidenced by their most recent run at Jackson. The two teams were separated by 13 points and a single spot in the standings. The difference came at the 3rd-5th spots, where the Wildcats gained 71 points, enough to clear the Chargers.
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Caden Livermore | 221.6 | Grandville |
| 1 | 2 | 12 | Luka Hammond | 220.2 | Grand Haven |
| 1 | 3 | 12 | Matii Tarekegn | 219.1 | East Kentwood |
| 1 | 4 | 10 | Archer VerHage | 211.2 | Grand Haven |
| 1 | 5 | 11 | Caleb Conner | 203.0 | Jenison |
| 1 | 6 | 12 | Josiah Derksen | 202.9 | Rockford |
| 1 | 7 | 12 | Ethan Burks | 202.1 | Jenison |
| 1 | 8 | 11 | Carter Cooke | 201.7 | Jenison |
| 1 | 9 | 11 | Chase Sherman | 200.8 | Jenison |
| 1 | 10 | 12 | Justin Johnson | 200.8 | East Kentwood |
| 1 | 11 | 11 | Luke Bultman | 198.5 | Rockford |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | Noah Watson | 195.0 | Rockford |
| 1 | 13 | 12 | Bradley Smies | 194.8 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 14 | 9 | Hans Templeton | 193.4 | Jenison |
| 1 | 15 | 12 | Aduet (Jimma) Atem | 192.9 | East Kentwood |
| 1 | 16 | 10 | Lucas Mueller | 189.1 | Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills |
| 1 | 17 | 10 | Sullivan Oberg | 188.3 | Jenison |
| 1 | 18 | 11 | Declan Duch | 187.1 | Jenison |
| 1 | 19 | 11 | Graham Kusmierski | 185.5 | Grandville |
| 1 | 20 | 12 | Charles Gavan | 183.5 | Rockford |
| 1 | 21 | 12 | Blaiz Shyaka | 182.2 | East Kentwood |
| 1 | 22 | 12 | Calvin Kasprowicz | 181.8 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 23 | 10 | Alec Bolles | 181.2 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 24 | 10 | Elijah Ouwinga | 180.8 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 25 | 9 | Gabe Miller | 180.2 | Rockford |
| 1 | 26 | 12 | Liam Eaton | 180.2 | Grand Rapids Northview |
| 1 | 27 | 10 | James Hollebeek | 179.7 | Rockford |
| 1 | 28 | 12 | Arie Prins | 178.7 | Grand Rapids Union |
| 1 | 29 | 12 | Luke McCarty | 178.4 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 30 | 12 | Braylon Morris | 177.8 | East Kentwood |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 2 | 1 | 12 | Liam Wierzba | 211.7 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Gavin Katic | 211.2 | Fenton |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | Johnathan Elsea | 205.9 | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | Alexander Allen | 205.7 | Alpena |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | Finn Frost-Grayson | 205.1 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 6 | 12 | Logan Gessford | 204.7 | Midland |
| 2 | 7 | 10 | Tommy McCormick | 201.1 | Grand Blanc |
| 2 | 8 | 12 | Connor O’Reilly | 198.4 | Davison |
| 2 | 9 | 10 | Emmett Duggar | 197.6 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 10 | 12 | Austin Taft | 197.4 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 11 | 10 | Jake Roberts | 196.0 | Midland Dow |
| 2 | 12 | 11 | Elliot King | 194.8 | Midland |
| 2 | 13 | 12 | Evan Fox | 194.7 | Traverse City Central |
| 2 | 14 | 10 | Alex Pelliccia | 194.2 | Midland |
| 2 | 15 | 11 | Pascal Rasmussen | 193.8 | Saginaw Heritage |
| 2 | 16 | 11 | Abe Blaskowski | 193.1 | Saginaw Heritage |
| 2 | 17 | 10 | Austin Hughes | 193.0 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 18 | 10 | Jack Crongeyer | 192.7 | Grand Blanc |
| 2 | 19 | 11 | Gerard Gilmour | 191.9 | Fenton |
| 2 | 20 | 10 | Leland Barnett | 190.5 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 21 | 11 | Joseph DuGuay | 190.3 | Traverse City Central |
| 2 | 22 | 11 | Bradley Chesney | 190.2 | Midland |
| 2 | 23 | 10 | Matthew Lauderbaugh | 190.1 | Davison |
| 2 | 24 | 11 | Brendan Werth | 189.8 | Alpena |
| 2 | 25 | 11 | Alec Brown | 189.6 | Saginaw Heritage |
| 2 | 26 | 11 | Jackson Shev | 189.2 | Traverse City Central |
| 2 | 27 | 11 | Abram Larsen | 187.0 | Fenton |
| 2 | 28 | 11 | Zach Vollbrecht | 186.5 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 29 | 12 | Dustin Wright | 185.1 | Midland |
| 2 | 30 | 12 | Levi Mayer | 183.7 | Davison |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 3 | 1 | 12 | Samuel Baker | 218.6 | Kalamazoo Central |
| 3 | 2 | 12 | Marshall Huhn | 216.6 | Lowell |
| 3 | 3 | 10 | Tanner Smith | 203.4 | Zeeland West |
| 3 | 4 | 11 | Marcus Essling | 200.8 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 5 | 11 | Sean Thompson | 200.2 | Caledonia |
| 3 | 6 | 12 | Cody Bromley | 199.8 | Lowell |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | Bennett Snapper | 199.8 | Caledonia |
| 3 | 8 | 12 | Colin Stawasz | 199.1 | Lowell |
| 3 | 9 | 9 | Cody Lam | 197.8 | Kalamazoo Loy Norrix |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | Jackson Pant | 197.0 | Richland Gull Lake |
| 3 | 11 | 11 | Karson Lewis | 196.6 | Battle Creek Lakeview |
| 3 | 12 | 11 | Elijah Demlow | 195.9 | Battle Creek Lakeview |
| 3 | 13 | 10 | Bryson Hassevoort | 195.6 | Zeeland West |
| 3 | 14 | 10 | Maxwell Post | 195.2 | Holland West Ottawa |
| 3 | 15 | 12 | Brady Winther-MacInnis | 193.3 | Kalamazoo Central |
| 3 | 16 | 11 | Bentley Nichols | 190.1 | Caledonia |
| 3 | 17 | 11 | Adam Shorb | 189.8 | Portage Northern |
| 3 | 18 | 11 | Colby Bartells | 189.7 | Kalamazoo Central |
| 3 | 19 | 12 | Nate Davis | 189.6 | Zeeland East |
| 3 | 20 | 12 | Sebastian Ruiz | 187.9 | Holland West Ottawa |
| 3 | 21 | 11 | Cole Mckenna | 187.7 | Caledonia |
| 3 | 22 | 12 | Tristan Zhang | 187.3 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 23 | 11 | Jackson Duval | 186.7 | Battle Creek Lakeview |
| 3 | 24 | 12 | Boston Wilkinson | 186.3 | Holland West Ottawa |
| 3 | 25 | 9 | Lucan Walker | 186.1 | Portage Northern |
