CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON IS HERE!
With an extra weekend of XC season, the calendar has appeared a bit different than the usual routine of past years. We’ve already had an Oakland County meet, Wayne County as well. Portage typically marks the end of the regular season, a Pre-Nationals of sort for the state. From now on, you’ll find schedules heavy on league, county, and area championships. Then of course, regionals and state.
Just a reminder, 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 11th 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
Mid-September Rankings
Late September Rankings
As always, these are for fun and a vehicle to drive interest in the best sport in the world. Enjoy


Mid-Season Moves
The Knights were already running well in 2026, ranked 12th coming into the week, projected to be the Region 36 champion. Then they saw the return of their top girl, Ella Lamb. Lamb had her season debut at the mid-week Austin Catholic/Cardinal Mooney Invite, running 20:55 to place 7th and help Shrine grab 2nd place in a field full of upper division teams.
The mid-season addition should help Shrine’s cause. In league action, the Knights were runner-up in the first jamboree, then captured the second one. The final comes in nine days, hopefully will a squad at full strength.
Individual Contenders
These past few weeks have given us many meets of significance, runners asserting themselves as contenders come the stretch run, many matchups between the standouts of each division. This has certainly been the case for D4 through D2.
For the D4 girls, this came at Portage, with all four of those that’ve separated themselves in attendance.
Libby Smith won the race, opening up an early gap and never looking back, capturing her first Portage win ever.
Kaylie Livingston succumbed to Smith, but that result doesn’t diminish another standout season where she’s run in the low-18’s for almost every meet in the past two weeks.
Veyda Conley turned in the fastest time of her career. She’s typically hovered around the 19-min. mark for much of the fall, but has shown the capability of getting after into the mid-18’s if needed.
Callie Sinke has competed in 7 major invites, breaking 19:00 in all but one of ‘em. She hasn’t had her breakout race yet, it’ll come, but she’s shown an amazing amount of consistency.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | O11 Rating | Region |
| 1 | 12 | Libby Smith | Gobles | 154.1 | 31 |
| 2 | 12 | Kaylie Livingston | Whitmore Lake | 152.9 | 33 |
| 3 | 12 | Veyda Conley | Martin | 144.7 | 31 |
| 4 | 11 | Callie Sinke | Onekama | 143.9 | 29 |
| 5 | 9 | Faith Schipper | Holland Calvary Christian | 138.5 | 31 |
| 6 | 10 | Norah Kiley | Kingston | 134.3 | 35 |
| 7 | 11 | Sophie Grinage | Leland | 129.1 | 29 |
| 8 | 9 | Grace Jolin | Dansville | 121.6 | 33 |
| 9 | 12 | Evelyn Meyer | Hillsdale Academy | 121.4 | 34 |
| 10 | 10 | Ryleigh Alderink | Holton | 120.4 | 31 |
| 11 | 12 | Ava DeYoung | Gobles | 118.8 | 31 |
| 12 | 12 | Lauren Shaffer | Gobles | 118.2 | 31 |
| 13 | 9 | Madalyn Stolz | Dansville | 115.8 | 33 |
| 14 | 12 | Kiera Piper | Kalamazoo Hackett | 114.9 | 32 |
| 15 | 11 | Malynda Lambros | Whitmore Lake | 114.7 | 33 |
| 16 | 12 | Lindsey Nordyke | Byron Center Zion Christian | 113.7 | 31 |
| 17 | 11 | Cassidy Bowers | Austin Catholic | 113.5 | 36 |
