Author: mixcspeedratings

There may not be many meets from this mid-September weekend, but the ones that exist are huge and begin to tell the tale of the season. There’s been some movement in terms of the rankings, and if you pay attention to the hypothetical scores, you’ll see movement there even if a team’s ranking is the same.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I started with three for the first rankings, then five this week, and so on.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. With a bit of free-r time this week, I should get to the Upper Peninsula.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Grand Rapids Christian

Week Three: Conquered a strong field at Benzie then turned around and routed a very competitive OK White. Showing much strength early with frontrunners and depth, could very well put all five girls on the podium.

More of the same at Ottawa Hills from the Eagle girls. All scoring girls placed in the top-11, with Adia Sikkema and Lucy Waalkes pulling up in the top-20.

Otsego

Week Three: Sadly, we won’t see the Bulldogs at a major Michigan invitational until Jackson, but when you have the opportunity to run at the legendary Detweiller Park, you take it. Their season is setting up very similarly to last year, a strong top four plus a solid fifth. Though it appears their 5th spot might be improved from 2022.

Placed 7^th of 61 in the Richard Spring Invite down in Peoria. Now I don’t know much about Illinois XC at the moment, but that field had some legendary and recognizable names – York, Neuqua Valley, Palatine, Downer’s Grove, etc. Illinois Speed Ratings uses a similar methodology, but a different scale. Without getting too deep into it, converting to my scale, Detweiller rates out to about a +69 (+75 for boys) for its 2.97-to-3-mile course (highly debatable distance!) To make a short story long, the Bulldogs ran better than they have this season, even missing Taylor Mitchell.

East Grand Rapids

After missing Under the Lights, Drew Muller has returned to EGR’s benefit. Her 3^rd spot at Ottawa Hills meant the Pioneers really had to only score four. Combine that with personal bests from Adeline Armstrong and Sadey Seyferth and you have this traditional power rising through the ranks.

Goodrich

Changed things up on us! The past few years, the Martians have been at Holly, this year they headed further west to East Lansing. And evidenced by their 3^rd place finish in the Elite Division, an excellent decision. These girls get it done through their pack, going seven deep, displacing fools left and right.

St. Joseph

The rare case of having two low sticks and needing to score three. Among those three, you could have reliable seniors such as Jade Murdoch or Ceci Ruchti. Or perhaps freshmen that are coming along nicely such as Lydia Johnson or Lily Cummings. Like many West Coast teams, the Bears traveled to Ottawa Hills on Friday, coming away from Session 2 placing 4^th of 18.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Grand Rapids Christian	11	64	1
2	Otsego	13	257	2
3	East Grand Rapids	12	268	8
4	Goodrich	15	299	4
5	St. Joseph	13	371	6
6	Frankenmuth	15	380	5
7	Zeeland East	11	394	3
8	St. Johns	14	427	7
9	Spring Lake	11	477	9
10	DeWitt	14	499	10
11	Freeland	15	541	11
12	Holland Christian	11	552	28
13	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	12	581	13
14	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	656	14
15	Ludington	10	677	12
16	Alma	15	682	16
17	Croswell-Lexington	17	684	17
18	Petoskey	10	702	15
19	Owosso	14	705	18
20	Warren Regina	17	714	19
21	Armada	17	723	21
22	Dearborn Divine Child	16	753	20
23	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	16	783	25
24	Forest Hills Eastern	12	785	22
25	Chelsea	18	812	23
26	Linden	16	862	24
27	Stevensville Lakeshore	13	906	27

Forest Hills Eastern

Week Three: That’s two years in a row that the Hawks have put the state on notice with an Under the Lights masterpiece. All five scorers were sub-17 on that humid, late August night. With three of those capable of low-16’s or better, much pressure will be placed on other teams to close that gap.

Missing Brendan Hoving and Liam Hinman at Sparta, the Hawks still emerged victorious, eking out a 6-point victory over the home team. Youngster Steven Zawacki stepped up in a major way – he’s dropped more than a minute since Under the Lights.

East Grand Rapids

Week Three: Still missing a piece, but those who have competed have had success. That could come in the form of an Alex Thole, who pulled a massive upset at Under the Lights or a Jack Edison, who navigated his way into the 16’s for the first time ever at the OK White Jamboree.

That piece has arrived. Ryan Brinker, with only one race under his belt in ’23 has already raced faster than he had to this point in the ’22 season.

Allendale

There were a few doubters last week with the Falcons’ #4 ranking. I think their effort at Spartan proved a few wrong. Three in the top-15, half the points of any other school in the White Division.

Grand Rapids Christian

Week Three: Saw FHE throw down the gauntlet on a Friday night, then woke up Saturday and decided to match it. Winners of Pete Moss by 88 points, then put seven guys in the top-16 at a star-filled OK White Jamboree.

Probably underrated here because of their cruise through Christian Schools and the fact that we’re comparing against the entire state. In actual competition, the Eagles are undefeated, finding another clear victory this past weekend at Ottawa Hills.

Marshall

Even missing Kaiden Gore (their five guy) at Holly, the Redhawks triumphed in the D3 race. With five divisions there, you get a mix of D2 and D3 teams in the 3^rd Division, but even if Marshall was in the 2^nd Division this past weekend, odds are that they’d win. When you have four boys capable of going sub-17, many possibilities are on the table.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Forest Hills Eastern	12	177	1
2	East Grand Rapids	12	295	3
3	Allendale	11	312	4
4	Grand Rapids Christian	11	329	2
5	Marshall	12	425	6
6	Adrian	18	438	7
7	Alma	15	452	5
8	Holland Christian	11	488	21
9	Otsego	13	516	8
10	Sparta	10	528	10
11	Plainwell	13	551	12
12	Gladwin	10	560	9
13	Yale	17	586	11
14	St. Clair	17	653	14
15	Frankenmuth	15	654	13
16	Petoskey	10	662	15
17	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	678	16
18	Spring Lake	11	752	18
19	Hamilton	11	756	19
20	Chelsea	18	787	23
21	Fremont	10	790	NR
22	Flint Powers Catholic	15	811	20
23	Pinckney	16	819	29
24	Clio	15	826	17
25	Freeland	15	848	27
26	DeWitt	14	860	24
27	Parma Western	14	861	25

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Gail Vaikutis

Week Three: Her 18-flat at Lakeview was a massive personal best and over 80 seconds faster than her 2022 performance. In track, she was able to display great speed and now we’re witness to her strength.

Gail’s just out here stacking personal best after personal best. Similar conditions, similar courses, 22 second improvement from week to week. Gail now owns the fastest time AND best rating in Division 2.

Elena Figueroa

Week Three: Right alongside Vaikutis at both their home invite and the PC Early Bird. Missed out on a great time at Lakeview, I hope for non-injury reasons. Regardless, her early season best is already an improvement from her sophomore year.

Her first race in over three weeks, Elena hopped right back on the wagon with a 17:44 at Riverside. A minute faster than her 2022 effort there and a 35 second personal best.

Ava Schafer

Week Three: Adjusting very well to the high school scene. After taking her lumps with a second-place finish at Under the Lights, she’s ripped off two consecutive victories. All mid-18 efforts from this young freshman. The Redwings have some light racing in their future, so we’ll see how much she’s improved come late September at Shepherd.

The Redwings took the weekend off racing and well, that looks to be to Ava’s benefit. Girl just blasted a 17:48 to capture the first CAAC Red Jamboree.

Natalie VanOtteren

Sub-18 at Ottawa Hills was the 3^rd of her career and 40+ seconds faster than her ’22 effort on the banks of the Grand River.

Drew Muller

Just announced her commitment to Virginia, a great institution for its education, history, and distance running (the Hoos are currently ranked #11). I’m sure Drew will contribute there as she does here, consecutive mid-18 efforts to begin her senior year.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Gail Vaikutis	St. Joseph	161.2	13
2	11	Elena Figueroa	St. Joseph	159.2	13
3	9	Ava Schafer	St. Johns	153.3	14
4	12	Natalie VanOtteren	Grand Rapids Christian	152.4	11
5	12	Drew Muller	East Grand Rapids	150.6	12
6	12	Meghan Ford	Mason	148.2	14
7	12	Mary Richmond	Frankenmuth	145.8	15
8	10	Emma Hoffman	Otsego	145.1	13
9	12	Naomi Nelson	Grand Rapids Christian	144.5	11
10	10	Lilah Poel	Grand Rapids Christian	144.3	11
11	10	Ellie Scholma	Grand Rapids Christian	144.0	11
12	11	Emma Drnek	Zeeland East	143.8	11
13	10	Katie Berkshire	Gaylord	143.2	10
14	11	Sadey Seyferth	East Grand Rapids	140.7	12
15	9	Jaelyn Ray	Pinckney	139.7	16
16	11	Sophy Skeels	Adrian	139.6	18
17	9	Clara Kaczor	Freeland	139.4	15
18	12	Logan Brazee	Otsego	138.8	13
19	11	Natalia DeMea	Chelsea	138.5	18
20	11	Eva Thompson	Croswell-Lexington	137.9	17
21	12	Allison Kuzma	Zeeland East	137.4	11
22	11	Kamryn Lauinger	Goodrich	137.4	15
23	11	Summer Brower	Ludington	137.2	10
24	12	Jenna Pilachowski	Monroe Jefferson	136.8	18
25	11	Ezgi Kurt	Alma	136.4	15
26	10	Natalie Foltz	Frankenmuth	136.3	15
27	12	Emily Tomes	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	136.1	11
28	9	Johanna Mulder	Holland	135.9	11
29	11	Ava Crews	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	135.8	12
30	12	Payton Holtz	Grand Rapids Christian	134.0	11
31	12	Emma DeVries	GR West Michigan Aviation	133.6	12
32	12	Camille DeCola	Marshall	133.0	12
33	12	Anastee Davis	Adrian	131.4	18
34	12	Abby Young	St. Johns	131.2	14
35	12	Clara Fletcher	St. Johns	130.6	14
36	11	Layla Jordan	Goodrich	130.5	15
37	12	Cecilia Ortega	Carleton Airport	128.2	18
38	10	Berkley Holtz	Sturgis	128.0	13
39	11	Kayla Williams	DeWitt	127.8	14
40	9	Caroline Randall	Hastings	127.7	12
41	9	Lucy Conzelmann	Frankenmuth	127.6	15
42	12	Tatum Dykstra	Fruitport	126.3	11
43	9	Ayda Skeels	Adrian	125.8	18
44	11	Mea D’Agostino	Orchard Lake St. Mary’s	125.7	16
45	10	Linnea Paige	Fremont	125.3	10
46	11	Preslee Perkins	Stevensville Lakeshore	125.2	13
47	11	Maria Nunning	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	125.0	16
48	9	Olivia Hollebeek	Holland Christian	124.8	11
49	11	Madison Johnson	Paw Paw	124.7	13
50	11	Cami Kraai	Whitehall	124.4	10