| 3 | 26 | 11 | Henry Yoder | 184.4 | Forest Hills Central |
| 3 | 27 | 12 | Jontee Willhite | 184.1 | Kalamazoo Central |
| 3 | 28 | 10 | Tyler Bromley | 183.8 | Lowell |
| 3 | 29 | 11 | Zachary Newman | 183.2 | Byron Center |
| 3 | 30 | 9 | Silas Pinney | 182.6 | Holland West Ottawa |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 4 | 1 | 12 | Jack MacGregor | 219.2 | Howell |
| 4 | 2 | 11 | Rylen Richey | 209.1 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 3 | 12 | Coen Hill | 208.6 | Dexter |
| 4 | 4 | 10 | Josh Keillor-Beale | 205.2 | Brighton |
| 4 | 5 | 12 | Caelan Marsh | 204.0 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 6 | 10 | Tucker Asman | 203.4 | Brighton |
| 4 | 7 | 10 | Grant Kulesza | 201.8 | Brighton |
| 4 | 8 | 11 | Kilian Boulware-Lopez | 201.0 | East Lansing |
| 4 | 9 | 12 | Nick Martens | 200.8 | Dexter |
| 4 | 10 | 11 | Nikhil Ball | 200.6 | South Lyon East |
| 4 | 11 | 11 | Roarke MacArthur | 198.8 | Brighton |
| 4 | 12 | 11 | Rem Piper | 198.2 | Holt |
| 4 | 13 | 12 | Nolan Lounds | 196.3 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 14 | 11 | Brendan Williams | 195.9 | Brighton |
| 4 | 15 | 12 | Simon Shutt | 187.5 | Okemos |
| 4 | 16 | 11 | Alex Weller | 186.6 | Howell |
| 4 | 17 | 12 | Hudson McCleskey | 186.3 | Dexter |
| 4 | 18 | 12 | Dayton VanderMoere | 184.5 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 19 | 12 | Owen Collin | 183.9 | Brighton |
| 4 | 20 | 12 | Noah Thelen | 183.9 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 21 | 11 | Toby Regulinski | 183.6 | East Lansing |
| 4 | 22 | 9 | Brayden Kasmar | 183.6 | Mason |
| 4 | 23 | 11 | Easton Howell | 183.5 | Dexter |
| 4 | 24 | 11 | Grayson Diadiun | 182.6 | Howell |
| 4 | 25 | 11 | Shane Cory | 179.8 | Brighton |
| 4 | 26 | 11 | Nicholas Reiser | 179.8 | Dexter |
| 4 | 27 | 11 | Alejandro Nagy | 179.8 | East Lansing |
| 4 | 28 | 9 | Colin Bigelow | 178.7 | Dexter |
| 4 | 29 | 12 | Micah Couser | 178.6 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 30 | 12 | Triston Thompson | 177.8 | Dexter |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 5 | 1 | 12 | Kamari Ronfeldt | 220.6 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 2 | 12 | Jacob Szalay | 214.0 | Saline |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | Mourad Algahmi | 202.0 | Dearborn Fordson |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | Jack Dunwoody | 197.3 | Gibraltar Carlson |
| 5 | 5 | 11 | Wes Rogan | 196.8 | Saline |
| 5 | 6 | 10 | Wyatt DelValle | 195.7 | Gibraltar Carlson |
| 5 | 7 | 12 | Vincent Jones | 193.5 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 8 | 10 | Jaden Hill | 191.8 | Allen Park |
| 5 | 9 | 12 | Cameron Varner | 191.8 | Temperance Bedford |
| 5 | 10 | 12 | Max Carne | 191.0 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 11 | 11 | Zachary Greene | 190.3 | Wyandotte Roosevelt |
| 5 | 12 | 12 | John (Jack) Klein | 190.1 | Saline |
| 5 | 13 | 11 | Asher Sikma | 187.8 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 14 | 12 | Noah Amori | 187.7 | Wyandotte Roosevelt |
| 5 | 15 | 10 | Zawadi Mwathi | 187.5 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 16 | 10 | Will Sollenberger | 186.7 | Saline |
| 5 | 17 | 9 | Reed Nadig | 184.3 | Saline |
| 5 | 18 | 12 | Carlos Basulto | 184.3 | Saline |
| 5 | 19 | 12 | Walker Ledbetter | 184.3 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 20 | 11 | Gavin Rohr | 183.6 | Monroe |
| 5 | 21 | 12 | Ryan Rummel | 181.3 | Saline |
| 5 | 22 | 12 | Mohamed Aljahmi | 180.2 | Dearborn Fordson |
| 5 | 23 | 12 | Blake Lancaster | 176.6 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 24 | 12 | Cooper Ankeney | 175.7 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 25 | 12 | Calen Alexander | 174.8 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 26 | 10 | Parker Wisniewski | 173.7 | Southgate Anderson |
| 5 | 27 | 9 | Gavin Herrera-Hammerle | 173.0 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 28 | 11 | Victor LeBrun | 172.5 | Monroe |
| 5 | 29 | 11 | Anthony Boggess | 172.0 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 30 | 11 | Jacob Goachee | 171.6 | Monroe |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 6 | 1 | 12 | Austin Mercado | 213.0 | Salem |
| 6 | 2 | 10 | Hudson Doll | 207.3 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 3 | 11 | Roman Stilwell | 202.2 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | Martin Gehrke | 201.3 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 5 | 12 | Jack Hanner | 199.8 | Salem |
| 6 | 6 | 11 | Oskar MacArthur | 198.5 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 7 | 12 | Matthew Guikema | 198.1 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 8 | 12 | Samuel Batt | 197.3 | Salem |
| 6 | 9 | 12 | Emmet Gardella | 194.3 | Detroit U-D Jesuit |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | Davin MacDonald | 192.5 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 11 | 12 | Garrett Comer | 191.8 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 12 | 9 | Dane Jadallah | 190.6 | Plymouth |
| 6 | 13 | 10 | Troy Verhelle | 190.6 | Livonia Churchill |
| 6 | 14 | 12 | Tyler Bjorklund | 187.9 | Livonia Churchill |
| 6 | 15 | 11 | Aarav Kalantry | 185.6 | Ann Arbor Huron |
| 6 | 16 | 12 | Rami Bazzi | 185.5 | Dearborn |
| 6 | 17 | 9 | Josh Lehn | 184.4 | Salem |
| 6 | 18 | 11 | Landen Martell | 182.8 | Plymouth |
| 6 | 19 | 12 | Justin Mkrtumian | 181.3 | Detroit U-D Jesuit |
| 6 | 20 | 12 | Owen Dalebout | 181.0 | Salem |
| 6 | 21 | 12 | Adam Burns | 180.9 | Salem |
| 6 | 22 | 10 | Jack Caveney | 180.8 | Plymouth |