| 18 | 10 | Faith Smith | Genesee Christian | 112.9 | 33 |
| 19 | 11 | Julia White | Portland St. Patrick | 112.1 | 31 |
| 20 | 11 | Taylor Wills | Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart | 110.3 | 30 |
| 21 | 11 | Ava Bates | Lutheran Westland | 109.7 | 36 |
| 22 | 12 | Addy Zeller | Onekama | 108.8 | 29 |
| 23 | 10 | Ava Higley | Frankfort | 107.5 | 29 |
| 24 | 12 | Veronica Paga | Petoskey St. Michael | 107.4 | 28 |
| 25 | 9 | Amy Walker | Clarkston Everest Collegiate | 107.3 | 33 |
| 26 | 11 | Melodie Hulinek | Bear Lake | 105.8 | 29 |
| 27 | 11 | Maizy Matthews | Breckenridge | 105.4 | 30 |
| 28 | 10 | Zakia Wagoner | Onekama | 104.7 | 29 |
| 29 | 11 | Mea Wesley | Petoskey St. Michael | 102.8 | 28 |
| 30 | 9 | Clara Thelen | Fowler | 102.7 | 31 |
| 31 | 10 | Audrey Pyle | Concord | 102.2 | 34 |
| 32 | 11 | Zoe Fabing | Fowler | 101.4 | 31 |
| 33 | 10 | Eliza Roberts | Hillsdale Academy | 101.2 | 34 |
| 34 | 10 | Heather Morris | Hillsdale Academy | 100.4 | 34 |
| 35 | 9 | Sophia Messing | Deckerville | 98.9 | 35 |
| 36 | 9 | Gabby Weigold | Breckenridge | 98.8 | 30 |
| 37 | 11 | Ella Lamb | Royal Oak Shrine | 98.4 | 36 |
| 38 | 11 | Deirdre O’Connell | Allen Park Cabrini | 96.5 | 36 |
| 39 | 11 | Lorelei Stemme | Hillsdale Academy | 96.3 | 34 |
| 40 | 12 | Natalie Burpee | Leland | 96.2 | 29 |
| 41 | 10 | Isabella West | Mayville | 95.6 | 35 |
| 42 | 12 | Madison Smith | Grand Traverse Academy | 95.4 | 29 |
| 43 | 11 | Anna Howell | Bridgman | 94.9 | 32 |
| 44 | 11 | Andi Kirkman | Genesee Christian | 94.7 | 33 |
| 45 | 9 | Kennedy Geden | Royal Oak Shrine | 94.2 | 36 |
| 46 | 10 | Brooklyn Griffin | Buckley | 93.6 | 29 |
| 47 | 11 | Claire Wright | Dryden | 93.0 | 35 |
| 48 | 12 | Tess Hoedel | Grand Traverse Academy | 92.9 | 29 |
| 49 | 11 | Allison Rodgers | Martin | 92.5 | 31 |
| 50 | 9 | Norah Tracy | Hillsdale Academy | 92.2 | 34 |


Mid-Season Moves
It’s been a fun few weeks for the Eagle crew. After an early season with smaller races and less competitive fields, Kent City has been able to let it rip in their past three races. First, at Allendale, KC was able to knock off three top-10 teams to win the Falcon division. This past weekend at Portage, the Eagles started out hot and stayed there, placing 5th in what was essentially a D3 State preview. And just yesterday, Kent City captured a CSAA White crown, totaling a tiny 17 points in their league championship.
A few of these Eagles have truly embraced the enhanced competition coming in October. Prime examples being Bayla Curtis and Shelby Zimmer. Curtis moved up masterfully in the final mile at Portage, gaining 14 places (48 to 34) en route to her first sub-21 ever. Zimmer cracked into the 19’s late last year and she’s there much earlier this time around, hitting 19:34 and 19:17 in consecutive weekends.
Individual Contenders
Over these past few weeks, Caelyn Torry has certainly asserted herself as a contender. She’s won close to home at Cadillac, further south at Shepherd, and even further south at Portage. Her frontrunnin’ style was on full display on the rolling Kalamazoo hills, where Torry led wire to wire in a D3 win. Chasing was defending champion Samantha Schroeder, who ran a course PR. Over the past few years, Schroeder has shown a tendency to greatly reduce time in the final month of the season, based on that, she’s in an excellent position.