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Connell Alford

Week Three: Cross country is definitely his thing. Facing some fierce competition at Lamplighter, Connell laid down the hammer early en route to a large margin of victory.

Unfortunately couldn’t pull off the win at Spartan, but he did finish first amongst all Michigan competition. His 15:09 nearly matched the 15:06 from last year, and when you’re in the ballpark of your state-winning self, you know you’re in a good place.

TJ Hansen

Week Three: Just continuing and building from his track accomplishments. 15:39 at Under the Lights was a personal best, 15:13 at John Bruder was a massive personal best. It’s a shame Freeland is on the smaller side of D2 schools, we sadly avoid a matchup with Evan Loughridge at Holly.

Of the 93 boys that ran at both John Bruder and Holly, only 22 ran faster at Holly. TJ was 0.5 seconds slower, showing his 15:14 through the sharp turns and hills at Springfield Oaks can be sub-15 on the right course on the right day.

Evan Loughridge

Week Three: “Opener at Possum Hollow was a 20+ second win over a ton of talented D1 runners. He’ll be facing some potential D2 All-Staters this weekend at Holly.”

15 seconds at a mile, 30+ at two, and 36 at the finish, Evan’s 15:35 win at Holly was allll on his lonesome. For many that would be a mental grind, but it’s more of the same for this tough-minded kid. His performance on Saturday was over 25 seconds faster than what he raced to in 2022 and given how his October played out last year, big goals are there for the taking.

Solomon Kwartowitz

Hung in there pretty well for his first real huge effort of the season. A 15:32 in Spartan Elite earned Kwartowitz a 7^th place (5^th amongst Michiganders) and a massive personal best.

Alex Thole

State Champions, national qualifiers, insane freshmen, talented underclassmen… Alex has won against them all and we’re only in mid-September. Three races, three wins, all considerably better than his 2022 best.

Rank	Grade	Name	Real Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Connell Alford	Chelsea	217.8	18
2	11	TJ Hansen	Freeland	217.5	15
3	12	Evan Loughridge	Pinckney	213.7	16
4	12	Solomon Kwartowitz	Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood	211.8	16
5	12	Alex Thole	East Grand Rapids	208.5	12
6	12	Sean Pettis	Fremont	207.1	10
7	11	Jack Bidwell	Marshall	205.4	12
8	12	Brendan Hoving	Forest Hills Eastern	205.2	12
9	12	Nate Carmody	Haslett	205.0	14
10	12	Braylon Petty	Adrian	204.5	18
11	11	Colin Murray	Dearborn Divine Child	203.3	16
12	12	Gregory Janesak	Sparta	202.8	10
13	12	Logan Ruffner	Riverview	202.3	18
14	12	Noah Lambers	Holland	201.3	11
15	11	Simon Triezenberg	Grand Rapids Christian	201.2	11
16	12	Liam Hinman	Forest Hills Eastern	199.9	12
17	12	Caleb Palmreuter	Gladwin	199.8	10
18	11	Kilian Whalen	Allendale	199.4	11
19	10	Owen Metzger	Sparta	199.0	10
20	11	Alex Doneth	Mason	198.9	14
21	10	Jonah Workman	East Grand Rapids	198.7	12
22	12	Nolan Pinion	Lake Fenton	198.7	16
23	11	Dominic Lowrie	Battle Creek Harper Creek	197.9	12
24	11	Dylan Lydic	Haslett	196.5	14
25	11	Henry Dixon	Forest Hills Eastern	196.4	12
26	12	Luke Glasgow	Spring Lake	194.9	11
27	12	Ryan Brinker	East Grand Rapids	194.2	12
28	10	Thomas Larson	Alma	194.1	15
29	11	Nolan Longuski	Shepherd	194.1	15
30	11	Henry Cox	Plainwell	194.0	13
31	10	Ronnie Silveira	Allendale	193.9	11
32	11	Nolan Inglis	DeWitt	193.9	14
33	11	Will Engbers	Holland Christian	193.5	11
34	12	Connor Griffith	Marshall	193.4	12
35	9	Bryce Cahoon	Shepherd	193.2	15
36	12	David Murphy	Flint Powers Catholic	192.6	15
37	9	Ezekiel Baltierra	Alma	192.5	15
38	11	Seth Mead	Gladwin	192.5	10
39	12	Cooper Singleton	Parma Western	192.5	14
40	11	Sullivan Zietlow	Three Rivers	191.6	13
41	12	Aiden Krueger	Niles	191.4	13
42	10	Moises Salazar	Adrian	190.8	18
43	11	Abatu Dykstra	Hamilton	190.6	11
44	12	Brewer Snay	Macomb Lutheran North	190.2	17
45	12	Dane Bailey	Edwardsburg	189.7	13
46	12	Shane Izzard	Petoskey	188.7	10
47	11	Isaak Rubley	Dundee	188.6	18
48	12	Cooper Jacobsen	Forest Hills Eastern	188.6	12
49	11	Elijah Christensen	Gladwin	188.5	10
50	12	Elliott Sirianni	Clio	188.1	15

MORE $TAT$

Girls

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Grand Rapids Christian	11	134.0
2	Goodrich	15	110.5
3	Otsego	13	106.9
4	East Grand Rapids	12	104.3
5	Spring Lake	11	98.4
6	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	93.3
7	St. Joseph	13	91.6
8	Freeland	15	91.4
9	DeWitt	14	91.4
10	Zeeland East	11	90.2
11	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	12	89.6
12	Warren Regina	17	88.3
13	Frankenmuth	15	87.6
14	Owosso	14	85.3
15	Holland Christian	11	84.2
16	St. Johns	14	82.5
17	Alma	15	82.1
18	Dearborn Divine Child	16	81.9
19	Chelsea	18	79.9
20	Linden	16	79.0
21	Croswell-Lexington	17	78.1
22	Forest Hills Eastern	12	77.5
23	Ludington	10	77.5
24	Tecumseh	18	77.2
25	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	16	76.8
26	Armada	17	75.8
27	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	74.7
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Charlotte	14	0:33
2	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	0:42
3	Grand Rapids Christian	11	0:55
4	Shepherd	15	0:59
5	Warren Regina	17	1:01
6	Linden	16	1:07
7	Owosso	14	1:08
8	Spring Lake	11	1:09
9	Parma Western	14	1:12
10	Goodrich	15	1:21
11	Dearborn Divine Child	16	1:22
12	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	1:29
13	Macomb Lutheran North	17	1:42
14	DeWitt	14	1:49
15	Richland Gull Lake	12	1:52
16	Hamilton	11	1:54
17	Otsego	13	1:55
18	Forest Hills Eastern	12	1:56
19	Allendale	11	2:00
20	Holland Christian	11	2:02
21	Grand River Preparatory	11	2:03
22	Haslett	14	2:05
23	Bloomfield Hills Marian	16	2:06
24	Marysville	17	2:11
25	Yale	17	2:11
26	Armada	17	2:13
27	Fowlerville	14	2:15
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	0:48
2	Shepherd	15	1:05
3	Goodrich	15	1:46
4	Macomb Lutheran North	17	1:55
5	DeWitt	14	1:56
6	Richland Gull Lake	12	2:00
7	Dearborn Divine Child	16	2:01
8	Spring Lake	11	2:01
9	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	2:18
10	Grand Rapids Christian	11	2:21
11	Parma Western	14	2:22
12	Bloomfield Hills Marian	16	2:25
13	Fowlerville	14	2:26
14	Hamilton	11	2:31
15	Coopersville	11	2:36
16	Yale	17	2:44
17	Allendale	11	2:50
18	Warren Regina	17	2:57
19	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	2:57
20	Otsego	13	2:57
21	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	2:59
22	Tecumseh	18	3:00
23	Detroit Country Day	16	3:02
24	Charlotte	14	3:08
25	East Grand Rapids	12	3:10
26	Flint Powers Catholic	15	3:12
27	Armada	17	3:13
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Grand Rapids Christian	11	143.8
2	East Grand Rapids	12	126.8
3	St. Joseph	13	126.6
4	Otsego	13	126.4
5	Goodrich	15	122.5
6	Frankenmuth	15	120.8
7	St. Johns	14	120.2
8	Zeeland East	11	119.2
9	Spring Lake	11	111.2
10	DeWitt	14	110.0
11	Freeland	15	109.4
12	Holland Christian	11	109.0
13	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	12	107.3
14	Ludington	10	105.3
15	Croswell-Lexington	17	104.8
16	Alma	15	104.2
17	Petoskey	10	102.7
18	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	102.4
19	Armada	17	101.1
20	Owosso	14	99.8
21	Warren Regina	17	99.0
22	Forest Hills Eastern	12	98.6
23	Chelsea	18	98.5
24	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	16	98.3
25	Dearborn Divine Child	16	98.0
26	Stevensville Lakeshore	13	94.7
27	Linden	16	93.3
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Grand Rapids Christian	11	134.1
2	Otsego	13	117.4
3	Goodrich	15	117.0
4	East Grand Rapids	12	116.2
5	St. Joseph	13	115.3
6	Frankenmuth	15	107.7
7	Zeeland East	11	107.3
8	Spring Lake	11	104.3
9	DeWitt	14	104.3
10	St. Johns	14	100.8
11	Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg	12	98.0
12	Freeland	15	97.9
13	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	95.9
14	Ludington	10	94.8
15	Holland Christian	11	93.6
16	Alma	15	92.2
17	Dearborn Divine Child	16	91.5
18	Croswell-Lexington	17	88.8
19	Petoskey	10	88.7
20	Forest Hills Eastern	12	88.4
21	Armada	17	88.2
22	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep	16	87.6
23	Chelsea	18	87.2
24	Warren Regina	17	85.4
25	Stevensville Lakeshore	13	83.7
26	Tecumseh	18	82.0
27	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	81.3