| 6 | 23 | 11 | Andrew Slosar | 180.8 | Detroit U-D Jesuit |
| 6 | 24 | 11 | Conrad Marra | 180.1 | Ann Arbor Huron |
| 6 | 25 | 12 | Kamden O’Donnell | 180.0 | Canton |
| 6 | 26 | 12 | Dylan Kosik | 179.7 | Plymouth |
| 6 | 27 | 12 | Will Fust | 178.2 | Livonia Churchill |
| 6 | 28 | 10 | Theo Kim | 177.8 | Salem |
| 6 | 29 | 10 | Callan Fleming | 177.1 | Detroit U-D Jesuit |
| 6 | 30 | 11 | Jake Wallace | 176.9 | Dearborn |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 7 | 1 | 12 | Brandon Cloud | 215.0 | Northville |
| 7 | 2 | 11 | Brady Glon | 199.0 | Detroit Catholic Central |
| 7 | 3 | 10 | Luke Kramer | 197.8 | Detroit Catholic Central |
| 7 | 4 | 12 | Devin Lau | 197.7 | Farmington |
| 7 | 5 | 11 | Lucas Brumo | 196.4 | Livonia Stevenson |
| 7 | 6 | 12 | Noah Verdejo | 195.6 | Novi |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Ari Kyritses | 193.4 | Northville |
| 7 | 8 | 12 | Trevor Baptist | 193.3 | Novi |
| 7 | 9 | 9 | Will Buckley | 192.5 | Detroit Catholic Central |
| 7 | 10 | 12 | Keats Rosenbrock | 189.3 | Royal Oak |
| 7 | 11 | 9 | Ryan Porenta | 189.1 | Detroit Catholic Central |
| 7 | 12 | 10 | George Mockeridge | 188.7 | Birmingham Seaholm |
| 7 | 13 | 12 | Beckett Sipes | 187.6 | Royal Oak |
| 7 | 14 | 9 | Mateo Lindenmeyer | 186.8 | Northville |
| 7 | 15 | 12 | Tyler Hennessey | 186.5 | Berkley |
| 7 | 16 | 9 | Braden Millar | 185.8 | Northville |
| 7 | 17 | 10 | Colt Ludlam | 184.0 | Livonia Stevenson |
| 7 | 18 | 11 | Manny Coates | 183.8 | Northville |
| 7 | 19 | 11 | Owen Lawrence | 182.2 | Bloomfield Hills |
| 7 | 20 | 11 | John McCann | 182.2 | Novi |
| 7 | 21 | 10 | Ashton Kashat | 181.2 | Northville |
| 7 | 22 | 12 | Jack Lewis | 181.1 | Northville |
| 7 | 23 | 10 | Kaden Boura | 178.4 | Ferndale |
| 7 | 24 | 11 | Shree Patel | 177.2 | Livonia Stevenson |
| 7 | 25 | 12 | Zachary Brown | 176.0 | Novi |
| 7 | 26 | 12 | Musa Kay | 175.6 | West Bloomfield |
| 7 | 27 | 9 | Gates Emmett | 175.4 | Birmingham Seaholm |
| 7 | 28 | 9 | Langston Bickerdt | 175.0 | Oak Park |
| 7 | 29 | 12 | Colin Stokes | 174.8 | North Farmington |
| 7 | 30 | 12 | Reuben Swafford | 174.7 | North Farmington |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 8 | 1 | 11 | Cooper McNaughton | 207.9 | Clarkston |
| 8 | 2 | 11 | Todd Tobin Jr | 204.6 | Highland-Milford |
| 8 | 3 | 10 | Lucas Naspinsky | 198.9 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 4 | 10 | Aiden Doggett | 197.3 | Highland-Milford |
| 8 | 5 | 12 | Jack Witt | 195.2 | Troy |
| 8 | 6 | 12 | Colin Blachford | 193.7 | Troy Athens |
| 8 | 7 | 9 | Jack Klein | 193.4 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 8 | 11 | Asa Konwinski | 191.9 | Troy |
| 8 | 9 | 12 | Henry Witt | 191.3 | Troy |
| 8 | 10 | 11 | Owen Nelms | 188.0 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 11 | 12 | Rowan DeHority | 187.5 | Highland-Milford |
| 8 | 12 | 11 | Asher Lawson | 186.6 | Walled Lake Northern |
| 8 | 13 | 12 | Vern Clyne | 186.2 | Clarkston |
| 8 | 14 | 11 | Joe Coleman | 184.5 | Hartland |
| 8 | 15 | 9 | Austin Zielinski | 183.2 | Highland-Milford |
| 8 | 16 | 9 | Owen Lince | 182.4 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 17 | 12 | Andrew Svoboda | 179.2 | Troy |
| 8 | 18 | 11 | Jacob Solomon | 178.4 | Utica |
| 8 | 19 | 12 | Lucas Keilen | 178.0 | Hartland |
| 8 | 20 | 12 | Miles Foster | 177.7 | Clarkston |
| 8 | 21 | 11 | Charles Zhang | 176.8 | Troy |
| 8 | 22 | 10 | Aarush Arora | 176.7 | Troy |
| 8 | 23 | 12 | Jacob Blakemore | 176.3 | Highland-Milford |
| 8 | 24 | 12 | Tanner Wertz | 175.4 | Highland-Milford |
| 8 | 25 | 9 | Gabriel Kalinowski | 175.3 | Highland-Milford |
| 8 | 26 | 11 | Lincoln Gray | 173.7 | Hartland |
| 8 | 27 | 12 | Jaron Osanaiye | 172.3 | Sterling Heights Stevenson |
| 8 | 28 | 11 | Eddie Nolan | 171.1 | Troy Athens |
| 8 | 29 | 12 | Sebastian Morrison | 171.1 | Warren DeLaSalle |
| 8 | 30 | 11 | Terry Tankersley | 170.9 | Utica |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 9 | 1 | 11 | Xavier Solgot | 207.4 | L’Anse Creuse North |
| 9 | 2 | 11 | Aidan Schwalbach | 201.2 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 9 | 3 | 11 | Lucas Campbell | 200.7 | Rochester |
| 9 | 4 | 11 | Ricardo Guajardo | 198.8 | Lake Orion |
| 9 | 5 | 11 | Wesley LaFever | 198.7 | Macomb Dakota |
| 9 | 6 | 10 | Luis Nava | 193.2 | Lake Orion |
| 9 | 7 | 12 | Jesse Reed | 192.5 | Rochester Adams |
| 9 | 8 | 10 | Joseph Leigh | 191.4 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | Logan Meerschaert | 190.1 | Lake Orion |
| 9 | 10 | 10 | Avery Clinton-Barnett | 189.8 | Lake Orion |
| 9 | 11 | 10 | Ripley Clor | 189.3 | Romeo |
| 9 | 12 | 12 | Grant Davis | 189.0 | Port Huron Northern |
| 9 | 13 | 12 | Zach McGee | 187.8 | Lake Orion |
| 9 | 14 | 10 | Finley Clor | 187.0 | Romeo |
| 9 | 15 | 11 | Federico Moreno-Padilla | 186.8 | Utica Eisenhower |
| 9 | 16 | 10 | Brayden Goodsell | 186.8 | Romeo |
| 9 | 17 | 10 | Dax Purdy | 186.2 | Romeo |
| 9 | 18 | 12 | Carson Hlavin | 184.7 | Romeo |
| 9 | 19 | 9 | Jerryd Cromer | 181.9 | Rochester |
| 9 | 20 | 12 | Conner McLaughlin | 180.5 | Rochester |
| 9 | 21 | 12 | Luke Nagy | 180.3 | Rochester Adams |
| 9 | 22 | 9 | Elijah Campbell | 179.8 | Rochester |
| 9 | 23 | 10 | Gavin Soviar | 179.3 | Fraser |
| 9 | 24 | 12 | Chase Mallory | 178.6 | Macomb Dakota |
| 9 | 25 | 11 | Sebastian Azar | 178.0 | Anchor Bay |
| 9 | 26 | 10 | Logan Cichoracki | 177.8 | Romeo |
| 9 | 27 | 12 | Alonso San Vicente Lugo | 177.3 | Rochester |
| 9 | 28 | 10 | Matthew Zora | 176.6 | Rochester |
| 9 | 29 | 9 | Clayton House | 175.9 | Lake Orion |
| 9 | 30 | 12 | Brandon Ziehmer | 175.6 | Anchor Bay |
Any Surprises?