Unlike D4, a few of the faster girls of the division were absent from the big west side race. Tiya Feldpausch was busy setting a personal best (18:11) at the Country Mill Classic. Violet Tetil had the weekend off, her Caro Tigers gearing up for championship season. Tetil may benefit from an adverse weather day, as her finest performance of the season came at Holly, an 18:51 win in the muck and mud.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | O11 Rating | Region |
| 1 | 11 | Caelyn Torry | McBain | 149.8 | 20 |
| 2 | 12 | Samantha Schroeder | Jackson Lumen Christi | 149.5 | 23 |
| 3 | 11 | Tiya Feldpausch | Olivet | 148.8 | 23 |
| 4 | 12 | Violet Tetil | Caro | 148.4 | 25 |
| 5 | 10 | Alaina Civinskas | Roscommon | 147.5 | 19 |
| 6 | 11 | Josie Bishop | Lansing Catholic | 143.8 | 26 |
| 7 | 12 | Alyssa Kramer | Pewamo-Westphalia | 143.1 | 24 |
| 8 | 11 | Elliana Max | Kent City | 140.9 | 21 |
| 9 | 9 | Isadora Shaw | Lake City | 139.6 | 19 |
| 10 | 11 | Avery Kelly | Benzie Central | 138.8 | 20 |
| 11 | 10 | Lily Britton | Olivet | 137.8 | 23 |
| 12 | 10 | Anna Drauer | Lansing Catholic | 137.4 | 26 |
| 13 | 11 | Madisyn Wanstead | Leroy Pine River | 135.0 | 20 |
| 14 | 11 | Maisey Toteff | Hanover-Horton | 134.9 | 23 |
| 15 | 11 | Piper Lyon | Rochester Hills Lutheran NW | 133.8 | 26 |
| 16 | 9 | Grace Jordan | Chesaning | 131.9 | 24 |
| 17 | 9 | Merrick Tacktor | Mason County Central | 131.5 | 20 |
| 18 | 11 | Maggie McClellan | Benzie Central | 131.0 | 20 |
| 19 | 10 | Calista George | Pewamo-Westphalia | 129.3 | 24 |
| 20 | 11 | Lindsey Ludwig | Lansing Catholic | 127.8 | 26 |
| 21 | 11 | Shelby Zimmer | Kent City | 125.8 | 21 |
| 22 | 9 | Maggie Mohrhardt | Traverse City St. Francis | 125.8 | 19 |
| 23 | 12 | Mikenna Nagel | Sanford-Meridian | 124.8 | 25 |
| 24 | 12 | Lyvia Curtis | Saugatuck | 124.6 | 22 |
| 25 | 12 | Leah Sneller | Muskegon Western Michigan Christian | 123.5 | 21 |
| 26 | 10 | Ellyse Heyser | Saugatuck | 123.1 | 22 |
| 27 | 12 | Makinna Foglesong | Ithaca | 122.4 | 24 |
| 28 | 12 | Isabelle Sliter | Fennville | 122.4 | 22 |
| 29 | 12 | Shelby Kuiper | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 120.4 | 21 |
| 30 | 12 | Natalie Rosema | Hart | 119.9 | 20 |
| 31 | 11 | Lindsey Cmeyla | Saginaw Valley Lutheran | 119.3 | 25 |
| 32 | 9 | Aubrey Doan | Lake City | 118.4 | 19 |
| 33 | 9 | Hannah Muladore | Charlevoix | 118.2 | 19 |
| 34 | 11 | Hattie Driver | Manistee | 118.0 | 20 |
| 35 | 12 | Anna Hallett | Blissfield | 116.2 | 27 |
| 36 | 12 | Kamryn Sixberry | Saugatuck | 116.0 | 22 |
| 37 | 12 | Betsy Gooden | Manton | 116.0 | 20 |
| 38 | 10 | Madelynn Patterson | Olivet | 115.9 | 23 |
| 39 | 10 | Lily Sisson | Leroy Pine River | 115.0 | 20 |
| 40 | 12 | Molly Kate Hollandsworth | Traverse City St. Francis | 114.8 | 19 |
| 41 | 11 | Emma Kerr | Traverse City St. Francis | 114.8 | 19 |
| 42 | 10 | Katherine Schafer | Pewamo-Westphalia | 114.5 | 24 |