Boys

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Forest Hills Eastern	12	182.5
2	Grand Rapids Christian	11	180.6
3	East Grand Rapids	12	173.6
4	Otsego	13	171.7
5	Allendale	11	170.9
6	Holland Christian	11	170.8
7	Adrian	18	170.4
8	Plainwell	13	169.1
9	Alma	15	167.5
10	Petoskey	10	167.0
11	Sparta	10	166.0
12	St. Clair	17	165.9
13	Yale	17	164.8
14	Hamilton	11	164.5
15	Marshall	12	161.9
16	Pinckney	16	161.5
17	Spring Lake	11	158.0
18	DeWitt	14	157.3
19	Gladwin	10	156.5
20	Chelsea	18	156.5
21	Clio	15	156.0
22	Fremont	10	154.8
23	Frankenmuth	15	154.5
24	Flint Powers Catholic	15	154.4
25	Zeeland East	11	154.0
26	St. Johns	14	152.9
27	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	152.0
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Otsego	13	0:39
2	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	0:46
3	Paw Paw	13	0:51
4	Monroe Jefferson	18	0:51
5	St. Clair	17	0:53
6	Corunna	14	0:54
7	Ludington	10	0:57
8	Grand Rapids Christian	11	1:02
9	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	1:04
10	Petoskey	10	1:05
11	Holland Christian	11	1:08
12	Forest Hills Eastern	12	1:08
13	Yale	17	1:09
14	GR West Michigan Aviation	12	1:13
15	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	1:13
16	Vicksburg	13	1:15
17	Plainwell	13	1:15
18	Richmond	17	1:15
19	Hamilton	11	1:18
20	Eaton Rapids	14	1:18
21	Big Rapids	10	1:19
22	Zeeland East	11	1:20
23	Alma	15	1:20
24	Redford Union	16	1:21
25	Fruitport	11	1:22
26	Allendale	11	1:26
27	Hastings	12	1:31
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Monroe Jefferson	18	1:19
2	Grand Rapids Christian	11	1:20
3	Ludington	10	1:23
4	Eaton Rapids	14	1:26
5	Petoskey	10	1:27
6	Paw Paw	13	1:34
7	GR West Michigan Aviation	12	1:37
8	Grand Rapids South Christian	12	1:37
9	Alma	15	1:37
10	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	18	1:38
11	Holland Christian	11	1:40
12	Forest Hills Eastern	12	1:47
13	Corunna	14	1:49
14	St. Clair	17	1:49
15	Hudsonville Unity Christian	11	1:50
16	Zeeland East	11	1:53
17	Spring Lake	11	1:54
18	East Grand Rapids	12	1:58
19	Yale	17	2:00
20	Plainwell	13	2:01
21	DeWitt	14	2:07
22	Big Rapids	10	2:09
23	Adrian	18	2:10
24	Allendale	11	2:13
25	Hamilton	11	2:13
26	Frankenmuth	15	2:14
27	Grand River Preparatory	11	2:15
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Forest Hills Eastern	12	194.5
2	East Grand Rapids	12	190.6
3	Allendale	11	187.7
4	Grand Rapids Christian	11	186.5
5	Marshall	12	185.1
6	Adrian	18	183.7
7	Alma	15	182.6
8	Sparta	10	182.2
9	Gladwin	10	181.0
10	Holland Christian	11	180.2
11	Otsego	13	178.7
12	Plainwell	13	178.6
13	Yale	17	177.8
14	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	176.7
15	Chelsea	18	176.2
16	Frankenmuth	15	176.2
17	Freeland	15	175.4
18	Fremont	10	175.1
19	St. Clair	17	174.9
20	Petoskey	10	174.8
21	Pinckney	16	174.6
22	Spring Lake	11	173.3
23	Hamilton	11	172.4
24	Parma Western	14	172.2
25	Flint Powers Catholic	15	172.1
26	Shepherd	15	171.2
27	Clio	15	170.8
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Forest Hills Eastern	12	187.9
2	East Grand Rapids	12	184.8
3	Grand Rapids Christian	11	183.5
4	Allendale	11	180.4
5	Adrian	18	177.6
6	Alma	15	177.3
7	Holland Christian	11	175.8
8	Sparta	10	175.0
9	Marshall	12	172.7
10	Plainwell	13	172.2
11	Otsego	13	171.5
12	Yale	17	171.2
13	Petoskey	10	170.5
14	Chelsea	18	170.2
15	Pinckney	16	168.8
16	Spring Lake	11	168.6
17	Frankenmuth	15	168.2
18	St. Clair	17	167.5
19	Hamilton	11	167.0
20	DeWitt	14	165.4
21	Battle Creek Harper Creek	12	165.0
22	Freeland	15	164.3
23	Gladwin	10	164.1
24	Parma Western	14	162.0
25	Flint Powers Catholic	15	160.8
26	Zeeland East	11	158.6
27	Shepherd	15	158.4

There may not be many meets from this mid-September weekend, but the ones that exist are huge and begin to tell the tale of the season. There’s been some movement in terms of the rankings, and if you pay attention to the hypothetical scores, you’ll see movement there even if a team’s ranking is the same.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I started with three for the first rankings, then five this week, and so on.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. With a bit of free-r time this week, I should get to the Upper Peninsula.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Jackson Lumen Christi

Week Three: “Two invites into the season and the Titans have won them both. After a bit of a struggle at Michigan Catholic, Lumen Christi acquitted themselves well to the quick Lakeview course. Many in their top seven ran personal bests or close. Their girls will get a prime opportunity to prove their fitness again, running in the Elite race at Spartan.”

Hopped into the Elite race at Spartan and held their own against the State’s best. Scoring only Michigan teams, the Titans placed 7^th out of 14. Where some of their girls have good days or bad days, a consistent spot has been Thia Tello, holding it down in the 21’s regardless of the course.

Traverse City St. Francis

Week Three: “It’s all about their pack. Both at Bear Country and Red Devil (both wins), the Glads were able to put five runners ahead of any other team’s 4th runner (and more often, a rival team’s 2nd or 3rd girl).”

Came down to Grand Rapids on Friday to race at Ottawa Hills. Betsy Skendzel is beginning to come into the form that she displayed toward the end of ’22, hitting the mid-18’s. And the #GladPack worked their magic in the middle, doing their job to land TCSF the best spot amongst D3 teams.

Elk Rapids

Week Three: “The Elks are taking a bit of a break until returning back for action next Tuesday at Kalkaska. One girl that’s stood out early has been Ella Peck, who has dropped nearly a minute from her junior best.”

Week off for the Elks, who traveled over to Kalkaska tonight and down to Cadillac on Saturday.

Hart

The Pirate girls continued their winning ways in the first WMC Rivers Jamboree then placed 6^th amongst the west side’s best in the first session at Ottawa Hills. A bright spot early has been the consistent running of freshman Natalie Rosema, crossing the line in the low-21’s for each major race.

Grand Rapids Covenant Christian

Charging forward have been freshmen such as Shelby Kuiper, Lydia Minderhoud, and Anna DeVries. Each have run the best of their young careers at invites in recent weeks.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	152	1
2	Traverse City St. Francis	19	211	2
3	Elk Rapids	19	254	3
4	Hart	20	272	4
5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	311	6
6	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	320	8
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	330	7
8	Caro	25	355	5
9	Lansing Catholic	26	395	9
10	Leslie	26	464	11
11	Ithaca	25	464	12
12	Hanover-Horton	23	487	10
13	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	544	16
14	Kent City	21	556	14
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	20	559	15
16	Clinton	27	581	13
17	Grass Lake	27	660	18
18	Buchanan	22	697	17
19	Fennville	21	757	20
20	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	782	22
21	Onsted	23	804	25
22	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	811	41
23	Benzie Central	20	819	19
24	Clare	19	833	21
25	McBain	20	916	23
26	Laingsburg	24	950	26
27	Blissfield	27	960	27

Traverse City St. Francis

Week Three: Came into the season as one of the top teams in Division 3, only bolstered by the addition of the Swagers. Leo’s debut went down in the TCSF record books, his 15:54 at Buckley was a school record.