Richland Gull Lake
Okay, it’s mainly Annie Isom doing some work. After placing 6th in the Division 1 400m and ending the spring as Michigan’s fastest 800m girl, she’s decided to try her hand at XC before she heads off to run for the Gators. Three 5k’s into the season and she’s already whittled her time down into the mid-18’s. That’s impactful. However, she’s not the only contributor, as Lacy Smith and Caroline Reynolds have already hit PR’s and Kalynn Young just dropped 30 sec. from her time a year ago at Bulldog.
Berkley
When your top dawg embraces change and improves, it’s gotta leak over to the rest of the team, right? Paige Rohda had been running at a high level for her first two years, breaking into the low-18’s last fall, qualifying for the 3200m as a freshman. She’s been on a higher plane in 2026, an example coming from this past weekend’s Oakland County Championship, where she dropped nearly 1.5 minutes in a year. She’s brought Bears along with her, such as Isabella Glibota (21:08 > 20:11) and Ana Lucia Reynoso (breaking 21:00 earlier in the season than ever before). It’a total team effort.
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 1 | 1 | Hudsonville | 50 | 6 | 138.9 |
| 1 | 2 | Rockford | 54 | 7 | 135.2 |
| 1 | 3 | Grand Haven | 78 | 20 | 121.0 |
| 1 | 4 | Jenison | 115 | 117.7 | |
| 1 | 5 | East Kentwood | 142 | 109.0 | |
| 1 | 6 | Forest Hills Northern | 162 | 104.9 | |
| 1 | 7 | Grandville | 171 | 100.4 | |
| 1 | 8 | Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills | 237 | 84.2 | |
| 1 | 9 | Muskegon Mona Shores | 248 | 79.9 | |
| 1 | 10 | Greenville | 267 | 75.2 | |
| 1 | 11 | Muskegon Reeths-Puffer | 307 | 53.1 | |
| 1 | 12 | Grand Rapids Northview | 374 | 40.2 | |
| 1 | 13 | Grand Rapids Union | 410 | 16.2 | |
| 1 | 14 | Wyoming | 469 | -152.6 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 2 | 1 | Traverse City Central | 55 | 16 | 124.4 |
| 2 | 2 | Traverse City West | 79 | 24 | 122.6 |
| 2 | 3 | Midland Dow | 83 | 22 | 122.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Mount Pleasant | 139 | 104.7 | |
| 2 | 5 | Grand Blanc | 162 | 99.5 | |
| 2 | 6 | Oxford | 178 | 96.2 | |
| 2 | 7 | Fenton | 220 | 88.4 | |
| 2 | 8 | Bay City Western | 225 | 87.5 | |
| 2 | 9 | Davison | 245 | 81.3 | |
| 2 | 10 | Flushing | 257 | 79.7 | |
| 2 | 11 | Midland | 275 | 73.8 | |
| 2 | 12 | Lapeer | 289 | 71.0 | |
| 2 | 13 | Saginaw Heritage | 339 | 43.6 | |
| 2 | 14 | Alpena | 340 | 62.3 | |
| 2 | 15 | Swartz Creek | 489 | -47.2 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 3 | 1 | Portage Central | 52 | 4 | 136.9 |
| 3 | 2 | Holland West Ottawa | 89 | 14 | 125.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Richland Gull Lake | 114 | 27 | 118.3 |
| 3 | 4 | Zeeland West | 126 | 115.4 | |
| 3 | 5 | Zeeland East | 126 | 26 | 123.8 |
| 3 | 6 | Caledonia | 133 | 112.8 | |
| 3 | 7 | Kalamazoo Loy Norrix | 179 | 104.8 | |
| 3 | 8 | Portage Northern | 227 | 98.5 | |
| 3 | 9 | Byron Center | 239 | 93.0 | |
| 3 | 10 | Battle Creek Lakeview | 270 | 86.9 | |
| 3 | 11 | Forest Hills Central | 290 | 82.5 | |
| 3 | 12 | Lowell | 291 | 83.2 | |
| 3 | 13 | Mattawan | 354 | 65.2 | |
| 3 | 14 | Kalamazoo Central | 428 | 29.0 | |
| 3 | 15 | Battle Creek Central | 504 | -184.5 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 4 | 1 | Brighton | 64 | 9 | 127.2 |
| 4 | 2 | Howell | 73 | 11 | 124.7 |
| 4 | 3 | Dexter | 86 | 12 | 127.6 |
| 4 | 4 | Mason | 98 | 21 | 120.1 |
| 4 | 5 | Grand Ledge | 124 | 116.5 | |
| 4 | 6 | South Lyon East | 140 | 111.5 | |
| 4 | 7 | Okemos | 161 | 112.2 | |
| 4 | 8 | East Lansing | 169 | 108.5 | |
| 4 | 9 | Holt | 248 | 87.4 | |
| 4 | 10 | South Lyon | 261 | 85.9 | |
| 4 | 11 | Lansing Waverly | 371 | 2.9 | |
| 4 | 12 | Lansing Eastern | 392 | -43.7 | |
| 4 | 13 | Lansing Everett | 411 | -119.2 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 5 | 1 | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 22 | 1 | 165.4 |
| 5 | 2 | Brownstown Woodhaven | 60 | 10 | 128.2 |
| 5 | 3 | Saline | 65 | 17 | 129.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Temperance Bedford | 118 | 102.4 | |
| 5 | 5 | Gibraltar Carlson | 123 | 96.4 | |
| 5 | 6 | Wyandotte Roosevelt | 228 | 64.0 | |