| 43 | 9 | Lilly Kimble | Jackson Lumen Christi | 113.5 | 23 |
| 44 | 12 | Stefi Reskevics | Harbor Springs | 113.5 | 19 |
| 45 | 11 | Elise Renkiewicz | Lake City | 113.2 | 19 |
| 46 | 9 | Avyrie Ottenbacher | Maple City Glen Lake | 111.9 | 20 |
| 47 | 12 | Anna DeVries | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 111.5 | 21 |
| 48 | 9 | Elina Guffy | Saugatuck | 111.1 | 22 |
| 49 | 10 | Ellery Kemner | Traverse City St. Francis | 111.1 | 19 |
| 50 | 9 | Juliet Siemen | Harbor Beach | 111.0 | 25 |


Mid-Season Moves
Youthful or experienced, it’s starting to come together for the Hornets. The second CAAC Red Jamboree a Tuesday ago saw many Williamston girls turn in their best efforts of the season. Sophia Schafer sure did, dropping wayyy into the 20’s for the first time all fall. Ella Bahle embraced the momentum emanating from her 19:54 at Stockbridge and turned it into a 19:36 PR. Add two standout performances to Annabel Buggia, who’s been racing at a high level all fall and you’ve got a squad that placed 2nd, 6 points behind Mason. For comparison, two weeks prior, the Hornets were nearly 30 pts. back.
Individual Contenders
More like D4, contrast to D3, a great bit of D2’s title contenders descended upon the west side for a MIS preview.
Four of the girls that’d separated a bit were present – Caroline Randall, Jaelyn Ray, Avery Engbers, and Natalya Hoffman. Meter by meter, mile by mile, what had started as a honest pace dwindled into a Caroline Randall runaway victory. Her 17:43 win built on the momentum accrued last week at Otsego and was a 45+ second course PR. The others will go back to the drawing board, but they’ll have plenty of confidence in their corner. Jaelyn Ray knows she can bring it at MHSAA events, Natalya Hoffman still owns the fastest time in D2, and Avery Engbers has the strength of her Maroon girls to back her up.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | O11 Rating | Region |
| 1 | 12 | Jaelyn Ray | Pinckney | 163.9 | 16 |
| 2 | 12 | Caroline Randall | Hastings | 162.7 | 12 |
| 3 | 9 | Natalya Hoffman | Plainwell | 159.8 | 13 |
| 4 | 11 | Avery Engbers | Holland Christian | 159.4 | 11 |
| 5 | 12 | Ava Schafer | St. Johns | 158.1 | 14 |
| 6 | 10 | Eliza Schwass | Ludington | 156.2 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Clara Cook | DeWitt | 154.1 | 14 |
| 8 | 12 | Maddie Lindley | Holly | 153.1 | 17 |
| 9 | 11 | Julia Bambach | Holly | 152.9 | 17 |
| 10 | 11 | Oakley Osterhart | Coopersville | 152.0 | 11 |
| 11 | 12 | Mia May | Sparta | 150.6 | 11 |
| 12 | 11 | Kayla Shellenbarger | Goodrich | 149.4 | 15 |
| 13 | 10 | Breslyn Klein | Coopersville | 149.3 | 11 |
| 14 | 12 | Ayda Skeels | Adrian | 148.1 | 18 |
| 15 | 12 | Addison Josephson | Linden | 147.8 | 14 |
| 16 | 12 | Ella McInerney | Cadillac | 146.7 | 10 |
| 17 | 12 | Olivia Weiss | Holland | 145.3 | 11 |
| 18 | 11 | Mai Nguyen | Plainwell | 145.0 | 13 |