Traveled down to Ottawa Hills for the late session, placing fifth in a field comprised primarily of D1/D2 teams. Bolstered by the addition of Josh Slocum, running his first 5k of the season in 17:00.

Grand Rapids Covenant Christian

Week Three: The greatness of the Chargers might not be evident early, but watch as they get towards large fields. Grant Koole and Tyler Kooienga have appeared to lock down the 4th and 5th spots. And in D3, when your 4th/5th guys are hovering near or under 18:00, you’ll be ahead of many teams.

Ottawa Hills constitutes a larger field and the Chargers hung right in there with all the D1/D2 teams in the second session. In fact, they were the only lower division team to compete in the boys evening race, placing 9^th.

Reed City

Week Three: Addition of Isaac Clementshaw has taken the Yotes from a team happy to make State to one that can step on the podium. He’s been in the low-18’s in each of his four races.

Utter domination in the Big School race at Evart. Top-2, 4 of the top-5, 7 of the top-14. Anthony Kiaunis showed off his strength, gritting his way through the sand and hills, his 17:16 knocking nearly 20 sec. off his performance from ’22.

The Potter’s House

Breakout performance at Spartan from Ezra Hagedorn, who entered the 17’s for the first time this year. And by entering, I mean that he was closer to 17-flat. Potter’s House themselves were 17^th in Spartan Elite, but that comes with the caveat that two of their better boys didn’t complete the race.

Hanover-Horton

Winners of the White Division at Spartan, doing so by placing five in the top-40. Freshman Cooper Flick has run a personal best in four of his five races to begin his 9^th grade year and he was the crucial fifth runner for the Comets.

Rank	Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	168	1
2	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	354	2
3	Reed City	20	356	3
4	The Potter’s House	21	359	5
5	Hanover-Horton	23	376	4
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	400	9
7	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	420	6
8	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	440	7
9	Clare	19	461	10
10	Hart	20	486	8
11	Bath	24	504	16
12	Ithaca	25	551	13
13	Buchanan	22	600	11
14	Midland Bullock Creek	25	601	12
15	Jonesville	23	656	14
16	St. Louis	25	681	15
17	Flat Rock	27	683	17
18	Kalkaska	19	684	18
19	Olivet	22	804	19
20	Charlevoix	19	822	20
21	Elk Rapids	19	829	21
22	Kent City	21	832	23
23	Union City	22	852	22
24	Clinton	27	857	36
25	Leslie	26	859	24
26	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	874	25
27	Sanford-Meridian	25	998	31

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Jessica Jazwinski

Week Three: Her 2023 debut may have ended in defeat, but I saw a girl that didn’t lay down when the race wasn’t going her way. A 17:35 at Benzie was 10 seconds faster than her sophomore performance, likely on a tougher course as well.

Back to her winning ways this past week, triumphing at her first conference jamboree and at Ottawa Hills. Her 17:29 at Riverside was a season best and only proves that she’s in better fitness than she was at this point last fall.

Madison Osterberg

Week Three: Usual pattern has been to exert patience then speed up late. Well, her 17:42 at Lakeview was a jolt to that process. The second sub-18 of her career and nearly a minute faster than her 2022 effort.

Had the XC race of her career at Spartan, crushing her time from 2022 by 85 seconds. Outlasted Lucy Cook in the final 1800m, nearly matching her time from Lakeview on a much tougher track.

Emmry Ross

Week Three: Was undefeated until 2022’s State Finals and she’s on the same streak yet again. Four wins in four races, including a sub-18 at Addison. Some big tests are coming soon on the schedule – at Spartan and then Jackson.

Continued the undefeated streak with a comfortable win in the first LCAA Meet and a challenge from Kyah Hoffman at Spartan. This week, we’re setting up for one of the better D3 individual battles at Jackson.

Kyah Hoffman

Continuing to put it all together during her junior year, hanging with Ross at Forest Akers until succumbing by 5 seconds in the final 1.1.

Mylie Kelly

Her 18:29 at Riverside was her best time in the past 23 months and nearly a minute faster than each of her previous two efforts at the Ottawa Hills Invite.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Week 4 Rating	Region
1	11	Jessica Jazwinski	Hart	170.6	20
2	12	Madison Osterberg	Jackson Lumen Christi	163.4	23
3	11	Emmry Ross	Onsted	161.0	23
4	11	Kyah Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	154.0	24
5	12	Mylie Kelly	Benzie Central	149.7	20
6	12	Tessa Roe	Lansing Catholic	143.8	26
7	12	Alyson Enns	Hart	143.4	20
8	11	Eliza Bush	Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory	143.2	27
9	11	Betsy Skendzel	Traverse City St. Francis	142.7	19
10	12	Miranda McNeil	Morley-Stanwood	142.4	20
11	11	Lila Volkers	Kent City	141.9	21
12	10	Hope Miller	Blissfield	131.5	27
13	10	Bella LaFountain	Monroe St. Mary CC	131.4	27
14	12	Amber Koole	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	131.3	21
15	9	Samantha Schroeder	Jackson Lumen Christi	130.6	23
16	11	Whitney Werner	Pewamo-Westphalia	129.5	24
17	10	Brynne Schulte	Elk Rapids	129.4	19
18	11	Ashley Choponis	Stanton Central Montcalm	127.3	24
19	11	Kaya Vrable	Caro	127.1	25
20	9	Kamryn Salladay	Lakeview	127.1	20
21	12	Jenna Sweeney	Reese	123.8	25
22	12	Liliana Lehnst	Ithaca	121.2	25
23	12	Cecilia Postma	Manistee	120.9	20
24	12	Kendra Koster	Lawton	120.1	22
25	12	Isabella Max	Kent City	119.8	21
26	10	Grace Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	119.3	24
27	12	Olivia Perrine	Hanover-Horton	118.8	23
28	11	Megan Woelkers	Flat Rock	118.2	27
29	12	Kinsie Jacques	Pinconning	117.7	25
30	12	Cylee Elkins	Clinton	117.5	27
31	11	Nora Grossnickle	Benzie Central	117.3	20
32	12	Paige Herron	Caro	116.7	25
33	10	Quinn Hatfield	Remus Chippewa Hills	115.9	20
34	9	Sophia Buzzelli	Clare	115.6	19
35	10	Anna Pray	Elk Rapids	115.0	19
36	10	Macy Fazekas	Jackson Lumen Christi	114.6	23
37	12	Avelina Hollandsworth	Remus Chippewa Hills	113.4	20
38	9	Isabelle Sliter	Fennville	112.9	21
39	11	Lola Bryce	Grandville Calvin Christian	112.7	21
40	11	Mary Masserant	Traverse City St. Francis	112.5	19
41	9	Shelby Kuiper	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	112.4	21
42	11	Isabelle Eppert	Farwell	112.4	19
43	11	Layla Lopez	Jackson Lumen Christi	111.8	23
44	12	Jaiden Dickman	St. Louis	110.9	25
45	12	Gracie Houtman	Kent City	110.8	21
46	11	Alaina Klooster	Kalamazoo Christian	110.1	22
47	12	Claire Neumann	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	109.6	25
48	12	Allison Bowles	Clinton	109.1	27
49	10	Hailey Sills	Blissfield	108.9	27
50	12	Sophia Reynolds	Hanover-Horton	108.5	23

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Bobby Jazwinski

Week Three: Following his astounding debut at Benzie, picked up wins in the first WMC Rivers Jamboree and at Leanna Wolf Geers.

There were 92 athletes that competed at both Pete Moss and Ottawa Hills. Removing a few anomalies, the average runner ran 10-11 seconds faster at Ottawa Hills. Bobby was 15 seconds faster, showing that even at the elite level, he’s improving at a faster rate than many of his competitors. His 15:33 was of course, a personal best.

Boden Genovese

Week Three: Three consecutive low-16 efforts, all lower than his junior best. He’ll get another opportunity to roll towards the 15’s on Friday at Spartan.

Acquitted himself quite well to the D1 race at Spartan, placing 3^rd with a 16:15.

Collin Farmer

Was able to lower his already low school record from 15:53 to 15:43. Three for three in terms of victories this year.

Samuel Martini

When he’s brought it, he’s been his usual high-15/low-16 self. Shaved 4 sec. off his time from last fall’s race at Sparta, placing an admirable 2^nd to Farmer.