| 5 | 7 | Dearborn Fordson | 240 | 62.1 | |
| 5 | 8 | Allen Park | 243 | 60.8 | |
| 5 | 9 | Ypsilanti Lincoln | 251 | 47.9 | |
| 5 | 10 | Southgate Anderson | 253 | 50.4 | |
| 5 | 11 | Monroe | 274 | 45.7 | |
| 5 | 12 | Belleville | 364 | 1.8 | |
| 5 | 13 | Detroit Cass Tech | 396 | -24.4 | |
| 5 | 14 | Detroit Martin Luther King | 434 | -100.4 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 6 | 1 | Ann Arbor Skyline | 17 | 2 | 142.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Salem | 80 | 106.6 | |
| 6 | 3 | Grosse Pointe South | 92 | 107.1 | |
| 6 | 4 | Ann Arbor Huron | 109 | 98.7 | |
| 6 | 5 | Plymouth | 148 | 86.0 | |
| 6 | 6 | Livonia Churchill | 151 | 83.2 | |
| 6 | 7 | Canton | 169 | 80.9 | |
| 6 | 8 | Livonia Franklin | 220 | 61.7 | |
| 6 | 9 | Dearborn | 260 | 43.5 | |
| 6 | 10 | Detroit Renaissance | 310 | 21.2 | |
| 6 | 11 | Dearborn Heights Crestwood | 344 | 6.0 | |
| 6 | 12 | Westland John Glenn | 388 | -33.2 | |
| 6 | 13 | Harper Woods | 403 | -43.5 | |
| 6 | 14 | Wayne Memorial | 469 | -257.1 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 7 | 1 | Northville | 33 | 3 | 147.2 |
| 7 | 2 | Novi | 78 | 19 | 123.1 |
| 7 | 3 | Berkley | 129 | 108.3 | |
| 7 | 4 | Farmington | 138 | 103.2 | |
| 7 | 5 | Bloomfield Hills | 171 | 95.7 | |
| 7 | 6 | Royal Oak | 183 | 91.5 | |
| 7 | 7 | Birmingham Seaholm | 189 | 90.2 | |
| 7 | 8 | Oak Park | 203 | 88.2 | |
| 7 | 9 | Beverly Hills Groves | 213 | 85.3 | |
| 7 | 10 | Livonia Stevenson | 243 | 73.0 | |
| 7 | 11 | Walled Lake Central | 253 | 60.6 | |
| 7 | 12 | Walled Lake Western | 309 | 52.8 | |
| 7 | 13 | North Farmington | 380 | -10.2 | |
| 7 | 14 | West Bloomfield | 413 | 15.1 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 8 | 1 | White Lake Lakeland | 55 | 8 | 128.5 |
| 8 | 2 | Utica | 58 | 18 | 125.7 |
| 8 | 3 | Hartland | 59 | 13 | 124.6 |
| 8 | 4 | Clarkston | 107 | 111.3 | |
| 8 | 5 | Walled Lake Northern | 149 | 100.4 | |
| 8 | 6 | Highland-Milford | 172 | 94.1 | |
| 8 | 7 | Troy | 186 | 89.7 | |
| 8 | 8 | Troy Athens | 246 | 73.7 | |
| 8 | 9 | Waterford Kettering | 247 | 72.8 | |
| 8 | 10 | Sterling Heights Stevenson | 262 | 69.1 | |
| 8 | 11 | Utica Ford | 308 | 56.4 | |
| 8 | 12 | Warren Mott | 317 | 52.3 | |
| 8 | 13 | Warren Woods Tower | 401 | 24.6 | |
| 8 | 14 | Warren Cousino | 450 | -37.0 | |
| 8 | 15 | Waterford Mott | 459 | -47.1 | |
| 8 | 16 | Sterling Heights | 514 | -220.3 | |
| Region | Proj. Place | Team | Reg. Score | Rank | Top-5 Avg. |
| 9 | 1 | Rochester Adams | 46 | 5 | 135.3 |
| 9 | 2 | Romeo | 75 | 15 | 130.8 |
| 9 | 3 | Macomb Dakota | 96 | 23 | 123.0 |
| 9 | 4 | Rochester | 97 | 25 | 120.2 |
| 9 | 5 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 155 | 103.4 | |
| 9 | 6 | Lake Orion | 163 | 104.0 | |
| 9 | 7 | Utica Eisenhower | 207 | 87.6 | |
| 9 | 8 | Fraser | 214 | 88.1 | |
| 9 | 9 | Anchor Bay | 242 | 82.6 | |
| 9 | 10 | Port Huron Northern | 245 | 79.9 | |
| 9 | 11 | L’Anse Creuse North | 279 | 67.4 | |
| 9 | 12 | Chippewa Valley | 293 | 64.1 | |
| 9 | 13 | St. Clair Shores Lakeview | 418 | -3.0 | |
| 9 | 14 | Port Huron | 446 | -23.9 | |
| 9 | 15 | Roseville | 459 | -115.7 |
Battles to Watch
Region 7
The top-two spots are probably as set in stone as you’ll get, Northville and Novi being clear favorites to advance. Two squads have emerged in competition for the 3rd qualifier – Farmington and Berkley. Berkley is mentioned above, an inner-ring suburb squad that’s greatly improved from last fall. Farmington is coming off a conference win in the LVC Lakes Division. Both squads are looking to get runners back, with a few contributors missing from their Oakland County lineups, where Farmington prevailed.
Region 9
This realignment, gerrymandering of northern suburb D1 regions has led to an interesting matchup. Rochester had typically been in Region 8, an Oakland County-centric spot. Macomb Dakota had hung out in Region 9, heavily centered on Macomb County teams. Now they could face off as two contenders for the third spot out of Region 9. Both the Falcons and Cougars go about things fairly similarly. Each have a low-stick that’s rapidly rising. Each have a culture that’s been cultivated over years. Each have solid depth. Whomever makes it out will have earned it.