| 19 | 12 | Eliana Stob | Holland Christian | 145.0 | 11 |
| 20 | 9 | Evelyn Goosen | Spring Lake | 144.6 | 10 |
| 21 | 11 | Tiffany DeMaagd | Grand Rapids South Christian | 144.3 | 12 |
| 22 | 11 | Courtney Floeter | Linden | 144.3 | 14 |
| 23 | 11 | Remie Ellis | Eaton Rapids | 144.0 | 14 |
| 24 | 12 | Ellery Lampen | Holland Christian | 142.4 | 11 |
| 25 | 11 | Madison Petty | Adrian | 142.2 | 18 |
| 26 | 9 | Annabel Buggia | Williamston | 142.2 | 14 |
| 27 | 10 | Alayna Verhage | Otsego | 141.1 | 13 |
| 28 | 12 | Alivia Ottinger | Goodrich | 140.1 | 15 |
| 29 | 12 | Clara Kaczor | Freeland | 139.8 | 15 |
| 30 | 11 | Grace Leman | Edwardsburg | 139.1 | 13 |
| 31 | 10 | Lydia Dwyer | Stevensville Lakeshore | 138.4 | 13 |
| 32 | 10 | Addelyn Sabatke | Otsego | 136.8 | 13 |
| 33 | 10 | Lily VanEyk | Grand Rapids South Christian | 136.2 | 12 |
| 34 | 11 | Anneliese Passchier | East Grand Rapids | 135.4 | 12 |
| 35 | 9 | Molly White | Holland Christian | 135.2 | 11 |
| 36 | 12 | Annabelle Lowman | Ludington | 134.3 | 10 |
| 37 | 12 | Sawyer Reagan | Allendale | 134.1 | 11 |
| 38 | 10 | Adelyn Verhage | Otsego | 132.8 | 13 |
| 39 | 12 | Zoe German | Fruitport | 132.5 | 10 |
| 40 | 9 | Emi Crews | Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg | 132.1 | 12 |
| 41 | 12 | Lucy Conzelmann | Frankenmuth | 130.5 | 15 |
| 42 | 11 | Addison Bixler | Coopersville | 130.5 | 11 |
| 43 | 12 | Zoe Hoekstra | Grand Rapids Christian | 130.4 | 12 |
| 44 | 12 | Skylar Mejeur | Otsego | 130.0 | 13 |
| 45 | 11 | Natalie Hayes | DeWitt | 129.8 | 14 |
| 46 | 10 | Addisyn Wood | Sparta | 129.5 | 11 |
| 47 | 11 | Maya Hammoud | Detroit Country Day | 128.6 | 16 |
| 48 | 9 | Anna Zietlow | Holland Christian | 128.3 | 11 |
| 49 | 12 | Lillian Dewey | Hopkins | 128.3 | 12 |
| 50 | 9 | Addison Andress | Otsego | 128.0 | 13 |


Mid-Season Moves
Romeo and Utica
The MAC Red brings championship racing to early October and with high stakes racin’ came moves up the ranks. In recent memory, Romeo has almost always been victorious here and they were again, though last Tuesday’s result was fairly close. The Bulldogs pulled through with clutch performances from Faith Wessel (2nd fastest time ever) and Madeline Marchwinski (nearly two min. faster than she was last year in this same meet). Utica made it tough, with Codianne Palczewski moving up two spots from the first MAC Red Jamboree to place 8th, her 3rd consecutive sub-20.
What’s great about the Macomb County schedule is the back-to-back immediacy of it all, as these two outfits will be going at it again this weekend for a county crown.
Individual Contenders
The three top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls of Natasza Dudek, Keira Von Blon, and Sienna Klemmer got me thinking – has any school placed girls 1-2-3 at the State Finals? Searching through the archives of Finals races from ’97 onward (when individual and team races were combined), the answer seems to be NO.