Isaiah Dinverno

Has raced three times this year – at Michigan Catholic, Lakeview, and Spartan. Last year, he opened with those three as well. His average time last year was 18:22, this season is 16:18. This past weekend, he was victorious at Spartan in a field that will resemble many during championship season.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	9	Robert Jazwinski III	Hart	205.3	20
2	12	Boden Genovese	Coloma	198.5	22
3	12	Collin Farmer	Pewamo-Westphalia	197.5	24
4	12	Samuel Martini	Kent City	197.2	21
5	11	Isaiah Dinverno	Jackson Lumen Christi	196.2	23
6	12	Brad White	Clare	195.8	19
7	12	Keegan Masters	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	195.2	27
8	11	Theodore Davis	Dansville	194.1	26
9	10	Gage Hoffman	Stanton Central Montcalm	193.9	24
10	12	Ben March	St. Louis	193.8	25
11	11	Leo Swager	Traverse City St. Francis	193.6	19
12	11	Mitchell Hiatt	Onsted	192.3	23
13	11	August Rohde	Reed City	192.1	20
14	12	Jackson Rodriguez	The Potter’s House	192.1	21
15	10	Jacob Stanislawski	Flat Rock	191.1	27
16	11	Landen Boulis	Hanover-Horton	188.6	23
17	12	Graham Coston	Stanton Central Montcalm	187.1	24
18	12	Gavin Guggemos	Kalkaska	186.8	19
19	12	Anthony Kiaunis	Reed City	184.5	20
20	12	Jaden Barnes	Bloomingdale	184.2	22
21	12	Lucas Hopkins	Olivet	184.1	22
22	11	Daniel Mandujano	Watervliet	184.0	22
23	10	Landen Styka	Ithaca	183.9	25
24	12	Evan Shepherd	Hanover-Horton	183.6	23
25	11	Landon Pestrue	St. Louis	183.4	25
26	10	Robert Dykhouse	Manton	183.3	20
27	12	Ryan Allen	Reed City	182.7	20
28	12	Tucker Krumm	Traverse City St. Francis	182.3	19
29	12	Matthew Pattullo	Caro	182.1	25
30	11	Levi Kamps	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	181.1	21
31	9	Luke Herron	Caro	181.0	25
32	11	Tyler Heal	Sanford-Meridian	179.9	25
33	12	Brodie Delamater	Grant	178.5	21
34	10	Ben Gautsche	Union City	178.2	22
35	11	Brayden Sweeney	Midland Bullock Creek	178.1	25
36	12	Gannon Shore	Jackson Lumen Christi	177.7	23
37	12	Carter Holmes	Bath	177.5	24
38	12	Nathan Day	Saranac	176.9	21
39	11	Josh Slocum	Traverse City St. Francis	176.9	19
40	10	Noah Raeth	Montague	176.7	21
41	10	Noah Devereaux	Laingsburg	176.7	24
42	11	Owen Read	Traverse City St. Francis	176.6	19
43	11	Nathan Vargo	Flat Rock	176.4	27
44	12	Nolan Grant	Hillsdale	176.3	23
45	10	Lucas Taraszkiewicz	Flat Rock	175.9	27
46	12	Adam Williams	Kalkaska	175.8	19
47	10	Sylus Wilson	Stanton Central Montcalm	175.6	24
48	11	Robby Myler	Traverse City St. Francis	175.4	19
49	11	Isaac Edgington	Holland Black River	175.2	21
50	9	Graeson Decker	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	175.1	21

MORE $TAT$

Girls

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	101.2
2	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	97.4
3	Elk Rapids	19	92.5
4	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	82.5
5	Leslie	26	81.8
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	76.1
7	Hart	20	71.4
8	Lansing Catholic	26	70.3
9	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	69.2
10	Caro	25	65.3
11	Ithaca	25	63.6
12	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	59.8
13	Grass Lake	27	59.6
14	Remus Chippewa Hills	20	56.8
15	Hanover-Horton	23	55.7
16	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	51.7
17	Clinton	27	50.1
18	McBain	20	47.2
19	Manistee	20	46.0
20	Buchanan	22	45.8
21	Sanford-Meridian	25	45.6
22	Kent City	21	45.5
23	Quincy	23	44.2
24	Onsted	23	40.8
25	Clare	19	39.6
26	Laingsburg	24	39.0
27	The Potter’s House	21	37.7
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Leslie	26	0:44
2	Grass Lake	27	1:19
3	Reed City	20	1:23
4	McBain	20	1:24
5	Perry	24	1:25
6	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	26	1:28
7	Lake City	20	1:39
8	Sanford-Meridian	25	1:46
9	Manton	20	1:48
10	Elk Rapids	19	1:51
11	Kingsley	20	1:52
12	Quincy	23	1:56
13	Delton-Kellogg	21	1:59
14	Napoleon	23	2:00
15	New Lothrop	24	2:02
16	Traverse City St. Francis	19	2:05
17	Charlevoix	19	2:14
18	Saranac	21	2:15
19	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	2:17
20	Montrose	24	2:21
21	Niles Brandywine	22	2:26
22	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	2:26
23	Tawas	19	2:32
24	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	26	2:32
25	Buchanan	22	2:38
26	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	2:40
27	Schoolcraft	22	2:48
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Reed City	20	2:07
2	Lake City	20	2:11
3	McBain	20	2:15
4	Grass Lake	27	2:36
5	Kingsley	20	2:38
6	Charlevoix	19	2:42
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	2:52
8	Buchanan	22	2:53
9	Traverse City St. Francis	19	2:55
10	Elk Rapids	19	2:56
11	Delton-Kellogg	21	3:00
12	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	3:08
13	Schoolcraft	22	3:11
14	Manton	20	3:17
15	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	3:18
16	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	26	3:24
17	Ithaca	25	3:26
18	New Lothrop	24	3:34
19	Leslie	26	3:37
20	The Potter’s House	21	4:05
21	Hanover-Horton	23	4:08
22	Sanford-Meridian	25	4:18
23	Niles Brandywine	22	4:22
24	Cass City	25	4:32
25	Clare	19	4:35
26	Clinton	27	4:36
27	Jonesville	23	4:41
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	123.6
2	Hart	20	117.0
3	Traverse City St. Francis	19	113.2
4	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	109.2
5	Elk Rapids	19	107.6
6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	103.2
7	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	100.9
8	Caro	25	100.5
9	Lansing Catholic	26	98.5
10	Kent City	21	94.4
11	Ithaca	25	91.7
12	Hanover-Horton	23	90.2
13	Leslie	26	88.5
14	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	86.7
15	Clinton	27	85.7
16	Remus Chippewa Hills	20	85.1
17	Benzie Central	20	81.3
18	Onsted	23	80.5
19	Buchanan	22	75.9
20	Fennville	21	75.1
21	Grass Lake	27	75.1
22	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	74.7
23	Clare	19	71.4
24	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	70.3
25	St. Louis	25	63.5
26	Laingsburg	24	63.4
27	McBain	20	62.9
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	107.8
2	Traverse City St. Francis	19	106.2
3	Hart	20	101.5
4	Elk Rapids	19	100.0
5	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	93.4
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	92.9
7	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	84.0
8	Lansing Catholic	26	81.8
9	Ithaca	25	81.0
10	Caro	25	78.2
11	Leslie	26	76.9
12	Hanover-Horton	23	75.9
13	Clinton	27	71.8
14	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	69.7
15	Remus Chippewa Hills	20	69.4
16	Buchanan	22	66.1
17	Onsted	23	65.2
18	Grass Lake	27	63.4
19	Clare	19	59.8
20	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	59.4
21	Benzie Central	20	55.4
22	McBain	20	54.9
23	Fennville	21	54.6
24	Grandville Calvin Christian	21	50.6
25	Manistee	20	49.3
26	Kent City	21	48.7
27	Charlevoix	19	48.7

Boys

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	175.4
2	The Potter’s House	21	163.9
3	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	162.2
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	158.7
5	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	155.3
6	Ithaca	25	153.2
7	Hanover-Horton	23	153.1
8	Reed City	20	152.9
9	Buchanan	22	152.2
10	Hart	20	149.6
11	Midland Bullock Creek	25	144.6
12	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	144.4
13	Clare	19	143.7
14	Leslie	26	142.8
15	Jonesville	23	142.3
16	Benzie Central	20	140.7
17	St. Louis	25	140.7
18	Olivet	22	138.8
19	Union City	22	138.5
20	Bath	24	138.1
21	Leroy Pine River	20	137.3
22	Lansing Catholic	26	137.1
23	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	136.6
24	Elk Rapids	19	134.0
25	Flat Rock	27	133.6
26	Charlevoix	19	131.9
27	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	130.6
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Benzie Central	20	0:33
2	Leroy Pine River	20	0:44
3	Buchanan	22	0:49
4	Traverse City St. Francis	19	0:55
5	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	26	0:57
6	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	0:57
7	Leslie	26	1:01
8	Bronson	23	1:03
9	Roscommon	19	1:04
10	Lansing Catholic	26	1:16
11	Grass Lake	27	1:17
12	Hartford	22	1:20
13	The Potter’s House	21	1:25
14	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	1:26
15	Reese	25	1:31
16	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	1:32
17	Ithaca	25	1:32
18	Boyne City	19	1:34
19	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	1:35
20	Jonesville	23	1:36
21	Midland Bullock Creek	25	1:41
22	Hanover-Horton	23	1:47
23	Charlevoix	19	1:47
24	Adrian Madison	23	1:52
25	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	1:57
26	Reed City	20	1:58
27	Sand Creek	23	1:58
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Benzie Central	20	0:40
2	Traverse City St. Francis	19	1:10
3	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	1:30
4	Lansing Catholic	26	1:36
5	Roscommon	19	1:38
6	Bronson	23	1:49
7	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	1:54
8	Grass Lake	27	2:01
9	Leroy Pine River	20	2:14
10	Leslie	26	2:15
11	Union City	22	2:19
12	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	2:19
13	Elk Rapids	19	2:20
14	New Lothrop	24	2:27
15	Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian	21	2:41
16	Hanover-Horton	23	2:45
17	Reed City	20	2:50
18	Olivet	22	2:51
19	Ithaca	25	2:51
20	Clinton	27	2:52
21	Almont	24	2:52
22	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	2:55
23	Hartford	22	2:56
24	Hart	20	2:56
25	Clare	19	2:58
26	The Potter’s House	21	2:59
27	Jonesville	23	3:03
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	181.0
2	Reed City	20	174.2
3	The Potter’s House	21	172.1
4	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	172.1
5	Hanover-Horton	23	172.0
6	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	171.5
7	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	171.2
8	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	170.3
9	Hart	20	170.1
10	Clare	19	169.4
11	Bath	24	166.0
12	Ithaca	25	164.0
13	St. Louis	25	162.6
14	Flat Rock	27	162.4
15	Midland Bullock Creek	25	162.1
16	Kalkaska	19	161.3
17	Buchanan	22	161.3
18	Jonesville	23	159.9
19	Kent City	21	157.6
20	Olivet	22	155.9
21	Charlevoix	19	154.4
22	Elk Rapids	19	154.0
23	Clinton	27	153.9
24	Union City	22	153.7
25	Leslie	26	152.9
26	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	152.1
27	Caro	25	150.4
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Traverse City St. Francis	19	178.1
2	Pewamo-Westphalia	24	165.7
3	Grand Rapids Covenant Christian	21	165.4
4	Hart	20	163.4
5	Reed City	20	163.2
6	The Potter’s House	21	161.6
7	Hanover-Horton	23	161.2
8	Clare	19	160.2
9	Ithaca	25	155.5
10	Jackson Lumen Christi	23	155.3
11	Stanton Central Montcalm	24	155.1
12	Bath	24	150.2
13	Jonesville	23	149.1
14	Olivet	22	148.5
15	Union City	22	147.8
16	Elk Rapids	19	146.8
17	Monroe St. Mary CC	27	145.7
18	Leslie	26	144.9
19	Clinton	27	144.8
20	Buchanan	22	144.4
21	Kent City	21	144.0
22	Lansing Catholic	26	143.4
23	Benzie Central	20	143.4
24	Leroy Pine River	20	139.6
25	Sanford-Meridian	25	138.7
26	Ann Arbor Greenhills	27	138.2
27	Kalkaska	19	138.0