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | Grace Snyder | 159.8 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 2 | 12 | Daisy Cox | 158.1 | Rockford |
| 1 | 3 | 12 | Chloe Purwin | 153.5 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 4 | 10 | Lexie Snyder | 147.9 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 5 | 9 | Brooklyn Thomasma | 147.3 | East Kentwood |
| 1 | 6 | 12 | Paige McMeans | 147.1 | Jenison |
| 1 | 7 | 11 | Jillian Lewakowski | 143.2 | Rockford |
| 1 | 8 | 10 | Gwyn Faber | 143.0 | Forest Hills Northern |
| 1 | 9 | 9 | Harper Henderson | 140.3 | Jenison |
| 1 | 10 | 11 | Keagan Mulka | 135.3 | Rockford |
| 1 | 11 | 11 | Jaclyn Charbauski | 133.6 | Forest Hills Northern |
| 1 | 12 | 9 | Lillien Hitsman | 126.8 | Grand Haven |
| 1 | 13 | 10 | Camryn Gervais | 122.8 | Grand Haven |
| 1 | 14 | 10 | Kinsley Newman | 121.8 | Grand Haven |
| 1 | 15 | 12 | Adeline Bagnall | 120.5 | Grand Haven |
| 1 | 16 | 10 | Michaela Pries | 120.2 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 17 | 11 | Morgan Sanders | 120.2 | Rockford |
| 1 | 18 | 12 | Rae DeFrang | 119.0 | Rockford |
| 1 | 19 | 10 | Emma Storey | 118.5 | Jenison |
| 1 | 20 | 10 | Ariana Elzinga | 118.4 | Grandville |
| 1 | 21 | 11 | Cecelia Wojciakowski | 118.1 | Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills |
| 1 | 22 | 12 | Reese DeFrang | 115.4 | Rockford |
| 1 | 23 | 11 | Amelia Danian | 113.5 | Forest Hills Northern |
| 1 | 24 | 9 | Konlee Gundy | 113.3 | Grand Haven |
| 1 | 25 | 12 | Sarah MacIntosh | 113.2 | Rockford |
| 1 | 26 | 12 | Cassie Karasinski | 113.0 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 27 | 9 | Jillian LaSorsa | 110.5 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 28 | 11 | Eleanor Mathews | 110.0 | Grand Haven |
| 1 | 29 | 12 | Ashley Wayne | 109.1 | Hudsonville |
| 1 | 30 | 12 | Laila Burress | 107.5 | East Kentwood |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 2 | 1 | 12 | Tessa Mascari | 158.9 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Emilia Garces | 158.5 | Midland Dow |
| 2 | 3 | 10 | Kaitlyn Berg | 149.1 | Midland |
| 2 | 4 | 10 | Grace Meyers | 143.1 | Bay City Western |
| 2 | 5 | 12 | Bridget Raven | 135.5 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 6 | 11 | Kelly Comfort | 132.6 | Traverse City Central |
| 2 | 7 | 10 | Cecelia Jacobson | 128.9 | Traverse City Central |
| 2 | 8 | 11 | Emily Truszkowski | 128.1 | Traverse City Central |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | Claire Gross | 126.6 | Traverse City Central |
| 2 | 10 | 11 | Sienna Chapin | 120.8 | Oxford |
| 2 | 11 | 11 | Jessa Skonieczny | 120.5 | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | 12 | 11 | Kate Macfarlane | 120.4 | Midland Dow |
| 2 | 13 | 11 | Livia Willing | 120.1 | Grand Blanc |
| 2 | 14 | 12 | Micali Teeple | 120.0 | Grand Blanc |
| 2 | 15 | 10 | Lilly Pierce | 118.7 | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | 16 | 12 | Anna Sheppard | 118.1 | Mount Pleasant |
| 2 | 17 | 11 | Sawyer Lynn | 117.3 | Saginaw Heritage |
| 2 | 18 | 10 | Hannah Vogel | 116.8 | Midland Dow |
| 2 | 19 | 10 | Autumn Luick | 115.9 | Midland Dow |
| 2 | 20 | 9 | Isabelle Kopczyk | 115.4 | Fenton |
| 2 | 21 | 9 | Thia Reid | 113.8 | Oxford |
| 2 | 22 | 12 | Brooklyn Wiltse | 108.6 | Davison |
| 2 | 23 | 10 | Jadelyn Arnold | 106.9 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 24 | 11 | Lindsay Smith | 106.2 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 25 | 10 | Gretchen Oyer | 105.8 | Traverse City Central |
| 2 | 26 | 9 | Ayla Ruch | 105.6 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 27 | 12 | Jaclyn Suderman | 104.9 | Bay City Western |
| 2 | 28 | 11 | Leah Humphrey | 103.7 | Grand Blanc |
| 2 | 29 | 12 | Olivia Reding | 102.7 | Traverse City West |
| 2 | 30 | 11 | Ariana Rajah | 102.5 | Traverse City Central |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | Adalyn Raab | 170.4 | Zeeland East |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Ainsley Kelm | 156.6 | Portage Northern |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | Avery Scott | 151.2 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 4 | 12 | Collette Wierks | 141.8 | Holland West Ottawa |
| 3 | 5 | 12 | Lane Isom | 141.7 | Richland Gull Lake |
| 3 | 6 | 12 | Akaela Daman | 138.8 | Caledonia |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | Gracie Carlisle | 138.6 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 8 | 12 | Annie Isom | 138.4 | Richland Gull Lake |
| 3 | 9 | 11 | Gianna Burgos | 138.2 | Battle Creek Lakeview |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | Tessa Albrecht | 136.2 | Zeeland West |
| 3 | 11 | 10 | Emma Putnam | 135.6 | Lowell |
| 3 | 12 | 12 | Ella Wierks | 133.5 | Holland West Ottawa |
| 3 | 13 | 9 | Valentina Lopez-Bringas | 132.5 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 14 | 11 | Claire Mouw | 131.6 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 15 | 11 | Julia Welc | 130.8 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 16 | 9 | Charlie Vonk | 130.4 | Zeeland East |
| 3 | 17 | 11 | Alivia Schnakenberg | 127.9 | Zeeland East |
| 3 | 18 | 9 | Ava Hoffer | 126.3 | Zeeland West |
| 3 | 19 | 12 | Lyla Dowling | 125.9 | Holland West Ottawa |
| 3 | 20 | 10 | Londyn Schmidt | 124.9 | Kalamazoo Loy Norrix |
| 3 | 21 | 10 | Maddie Guy | 123.7 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 22 | 11 | Mary Dolbow | 121.3 | Holland West Ottawa |
| 3 | 23 | 10 | Tatum Richardson | 116.4 | Portage Central |
| 3 | 24 | 10 | Kendall Van Ryn | 113.9 | Caledonia |
| 3 | 25 | 11 | Lilly Harthorn | 110.2 | Kalamazoo Loy Norrix |