There are a few examples of girls going 2-3-4 (2021 Hart and 1998 Rockford), but no 1-2-3. There have been three instances of teams going 1-2 (2014 Seaholm, 2000 Ogemaw Heights, 2000 Rochester Adams).
We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, but history *could* be on the table.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | O11 Rating | Region |
| 1 | 11 | Natasza Dudek | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 188.2 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 | Keira Von Blon | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 179.9 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | Sienna Klemmer | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 177.2 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | Alexandra Scappaticci | Northville | 174.0 | 7 |
| 5 | 11 | Adalyn Raab | Zeeland East | 170.1 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | Rachel Smith | Okemos | 166.4 | 4 |
| 7 | 12 | Lucia Lachapelle | Northville | 161.9 | 7 |
| 8 | 10 | Grace Snyder | Hudsonville | 161.5 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | Ainsley Kelm | Portage Northern | 160.8 | 3 |
| 10 | 12 | Daisy Cox | Rockford | 159.7 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | Emilia Garces | Midland Dow | 159.3 | 2 |
| 12 | 11 | Paige Rohda | Berkley | 159.2 | 7 |
| 13 | 12 | Tessa Mascari | Traverse City West | 158.9 | 2 |
| 14 | 11 | Alannah Wessel | Romeo | 157.4 | 9 |
| 15 | 11 | Gabriella Mercier | Macomb Dakota | 156.7 | 9 |
| 16 | 11 | Savannah Staton | Saline | 156.5 | 5 |
| 17 | 11 | Charlotte Jones | Rochester | 155.2 | 9 |
| 18 | 10 | Brynn Somers | Northville | 154.4 | 7 |
| 19 | 12 | Chloe Purwin | Hudsonville | 152.5 | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | Avery Scott | Portage Central | 152.4 | 3 |
| 21 | 11 | Charley McKay | Brownstown Woodhaven | 152.2 | 5 |
| 22 | 12 | Katarina Munson | Saline | 151.2 | 5 |
| 23 | 12 | Reese Rosbolt | Romeo | 150.7 | 9 |
| 24 | 12 | Kodie Snyder | Dexter | 149.4 | 4 |
| 25 | 11 | Alexandra Green | Birmingham Seaholm | 149.1 | 7 |
| 26 | 12 | Anyla Robinson | Oak Park | 149.0 | 7 |
| 27 | 10 | Giada Mills | Beverly Hills Groves | 148.7 | 7 |
| 28 | 10 | Kaitlyn Berg | Midland | 148.3 | 2 |
| 29 | 12 | Paige McMeans | Jenison | 147.3 | 1 |
| 30 | 10 | Lexie Snyder | Hudsonville | 147.3 | 1 |
| 31 | 10 | Jessica Soldan | Rochester Adams | 146.7 | 9 |
| 32 | 12 | Isla Tharp | Ann Arbor Skyline | 146.5 | 6 |
| 33 | 10 | Grace Meyers | Bay City Western | 146.3 | 2 |
| 34 | 10 | Claire Lawrence | Bloomfield Hills | 146.3 | 7 |
| 35 | 9 | Brooklyn Thomasma | East Kentwood | 145.6 | 1 |
| 36 | 11 | Ella Lorenz | Brighton | 145.4 | 4 |
| 37 | 9 | Claire Cubitt | Utica | 145.3 | 8 |