There may not be many meets from this mid-September weekend, but the ones that exist are huge and begin to tell the tale of the season. There’s been some movement in terms of the rankings, and if you pay attention to the hypothetical scores, you’ll see movement there even if a team’s ranking is the same.

If you’ve followed these over the past few years, you may know the gist of these, but let’s break it down once again:

The individual ratings take into account all the meets listed here. There are a few meets missing that I’ll link to, but pretty much any meet with a significant number of athletes will have been calculated. An individual’s rating takes their best 75% of rated races (rounding up, so 4 of 5, 5 of 6, etc.), weighs them with more recent races having a higher weight, then spits out a final rating. The team rankings score those individuals as if they were in a meet against their entire division.

There are a few changes from previous years:

• No more ratings of weekday, conference meets
  • Why? One, often these aren’t raced all out and end up underrating a runner. Two, to lessen my workload. I’d rather concentrate on these rankings and use the weekend invites that are more likely to be raced hard to determine the rankings.
• Using the top 75% of races instead of 67%
  • Why? If I’m gonna use fewer overall races from a runner’s resume, I have to make up for it in some way.
• No more individual rankings posted to social media
  • Why? I hate instances where a runner stagnates or falls back over the course of the season and it’s posted for the world to see. I recognize people want to know where they’re ranked, so just having it on the website is a happy medium.
• More writeups focused on the top teams and individuals, rather than just handpicking one each week
  • I’ve found that when it comes toward state time, I know all the numbers and what a kid might run, but have a tough time pointing toward a narrative. Hopefully writing a little recap and what to look forward to will help in that regard. I started with three for the first rankings, then five this week, and so on.
• Posting these one division at a time
  • If you’ve noticed, I always go Division 4 first, trending towards Division 1. This is done intentionally! Traditional media always focuses on the larger schools. By focusing on the smaller divisions first, they get the love that they might not normally receive. With a bit of free-r time this week, I should get to the Upper Peninsula.

Now I need to be serious for a minute. These are for fun. If you don’t like these fun rankings, you don’t need to participate, you don’t need to call me names, talk trash to your fellow competitors, or send rude emails. We good here? Enjoy.

Whitmore Lake

Week Three: “Winners of the Small School division at John Bruder, winners of the entire Birch Run Early Invite. Went up against stacked D4 competition in USA, Kingston and came away victorious, held their own against D1 competition at Lamplighter. Emergence of Sofia Robertson has been a major help.”

Putting four girls in the top six, the Trojans cruised to a victory over #4 Hillsdale Academy and #5 Breckenridge.

Johannesburg-Lewiston

Week Three: “Full squad hasn’t competed together yet. Half were at Under the Lights, half at Red Devil. Getting Harlie Fox, a middle school sprinter, to run a 21:00 opener keeps them in contention with Whitmore Lake.”

No notable action from these girls, but we’ll get plenty of info these next three weeks with Jackson, Bluejay, and Portage on the docket

Muskegon Western Michigan Christian

The Warriors emerged victorious in the Silver Division at Sparta, winning their race by 2 points over a field full of Division 3 teams. Personal bests from their top four girls, including a massive leap from freshman Leah Sneller.

Hillsdale Academy

Week Three: “Iris Millies has been a key early season contributor, continuing her 23:00 streak, but only faster. Then you have those usual suspects, the Brownlees and the last of the Roberts. Saturday, the Colts are going against Whitmore Lake, which I think will be a good depiction of their fitness.”

Held off a rising Breckenridge team by placing four girls ahead of the Huskies’ third girl. Grace Brownlee locked it down as their fifth girl, running nearly a minute personal best on a tougher course.

Breckenridge

Third place in a tough, tough Division 5 at Holly. Have one of the deeper teams in Division Four, which can be an asset in the larger meets to come. With the progress of Tori Most and Nataly Vine, expect the Huskies to put five in before most other D4 rivals.

WEEK THREE RANKINGS

Rank	Real Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Whitmore Lake	33	96	1
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	130	2
3	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	187	6
4	Hillsdale Academy	34	230	3
5	Breckenridge	30	291	7
6	Kingston	35	292	4
7	Gobles	31	298	5
8	Harbor Springs	28	340	8
9	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	385	9
10	Buckley	29	413	10
11	Saugatuck	31	413	11
12	Mason County Eastern	29	472	12
13	Grand Traverse Academy	29	514	14
14	Unionville-Sebewaing	35	524	13
15	Concord	32	544	19
16	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30	562	16
17	Pittsford	34	571	15
18	Royal Oak Shrine	36	592	18
19	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	612	17
20	Allen Park Cabrini	36	678	20
21	Fowler	33	689	24
22	Novi Christian Academy	33	700	NR
23	Lansing Christian	33	721	22
24	Beal City	30	736	23
25	Livingston Christian	33	744	21
26	Vestaburg	30	750	25
27	Ubly	35	770	27

Hillsdale Academy

Week Three: “Two invites, two wins. Perhaps most telling was their opener across town, where the Colts comfortably beat top D3 teams in Hanover-Horton and Jonesville. As with their girls, the boys should face another stiff test at Holly – going against the likes of Breckenridge, Lutheran Westland, Whitmore Lake, amongst others. Guess I’ll have to get to Holly early.”

First place in Holly’s Division Five race, by way of putting all seven in the top-18. Hard to believe given his lengthy career on big stages, but a personal best for Grayson Rorick.

Johannesburg-Lewiston

Week Three: “Given their top 3 boys, it was always gonna be about what came from their 4th and 5th runners. I know it was a fast track at East Jordan, but having Layman under 18:00 and Fulton in the mid-18’s combined with Coach Marcum’s careful training gives the Cardinals much potential.”

Just like their girls, off this week, with a ton of prime opportunities to peer at their fitness in the coming weeks.

Mason County Eastern

Winners of the Small School division at Benzie and leaders in the WMD as of now – and that was before getting Alex Tyndall back.

Holland Calvary Christian

Week Three: “Of their top nine runners at South Christian, eight were freshmen. When looking at the results as a whole, their 9th place in the Starlight division might not seem impressive, but please pay attention to the field – it was primarily D1/D2 teams.”

In the Silver race at Sparta, eked out a single point victory over a rising WMC squad. Gave a shoutout to Gibson White in the Sparta post, but let’s call out both Caleb Adkins and Eli Laninga here, as both were crucial to their trophy, finishing ahead of the Warriors’ fifth runner and hitting PB’s along the way.

Kalamazoo Hackett

Second place in the initial SAC Jamboree, a higher conference finish than any that the Irish had in 2022.

WEEK THREE RANKINGS

Rank	Real Team	Region	Score	Last Week
1	Hillsdale Academy	34	184	1
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	286	2
3	Mason County Eastern	29	288	4
4	Holland Calvary Christian	31	318	3
5	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	368	5
6	Three Oaks River Valley	32	380	6
7	Royal Oak Shrine	36	394	7
8	Saugatuck	31	420	8
9	Lutheran Westland	36	482	10
10	Maple City Glen Lake	29	515	9
11	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	524	15
12	Breckenridge	30	610	14
13	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	36	611	11
14	East Jackson	34	620	13
15	Frankfort	29	630	12
16	White Cloud	30	630	NR
17	Harbor Beach	35	640	17
18	Muskegon Catholic Central	31	648	18
19	Tri-Unity Christian	31	665	21
20	Petoskey St. Michael	28	671	NR
21	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	686	16
22	Whitmore Lake	33	720	19
23	Pentwater	29	762	20
24	Battle Creek St. Philip	32	819	22
25	Leland	29	824	28
26	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	829	23
27	Morenci	34	847	24

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Kaylie Livingston

Week Three: “Introduction to HS cross country has been a resounding success. Three races, three wins, three efforts in the low-18’s.”

Continued her streak of sub-19’s onto a tougher track at Springfield Oaks. Kaylie once again dominated from start to finish, leading her Trojans to victory and hitting the second fastest time of the day.

Aiden Harrand

Week Three: “Personal best at Benzie was two years in the making. Her 17:52 knocked 16 seconds off her previous record. Effort at Bear Country was likely a bit more controlled (and probably underrates her here), yet still another victory. I think we’ll get a matchup vs. Kaylie at Portage, only a month away.”