| 3 | 26 | 10 | Kalynn Young | 110.2 | Richland Gull Lake |
| 3 | 27 | 11 | Quinn Middleton | 110.2 | Byron Center |
| 3 | 28 | 11 | Lacy Smith | 108.5 | Richland Gull Lake |
| 3 | 29 | 11 | Caralyn Elkins | 107.8 | Zeeland West |
| 3 | 30 | 11 | Charlie Bont | 106.6 | Caledonia |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 4 | 1 | 11 | Rachel Smith | 166.4 | Okemos |
| 4 | 2 | 12 | Kodie Snyder | 150.6 | Dexter |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | Ella Lorenz | 145.6 | Brighton |
| 4 | 4 | 12 | Abigail Dobry | 141.5 | Dexter |
| 4 | 5 | 10 | Ava Montero | 135.4 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 6 | 10 | Brooke Wallace | 133.2 | Howell |
| 4 | 7 | 10 | Reagan Mason | 132.4 | Howell |
| 4 | 8 | 9 | Madelyn Newman | 129.8 | South Lyon East |
| 4 | 9 | 9 | Maddie Newman | 126.8 | South Lyon East |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | Reese Cournoyer | 126.6 | Brighton |
| 4 | 11 | 12 | Anna Halliday | 125.7 | Howell |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | Ashley Lubowicki | 125.3 | Brighton |
| 4 | 13 | 9 | Addison Farero | 124.9 | Mason |
| 4 | 14 | 11 | Ruby Petee | 124.8 | Mason |
| 4 | 15 | 12 | Morgan Allen | 124.2 | Mason |
| 4 | 16 | 11 | Mya Bower | 122.8 | Okemos |
| 4 | 17 | 10 | Olive DiMassa | 121.6 | Howell |
| 4 | 18 | 9 | Reilly Klas | 121.5 | Brighton |
| 4 | 19 | 9 | Alaina Ernst | 120.2 | Holt |
| 4 | 20 | 12 | Vivian Hoffman | 119.7 | Dexter |
| 4 | 21 | 9 | Mary Peterson | 117.1 | Brighton |
| 4 | 22 | 11 | Jorga Wooledge | 116.7 | Mason |
| 4 | 23 | 11 | Kaila Cravotta | 116.7 | East Lansing |
| 4 | 24 | 11 | Maddie Stouffer | 116.6 | Brighton |
| 4 | 25 | 10 | Kinsley Lounds | 115.4 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 26 | 9 | Maddie Flynn | 115.2 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 27 | 9 | Marissa LaMarra | 115.2 | Brighton |
| 4 | 28 | 10 | Paige Thelen | 114.6 | Grand Ledge |
| 4 | 29 | 12 | Bailey Konuszewski | 114.1 | Dexter |
| 4 | 30 | 11 | Emily Barrie | 114.0 | East Lansing |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 5 | 1 | 11 | Natasza Dudek | 188.2 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 2 | 10 | Keira Von Blon | 180.6 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | Sienna Klemmer | 177.9 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 4 | 11 | Charley McKay | 154.1 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 5 | 11 | Savannah Staton | 152.8 | Saline |
| 5 | 6 | 12 | Katarina Munson | 151.1 | Saline |
| 5 | 7 | 12 | Lizzie Wernimont | 141.6 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 8 | 10 | Audrey Grosteffon | 138.8 | Temperance Bedford |
| 5 | 9 | 12 | Nina Moore | 138.7 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 10 | 11 | Adelynn Turck | 134.2 | Saline |
| 5 | 11 | 11 | Annabelle Chan | 130.1 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 12 | 10 | Eliza Selcer | 126.5 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 13 | 12 | Mia Lopez | 122.4 | Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 5 | 14 | 11 | Alexis Kmiecik | 122.0 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 15 | 11 | Jaelynn Greene | 119.2 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 16 | 12 | Hope Noal | 115.7 | Brownstown Woodhaven |
| 5 | 17 | 11 | Giada Fioritto | 109.3 | Gibraltar Carlson |
| 5 | 18 | 12 | Sophia Johnson | 107.5 | Temperance Bedford |
| 5 | 19 | 10 | Emma Puscas | 107.4 | Wyandotte Roosevelt |
| 5 | 20 | 10 | Madison Slade | 107.3 | Gibraltar Carlson |
| 5 | 21 | 10 | Lauren Tomaszewski | 106.7 | Saline |
| 5 | 22 | 10 | Maliah McKibben | 102.6 | Temperance Bedford |
| 5 | 23 | 12 | Sophie Roth | 102.6 | Saline |
| 5 | 24 | 11 | Joy Schuck | 99.0 | Southgate Anderson |
| 5 | 25 | 10 | Caroline Cotner | 94.7 | Saline |
| 5 | 26 | 10 | Ada Cain | 94.0 | Gibraltar Carlson |
| 5 | 27 | 12 | Iva Ravindra | 93.3 | Temperance Bedford |
| 5 | 28 | 9 | Alexa Swetz | 89.4 | Gibraltar Carlson |
| 5 | 29 | 9 | Ava Brancheau | 88.9 | Southgate Anderson |
| 5 | 30 | 12 | Lauren Olma | 86.2 | Ypsilanti Lincoln |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 6 | 1 | 12 | Isla Tharp | 145.5 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 2 | 12 | Becca Van Lent | 144.9 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 3 | 11 | Lucia Llanes | 144.1 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 4 | 10 | Eleanor Pilsner | 139.1 | Grosse Pointe South |
| 6 | 5 | 11 | Lila Edison | 139.1 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | Irie Scrase | 138.8 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 7 | 10 | Blix Finn | 129.4 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 8 | 9 | Emma Gritter | 120.0 | Ann Arbor Skyline |
| 6 | 9 | 9 | Madeline MacLellan | 117.7 | Salem |
| 6 | 10 | 11 | Mira Shelgikar | 116.2 | Ann Arbor Huron |
| 6 | 11 | 11 | Madelene (Maddie) Vargo | 114.1 | Livonia Churchill |
| 6 | 12 | 11 | Samantha Michalski | 113.6 | Salem |
| 6 | 13 | 12 | Khloe Lee | 110.7 | Plymouth |
| 6 | 14 | 11 | Clare Davidson | 110.0 | Canton |
| 6 | 15 | 11 | Chloe Cratsenburg | 109.8 | Plymouth |
| 6 | 16 | 12 | Samantha Bartell | 106.1 | Salem |
| 6 | 17 | 12 | Morgan Costello | 104.9 | Grosse Pointe South |
| 6 | 18 | 9 | Emma Ford | 103.8 | Grosse Pointe South |
| 6 | 19 | 11 | Sadie Bohnsack | 103.1 | Ann Arbor Huron |
| 6 | 20 | 10 | Maribelle Kofahl | 102.3 | Ann Arbor Huron |
| 6 | 21 | 10 | Ella Hanner | 98.4 | Salem |
| 6 | 22 | 12 | Annabeth Hazlewood | 97.4 | Salem |
| 6 | 23 | 10 | Abigail Avram | 97.1 | Ann Arbor Huron |
| 6 | 24 | 11 | Joelle Saad | 96.4 | Dearborn |