| 38 | 11 | Lucia Llanes | Ann Arbor Skyline | 144.1 | 6 |
| 39 | 11 | Jillian Lewakowski | Rockford | 143.2 | 1 |
| 40 | 12 | Becca Van Lent | Ann Arbor Skyline | 142.4 | 6 |
| 41 | 12 | Abigail Dobry | Dexter | 142.1 | 4 |
| 42 | 12 | Lizzie Wernimont | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 141.6 | 5 |
| 43 | 9 | Harper Henderson | Jenison | 141.2 | 1 |
| 44 | 12 | Morgan Scally | White Lake Lakeland | 140.4 | 8 |
| 45 | 12 | Lane Isom | Richland Gull Lake | 140.3 | 3 |
| 46 | 10 | Gwyn Faber | Forest Hills Northern | 140.1 | 1 |
| 47 | 11 | Lila Edison | Ann Arbor Skyline | 139.9 | 6 |
| 48 | 12 | El McMahan | Rochester Adams | 139.7 | 9 |
| 49 | 12 | Nina Moore | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 139.5 | 5 |
| 50 | 10 | Eleanor Pilsner | Grosse Pointe South | 139.1 | 6 |


| Division | Rank | Team | Score |
| 1 | 1 | Marquette | 43 |
| 1 | 2 | Sault Ste. Marie | 51 |
| 1 | 3 | Negaunee | 89 |
| 1 | 4 | Houghton | 92 |
| 1 | 5 | Kingsford | 145 |
| 1 | 6 | Calumet | 164 |
| 1 | 7 | Menominee | 187 |
| 1 | 8 | Escanaba | 191 |
| Division | Rank | Team | Score |
| 2 | 1 | Munising | 39 |
| 2 | 2 | Rudyard | 58 |
| 2 | 3 | Painesdale-Jeffers | 71 |
| 2 | 4 | Newberry | 98 |
| 2 | 5 | Brimley | 113 |
| Division | Rank | Team | Score |
| 3 | 1 | L’Anse | 50 |
| 3 | 2 | Rapid River | 82 |
| 3 | 3 | Ewen-Trout Creek | 92 |
| 3 | 4 | Superior Central | 93 |
| 3 | 5 | Forest Park | 116 |
| 3 | 6 | St. Ignace | 128 |
| 3 | 7 | Engadine | 134 |
Individual Contenders
Opposed to the boys’ side of things north of the bridge, the girls might actually have more competitive races.
A close race between two rivals comes in D1, where Asia Jones and Charlotte Jones have staked out claims as the top girl in the division. On two separate sides of the peninsula, the two haven’t faced off against one another, but they do have similar accolades. Each have earned sub-20’s twice. Charlotte’s 19:18 from Portage is the fastest, but Asia’s 19:57 from Holly may be the most impressive.
A close race between teammates is likely the case in D2, as Abby Taylor and Molly McNamara, both of Newberry, were separated by a mere 8 sec. at Bluejay. The pairing have season bests a minute clear of 3rd, and are no stranger to running in close proximity in championship settings, having placed 3rd and 4th in D3 last year.
D3 itself appears to be a bit less pressure-packed, but if one delves deeper, they may find a reason for another competitive situation One girl has broken 20:00 thus far in the fall, freshman Edye Burnett ripping a 19:32 at the Great Eskymos Chase. Trailing her with the 2nd fastest time in the division is Bree Besonen, who still stands north of 20-flat. Though in the most recent matchup between the two, Besonen sat a close 6 seconds back.