Three days after the Bear Country Invite, Aiden showed what she can truly pop on her home course, her 17:40 contributing to her little team’s win in the first NWC Jamboree.

Allie Nowak

Week Three: “Set the J-L school record with an 18:26 at Red Devil. For comparison’s sake, her opener as a sophomore was 20:32. By the end of her sophomore year, Allie had finished 3rd in Division 4.”

Feelin’ like a broken record here with the J-L folks, but some fast courses coming soon for these girls. Jackson, Shepherd, and Portage all being great opportunities for Allie to lower her personal best.

Grace VanderKooi

Her 18:28 at Sparta made it three consecutive years in the 18’s. She’s won four of her five races this year, including the first Alliance League Jamboree.

Ava Teed

Nearly matched her effort at last year’s Huron Invitational. And when I say matched, I mean within a second. The only real difference is that, instead of finishing 2^nd in the D2-D4 race, she was first.

Rank	Grade	Name	Team	Rating	Region
1	9	Kaylie Livingston	Whitmore Lake	158.5	33
2	12	Aiden Harrand	Buckley	158.3	29
3	11	Allie Nowak	Johannesburg-Lewiston	145.1	28
4	11	Grace VanderKooi	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	141.9	31
5	12	Ava Teed	Allen Park Cabrini	139.8	36
6	11	Izzy Brooks	Adrian Lenawee Christian	132.4	34
7	12	Miriam Murrell	Gaylord St. Mary	129.3	28
8	11	Eliza Keith	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	128.6	36
9	11	Jane Manthei	Petoskey St. Michael	127.2	28
10	9	Libby Smith	Gobles	126.4	31
11	10	Carina Burchi	Whitmore Lake	125.6	33
12	12	Brooke Smith	Pittsford	119.6	34
13	9	Stefi Reskevics	Harbor Springs	117.6	28
14	11	Ella Knudsen	Leland	116.5	29
15	11	Juniper Rodham	Harbor Springs	116.3	28
16	12	Madalyn Agren	Johannesburg-Lewiston	115.5	28
17	12	Natalie Meadows	Whitmore Lake	114.5	33
18	10	Sofia Robertson	Whitmore Lake	113.1	33
19	10	Taylor Wiegand	Livingston Christian	112.4	33
20	10	Yolanda Gascho	Johannesburg-Lewiston	112.2	28
21	11	Abigail Davis	Vestaburg	110.2	30
22	12	Isabella Yeoman	Genesee	108.5	33
23	11	Ava Mallar	Pittsford	108.5	34
24	12	Allison Glendening	St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	108.4	31
25	10	Ruth Brownlee	Hillsdale Academy	107.4	34
26	9	Ava DeYoung	Gobles	105.2	31
27	10	Lilah Kiley	Kingston	104.8	35
28	9	Harlie Fox	Johannesburg-Lewiston	104.5	28
29	11	Presley Allen	Mendon	103.3	32
30	9	Anna Sheppard	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	102.3	30
31	10	Ally Schmitz	Breckenridge	102.3	30
32	11	Ella Walton	Hillsdale Academy	101.7	34
33	9	Haley Stimer	Concord	101.3	32
34	9	Kamryn Sixberry	Saugatuck	100.0	31
35	9	Veyda Conley	Martin	99.3	31
36	12	Leah Zarrilli	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	98.4	36
37	9	Nolee Leppert	Beal City	97.8	30
38	9	Lyvia Curtis	Saugatuck	97.4	31
39	10	Eleanor Cole	Lutheran Westland	97.4	36
40	12	Alberta Reinbold	Unionville-Sebewaing	96.0	35
41	12	Lily Lemanski	Marlette	95.8	35
42	11	Natalie Gibbs	Birmingham Roeper	94.2	36
43	12	Jacqueline Morton	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	93.8	30
44	9	Lauren Shaffer	Gobles	93.5	31
45	12	Eleanor Kingshott	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	92.8	31
46	9	Gabriella Siems	Kalamazoo Hackett	92.5	32
47	10	Abby Brownlee	Hillsdale Academy	91.6	34
48	9	Addy Zeller	Bear Lake-Onekama	89.8	29
49	9	Kaylie Riksen	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	89.5	31
50	11	Danica Aldrich	Breckenridge	89.5	30

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Owen Patton

Week Three: ”The summer training and its added endurance have been paying off. Two wins, one in the small school division at John Bruder and the other in an opener at Chippewa Hills. But I’ve marveled at the consistency, through the tough or easy efforts, he’s run the equivalent of sub-16 each time out.”

After a series of quicker courses to begin the year, showed he can do the necessary work on the grittier ones. Evart rated as one of the slower courses on the year, but that didn’t dissuade Owen from cruising to a 20+ second win.

Tyler Lenn

Week Three: “Win in the D2-D4 division at the Muskrat Classic was his first of the year. His 16:27 at Eastwood was 6 seconds faster than his junior effort, on a much slower course mind you.”

Cardinal Mooney had the weekend off, but raced during the week at the first CHSL CD Jamboree. Tyler lost to Abe Cerone by three seconds, which isn’t a negative at all when you see how Cerone fared at Holly.

Abe VanDuinen

Week Three: ”Pound for pound, the competition for the boys WMD title is as good a conference battle you’ll find. The Redmans, Mason Sinke, and Abe are all likely to finish in the top-15 at Division 4 State. Abe was victorious on Wednesday, then ripped a sub-16 on Saturday.”

His 17:04 at Ludington was a win over a field containing a number of higher division runners and 75 seconds faster than his junior effort.

Abenezer Cerone

Three consecutive wins for this young sophomore. Mentioned above, he was victorious in an early CHSL matchup against Tyler Lenn. Then four days later, dominated the D4 Holly field with a 5-flat first mile and a lead that only grew from there. With more even pacing and an easier course, expect that 16:28 to fall soon.

Colebrook Sutherland

Clearly the teachings of Coaches Drown are paying off. Colebrook has lowered his freshman best by 20+ seconds and we’re only two races into the season. His 16:34 at Buckley was his first win of his career.

Rank	Grade	Name	Real Team	Rating	Region
1	12	Owen Patton	Vestaburg	205.1	30
2	12	Tyler Lenn	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	192.4	36
3	12	Abe VanDuinen	Pentwater	192.0	29
4	10	Abenezer Cerone	Royal Oak Shrine	191.3	36
5	11	Colebrook Sutherland	Maple City Glen Lake	191.3	29
6	12	Thomas Holm	Hillsdale Academy	190.0	34
7	9	Kyle Redman	Mesick	188.8	29
8	11	Mason Sinke	Bear Lake-Onekama	188.6	29
9	10	Marek Butkiewicz	Kalamazoo Hackett	186.2	32
10	12	Michael Allen	East Jackson	185.8	34
11	9	Ty Redman	Mesick	185.6	29
12	12	Malaki Gascho	Johannesburg-Lewiston	185.4	28
13	12	Sawyer Stoneman	Breckenridge	184.4	30
14	10	Grayson Rorick	Hillsdale Academy	181.5	34
15	12	Gavin Sehy	Kalamazoo Hackett	181.3	32
16	12	Blake Fox	Johannesburg-Lewiston	180.4	28
17	10	Brody Karg	Harbor Beach	177.3	35
18	11	Tyler Laansma	Tri-Unity Christian	176.6	31
19	10	Charlie Gibson	Three Oaks River Valley	175.9	32
20	10	Lynus Cadarette	Petoskey St. Michael	175.1	28
21	11	Matthias Morse	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	174.6	31
22	12	Javin Mericle	East Jackson	174.0	34
23	10	Landen Livingston	Whitmore Lake	172.5	33
24	12	Aiden Fitchett	Dryden	171.9	35
25	9	Anthony Rowe	Breckenridge	171.9	30
26	12	Kaden Forward	Bear Lake-Onekama	170.1	29
27	10	Emmanuel Mehari	Plymouth Christian Academy	169.7	36
28	9	Sawyer Monroe	Saugatuck	169.7	31
29	11	Alex Tyndall	Mason County Eastern	169.4	29
30	9	Riley Weed	Holland Calvary Christian	169.2	31
31	11	Reece Poole	Hillsdale Academy	168.8	34
32	11	Tom Shafer	Lutheran Westland	166.3	36
33	12	Connor Rouse	Genesee	166.2	33
34	10	Sammy Gamboa	Saugatuck	166.1	31
35	10	Carter Clark	Carson City-Crystal	165.6	30
36	12	Austin York	Three Oaks River Valley	165.0	32
37	11	Rodney Iamurri	Saginaw Nouvel	164.5	30
38	10	Max Brannan	Lutheran Westland	164.4	36
39	12	TJ Donnan	Southfield Christian	164.4	36
40	12	Luke Niedzielski	Mason County Eastern	164.2	29
41	11	Carroll Robotham	Frankfort	164.2	29
42	9	Sebastian Dunaway	Frankfort	163.9	29
43	12	Mitchel Daniels	Pentwater	163.6	29
44	12	Luke Sprague	Battle Creek St. Philip	163.6	32
45	9	Gibson White	Holland Calvary Christian	163.5	31
46	10	Adam Ferguson	Harbor Springs	163.4	28
47	10	Rich Fanti	Riverview Gabriel Richard	163.4	36
48	10	Carson Burgess	Brown City	163.3	35
49	12	Myles Tilma	Byron Center Zion Christian	163.2	31
50	10	Michael Bowker	Royal Oak Shrine	161.4	36