| 6 | 25 | 9 | Hannah Thomassen | 95.9 | Canton |
| 6 | 26 | 9 | Ivy Surma | 95.9 | Grosse Pointe South |
| 6 | 27 | 12 | Olivia Colt | 91.7 | Grosse Pointe South |
| 6 | 28 | 12 | Addie Jones | 90.0 | Salem |
| 6 | 29 | 11 | Paige Garbo | 85.4 | Grosse Pointe South |
| 6 | 30 | 10 | Lydia Thomason-Redus | 82.7 | Grosse Pointe South |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 7 | 1 | 10 | Alexandra Scappaticci | 173.9 | Northville |
| 7 | 2 | 12 | Lucia Lachapelle | 159.2 | Northville |
| 7 | 3 | 11 | Paige Rohda | 159.2 | Berkley |
| 7 | 4 | 10 | Brynn Somers | 151.0 | Northville |
| 7 | 5 | 11 | Alexandra Green | 149.0 | Birmingham Seaholm |
| 7 | 6 | 12 | Anyla Robinson | 148.9 | Oak Park |
| 7 | 7 | 10 | Giada Mills | 148.8 | Beverly Hills Groves |
| 7 | 8 | 10 | Claire Lawrence | 146.3 | Bloomfield Hills |
| 7 | 9 | 12 | Katelynn Egli | 136.3 | Novi |
| 7 | 10 | 12 | Anna Macdonald | 132.7 | Royal Oak |
| 7 | 11 | 10 | Ella German | 129.5 | Novi |
| 7 | 12 | 9 | Lily Szukaitis | 127.9 | Northville |
| 7 | 13 | 11 | Claire Galas | 125.9 | Novi |
| 7 | 14 | 10 | Ella Corby | 124.0 | Northville |
| 7 | 15 | 12 | Colette Lozo | 124.0 | Northville |
| 7 | 16 | 12 | Katelyn Parrish | 123.4 | Farmington |
| 7 | 17 | 12 | Emma Engalan | 120.7 | Northville |
| 7 | 18 | 12 | Olivia Jenney | 119.2 | Bloomfield Hills |
| 7 | 19 | 10 | Sora Saito | 118.4 | Novi |
| 7 | 20 | 10 | Lydia DelPiero Clayton | 114.8 | Farmington |
| 7 | 21 | 9 | Hanna Drouillard | 110.9 | Walled Lake Central |
| 7 | 22 | 11 | Isabella Glibota | 110.3 | Berkley |
| 7 | 23 | 11 | Grace Thomas | 109.2 | Farmington |
| 7 | 24 | 11 | Mia Maccani | 107.7 | Royal Oak |
| 7 | 25 | 11 | Ana Lucia Reynoso | 106.3 | Berkley |
| 7 | 26 | 10 | Jessica Philip | 105.3 | Novi |
| 7 | 27 | 9 | Aubrey Burt | 102.3 | Oak Park |
| 7 | 28 | 10 | Khaya Pierson | 100.8 | Livonia Stevenson |
| 7 | 29 | 12 | Renata Arreola-Olvera | 96.0 | Novi |
| 7 | 30 | 12 | Olivia Dixon | 95.1 | Birmingham Seaholm |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 8 | 1 | 9 | Claire Cubitt | 145.2 | Utica |
| 8 | 2 | 12 | Morgan Scally | 140.3 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 3 | 12 | Avery DeGrendel | 137.0 | Clarkston |
| 8 | 4 | 12 | Ava Goodman | 133.7 | Hartland |
| 8 | 5 | 11 | Kylie Brown | 133.7 | Utica |
| 8 | 6 | 10 | Ruby Hoffmann | 130.1 | Hartland |
| 8 | 7 | 12 | Emma Brown | 130.0 | Utica |
| 8 | 8 | 10 | Lila Miller | 129.6 | Hartland |
| 8 | 9 | 12 | Maya Pletzer | 129.2 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 10 | 12 | Jillian Broyles | 129.1 | Highland-Milford |
| 8 | 11 | 10 | Clare O’Reilly | 126.8 | Troy Athens |
| 8 | 12 | 11 | Codianne Palczewski | 125.6 | Utica |
| 8 | 13 | 12 | Genevieve Connolly | 125.5 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 14 | 12 | Isabelle Verellen | 125.5 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 15 | 11 | Hailey Lan | 124.2 | Troy |
| 8 | 16 | 12 | Allie Gallagher | 124.1 | Walled Lake Northern |
| 8 | 17 | 12 | Gabby Marino | 121.9 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 18 | 10 | Kylie Rennie | 119.7 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 19 | 12 | Addison Brigham | 115.8 | Clarkston |
| 8 | 20 | 10 | Layla Foguth | 115.5 | Hartland |
| 8 | 21 | 10 | Gabrielle Desgrange | 114.1 | Hartland |
| 8 | 22 | 11 | Gracie Grzymkowski | 111.2 | White Lake Lakeland |
| 8 | 23 | 12 | Claire Pikal | 107.3 | Waterford Kettering |
| 8 | 24 | 11 | Amelia Garvin | 106.9 | Clarkston |
| 8 | 25 | 10 | Annabelle Shaw | 105.2 | Clarkston |
| 8 | 26 | 10 | Elizabeth Mann | 103.3 | Sterling Heights Stevenson |
| 8 | 27 | 12 | Lauren Giroux | 100.7 | Troy |
| 8 | 28 | 9 | Ava Montante | 99.7 | Walled Lake Northern |
| 8 | 29 | 10 | Allyson McClure | 97.6 | Walled Lake Northern |
| 8 | 30 | 9 | Jordan Middleton | 96.5 | Highland-Milford |
| Region | Proj. Place | Grade | Name | O4 Rating | Team |
| 9 | 1 | 11 | Alannah Wessel | 157.6 | Romeo |
| 9 | 2 | 11 | Gabriella Mercier | 156.7 | Macomb Dakota |
| 9 | 3 | 11 | Charlotte Jones | 154.4 | Rochester |
| 9 | 4 | 12 | Reese Rosbolt | 150.7 | Romeo |
| 9 | 5 | 10 | Jessica Soldan | 146.8 | Rochester Adams |
| 9 | 6 | 12 | El McMahan | 139.9 | Rochester Adams |
| 9 | 7 | 9 | Molly Sarrach | 138.9 | Romeo |
| 9 | 8 | 9 | Anna Mansilla | 138.1 | Rochester Adams |
| 9 | 9 | 10 | Grace Mathers | 136.6 | Macomb Dakota |
| 9 | 10 | 10 | Abby Deering | 134.9 | Rochester Adams |
| 9 | 11 | 10 | Clare McCloskey | 130.1 | Utica Eisenhower |
| 9 | 12 | 9 | Sophia Baier | 129.0 | Lake Orion |
| 9 | 13 | 11 | Maren Greve | 122.9 | Rochester |
| 9 | 14 | 12 | Alexis Schwartz | 120.9 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 9 | 15 | 12 | Haley Sharp | 120.3 | Port Huron Northern |
| 9 | 16 | 12 | Alice Foley | 118.1 | Fraser |
| 9 | 17 | 10 | Eva Wordell | 117.0 | Rochester Adams |
| 9 | 18 | 10 | Evelyn Clancy | 116.0 | Macomb Dakota |
| 9 | 19 | 9 | Addison Mauck | 114.1 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek |
| 9 | 20 | 12 | Natalie Meldrum | 112.7 | Lake Orion |
| 9 | 21 | 11 | Ava Thomas | 112.0 | Rochester Adams |
| 9 | 22 | 12 | Annie Roraff | 111.3 | Rochester |
| 9 | 23 | 12 | Faith Wessel | 111.0 | Romeo |
| 9 | 24 | 9 | Aubrie Schutt | 110.8 | L’Anse Creuse North |
| 9 | 25 | 12 | Kaitlyn Rizzo | 110.4 | Macomb Dakota |
| 9 | 26 | 10 | Aryana Givans | 108.9 | Rochester |
| 9 | 27 | 10 | Jelena Olechowski | 108.7 | Utica Eisenhower |
| 9 | 28 | 9 | Elena Wasilevich | 108.0 | Utica Eisenhower |
| 9 | 29 | 9 | Faith Hammer | 104.9 | Fraser |
| 9 | 30 | 11 | Claire Milne | 104.6 | Rochester Adams |