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | O11 Rating | Division |
| 1 | 11 | Asia Jones | Sault Ste. Marie | 128.0 | 1 |
| 2 | 9 | Charlotte Jones | Marquette | 124.5 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | Emma Ziegler | Marquette | 117.7 | 1 |
| 4 | 11 | Maria Murvich | Kingsford | 117.0 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | Julia Plaxco | Negaunee | 115.1 | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | Holly Cooke | Houghton | 114.3 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | Keira Waterman | Negaunee | 99.1 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | Ava Cantway | Marquette | 97.9 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Cora Goulet | Sault Ste. Marie | 97.0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | Isabeau Woodard | Sault Ste. Marie | 95.0 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | Winley Brandt | Menominee | 93.2 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | Emma Jukuri | Houghton | 91.5 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | Evelyn Grant | Marquette | 86.2 | 1 |
| 14 | 12 | Norah Woodruff | Houghton | 84.9 | 1 |
| 15 | 12 | Regan Sporte | Sault Ste. Marie | 84.3 | 1 |
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | O11 Rating | Division |
| 1 | 12 | Abby Taylor | Newberry | 127.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 10 | Molly McNamara | Newberry | 118.5 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Emma Conklin | Munising | 103.0 | 2 |
| 4 | 10 | Melissa Kirschner | Rudyard | 90.2 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | Alena Pietila | Hancock | 89.3 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | Ashlyn Mitchell | Rudyard | 81.6 | 2 |
| 7 | 11 | Addie Bowerman | Munising | 78.3 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | Remi Coponen | Painesdale-Jeffers | 75.6 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | Colleen Rice | Rudyard | 74.5 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | Siri Jacobson | Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer | 74.4 | 2 |
| 11 | 9 | Edon Kidd | Munising | 58.4 | 2 |
| 12 | 9 | Natalie Brock | Munising | 51.5 | 2 |
| 13 | 11 | Maya Weiss | Munising | 51.4 | 2 |
| 14 | 11 | Zoey Kidd | Munising | 49.1 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | Karissa Rautiola | Painesdale-Jeffers | 41.8 | 2 |
| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | O11 Rating | Division |
| 1 | 9 | Edye Burdett | Superior Central | 117.1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | Bree Besonen | Ewen-Trout Creek | 107.9 | 3 |
| 3 | 10 | Evonna LaCosse | Rapid River | 94.6 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 | Sarah Chapman | Engadine | 77.9 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | Ellie Zaupa | Forest Park | 73.5 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | Sophie Mahoski | Ishpeming | 70.7 | 3 |
| 7 | 11 | Lily Froese | L’Anse | 70.4 | 3 |
| 8 | 11 | Kwynn Voskuhl | L’Anse | 70.1 | 3 |
| 9 | 10 | Autumn Broomfield | Watersmeet Township | 66.3 | 3 |
| 10 | 9 | Paget Hinnen | Cedarville | 63.7 | 3 |
| 11 | 9 | Lily Halkola | Dollar Bay | 58.9 | 3 |
| 12 | 11 | Kendra Pederson | Superior Central | 58.3 | 3 |
| 13 | 10 | Julia Poma | Rapid River | 57.6 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | AJ Feleppa | St. Ignace | 56.3 | 3 |
| 15 | 11 | Princess Pierre | L’Anse | 53.2 | 3 |
Homeschool athletes, the “official” rankings might not include you, but I’ve got you covered! Even with your championship coming the weekend of regionals, I’ll still have projections for that day. And word on the street is I might even be there…

| Rank | Grade | Name | Team | O11 Rating |
| 1 | 12 | Gianna Chaignot | GRTC Peregrines | 156.3 |
| 2 | 9 | Marielle Chaignot | GRTC Peregrines | 152.3 |
| 3 | 12 | Stephanie DiPiazza | GRTC Peregrines | 150.2 |
| 4 | 10 | Hailey Sieler | GRTC Peregrines | 134.5 |
| 5 | 10 | Elise Barber | GRTC Peregrines | 132.1 |
| 6 | 10 | Eve Webb | GRTC Peregrines | 129.0 |
| 7 | 9 | Aria Koert | West Michigan Homeschool | 123.9 |
| 8 | 12 | Ava Skinner | GRTC Peregrines | 115.7 |
| 9 | 12 | Elyana Davis | Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports | 102.4 |
| 10 | 10 | Ava Grosse | West Michigan Homeschool | 98.8 |
| 11 | 12 | Belle Richardson | Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports | 94.1 |
| 12 | 9 | Ellery Novakoski | West Michigan Homeschool | 88.4 |
| 13 | 10 | Elsie Woldhuis | Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports | 85.8 |
| 14 | 12 | Maria Banasky | Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports | 82.8 |
| 15 | 11 | Gracie Hibma | Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports | 82.2 |