MORE $TAT$

Girls

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Whitmore Lake	33	86.7
2	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	86.0
3	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	78.7
4	Kingston	35	74.0
5	Hillsdale Academy	34	71.7
6	Breckenridge	30	64.9
7	Buckley	29	49.7
8	Saugatuck	31	48.0
9	Harbor Springs	28	44.7
10	Grand Traverse Academy	29	40.4
11	Mason County Eastern	29	38.6
12	Royal Oak Shrine	36	38.3
13	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	37.8
14	Gobles	31	36.8
15	Unionville-Sebewaing	35	22.9
16	Allen Park Cabrini	36	16.5
17	Concord	32	14.3
18	Frankfort	29	11.8
19	Novi Christian Academy	33	10.5
20	Ubly	35	10.3
21	Fowler	33	5.1
22	Lansing Christian	33	1.0
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Kingston	35	1:33
2	Hillsdale Academy	34	1:47
3	Royal Oak Shrine	36	1:47
4	Breckenridge	30	1:52
5	Grand Traverse Academy	29	2:11
6	Frankfort	29	2:15
7	Mason County Eastern	29	2:24
8	St. Charles	30	2:25
9	Saugatuck	31	2:36
10	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	2:48
11	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	2:54
12	Novi Christian Academy	33	2:57
13	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	3:19
14	Fowler	33	3:29
15	Whitmore Lake	33	3:36
16	Harbor Springs	28	3:39
17	Unionville-Sebewaing	35	3:39
18	Ubly	35	3:50
19	Lansing Christian	33	3:58
20	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	30	4:12
21	Centreville	32	4:21
22	Concord	32	4:21
23	Gobles	31	4:29
24	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	4:33
25	Holland Calvary Christian	31	4:51
26	Harbor Beach	35	4:58
27	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	29	5:12
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Hillsdale Academy	34	2:10
2	Royal Oak Shrine	36	2:37
3	Breckenridge	30	2:38
4	Grand Traverse Academy	29	2:40
5	St. Charles	30	2:47
6	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	3:41
7	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	30	4:55
8	Harbor Springs	28	5:08
9	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	5:21
10	Mason County Eastern	29	5:54
11	Buckley	29	5:55
12	Saugatuck	31	6:00
13	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	6:08
14	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	6:08
15	Brown City	35	6:25
16	Whitmore Lake	33	6:40
17	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30	6:48
18	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	29	7:35
19	Byron	33	7:45
20	Allen Park Cabrini	36	7:54
21	Concord	32	8:04
22	Dryden	35	8:25
23	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	8:33
24	Gobles	31	8:38
25	Livingston Christian	33	8:46
26	East Jordan	28	9:11
27	Lansing Christian	33	10:45
Rank	Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Whitmore Lake	33	119.7
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	111.2
3	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	99.6
4	Hillsdale Academy	34	91.7
5	Gobles	31	88.1
6	Harbor Springs	28	83.5
7	Breckenridge	30	83.3
8	Kingston	35	83.3
9	Buckley	29	80.4
10	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	78.6
11	Saugatuck	31	72.1
12	Mason County Eastern	29	65.4
13	Unionville-Sebewaing	35	62.0
14	Grand Traverse Academy	29	60.6
15	Concord	32	60.4
16	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30	56.6
17	Pittsford	34	56.4
18	Allen Park Cabrini	36	54.2
19	Royal Oak Shrine	36	53.7
20	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	51.5
21	Novi Christian Academy	33	44.4
22	Fowler	33	44.1
23	Livingston Christian	33	41.3
24	Lansing Christian	33	41.2
25	Beal City	30	39.1
26	Vestaburg	30	38.5
27	Ubly	35	38.5
Rank	Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Whitmore Lake	33	93.9
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	86.4
3	Hillsdale Academy	34	83.8
4	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	82.7
5	Breckenridge	30	75.0
6	Buckley	29	70.3
7	Harbor Springs	28	68.0
8	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	63.2
9	Gobles	31	60.9
10	Grand Traverse Academy	29	53.4
11	Saugatuck	31	52.2
12	Mason County Eastern	29	47.2
13	Royal Oak Shrine	36	45.0
14	Allen Park Cabrini	36	35.7
15	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	30	32.3
16	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	29.9
17	Concord	32	29.6
18	Livingston Christian	33	16.8
19	Pittsford	34	8.0
20	Clarkston Everest Collegiate	30	6.3
21	Lansing Christian	33	3.5
22	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	2.5
23	St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic	31	2.2
24	Brown City	35	1.2

Boys

Rank	Team	Region	Fifth Runner
1	Hillsdale Academy	34	152.2
2	Mason County Eastern	29	149.9
3	Holland Calvary Christian	31	138.1
4	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	136.7
5	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	134.9
6	Royal Oak Shrine	36	134.3
7	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	132.8
8	Lutheran Westland	36	132.3
9	Maple City Glen Lake	29	129.2
10	Saugatuck	31	128.7
11	Three Oaks River Valley	32	128.1
12	Whitmore Lake	33	121.8
13	White Cloud	30	121.2
14	Leland	29	119.2
15	Muskegon Catholic Central	31	116.9
16	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	112.6
17	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	36	112.4
18	Breckenridge	30	109.2
19	Frankfort	29	108.9
20	Harbor Beach	35	107.3
21	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	102.1
22	East Jackson	34	101.3
23	St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic	31	100.0
24	Pentwater	29	99.6
25	Battle Creek St. Philip	32	97.9
26	Tri-Unity Christian	31	96.8
27	Jackson Preparatory	34	95.5
Rank	Real Team	Region	Top 5 Spread
1	Mason County Eastern	29	0:58
2	Leland	29	1:21
3	Fairview	28	1:25
4	Holland Calvary Christian	31	1:33
5	Lutheran Westland	36	1:42
6	White Cloud	30	1:43
7	Muskegon Catholic Central	31	1:49
8	Hillsdale Academy	34	1:53
9	St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic	31	1:54
10	Morrice	33	1:57
11	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	1:59
12	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	2:01
13	Saugatuck	31	2:03
14	Centreville	32	2:12
15	Jackson Preparatory	34	2:16
16	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	2:22
17	Three Oaks River Valley	32	2:23
18	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	2:26
19	Grand Traverse Academy	29	2:26
20	Concord	32	2:29
21	Lansing Christian	33	2:32
22	Whitmore Lake	33	2:32
23	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	2:40
24	Heritage Christian Academy	32	2:41
25	Frankfort	29	2:46
26	Birmingham Roeper	36	2:46
27	Royal Oak Shrine	36	2:51
Rank	Real Team	Region	Top 7 Spread
1	Mason County Eastern	29	1:33
2	Fairview	28	1:43
3	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	2:13
4	Hillsdale Academy	34	2:17
5	Holland Calvary Christian	31	2:21
6	Leland	29	2:33
7	Lutheran Westland	36	2:51
8	Grand Traverse Academy	29	2:51
9	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	2:59
10	Whitmore Lake	33	3:19
11	Lansing Christian	33	3:22
12	Frankfort	29	3:26
13	Birmingham Roeper	36	3:30
14	Centreville	32	3:36
15	Jackson Preparatory	34	3:39
16	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	3:49
17	Three Oaks River Valley	32	4:13
18	Deckerville	35	4:16
19	Battle Creek St. Philip	32	4:16
20	Morrice	33	4:17
21	Harbor Beach	35	4:20
22	Lake Leelanau St. Mary	29	4:23
23	Morenci	34	4:31
24	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	4:37
25	Breckenridge	30	4:38
26	Concord	32	4:52
27	Maple City Glen Lake	29	4:53
Rank	Real Team	Region	Top 5 Avg.
1	Hillsdale Academy	34	170.1
2	Johannesburg-Lewiston	28	163.3
3	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	158.8
4	Mason County Eastern	29	158.7
5	Holland Calvary Christian	31	157.4
6	Royal Oak Shrine	36	155.7
7	Three Oaks River Valley	32	155.1
8	Saugatuck	31	152.3
9	Maple City Glen Lake	29	149.2
10	Lutheran Westland	36	148.0
11	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	146.1
12	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	36	145.0
13	Breckenridge	30	144.1
14	East Jackson	34	143.9
15	Harbor Beach	35	140.6
16	Frankfort	29	139.8
17	Tri-Unity Christian	31	139.4
18	White Cloud	30	139.2
19	Muskegon Catholic Central	31	138.1
20	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	137.0
21	Pentwater	29	136.5
22	Whitmore Lake	33	136.1
23	Petoskey St. Michael	28	135.8
24	Battle Creek St. Philip	32	129.8
25	Leland	29	129.7
26	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	128.7
27	Morenci	34	126.0
Rank	Real Team	Region	Top 7 Avg.
1	Hillsdale Academy	34	163.0
2	Mason County Eastern	29	153.9
3	Holland Calvary Christian	31	149.4
4	Kalamazoo Hackett	32	148.0
5	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	31	141.7
6	Lutheran Westland	36	138.7
7	Three Oaks River Valley	32	138.2
8	Royal Oak Shrine	36	136.3
9	Maple City Glen Lake	29	134.7
10	Saugatuck	31	132.9
11	Breckenridge	30	130.4
12	Whitmore Lake	33	129.6
13	Frankfort	29	129.0
14	Harbor Beach	35	128.0
15	Auburn Hills Oakland Christian	36	127.6
16	East Jackson	34	124.1
17	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	36	123.5
18	Leland	29	122.6
19	Muskegon Catholic Central	31	118.9
20	Pentwater	29	117.9
21	White Cloud	30	117.2
22	Battle Creek St. Philip	32	115.7
23	Jackson Preparatory	34	112.1
24	Morenci	34	107.9
25	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	30	107.7
26	Dryden	35	107.1
27	Plymouth Christian Academy	36	103.0